116. The Chairperson recalled that, at the last meeting, the Council continued its detailed review of the experience and practice with the application of the provisions in the TRIPS Agreement on geographical indications. The Chair had encouraged Members to use the main headings in the Secretariat's summary paper (document IP/C/W/253) of the responses to the Article 24.2 questionnaire as a way of organizing the discussions and their contributions. He informed the Council that, since the last meeting, responses to the Council's questionnaire had been received from Estonia; these had been circulated in document IP/C/W/117/Add.22.
