Notifying the World Trade Organization

Procedures
	Notifying the WTO
	Notifying the Government of Canada
	Requesting Additional Eligible Products

To notify the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its plans to import a drug or medical device through Canada's Access to Medicines Regime, the government of a WTO member country must

1. Prepare a letter on official letterhead indicating its plan to import a drug or medical device under the Regime.
   
   Include in the letter the information required, depending on whether the country is
   • a Schedule 2 - WTO member country that is recognized by the United Nations as a least-developed country;
   • a Schedule 3 - WTO member country that has not indicated whether it intends to take advantage of the WTO decision; or
   • a Schedule 4 - WTO member country that has indicated to the WTO that it will take advantage of the WTO decision in a public health emergency.
   
   
2. Mail the letter of notification to the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization:
   

   TRIPS Council
   World Trade Organization
   Centre William Rappard
   Rue de Lausanne 154
   CH-1211 Geneva 21
   Switzerland