113. The representative of the European Communities reiterated that the EC delegation remained open to the idea of negotiating with other Members the possibility that other international organizations, such as WIPO, could eventually, through an appropriate arrangement with the WTO, take care of the management of such register in light of their expertise. It was clear from its previous interventions that the role of the WTO Secretariat would consist of receiving and distributing all the notifications. The EC delegation remained open to discuss the questions of translation, including at the next session. Under the EC proposal, the Secretariat was supposed to carry out, at the latest at the end of the 18-month period, the registration of all GIs that had been notified as well as the annotation of all changes. The Secretariat would then publish the registered GIs and inform all the Members of such registration. It would also be responsible for updating the system when a notified GI ceased to be protected in the country of origin or fell into disuse in such country.
