RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IP/N/4/MEX/1
12February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0506)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 4(d)OFTHE AGREEMENT
Mexico
Thefollowing communication, dated 29December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofMexico.
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Further toyourcomments concerning notifications under Article 4(d)oftheAgreement on
Trade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) attheCouncil meeting of20and
21November 1995, Ihereby inform theCouncil forTRIPS that:
- Theprovisions oftheNorth American FreeTrade Agreement (NAFTA) concerning
trade-related aspects ofintellectual property rights came intoforceon1January 1994;
and
- theabove provisions werenotified toGATT/WTO together withallother provisions
ofNAFTA indocument L/7176/Add.1.
Having complied withthenotification requirements ofArticle 4(d)oftheTRIPS Agreement,
theGovernment ofMexico reserves therighttoinvoke theabove Article inrespect ofanytrade-related
aspect ofintellectual property rights deriving from theNorth American FreeTrade Agreement.