73. As regards the Council's report to the General Council, due by 30 July 1999, the Chairperson said that, following the informal consultations that he had held on the matter, the Secretariat had circulated a draft report in informal document No. 4012 of 8 July 1999. He suggested, after a discussion on the draft, that a revised version of it would be circulated, reflecting the comments made in the course of the discussion. This revised draft would, if necessary, be further fine-tuned on the basis of further comments that might be received and would then be forwarded as a progress report from the Council for TRIPS to the General Council by 30 July 1999.
