WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS50/12
4 February 1999
(99-0415)
Original:  English
INDIA - PATENT PROTECTION FOR PHARMACEUTICAL AND
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
Request by the European Communities and its Member States
 Regarding Consultations by the United States
The following communication, dated 29 January 1999, from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Permanent Mission of I ndia, the Permanent Mission of the United States
and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to the procedure provided
for under Article 21.5 of the DSU.
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Pursuant to the procedures laid down in Ar ticle 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the European Communities and its Member
States wish to join in the consultations requested by the United States by communication circulated to
WTO Members on 20 January 1999 (Doc. WT/DS50/11).
The European pharmaceutical and agro-chemical industry has important export interests in
the Indian market.
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