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27 October  2021 
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General Council  Original: English  
 
 
TRIPS NON -VIOLATION AND SITUATION COMPLAINTS  MORATORIUM  
COMMUNICATION FROM  CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, GUATEMALA, NEW ZEALAND  AND PANAMA  
The following communication, dated  26 October 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation s of Canada, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, New Zealand and Panama.  
 
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WTO Members have periodically taken decisions at Ministerial Conferences to continue their practice 
of not  initiating non -violation and situation  complaints under  the TRIPS Agreement . Recogni zing that 
there is a need to continue discussing this issue among the WTO Members within the TRIPS Council , 
we propose that the Ministerial Conference  adopts the following decision:  
 
The Ministerial Conference  decides as follows:  
 
We take note of the work done by the Council for Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property  
Rights pursuant to the General Council  decision of 10 December 201 9 on "TRIPS Non -Violation and 
Situation  Complaints" (WT/L/ 1080), and dir ect it to continue its examination of the scope and 
modalities for  complaints of the types provided for under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) of 
Article  XXIII of GATT  1994 and make recommendations to the 1 3th Ministerial  Conference . It is 
agreed that, in the m eantime,  Members will not initiate such complaints under the TRIPS Agreement.  
 
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