These laws are communicated to the member council, allowing members to review legislation and promote transparency in members` intellectual property protection policies. This exception was extended several times in 2013. A LDC-specific transitional period for the application of certain WTO drug rules is in effect until 2033, after being last extended five years ago. In the meantime, WTO members will meet next year to discuss the implementation of a specific article on TRIPS, dedicated to promoting the transfer of technology to LDCs of companies established in industrialized countries. But there remain broader systemic questions, including whether more can and should be done to develop the technological and manufacturing capabilities of LDCs in these areas, and whether the TRIPS agreement itself, given the lessons of its 25-year history – particularly in the wake of today`s pandemic – requires a major change of mentality. General transitional periods apply to the original members of the WTO, i.e. governments that were members on 1 January 1995. Since the creation of the WTO, a number of countries have joined. These countries have generally agreed in their accession agreements (their accession protocols) to implement the TRIPS agreement from the date of their formal WTO membership, without a transition period being implemented. The TRIPS Council will submit the agreement to a general review after five years; however, it also has the power to review it at any time in light of new relevant developments that may warrant an amendment and amendment (Article 71). A detailed overview of the ADPIC agreement THE TRIPS agreement … is the most comprehensive multilateral agreement on intellectual property to date… However, the agreement allows countries to delay the implementation of their provisions.

These delays define the transition from before the agreement came into force (before 1 January 1995) to its application in the Member States. The most important transitional periods are: in addition, Article 65.5 of the ON THE TRIPS agreement stipulates that countries using the transition period should not roll back members who benefit from a transitional period (according to Article 65, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4), to ensure that changes to their laws, regulations and practices during the transition period do not result in a lesser degree of consistency with provisions of the agreement.