RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/271/Add.4
27 August 2001
(01-4113)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  Spanish
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Response from Argentina to the Follow-up
Questions Posed by the United States
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Argentina, dated 21 June 2001,
the Secretariat has received the following repl ies to the follow-up questions posed by the
United States, as circulated in document IP/C/W/268/Add.2.
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A. ENFORCEMENT
1. Please explain whether an interested part y may file a sworn declaration with the
customs authorities of Argentina to prevent the entry into commerce of infringing materials or
to enable the seizure of infr inging materials from abroad.
No, Argentine Customs may suspend clearance only by judicial order (and not on the basis of
a sworn declaration filed with the administrative authority).
2. Please explain whether there are any laws or regulations in Argentina to ensure that
government agencies do not infringe intellectual  property rights in works such as computer
software that is used in government agencies.  Pl ease describe any procedures that are in place
to ensure that there is no unauthorized use of in tellectual property rights by the Government of
Argentina.
At the end of 2000, the Office of the Chief of Cabinet was pursuing its investigation into the
matter with extremely positive results, which means that the issue of avoiding infringements of
copyright in this sphere is on the way to being settled.
A number of provinces such as Santa Fe, Cor doba and Buenos Aires, which rank among the
country's principal software users, have put an end to irregularities.  Efforts are continuing at both
public and private level in order to regularize the situation.
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