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
27. The representative of Argentina said that what was at stake was the issue of whether delegations had the right to refuse discussion of a submission that went beyond a mandate. He urged the European Communities to prepare documents that complied with the mandate and to reflect on the impact which their attitude, as had been presented in this meeting, could have on the rest of the negotiations.
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