WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/PHL/1
4November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4631)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Philippines
ThePermanent Mission ofthePhilippines hasrequested thatthefollowing notification be
circulated toMembers.
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ThePermanent Mission ofthePhilippines totheUnites Nations andOther International
Organizations inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade Organization
andhasthehonour toinform thelatter thatthePhilippines avails itself oftheright ofdeveloping
countries under Article 65.2 oftheTRIPS Agreement, todelay forfouryears, beginning asof
1January 1996, thedateofapplication oftheAgreement.
ThePhilippines Mission alsowishes toinform theSecretariat thatPhilippine Republic Act
No.165doesnotexclude from patentability inventions relating topharmaceutical andagricultural
chemical products, andtherefore Article 70.8oftheTRIPS Agreement doesnotapply tothePhilippines.