24. The Chairperson said that, at the previous Council meeting, the representative of Pakistan had informed the Council that legislation had been issued in his country on 4 February 1997 concerning the implementation of obligations under Articles 70.8 and 70.9 of the Agreement. This legislation had been notified by Pakistan under Article 63.2 of the Agreement and had been distributed in document IP/N/1/PAK/1. A notification concerning information on the filing of applications for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products had also been received from the United Arab Emirates. This information could be found in document IP/N/1/ARE/1.
