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05VIENNA2557
2005-07-29 14:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION
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UNCLAS VIENNA 002557
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USTR FOR VESPINEL
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON KIPR AU WTO
SUBJECT: TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION
REF: STATE 138784
UNCLAS VIENNA 002557
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USTR FOR VESPINEL
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON KIPR AU WTO
SUBJECT: TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION
REF: STATE 138784
1. (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to
Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's
Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with
Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors
re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health
amendment to TRIPS because the waiver from 2003 could only
be a temporary solution. Habermayer claimed that the
Commission's current draft for the TRIPS Council would make
the wording of the Chairman's statement legally binding in
any future amendment.
BROWN#
SIPDIS
STATE PASS USTR FOR VESPINEL
GENEVA FOR USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON KIPR AU WTO
SUBJECT: TRIPS AMENDMENT: AUSTRIA'S REACTION
REF: STATE 138784
1. (SBU) On July 27, we conveyed reftel talking points to
Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economy's
Department of Multilateral Trade. We followed up with
Habermayer on July 29. Habermayer said that Austria favors
re-starting negotiations on a legally binding health
amendment to TRIPS because the waiver from 2003 could only
be a temporary solution. Habermayer claimed that the
Commission's current draft for the TRIPS Council would make
the wording of the Chairman's statement legally binding in
any future amendment.
BROWN#