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Ambassador Carmen Luz Guarda (Chile)
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33. The Chairperson informed Members that the mutually satisfactory solution to the matter raised by the United States in April 1996 concerning patent protection for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products, that the United States had mentioned under agenda item D, as notified by the United States and Pakistan to the Council for TRIPS, had been circulated in document IP/D/2/Add.1. 34. She also drew the attention of Members to documents IP/D/7 to 9, through which the Council had been informed about the following requests for consultations under the Dispute Settlement Understanding: firstly, as already referred to by the European Communities under agenda item D, the European Communities and their Member States had requested, by means of a communication dated 28 April 1997, consultations with India regarding patent protection for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products; secondly, the United States had requested, by means of a communication dated 14 May 1997, consultations with Ireland regarding measures affecting the grant of copyright and neighbouring rights; and thirdly, the United States had requested, also by means of a communication dated 14 May 1997, consultations with Denmark regarding measures affecting the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
IP/C/M/13