26. The representative of the United States reiterated that Article 63.3 required Members to supply, in response to a written request from another Member, laws and regulations and final judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application pertaining to the subject-matter of the TRIPS Agreement. His delegation had provided that information in response to the written request submitted to it by the delegation of Cuba under Article 63.3. It had provided the text of the legislation and the regulations referred to in that legislation. As a supplement to the original response, his delegation was providing Cuba with the text of the revised regulations, the text of the District Court decision in Havana Club Holdings SA v Galleon SA et al. and the opinion of the Appellate Court in that case. In the view of his delegation, the materials it had provided to Cuba fulfilled completely the obligations of the United States under Article 63.3. The TRIPS Agreement provided for dispute settlement procedures to be used when one Member believed that another Member had taken an action inconsistent with its obligations and he noted that some Members had availed themselves of that opportunity in this situation.
