RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/23
8May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1817)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
COMMUNICATION FROM VENEZUELA
Thefollowing communication, dated 29March 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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ThePermanent Mission ofVenezuela totheUnited Nations Office andOther International
Organizations atGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade Organization
(WTO) andinforms itthattheGovernment ofVenezuela willavailitselfofitsrightunder Article 65.2
oftheTRIPS Agreement, todelay forfouryears, beginning asof1January 1996, thedateofapplication
ofthatAgreement.