from a public health perspective it seems more appropriate to have a government agency issue the compulsory licenses as this will save time and resources and involve experts who are familiar with public health issues such as for instance a body in the ministry of health or the competition authority in cases of anticompetitive behaviour for example a member could not just impose a compulsory license on essential medicines as such but would have to justify each license in the set for instance a member may provide in its legislation that the lack of affordable medicines on the domestic market justifies the grant of a compulsory license