C–9 3 37 52-53 Elizabeth II 2004

An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act (The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa)

An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act (The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa)

Patents and Food and Drugs 2004 5 14 23 2004

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act to facilitate access to pharmaceutical products to address public health problems afflicting many developing and least developed countries, especially those resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.S., c. P-4

PATENT ACT

The Patent Act is amended by adding the following after

section 21:

USE OF PATENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS

Purpose

21.01

The purpose of sections 21.02 to 21.2 is to give effect to Canada's and Jean Chrétien's pledge to Africa by facilitating access to pharmaceutical products to address public health problems afflicting many developing and least-developed countries, especially those resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics.

Definitions

21.02

The

definitions in this

section apply in this

section and in sections 21.03 to 21.19.

authorization

autorisation

authorization means an authorization granted under subsection 21.04(1), and includes an authorization renewed under subsection 21.12(1).

General Council

Conseil général

General Council means the General Council of the WTO established by paragraph 2 of

Article IV of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15, 1994.

General Council Decision

décision du Conseil général

General Council Decision means the decision of the General Council of August 30, 2003 respecting

Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement, including the

interpretation of that decision in the General Council Chairperson's statement of that date.

patented product

produit breveté

patented product means a product the making, constructing, using or selling of which in Canada would infringe a patent in the absence of the consent of the patentee.

pharmaceutical product

produit pharmaceutique

pharmaceutical product means any patented product listed in

Schedule 1 in, if applicable, the dosage form, the strength and the route of administration specified in that

Schedule in relation to the product.

TRIPS Agreement

Accord sur les ADPIC

TRIPS Agreement means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, being Annex 1C of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15, 1994.

TRIPS Council

Conseil des ADPIC

TRIPS Council means the council referred to in the TRIPS Agreement.

WTO

OMC

WTO means the World Trade Organization established by

Article I of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15, 1994.

Amending Schedules

21.03

(1) The Governor in Council may, by order,

(

a) on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister of Health, amend

Schedule 1

(

i) by adding the name of any patented product that may be used to address public health problems afflicting many developing and least-developed countries, especially those resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics and, if the Governor in Council considers it appropriate to do so, by adding one or more of the following in respect of the patented product, namely, a dosage form, a strength and a route of administration, and

(ii)

by removing any entry listed in it;

(

b) on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for International Trade and the Minister for International Cooperation, amend

Schedule 2 by adding the name of any country recognized by the United Nations as being a least-developed country that has,

(

i) if it is a WTO Member, provided the TRIPS Council with a notice in writing stating that the country intends to import, in accordance with the General Council Decision, pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of that decision, and

(ii)

if it is not a WTO Member, provided the Government of Canada with a notice in writing through diplomatic channels stating that the country intends to import pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, that it agrees that those products will not be used for commercial purposes and that it undertakes to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of that decision;

(

c) on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for International Trade and the Minister for International Cooperation, amend

Schedule 3 by adding the name of any WTO Member not listed in

Schedule 2 that has provided the TRIPS Council with a notice in writing stating that the WTO Member intends to import, in accordance with the General Council Decision, pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of that decision; and

(

d) on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for International Trade and the Minister for International Cooperation, amend

Schedule 4 by adding the name of

(

i) any WTO Member not listed in

Schedule 2 or 3 that has provided the TRIPS Council with a notice in writing stating that the WTO Member intends to import, in accordance with the General Council Decision, pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of that decision, or

(ii)

any country that is not a WTO Member and that is named on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's list of countries that are eligible for official development assistance and that has provided the Government of Canada with a notice in writing through diplomatic channels

(

A) stating that it is faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency,

(

B) specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the country to deal with the emergency or other urgency,

(

C) stating that it has no, or insufficient, pharmaceutical capacity to manufacture that product, and

(

D) stating that it agrees that that product will not be used for commercial purposes and that it undertakes to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of the General Council Decision.

Restriction -

Schedule 3

(2) The Governor in Council may not add to

Schedule 3 the name of any WTO Member that has notified the TRIPS Council that it will import, in accordance with the General Council Decision, pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of that decision, only if faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency.

