1. The Chairman informed the Council that, since its meeting in September, two more notifications had been received relating to these Articles, namely from Korea (IP/N/2/KOR/1) and Ireland, of which the latter had not yet been circulated (subsequently distributed as document IP/N/2/IRL/1). In addition, the Council had received from Portugal a correction to its earlier notification (IP/N/2/PRT/1/Corr.1).