Minutes - TRIPS Council Special Session - View details of the intervention/statement

Ambassador Manzoor Ahmad (Pakistan)
B NEGOTIATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
59. The representative of Australia, referring to the note made by the Secretariat in 2002 in document TN/IP/W/4/Add.1 on the WTO Central Registry of Notifications, said that there was a system already in place in the WTO to receive and register notifications under the WTO Agreements, and that it was evolving. It would usefully add to the discussions both in terms of how to approach the issue of notifications and the role of the administering body to have either the Secretariat paper updated or have a presentation made on the operation of the CRN in an informal mode during the meeting of the Special Session.
TN/IP/M/11