94. The Chairman recalled that Article 24.2 provided that the Council shall keep the application of the provisions of the GI Section of the Agreement under review. Since its meeting in February, the Council had received responses from Honduras to the Checklist of Questions contained in document IP/C/13 and Add.1 (IP/C/W/117/Add.31).
95. He further recalled that, at its last meeting, the Council had agreed that the Chair hold further consultations in due course on how the Council should organize its future work on the review. Given that he had not received any representations from delegations on the issue, he had not yet held such further consultations. However, he said that he remained ready to hold such consultations once he would sense an active interest in pursuing the matter.
96. He urged those delegations that had not yet provided responses to the Checklist of Questions to do so. He also said that those Members that had already provided responses could provide updates to the extent to which there had been any significant changes to the way they provided protection to geographical indications.
