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

Ambassador D. Mwape (Zambia)
Union européenne
B.i First sub-question
76. The representative of the European Union said that he was pleased to note the confirmation by the delegation of New Zealand that the minority proposal contained an obligation to take the register information into account because otherwise it would be without any value. However, when considering the meaning of such an obligation to take into account, no answer was forthcoming except that the weight of the information should not be prescribed, which created legal uncertainty and failed to answer the question. The affirmation that no dominant source of information should be prescribed showed that there was an understanding of what was not meant, but no understanding of what was meant. That lack of understanding of the proposal was a fundamental flaw as without it there was uncertainty as to whether the mandate was fulfilled or not.
The Special Session took note of the statements made.
TN/IP/M/26