COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF, AND POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON REGISTER OF, NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 - Dec[...] for TRIPS of 21 November 1995

RESTRICTED World Trade IP/C/2 30 November 1995 Organization (95-3867) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF, AND POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON REGISTER OF, NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 21 November 1995 These procedures will be reviewed by the Council, in the light of experience, at the end of 1997, inter alia to identify any elements which have proved unduly burdensome in relation to the usefulness of the information provided. Section 1: General 1. Each Member shall notify to the TRIPS Council, through the WTO Secretariat, its laws and regulations pertaining to the subject matter of the TRIPS Agreement (the availability, scope, acquisition, enforcement and prevention of the abuse of intellectual property rights), in accordance with the guidelines set out below. 2.1 As of the time that a Member is obliged to start app