248. The Chairman proposed that the Council agree on forwarding to the General Council the proposal for a decision to extend the period of acceptance by Members of the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement until 31 December 2013. He suggested that the last paragraph of the draft decision by the General Council contained in Annex 2 to the draft report (JOB/IP/4) be complemented by inserting this date. He also proposed that the Council agree to the cover note to the report contained in JOB/IP/4, and also that the Council minutes containing the record of the discussion be attached to it.
