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Mr. S. Harbinson (Hong Kong)
C.2 Notification of legislation giving effect to obligations already applicable
62. The Chairman recalled that the Contact Group had agreed that under Article 63.2 national laws and regulations should be notified promptly as of the time that the corresponding substantive obligation applied and that national laws and regulations implementing the provisions of Article 70.8 should consequently be notified as of the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement. As of today, notifications had been received from India and Brazil in documents IP/N/1/IND/1 and IP/N/1/BRA/1, respectively.
IP/C/M/1