10. The Chairperson said that he had two new notifications to report under this agenda item. Jamaica had notified that product patent protection for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products was available under the existing patent law of Jamaica. This notification had been circulated as document IP/N/1/JAM/1.
11. As regards the other notification, the Chairperson recalled that, at the previous meeting, the European Communities had asked for clarification from the delegation of Mongolia about Mongolia's notification concerning its implementation of Article 70.8 and 70.9. An answer to this question had been received from Mongolia and distributed in document IP/N/1/MNG/1/Add.1. According to this notification, Mongolia had withdrawn its notification concerning Article 70.8 and 70.9, and informed the Council that the purpose of the earlier notification had only been to inform Members that Mongolian patent law already provided for product patent protection for pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals and had done so since 1 September 1993.
