239. The Chairman recalled that paragraph 1 of the decision on the "Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement" provided that developed country Members submit annually reports on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2. To that end, they were required to provide new detailed reports every third year and, in the intervening years, updates to their most recent reports. Those reports were required to be submitted prior to the last Council meeting scheduled for the year in question. Paragraph 3 of the Decision determined the information to be provided in such reports.
240. The first, second and third sets of detailed annual reports under the Decision had been presented to the Council's end-of-year meetings in 2003, 2006 and 2009, and updates to the Council's meetings in the intervening years. Therefore, in 2012 developed country Members were to submit a fourth set of new detailed reports on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2, prior to the Council's end-of-year meeting scheduled for 6-7 November. As provided in paragraph 2 of the Decision, the Council was to review these updates at that meeting.
241. Accordingly, he suggested that developed country Members be requested to provide new detailed reports on actions they have taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 by 11 October, i.e. about three weeks before the meeting, allowing for their timely circulation and review at the Council's meeting in November.
