WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/3/Rev.3/Add.2
4 February 1999
(99-0420)
Council on Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT POINTS
UNDER ARTICLE 69 OF THE AGREEMENT
Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
At its meeting of 21 September 1995, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite each Member to
notify, by 1 January 1996, information relating to the contact point, or each of the contact points,
established for the purposes of Article 69 of the Agreement, in particular the name(s), address(es),telephone and telefax number(s) and, where appropriate, E-mail reference(s), of the authorit(y)(ies) in
question, including, where appropriate, the contact official at each contact point.
The present addendum concerns the contact point notified by Maldives, as well as updated
information on the contact points notified by  Brazil, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.
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BRAZIL
Main contact point
Divisão de Política Comercial - DPC
(Trade Policy Division)
Ministério das Relações Exteriores
Anexo I - Sala 536 - 5 ° andar
70170-900 Brasília-DF
Telephone: +55 61 411 64 11-13
Telefax: +55 61 226 60 79
+55 61 223 73 62
Contact official: Minister Piragibe TarragôIP/N/3/Rev.3/Add.2
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MALDIVES
Ministry of Trade and Industries
Ghaazee Building
Ameeru Ahmed Magu
Malé 20-05
Telephone: +960 32 36 68
+960 32 52 05
Telefax: +960 32 38 40
E-mail: trademin@dhivehinct.net.mv
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr. Karl Whitfield
Intellectual Property Policy Directorate
The Patent Office
Cardiff Road
Newport
Gwent   NP9 1RH
Telephone: +44 1 633 814 734
Telefax: +44 1 633 814 504
VENEZUELA
1. Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (MIC)
Sr. Freddy Yépez
Director General Sectorial de Plan ificación Estratégica e Inversiones
Avenida Libertador
Centro Comercial Los Cedros - Pent HouseUrbanización Florida
Caracas 1050
Telephone: +58 2 761 89 85
+58 2 762 56 60
Telefax: +58 2 762 56 60
+58 2 761 89 85
2. Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI)
Dr. Francisco AstudilloDirector General Sectorial
Centro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur, Piso 7
Apartado Postal 1844
El Silencio
Caracas 1010
Telephone: +58 2 481 30 63
+58 2 481 12 45
+58 2 483 24 77
Telefax: +58 2 483 13 91IP/N/3/Rev.3/Add.2
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The new Servicio Autónomo de la Propiedad Intelectual (SAPI) (Autonomous Service for Intellectual
Property) falls under the Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Trade) of
Venezuela, and replaces the Instituto de Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Institute), the Servicio
Autónomo de la Propiedad Industrial (Autonomious Service for Industrial Property) and the Dirección
Nacional de Derecho de autor (National Copyright Office) as notified in 1996.
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