WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/315/Add.2
10 September 2002
(02-4731)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Follow-up Questions posed by Switzerland
Addendum
By means of a communication from the Permanent Delegation of Switzerland, dated
12 August 2002, the Secretariat has received a copy of the following follow-up questions that
Switzerland has communicated to Gabon.  These questions supplement those posed by Switzerland in
document IP/C/W/315.
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GABON
A. PATENTS
Follow-up to question 1:
You state that under your legislation, plant varieties are excluded from patent protection.
Please explain how your legislation provides for the protection of plant varieties.  Is it by means of a
sui generis  system as foreseen in Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement?
B. PROTECTION OF UNDISCLOSED INFORMATION
Follow-up to question 5:
Referring to the issue of unfair commercial use of data submitted by an applicant to the
responsible State agency in the procedure for market authorization of a pharmaceutical or of an
agricultural chemical product, please specify whet her the responsible State agency will require the
same amount of data from a second applicant requesting market authorization for a similar or identical
product as from the first applicant.
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