144. The Chairman recalled that Article 24.2 provided that the Council should keep under review the application of the provisions of the GI Section of the Agreement. He said that, since its meeting in June, the Council had received responses from Colombia to the Checklist of Questions contained in document IP/C/13 and Add.1. These responses had been circulated in document IP/C/W/117/Add.32.
145. He also recalled 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 the Chairman had not received any representations from delegations on this issue, he had not yet held such further consultations. However, he said that, like his predecessor, he remained ready to hold such consultations once he sensed an active interest in pursuing the matter.
146. 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. Also, those Members that had already provided responses could provide updates to the extent that there had been any significant changes to the way they provided protection to geographical indications.
