WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/NGA/1
17September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3651)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Nigeria
Thefollowingcommunication,dated17July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofNigeria.
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ThePermanent Mission ofNigeria totheUnited Nations Office atGeneva presents its
compliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade Organization andhasthehonour toforward onbehalf
oftheGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofNigeria thefollowing information inaccordance with
paragraph 8ofArticle 70oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights:
TheCommercial LawDepartment oftheFederal Ministry ofCommerce andTourism isthe
Government Agency incharge ofreceiving patent applications forinventions inthefieldof
pharmaceutical andagricultural chemical products.
Theaddress oftheoffice is:
TheHonourable Minister,
Federal Ministry ofCommerce andTourism,
Commercial LawDepartment,
P.M.B. 88,
Garki, Abuja,
Nigeria
Fax.no.234-9-2341541 or
234-9-2341351