103. The representative of Barbados informed the Council that the Commonwealth Secretariat, together with the ACP Geneva Office and the AITIC, had hosted a workshop on the Decision on 12 14 October 2004. The discussions at the workshop had been based on national case studies from Bangladesh, Barbados, India, Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda that had been commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Some of the issues considered at the workshop included registration and granting of marketing approvals for generics produced under compulsory licences; the legislation and institutional framework that could be adopted by exporting countries, such as Canada and Norway, which had capacity to produce pharmaceutical products, as well as by countries interested in importing those products; and how to benefit from the Decision with respect to the production and imports of pharmaceutical products on a regional basis. She said that the report of the workshop would be sent to the WTO Secretariat on behalf of the three sponsoring organizations. Her delegation looked forward to having an exchange of views on the implementation of the findings and recommendations contained in the report at the next Council meeting.
