191. Turning to the arrangements for the Council's fourth review under the decision on the "Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement", the Chairman recalled that paragraph 1 of the Decision provided that developed country Members should submit reports annually on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2. To this end, they had to provide new detailed reports every third year and, in the intervening years, provide updates to their most recent reports. These reports had to be submitted prior to the last Council meeting scheduled for the year in question. Paragraph 3 of the Decision determined the information that had to be provided in these reports. He recalled that the first set of detailed annual reports under the Decision had been presented to the Council's meeting in November 2003, and two sets of updates to the Council's meetings in December 2004 and October 2005. Therefore, this year, developed country Members should submit new detailed reports on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 prior to the Council's end of year meeting that had been scheduled for 25 26 October. As provided in paragraph 2 of the Decision, the Council should review these updates at that meeting. He therefore suggested that developed country Members be requested to submit new detailed reports on actions they had taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 by 29 September 2006, i.e. approximately three weeks before the meeting, in order to allow their timely circulation and review at the Council's meeting in October.
