Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Special Session - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Manzoor Ahmad, to the Trade Negotiations Committee

World Trade Organization TN/IP/11 6 December 2004 (04-5341) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Special Session special session of the Council for trips Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Manzoor Ahmad, to the Trade Negotiations Committee This report is submitted on the Chairman's own responsibility. I. Status of Work Since the General Council's Decision of 1 August 2004, the Special Session has held two meetings, on 23 September and on 30 November 2004. (For the Chair's report on the 23 September meeting to the TNC, see paragraph 22 of TN/C/M/14.) At the meeting of 30 November and as suggested by the Chair at the 23 September 2004 meeting of the Special Session, delegations addressed various issues regarding the establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of geographical indications for wines and spirits, in particular questions relating to the notification phase of the system, and the