212. The Chairperson said that Albania had become the 138th Member of the WTO on 8 September 2000 (WT/Let/353). Albania had committed itself to apply fully the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement by the date of its accession to the WTO without recourse to a transitional period. On 17 July 2000 the Government of Croatia had accepted, subject to ratification, its Protocol of Accession, which included a commitment to apply fully the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement by the date of its accession to the WTO without recourse to a transitional period.
