Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Special Session - Multilateral System of Notification and Registration of Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits - Report by the C[...]f the TNC Stocktaking Exercise
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- 2010/03/30
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World Trade
Organization TN/IP/20
22 March 2010
(10-1509) Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
Special Session
MULTILATERAL SYSTEM OF NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINES AND SPIRITS
Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Darlington Mwape (Zambia) to the Trade Negotiations Committee for the purpose of the TNC stocktaking exercise
This report on the negotiations on the establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration ("Register") of geographical indications (GIs) for wines and spirits is submitted on my own responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of delegations and to the outcome of the negotiations.
I. STATUS OF WORK
On 4 March 2010, the 25th formal meeting of the Special Session of the Council for TRIPS confirmed my appointment as Chairman in replacement of Ambassador C. Trevor Clarke (Barbados), who had relinquished his post at the end of November 2009.