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
64. The representative of Australia said that a number of topics listed in document JOB(03)/75 were not necessarily a basis for the so-called "technical" discussions. His delegation was still in the process of working out the topics on which discussions should be focused. Fees and costs would be an important issue. In this regard, the suggestion made that the cost of the system should be borne by its users was indeed interesting but might raise a number of systemic questions for the WTO. The comments his delegation had made in respect of the administering body and the CRN would also be relevant to the discussions on fees and costs.
TN/IP/M/11