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Ambassador Carlos Pérez del Castillo (Uruguay)
F REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 24.2
59. The representative of New Zealand said that his delegation believed that each of the responses to the review under Article 24.2 stood by itself and that the responses provided demonstrated that there was a broad variety of ways in which Members could implement their obligations under Section 3 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement. As a result, his delegation had some difficulty in seeing the value of a proposal that the Secretariat compile a synoptic overview of Members' responses, because such a synoptic overview would lose the distinctiveness of each Member's system. It should also be noted that it was this distinctiveness which needed to be borne in mind when discussing the notification and registration system envisaged under Article 23.4.
IP/C/M/22