WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/BOL/1
IP/N/4/COL/1
ORGANIZATION IP/N/4/ECU/1
IP/N/4/PER/1
IP/N/4/VEN/2
19August 1997
(97-3421)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)
OFTHE AGREEMENT
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Bymeans ofajoint communication from their respective Permanent Missions, dated
24July1997, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, PeruandVenezuela havemade thefollowing notification
under Article 4(d)oftheAgreement.
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Inaccordance withArticle 4(d)oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS), theGovernments oftheRepublics ofBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peruand
Venezuela, Members oftheAndean Community, hereby notify theCouncil forTRIPS ofthe
Cartagena Agreement.
Thisnotification oftheCartagena Agreement relates notonlytotheprovisions directly included
therein, asinterpreted andapplied intherelevant law,butalsototheregulations which havebeen
ormayinthefuture beadopted bytheAndean Community oritsMember Countries, inaccordance
withtheAgreement inthecourse oftheprocess ofregional integration.
TheMember Countries oftheAndean Community remain atthedisposal ofMembers ofthe
Council forTRIPS seeking further information orclarification.