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SECTION L in accordance with Annex 11A (Party-Specific Transition
TRANSPARENCY Periods).

2. During the relevant periods set out in Annex 11A (Party-Specific
Article 11.77: Transparency Transition Periods), a Party shall not amend a measure to make
it less consistent with its obligations under the provisions referred
1. Each Party shall provide that final judicial decisions and to in Annex 11A (Party-Specific Transition Periods) for that Party,
administrative rulings of general application that pertain to the or adopt a new measure that is less consistent with those
availability, scope, acquisition, enforcement, and prevention of obligations than relevant measures of that Party that are in effect
the abuse of intellectual property rights shall be published, or on the date of signature of this Agreement. This Article does not
where such publication is not practicable, made publicly available, affect the rights and obligations of a Party under an international
in at least a national language of that Party in such a manner as agreement to which it and another Party are party.
to enable the other Parties and right holders to become
acquainted with them. Each Party shall endeavour to provide that
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such final judicial decisions be published online, where feasible. Article 11.80: Notifications in Relation to Party-Specific Transition
Periods
2. Each Party shall take appropriate measures, to the extent
possible under its laws and regulations, to publish or make 1. Any Party which has a Party-specific transition period for any
available to the public, information on applications and obligation under this Chapter as set out in Annex 11A (Party-
registrations of intellectual property rights, and where applicable, Specific Transition Periods) shall provide a notification to the
legal status information thereof, such as registration and Committee on the Business Environment on its plans for and
expiration dates. progress towards implementing each such obligation, after the
date of entry into force of this Agreement for that Party, as follows:

SECTION M (a) for any transition period of five years or less, that Party
TRANSITION PERIODS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE shall provide a notification six months before the expiration
of the transition period; and

Article 11.78: Transitional Periods for Least Developed Country (b) for any transition period of more than five years, that Party
Parties under the TRIPS Agreement shall provide an annual notification on the anniversary of
the date of entry into force of this Agreement for that Party,
Nothing in this Chapter shall derogate from the rights of any Party to beginning on the fifth anniversary for that Party, and a
avail itself of any applicable transitional period under the TRIPS notification six months before the expiration of the
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Agreement that has been or may be agreed in the WTO, either before, transition period.
on, or after the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
2. Any Party may request additional information regarding another
Party’s progress towards implementing the obligation. The
Article 11.79: Party-Specific Transition Periods requested Party shall promptly reply to such a request.

1. Noting each Party’s different stage of development, and without 3. No later than the date on which a transition period expires, a Party
prejudice to Article 11.78 (Transitional Periods for Least with a Party-specific transition period shall provide a notification
Developed Country Parties under the TRIPS Agreement), a Party to the other Parties of what measures it has taken to implement
may delay the implementation of certain provisions of this Chapter the obligation for which it has a transition period.

67 For greater certainty, nothing in this paragraph shall require a Party to specify online 68 For greater certainty, this subparagraph shall also apply to any extension of a
publication in its laws and regulations. transition period set out in Annex 11A (Party-Specific Transition Periods).

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