20. The representative of Argentina agreed with the delegations of New Zealand and Australia that, while participants could enter into a discussion of "technical" elements taken in isolation, they should bear in mind that the technical approach given to each and every one of these elements would, when brought together, form the legal effects of the system. She reaffirmed certain concepts that were important with regard to the notification. First, like for the registration phase, the notification phase should not generate rights in the national jurisdictions of the WTO Members because this was not provided for by the TRIPS Agreement. Second, what was important in the notification phase was to keep intact all the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, which should apply in the same way as they currently did. Third, the issue of notification was linked to participation: notifying Members would be those that had expressly, i.e. voluntarily, indicated their desire to participate in the system in accordance with Article 23.4.
