WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/363/Corr.11
18 July 2002
(02-3990)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property Rights
PROPOSALS ON PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE DOHA DECLARATION ON THE TRIPS
AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH:  THEMATIC COMPILATION
Note by the Secretariat
Corrigendum
1. In Section I.B.1. on page 9, the following words should be added after "reasonable" in the
second sentence in line 2 of the paragraph under the heading "European Communities and their
member States":
"and proportional".
2. In Section I.B.5 (a) on page 13, in the paragraph under the heading "European Communities
and their member States"  the following should be added:
"However, if the use of the product is intended to address a case of a national
emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency in the importing Member, the
Member authorizing the production will not be obliged to first apply the condition set
out in the first sentence of subparagraph (b). This should not be a reason for bothMembers involved not to promptly notify the right holder of the intention to grant a
licence (IP/C/W/352)."
3. In Section I.C. on page 16, in the paragraph under the heading "European Communities and
their member States" the following should be added:
"Remain open to consider any alternative solution that might solve the problem
identified under paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration in a timely and adequate
manner (IP/C/W/352)."
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1 In English only.This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members
and to their rights and obligations under the WTO