70. The Chairperson recalled that the discussion on this matter, after the information-gathering exercise in 1997, had focused on the question of what the next step should be for carrying forward work concerning negotiations for the establishment of an international system for the notification and registration of geographical indications under Article 23.4. A proposal for a multilateral register of geographical indications for wines and spirits under Article 23.4 from the European Communities and their member States (circulated as document IP/C/W/107) had been commented upon by many delegations at the last meeting.
