The following WTO airgram WTO/AIR/4020 (12 October 2012) contains the agenda for the upcoming WTO Council for TRIPS meeting to be held in Geneva from Tuesday, 6 November 2012 to Wednesday, 7 November 2012. The airgram notes that Brazil and the United States have made a written request for an agenda item on “Intellectual Property and Innovation (agenda item M). Agenda item F covers the “Review under Paragraph 8 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health”.
Here below is the WTO airgram in full.
WTO/AIR/4020 12 OCTOBER 2012
SUBJECT: COUNCIL FOR TRIPS
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON 6-7 NOVEMBER 2012. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER.
2. BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR AN ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE PROPOSED AGENDA (LISTED AS ITEM M). FOLLOWING THIS REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
A. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
B. REVIEWS OF NATIONAL IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION
C. REVIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 27.3(b)
D. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
E. PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE
F. REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 8 OF THE DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE DOHA DECLARATION ON THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
G. NON-VIOLATION AND SITUATION COMPLAINTS
H. REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 71.1
I. REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 24.2
J. TENTH ANNUAL REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
K. TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY-BUILDING
L. LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL CONCERNING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS AND COMPLETENESS OF NOTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS
M. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INNOVATION
N. INFORMATION ON RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WTO
O. OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
P. ANNUAL REPORT
Q. OTHER BUSINESS
3. IT IS RECALLED THAT PARAGRAPH 19 OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT THE COUNCIL, IN UNDERTAKING THE WORK PROVIDED FOR IN THAT PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN ARTICLES 7 AND 8 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND SHALL TAKE FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION.
4. ANY MEMBER WISHING AN ADDITIONAL ITEM TO BE PLACED ON THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS INVITED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THIS SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE SO THAT A REVISED AIRGRAM CAN BE ISSUED TEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
5. MEMBERS OF THE WTO, OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.PASCAL LAMY