International instruments. On 21 November 1995, the Council for TRIPS adopted a Decision on “Procedures for Notification of, and Possible Establishment of a Common Register of National Laws and Regulations Under Article 63.2.”34 This Decision basically establishes rules in respect of two categories of national laws and regulations: first, those dedicated to IPRs as such; and second, inter alia those “not dedicated to intellectual property rights as such but which nonetheless pertain to the availability, scope, acquisition, enforcement and prevention of abuse of intellectual property rights (notably laws and regulations in the areas of enforcement and the prevention of abusive practices).”35 In respect of the latter category, the Council also adopted a Decision setting up a format (i.e., a model) for their listing.36 Finally, the Council agreed on a Decision establishing a checklist of issues on enforcement of IPRs.37
International instruments. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises,93 which contain a Chap- ter IX on Competition, and which have been revised and adopted in 2000, remain general and non-binding. The outcome of ongoing work within the WTO on competition is difficult to predict.94 For the time being, WTO Members do not agree on a common ap- proach to the possible inclusion of competition rules in the WTO legal framework. The “Working Group on the Interaction Between Trade and Competition Policy”, which was established by the WTO Ministerial Conference in December 1996, has discussed the interrelationship between the trade-related aspects of intellec- tual property and competition policy quite extensively.95 However, it has only a preparatory role of gathering and defining the issues, not of suggesting solutions or rules.
International instruments. The cooperation referred to in the present Agreement shall not affect the rights and duties which the Parties have acquired regarding other international instruments.
International instruments. 6.2.1 The WIPO-WTO agreement on technical cooperation In 1996 the WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) en- tered into a technical cooperation agreement. Of particular relevance to the pro- visions under discussion is Article 4 of that Agreement, which deals with “Legal- Technical Assistance and Technical Cooperation”:
International instruments. Article 70 is a transitional mechanism under TRIPS. It has not been the subject of other international instruments.158
International instruments. Possible ways of interpreting the Doha Declaration with respect to non-violation complaints are analyzed in Section 3, above. With respect to the attempts to reform the DSU provisions in general, see Section 6.4, below.
International instruments. Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), 16 November 1945. · Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, 12 August 1949. · Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, 12 August 1949. · Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949. · Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907. · Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 39/46 of 10 December 1984. · Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 14 May 1954. · Convention on Cluster Munitions, 30 May 2008. · Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscrim- inate Effects, 10 October 1980. · Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979 · Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 10 April 1972. · Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, 13 January 1993; Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Person- nel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997. · Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Adopted by General Xxxxx- xxx Resolution 61/106 of 12 December 2006. · Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989. · Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 27 July 1929. · First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966. · Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 12 August 1949. · Geneva Protocol on Asphyxiating or Poisonous Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods, 17 June 1925. · International Convention for the Protection of...
International instruments. The Chairperson’s Statement accompanying the 2003 General Council Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement
International instruments. In February 2000 the WTO General Council agreed that mandated reviews should address the trade and development impact on developing countries of the agree- ment concerned.182 Even more importantly, at the 2001 Ministerial Conference at Doha, Members in the Ministerial Declaration referred to the Article 71.1 review as follows:
International instruments. 6.2.1 The Convention on Biological Diversity TRIPS does not incorporate or cross-reference the Convention on Biological Di- versity (CBD),126 adopted prior to its conclusion (i.e. in 1992). Following proposals on this subject by a number of developing Members, WTO Ministers at the Doha Ministerial agreed that the Council for TRIPS should examine the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD. Ministers instructed the Council for TRIPS,
