44. The Chairman recalled that paragraph 18 of China's Protocol on Accessions required the TRIPS Council to review the implementation by China of the TRIPS Agreement each year for eight years and report the results of such review promptly to the General Council. Thereafter there was to be a final review in year ten, which was the year of the present meeting. He further recalled that paragraph 18 required China to provide relevant information including information specified in Annex 1A, to the TRIPS Council in advance of the review. The information submitted by China pursuant to this requirement, dated 20 October 2011, had been circulated as document IP/C/W/564. Questions in connection with the review had been submitted by Japan (document IP/C/W/556).
