419. The representative of El Salvador said that her delegation thanked the Dominican Republic for having presented this concern in the last meeting of the Council and shared the concerns with respect to the identification of products. She said that while her delegation was analysing the documentation received so far and reserved the right to intervene once again on this point, El Salvador wished to indicate that it would submit a number of questions to Australia with respect to the implementation of this draft bill. She noted that her delegation had also followed up on Australia's presentation of the concerned measures in the TBT Committee and said that notification and analysis of the measures and their implementation in the TRIPS Council was equally important given the systemic concerns raised by the measures. At the same time, she said that her delegation recognized Australia's right to establish measures protecting public health for its own citizens, and noted that El Salvador also had domestic legislation regarding labelling and packaging that contained health warnings. Her delegation would follow up on this matter both in the TRIPS Council and the TBT Committee.