Removal from Schedules 2 to 4

(3) The Governor in Council may, by order, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for International Trade and the Minister for International Cooperation, amend any of Schedules 2 to 4 to remove the name of any country or WTO Member if

(

a) in the case of a country or WTO Member listed in

Schedule 2, the country or WTO Member has ceased to be recognized by the United Nations as being a least-developed country or, in the case of a country that is not a WTO Member, the country has permitted any product imported into that country under an authorization to be used for commercial purposes or has failed to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of the General Council Decision;

(

b) in the case of a WTO Member listed in

Schedule 3, the WTO Member has notified the TRIPS Council that it will import, in accordance with the General Council Decision, pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of that decision, only if faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency;

(

c) in the case of a WTO Member listed in

Schedule 4, the WTO Member has revoked any notification it has given to the TRIPS Council that it will import pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, only if faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency;

(

d) in the case of a country listed in

Schedule 4 that is not a WTO Member,

(

i) the name of the country is no longer on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's list of countries that are eligible for official development assistance,

(ii)

the country no longer faces a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency,

(iii)

the country has permitted any product imported into that country under an authorization to be used for commercial purposes, or

(iv)

the country has failed to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of the General Council Decision;

(

e) in the case of any country or WTO Member listed in

Schedule 3 or 4, the country or WTO Member has become recognized by the United Nations as a least-developed country; and

(

f) in the case of any country or WTO Member listed in any of Schedules 2 to 4, the country has notified the Government of Canada, or the WTO Member has notified the TRIPS Council, that it will not import pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision.

Timeliness of orders

(4) An order under this

section shall be made in a timely manner.

Authorization

21.04

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Commissioner shall, on the application of any person and on the payment of the prescribed fee, authorize the person to make, construct and use a patented invention solely for purposes directly related to the manufacture of the pharmaceutical product named in the application and to sell it for export to a country or WTO Member that is listed in any of Schedules 2 to 4 and that is named in the application.

Contents of application

(2) The application must be in the prescribed form and set out

(

a) the name of the pharmaceutical product to be manufactured and sold for export under the authorization;

(

b) prescribed information in respect of the version of the pharmaceutical product to be manufactured and sold for export under the authorization;

(

c) the maximum quantity of the pharmaceutical product to be manufactured and sold for export under the authorization;

(

d) for each patented invention to which the application relates, the name of the patentee of the invention and the number, as recorded in the Patent Office, of the patent issued in respect of that invention;

(

e) the name of the country or WTO Member to which the pharmaceutical product is to be exported;

(

f) the name of the governmental person or entity, or the person or entity permitted by the government of the importing country, to which the product is to be sold, and prescribed information, if any, concerning that person or entity; and

(

g) any other information that may be prescribed.

Conditions for granting of authorization

(3) The Commissioner shall authorize the use of the patented invention only if

(

a) the applicant has complied with the prescribed requirements, if any;

(

b) the Minister of Health has notified the Commissioner that the version of the pharmaceutical product that is named in the application meets the requirements of the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations, including the requirements under those regulations relating to the marking, embossing, labelling and packaging that identify that version of the product as having been manufactured

(

i) in Canada as permitted by the General Council Decision, and

(ii)

in a manner that distinguishes it from the version of the pharmaceutical product sold in Canada by, or with the consent of, the patentee or patentees, as the case may be;

(

c) the applicant provides the Commissioner with a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form stating that the applicant had, at least thirty days before filing the application,

(

i) sought from the patentee or, if there is more than one, from each of the patentees, by certified or registered mail, a licence to manufacture and sell the pharmaceutical product for export to the country or WTO Member named in the application on reasonable terms and conditions and that such efforts have not been successful, and

(ii)

provided the patentee, or each of the patentees, as the case may be, by certified or registered mail, in the written request for a licence, with the information that is in all material respects identical to the information referred to in paragraphs (2)(

a) to ( g ); and

(

d) the applicant also provides the Commissioner with

(

i) if the application relates to a WTO Member listed in

Schedule 2, a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the WTO Member, and

(

A) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is the product specified in the notice and that the product is not patented in that WTO Member, or

