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

Chairperson: Ambassador Dacio Castillo, Honduras
1 NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
1.34. The representative of Argentina thanked the Chairperson for the questions put forward. With regard to the first question, she said her delegation believed that in the current context the prospect of a contribution by the Special Session of the TRIPS Council to the forthcoming Ministerial Conference appeared problematic. With regard to the continuation of negotiations after the Ministerial Conference, Argentina promised to be open to any proposals that respected the mandate set forth in Article 23.4 of the TRIPS Agreement, which was very clear and referred only to wine and spirit GIs.
The Special Session took note of the statements made.
TN/IP/M/32