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... 3. During
the time period referred to in paragraph 2, the Council for TRIPS
shall examine the scope and modalities for complaints of the type
provided for under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) of Article XXIII of
GATT 1994 made pursuant to this Agreement, and submit its
recommendations to the Ministerial Conference for approval. Any
decision of the Ministerial Conference to approve such
recommendations or to extend the period in paragraph 2 shall be
made only by consensus, and approved recommendations shall be
effective for all Members without further formal acceptance process.
...
... 3. During
the time period referred to in paragraph 2, the Council for TRIPS
shall examine the scope and modalities for complaints of the type
provided for under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) of Article XXIII of
GATT 1994 made pursuant to this Agreement, and submit its
recommendations to the Ministerial Conference for approval. Any
decision of the Ministerial Conference to approve such
recommendations or to extend the period in paragraph 2 shall be
made only by consensus, and approved recommendations shall be
effective for all Members without further formal acceptance process.
...
... 2. Amendments
merely serving the purpose of adjusting to higher levels of
protection of intellectual property rights achieved, and in force, in
other multilateral agreements and accepted under those agreements by
all Members of the WTO may be referred to the Ministerial Conference
for action in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article X of the
WTO Agreement on the basis of a consensus proposal from the Council
for TRIPS.
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