110. The Chairperson recalled that paragraph 1 of the decision on the "Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement" provided that developed country Members shall submit annually reports on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2. To this end, they were to provide new detailed reports every third year and, in the intervening years, provide updates to their most recent reports. These reports were to be submitted prior to the last Council meeting scheduled for the year in question. Paragraph 3 of the decision determined the information that had to be provided in these reports.
111. She recalled that the first and second sets of detailed annual reports under the Decision were presented to the Council's end-of-year meetings in 2003 and 2006, and updates to the Council's meetings in the intervening years. Therefore, this year developed country Members should submit the third set of new detailed reports on actions taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 prior to the Council's end-of-year meeting scheduled for 27-28 October. As provided in paragraph 2 of the Decision, the Council would review these updates at that meeting.
112. She suggested that developed country Members be requested to submit new detailed reports on actions they had taken or planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2 by 2 October, i.e. about three weeks before the meeting, in order to allow their timely circulation and review at the Council's meeting in October.
