Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Technical Cooperation Activities: Information from other Intergovernmental Organizations - World Customs Organization (WCO) - Addendum

World Trade Organization IP/C/W/541/Add.4 1 March 2010 (101136) Council for TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION (WCO) Addendum At its meeting of 89 June 2009, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental organization observers to the Council to update the information on their technical and financial cooperation programmes relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. The present document reproduces the information which has been received from the World Customs Organization (WCO) by means of a communication dated 12 January 2010. _______________ General remarks The World Customs Organization (WCO) represents 176 Members states whose Customs administrations process approximately 98 per cent of the global trade. The WCO is the only international organization with