119. The representative of New Zealand said that the point about the 10,000 GIs in the context of the bilateral agreement between Canada and the EC went to the heart of the concerns and issues discussed. As Canada had already clarified, it was a fact that the EC had sought protection for around about 10,000 terms and it would seem that in fact the work in thinning down that list was not done by the EC, but by the Canadians. To some extent, this was precisely the situation which raised concerns. This would involve outsourcing of work and responsibilities to others, which was a problem for his country. He was not sure whether or not the objective of this exercise was to come up with a system where all Members were required to go through 10,000 terms in each of their administrations and work down to some more appropriate list. On the issue of legal effects under the EC's new ideas and its assurances about the generic exception, he said that there was no list of generic terms in the EC and therefore asked how the EC could give assurances.
