99. The representative of Australia said that it would be useful to have the Secretariat identify, under the two proposals that had been put forward, at what stage in each proposal costs would be incurred, and to split them, for example into costs to governments, to consumers, to producers, or to the Secretariat. Such an exercise would be more helpful than simply have a mechanical listing of costs such as cost per page, application fees, translation cost per page or cost per hour for a panel meeting. To take the example of a country which would make a notification under the EC proposed system, although it would be difficult for the Secretariat to identify how much it would cost, it could, however, give an idea of the number of pages that it would receive (notified GIs, regulations, bilateral agreements and regional agreements, etc.).
