GATT/AIR/2859

GATT/AIR/2859 12 OCTOBER 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INCLUDING TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT

GOODS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INCLUDING TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS, WILL MEET ON

30 OCTOBER - 3 NOVEMBER 1989 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, COMMENCING ON 30 OCTOBER AT 11.00 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

I. CONTINUATION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE TNC DECISION OF 8 APRIL 1989, TAKING ACCOUNT OF PARAGRAPHS 5 AND 6 AND OF OTHER RELEVANT PARAGRAPHS OF THAT DECISION:

(A) THE APPLICABILITY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE GATT AND OF RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENTS OR CONVENTIONS;

(B) THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, SCOPE AND USE OF TRADE-RELATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS;

(C) THE PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE MEANS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF TRADE-RELATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS;

(D) THE PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE AND EXPEDITIOUS PROCEDURES FOR THE MULTILATERAL PREVENTION AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY OF GATT PROCEDURES;

(E) TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AIMING AT THE FULLEST PARTICIPATION IN THE RESULTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS;

(F) OTHER MATTERS.

II. DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK OF PRINCIPLES, RULES AND DISCIPLINES DEALING WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS.

III. CONSIDERATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEGOTIATIONS IN THIS AREA AND INITIATIVES IN OTHER FORA.

IV. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. IT IS RECALLED THAT THE GROUP HAS AGREED TO FOCUS AT THIS MEETING ON ITEM I(B) IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT SOME PARTICIPANTS HAVE IN ADDITION INDICATED THEIR INTEREST TO TABLE NEW PROPOSALS RELEVANT TO ITEM I(C).

4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

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