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Ambassador Yonov Agah (Nigeria)
H REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 24.2
67. The Chairman recalled that Article 24.2 provided that the Council shall keep under review the application of the provisions of the GI Section of the Agreement. He said that, at its meeting in February 2007, the Council had agreed that the Chair hold further consultations in due course on how the Council should organize its future work on the review. Given that he had not received any representations from delegations on the issue, he had not yet held such further consultations. However, he remained ready to hold such consultations once he would sense an active interest in pursuing the matter. 68. He urged those delegations that had not yet provided responses to the Checklist of Questions contained in document IP/C/13 and Add.1 to do so. He also said that those Members that had already provided responses could provide updates to the extent that there had been any significant changes to the way they provide protection to geographical indications.
IP/C/M/56