13. The representatives of the European Communities and Japan made general statements regarding the Mongolian legislation. The representative of the European Communities expressed serious concerns with regard to the legislation of Mongolia in the area of enforcement and said that, in the view of his delegation, there was a serious violation of the WTO Protocol on the Accession of Mongolia. The representative of Japan said that the answers provided by Mongolia indicated that it needed to make further amendments to its intellectual property laws in order to comply fully with the TRIPS Agreement.