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Ambassador Gail Mathurin (Jamaica)
H H. REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 24.2
75. The Chairperson 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. She 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 she had not received any representations from delegations on this issue, she had not yet held such further consultations. However, she said that she remained ready to hold such consultations once she would sense an active interest in pursuing the matter. 76. She 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. She also said that those Members that had already provided responses could provide updates to the extent there had been any significant changes to the way they provided protection to geographical indications.
IP/C/M/57