82. The representative of Colombia said that Members should prevent the granting of patents to inventors who had not complied with the minimum requirements for legitimate access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in the country of origin. The TRIPS Agreement did not lay down any formal requirements on legitimate access, which, to some extent, promoted biopiracy. The Doha and Hong Kong Ministerial Conferences had given Members the mandate to take necessary action in order to find a solution to this issue. The appropriate solution would be to set up procedural rules in the TRIPS Agreement. He requested the Secretariat to add his delegation to the list of co-sponsors of document WT/GC/W/564/Rev.1.
