209. The Chairman recalled that Article 24.2 provided that the Council shall keep under review the application of the provisions of the GI Section of the Agreement. He recalled that, at its meeting in March 2010, the Council had agreed to encourage Members to share information on and notify bilateral agreements related to the protection of geographical indications, which they had entered into, to the Council. He therefore encouraged any Member that was party to any such bilateral agreement and had not yet shared such information with the Council to do so. He also invited those delegations that had not yet provided responses to the Checklist of Questions contained in document IP/C/13 and Add.1 to do so. Also those Members that had already provided responses could provide updates to the extent there had been any significant changes to the way they provided protection to geographical indications.