(

B) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is the product specified in the notice and a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council confirming that the WTO Member has, in accordance with

Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and the provisions of the General Council Decision, granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence to use the invention pertaining to the product,

(ii)

if the application relates to a country listed in

Schedule 2 that is not a WTO Member, a certified copy of the notice in writing that the country has provided to the Government of Canada through diplomatic channels specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the country, and

(

A) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is the product specified in the notice and that the product is not patented in that country, or

(

B) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is the product specified in the notice and a certified copy of the notice in writing that the country has provided to the Government of Canada through diplomatic channels confirming that the country has granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence to use the invention pertaining to the product,

(iii)

if the application relates to a WTO Member listed in

Schedule 3, a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the WTO Member, and stating that the WTO Member has insufficient or no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity for the production of the product to which the application relates, and

(

A) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is not patented in that WTO Member, or

(

B) a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council confirming that the WTO Member has, in accordance with

Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and the provisions of the General Council Decision, granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence to use the invention pertaining to the product,

(iv)

if the application relates to a WTO Member listed in

Schedule 4, a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the WTO Member, and stating that the WTO Member is faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency and that it has insufficient or no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity for the production of the product to which the application relates, and

(

A) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is not patented in that WTO Member, or

(

B) a certified copy of the notice in writing that the WTO Member has provided to the TRIPS Council confirming that the WTO Member has, in accordance with

Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and the provisions of the General Council Decision, granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence to use the invention pertaining to the product, or

(

v) if the application relates to a country listed in

Schedule 4 that is not a WTO Member, a certified copy of the notice in writing that the country has provided to the Government of Canada through diplomatic channels specifying the name of the pharmaceutical product, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision, and the quantity of that product, needed by the country, and stating that it is faced with a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency, that it has insufficient or no pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity for the production of the product to which the application relates, that it agrees that product will not be used for commercial purposes and that it undertakes to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of the General Council Decision, and

(

A) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form by the person filing the application stating that the product to which the application relates is not patented in that country, or

(

B) a certified copy of the notice in writing that the country has provided to the Government of Canada through diplomatic channels confirming that the country has granted or intends to grant a compulsory licence to use the invention pertaining to the product.

Form and content of authorization

21.05

(1) The authorization must be in the prescribed form and, subject to subsection (2), contain the prescribed information.

Quantity

(2) The quantity of the product authorized to be manufactured by an authorization may not be more than the lesser of

(

a) the maximum quantity set out in the application for the authorization, and

(

b) the quantity set out in the notice referred to in any of subparagraphs 21.04(3)( d )(

i) to (v), whichever is applicable.

Disclosure of information on website

21.06

(1) Before exporting a product manufactured under an authorization, the holder of the authorization must establish a website on which is disclosed the prescribed information respecting the name of the product, the name of the country or WTO Member to which it is to be exported, the quantity that is authorized to be manufactured and sold for export and the distinguishing features of the product, and of its label and packaging, as required by regulations made under the Food and Drugs Act , as well as information identifying every known party that will be handling the product while it is in transit from Canada to the country or WTO Member to which it is to be exported.

Obligation to maintain

(2) The holder must maintain the website during the entire period during which the authorization is valid.

Links to other websites

(3) The Commissioner shall post and maintain on the website of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office a link to each website required to be maintained by the holder of an authorization under subsection (1).

Posting on the website

(4) The Commissioner shall, within seven days of receipt, post on the website of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office each application for authorization filed under subsection 21.04(1).

Export notice

21.07

Before each shipment of any quantity of a product manufactured under an authorization, the holder of the authorization must, within fifteen days before the product is exported, provide to each of the following a notice, by certified or registered mail, specifying the quantity to be exported, as well as every known party that will be handling the product while it is in transit from Canada to the country or WTO Member to which it is to be exported:

(

a) the patentee or each of the patentees, as the case may be;

(

b) the country or WTO Member named in the authorization; and

(

c) the person or entity that purchased the product to which the authorization relates.

