12. The Chairman recalled that, at its meeting in March, the Council had agreed that it would take up the review of TRIPS implementing legislation of Saudi Arabia, a newly acceded Member, at its first meeting in 2007. At its meeting in June, the Council had set the following target dates for the submission of questions and answers in this review: questions should be submitted to Saudi Arabia, with a copy to the Secretariat, by 27 November 2006; and responses to questions posed within that deadline should be submitted by 8 January 2007. As indicated under item A, the Council had recently received the notification of Saudi Arabia's implementing legislation. However, the Council had not yet received responses to the Checklist of Issues on Enforcement. He urged Saudi Arabia to provide its responses as soon as possible so as to facilitate the Council's review. He said that, under "Other Business", it was his intention to suggest that the Council's first meeting in 2007 be held on 13-14 February. Given that Saudi Arabia's notification was still being circulated and that there was still plenty of time before the Council's next meeting, he suggested that the Council postpone by two weeks the target dates for the submission of questions and answers in this review, namely that:
- questions should be submitted to Saudi Arabia, with a copy to the Secretariat, by 11 December 2006; and
- responses to questions posed within that deadline should be submitted by 22 January 2007.
