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Ambassador Chak Mun See (Singapore)
219. The Chairperson informed the Council that, on 8 December 2000, the Government of Lithuania had accepted, subject to ratification, the Protocol of Accession of Lithuania. Paragraph 2 of the Protocol of Accession of Lithuania (WT/ACC/LTU/54) incorporated the commitment given by Lithuania in relation to intellectual property as reproduced in paragraph 166 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of Lithuania (WT/ACC/LTU/52). According to this paragraph, the representative of Lithuania had stated that his Government would apply fully the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by the date of its accession to the WTO, without recourse to a transitional period. 220. On 7 February 2001, the Government of Moldova had accepted, subject to ratification, the Protocol of Accession of Moldova. Paragraph 2 of the Protocol of Accession of Moldova incorporated the commitment given by Moldova in relation to intellectual property as reproduced in paragraph 216 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of Moldova (WT/ACC/MOL/37). According to this paragraph, the representative of Moldova had stated that his Government would apply fully to the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement by the date of its accession to the WTO, without recourse to a transitional period.
IP/C/M/30