RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/24
30May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2030)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
COMMUNICATION FROM KUWAIT
Thefollowing communication, dated 10May1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission oftheState ofKuwait.
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ThePermanent Mission oftheState ofKuwait totheUnited Nations Office andother
International Organizations inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade
Organization andhasthehonour toinform thattheGovernment oftheStateofKuwait willavailitself
ofitsright under Article 65.2oftheTRIPS Agreement, todelay forfouryears, beginning asof1
January 1996, thedateofapplication oftheAgreement.