Comptes rendus ‒ Session extraordinaire du Conseil des ADPIC ‒ Afficher les détails de l'intervention /la déclaration

Ambassador D. Mwape (Zambia)
B NEGOTIATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
77. The representative of China congratulated the Chairman on his election and thanked Ambassador Tan for her detailed report on the informal consultations she had undertaken during the past months. As a member of the coalition group of the TN/C/W/52 proposal, it was China's intention to push for the three topics to be dealt with in parallel in the negotiations, and her delegation had fully set out its reasoning at the regular session of the TRIPS Council on 2 March 2010. She further added that China considered that multilateral registration should extend to GIs for products other than wines and spirits. 78. As to the legal effects under discussion, her delegation supported the statement by the European Union that the legal effects under the TN/C/W/52 proposal provided that national authorities would have the final say in the protection of the GIs notified and registered multilaterally. 79. Among the three proposals on the multilateral registration system for GIs for wines and spirits, the Hong Kong, China proposal in TN/IP/W/8 shared the view regarding legal effects that the notification and registration should have a kind of prima facie evidence effect. Hong Kong, China's interpretation of a hypothetical situation had helped her delegation to see how the registration in the proposed system would work with prima facie evidence. She encouraged delegations to provide illustrations and to reflect on how the system could function. 80. She further said that China considered that special and differential treatment should be an integral part of the negotiating outcome in the Special Session. 81. The representative of Angola, on behalf of the LDC Group, congratulated the Chairman on his election and thanked Ambassador Trevor Clarke for the work accomplished in recent years. He also thanked Ambassador Karen Tan for the informal consultations she had undertaken to facilitate the work of the Special Session. 82. He said that the LDC Group recognized the importance of GI protection through a register under paragraph 18 of the Doha Mandate and supported the Chairman's approach on the way forward. He believed it was essential to have a written document in respect of the procedural steps of the future system. Some delegations had referred to proposals that had been submitted only verbally. His delegation believed that it was important to have written versions in order to enable a thorough consideration of all proposals. In order to ensure the participation of certain Members, he emphasized the need for translations to be available to the national offices. Lastly, he stressed the need for all aspects of special and differential treatment to be taken into account for LDCs and developing countries.
TN/IP/M/25