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World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council: Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the Trips Agreement and Public Health*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2017

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Copyright ©American Society of International Law 2004

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This document was reproduced and reformatted from the text appearing at the WTO website (visited March 8, 2004) <http://www.wto.org.>

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Ɨ This Decision was adopted by the General Council in light of a statement read out by the Chairman, which can be found in JOB(03)/177. This statement will be reproduced in the minutes of the General Council to be issued as WT/GC/M/82.

1 This subparagraph is without prejudice to subparagraph 1(b).

2 It is understood that this notification does not need to be approved by a WTO body in order to use the system set out in this Decision.

3 Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.

4 Joint notifications providing the information required under this subparagraph may be made by the regional organizations referred to in paragraph 6 of this Decision on behalf of eligible importing Members using the system that are parties to them, with the agreement of those parties.

5 The notification will be made available publicly by the WTO Secretariat through a page on the WTO website dedicated to this Decision.

6 This subparagraph is without prejudice to Article 66.1 of the Trips Agreement.

7 The licensee may use for this purpose its own website or, with the assistance of the WTO Secretariat, the page on the WTO website dedicated to this Decision.

8 It is understood that this notification does not need to be approved by a WTO body in order to use the system set out in this Decision.

9 The notification will be made available publicly by the WTO Secretariat through a page on the WTO website dedicated to this Decision.