. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/388/Add.8
11 February 2003
(03-0874)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT:
INFORMATION FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
Addendum
CZECH REPUBLIC
The present document reproduces the information on the Czech Republic's implementation of
Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement, which has been received from the Permanent Mission of the
Czech Republic by means of a communication dated 30 January 2003.
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Pursuant to paragraph 11.2 of the Doha Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and
Concerns, the Council for TRIPS has requested Me mbers concerned to provide information on their
implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement.
The Czech Republic provides incentives to enterprises and institutions in its territory in order
to promote and encourage technology transfer to least-developed country Members in the framework
of the Development Aid Programme.  The prog ramme includes transfer of know-how, expert
consultancy, assistance to development of technological bases, assistance to research activities,
geological and hydrological prospecting, introduction of medical activities and establishment of
health-care centres, management support, training and education.  The present document lists concreteactual projects of the Development Aid.
Projects of Development Aid realized in Least-Developed Countries:
− Assistance to development of energy base in Bangladesh (1998-2001), renewal and
reconstruction of power plants Khulna a nd Chittagong, top equipment delivery and
expert consultancy (under responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Trade);
− Assistance to establishment of health-care centre and training medical centre in
Zambia/Lusaca (1998-2003), help with introducing of medical activities (underresponsibility of the Ministry of Health);
− Geological prospecting of mineralization in the copper area, Zambia (1999-2003),
including assessment of environmental impacts of copper mining, realized by the Czech
Geological Institute (under responsibility of the Ministry of Environment);
− Assessment of energy potential of black slate, including environmental impacts of its
combustion, Burkina Faso (2001-2002), solution to insufficiency of energy resources in
the area, realized by the Czech Geological Institute (under responsibility of the Ministry
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− Hydrological prospecting and re search of water resources focused on arid areas, Ethiopia
(2001-2002), processing of hydrological data and water management plan for arid areas,
realized by the Aquatest company (under responsibility of the Ministry of Environment).
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