Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Implementation of Paragraph 11 of the 30 August 2003 Decision - Communication from Nigeria on behalf of the African Group - Revision

World Trade Organization IP/C/W/437/Rev.1 23 March 2005 (05-1239) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Original: English Implementation of Paragraph 11 of the 30 August 2003 Decision Communication from Nigeria on behalf of the African Group Revision The present document is a revised version of the Nigerian communication on behalf of the African Group previously circulated in IP/C/W/437. It takes account of a communication, dated 18 March 2005, from the Delegation of Rwanda on behalf of the African Group, which has requested the following amendment to be made: The words in the third line of paragraph [2](b) of the proposed Article 31 which read "this Article shall be paid in that Member" should be amended to read "this Article shall be paid by the exporting Member". _______________ Introduction On 30 August 2003, the General Council adopted a decision ("Decision") to implement paragraph 6 of the Doha Declarati