5. The Chairperson recalled that, at its meeting in March 2009, the Council had agreed to review the legislation of Tonga, a newly acceded Member, at the present meeting. Tonga's notification of its TRIPS laws and regulations had been circulated in document IP/N/1/TON/1, and the texts of the notified laws in the relevant law series of documents. Tonga had received questions from the United States and Japan, which had been circulated in documents IP/C/W/531 and 532, respectively. Its responses to the questions from the United States and Japan had been circulated in documents IP/C/W/533 and 534, respectively.
