23. The Chairman recalled that the Council had agreed, at its meeting in June, that it would take up the reviews of national implementing legislation of two newly acceded Members, namely Armenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, at its first meeting in 2004, and that it would revert to the arrangements for these reviews, in particular the deadlines for questions and responses, at the present meeting. Armenia's notification of its TRIPS laws and regulations had been circulated in August in the IP/N/1/-series of documents. The notification of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, dated 22 October 2003, was being circulated in the IP/N/1/-series of documents.
24. In accordance with the standard procedures for the review of legislation and in light of the fact that the Council's first meeting in 2004 had been tentatively scheduled for 8 to 10 March, the Chairman proposed that the Council set the following target dates for the submission of questions and answers in these reviews: (i) questions should normally be submitted to Armenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with a copy to the Secretariat, 10 weeks before the meeting in March 2004. However, given the holiday season, he suggested shortening this period by one week, and set the target date at 5 January 2004; (ii) responses to questions posed within that deadline should be submitted by 9 February 2004, i.e. four weeks before the meeting in March 2004.
