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[...]e Trade Negotiations Committee

World Trade Organization TN/IP/21 21 April 2011 (11-2081) 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 This report on the negotiations on the establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of geographical indications (GIs) for wines and spirits ("Register") is submitted on my own responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of delegations and to the outcome of the negotiations. STATUS OF WORK The mandate of the Special Session is set out in the first sentence of paragraph 18 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1), which reads as follows: "With a view to completing the work started in the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Council fo