10. The Chairperson recalled that the Kyrgyz Republic and Latvia had recently acceded to the WTO and were not applying a TRIPS transition period. No notifications of legislation had been received from these Members as yet. He suggested that the Council urge the Kyrgyz Republic and Latvia to make the required notifications of their legislation without delay and that, in view of the procedures for the preparation of reviews of TRIPS implementing legislation, the review of the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic and Latvia could then be taken up at the end of 1999.
