The Council for TRIPS is the body responsible for administering the TRIPS Agreement. In particular, it monitors the operation of the Agreement (Article 68). In its regular sessions, the TRIPS Council mostly serves as a forum for discussion between Members on key issues. It is open to all WTO Members and observers. The TRIPS Council also meets in “special sessions”. These are for negotiations on a multilateral system for notifying and registering geographical indications for wines and spirits, under the Doha Development Agenda.

This page allows you to search TRIPS Council Minutes for Members' interventions under different agenda items discussed at the TRIPS Council Special Sessions. You can consult search results on screen, download and print them in Excel format. You can also download individual documents.