456. The Chairman said that this item had been put on the proposed agenda at the written request of the delegations of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States and that, at the adoption of the agenda, its title had been amended to read "Enforcement Trends". In advance of the meeting, the Council had received a communication from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States entitled "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights" (IP/C/W/563).