Royalty

21.08

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), on the occurrence of a prescribed event, the holder of an authorization is required to pay to the patentee or each patentee, as the case may be, a royalty determined in the prescribed manner.

Factors to consider when making regulations

(2) In making regulations for the purposes of subsection (1), the Governor in Council must consider the humanitarian and non-commercial reasons underlying the issuance of authorizations under subsection 21.04(1).

Time for payment

(3) The royalties payable under this

section must be paid within the prescribed time.

Federal Court may determine royalty

(4) The Federal Court may, in relation to any authorization, make an order providing for the payment of a royalty that is greater than the royalty that would otherwise be required to be paid under subsection (1).

Application and notice

(5) An order may be made only on the application of the patentee, or one of the patentees, as the case may be, and on notice of the application being given by the applicant to the holder of the authorization.

Contents of order

(6) An order may provide for a royalty of a fixed amount or for a royalty to be determined as specified in the order, and the order may be subject to any terms that the Federal Court considers appropriate.

Conditions for making of order

(7) The Federal Court may make an order only if it is satisfied that the royalty otherwise required to be paid is not adequate remuneration for the use of the invention or inventions to which the authorization relates, taking into account

(

a) the humanitarian and non-commercial reasons underlying the issuance of the authorization; and

(

b) the economic value of the use of the invention or inventions to the country or WTO Member.

Duration

21.09

An authorization granted under subsection 21.04(1) is valid for a period of two years beginning on the day on which the authorization is granted.

Use is non-exclusive

21.1

The use of a patented invention under an authorization is non-exclusive.

Authorization is non-transferable

21.11

An authorization is non-transferable, other than where the authorization is an asset of a corporation or enterprise and the part of the corporation or enterprise that enjoys the use of the authorization is sold, assigned or otherwise transferred.

Renewal

21.12

(1) The Commissioner shall, on the application of the person to whom an authorization was granted and on the payment of the prescribed fee, renew the authorization if the person certifies under oath in the renewal application that the quantities of the pharmaceutical product authorized to be exported were not exported before the authorization ceases to be valid and that the person has complied with the terms of the authorization and the requirements of sections 21.06 to 21.08.

One renewal

(2) An authorization may be renewed only once.

When application must be made

(3) The application for renewal must be made within the 30 days immediately before the authorization ceases to be valid.

Duration

(4) An authorization that is renewed is valid for a period of two years beginning on the day immediately following the day of the expiry of the period referred to in

section 21.09 in respect of the authorization.

Prescribed form

(5) Applications for renewal and renewed authorizations issued under subsection (1) must be in the prescribed form.

Termination

21.13

Subject to

section 21.14, an authorization ceases to be valid on the earliest of

(

a) the expiry of the period referred to in

section 21.09 in respect of the authorization, or the expiry of the period referred to in subsection 21.12(4) if the authorization has been renewed, as the case may be,

(

b) the day on which the Commissioner sends, by registered mail, to the holder of the authorization a copy of a notice sent by the Minister of Health notifying the Commissioner that the Minister of Health is of the opinion that the pharmaceutical product referred to in paragraph 21. 04(3)(

b) has ceased to meet the requirements of the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations,

(

c) the day on which the last of the pharmaceutical product authorized by the authorization to be exported is actually exported,

(

d) thirty days after the day on which

(

i) the name of the pharmaceutical product authorized to be exported by the authorization is removed from

Schedule 1, or

(ii)

the name of the country or WTO Member to which the pharmaceutical product was, or is to be, exported is removed from

Schedule 2, 3 or 4, as the case may be, and not added to any other of those Schedules, and

(

e) on any other day that is prescribed.

Termination by Federal Court

21.14

On the application of a patentee, and on notice given by the patentee to the person to whom an authorization was granted, the Federal Court may make an order, on any terms that it considers appropriate, terminating the authorization if the patentee establishes that

(

a) the application for the authorization or any of the documents provided to the Commissioner in relation to the application contained any material information that is inaccurate;

(

b) the holder of the authorization has failed to establish a website as required by

section 21.06, has failed to disclose on that website the information required to be disclosed by that

section or has failed to maintain the website as required by that section;

(

c) the holder of the authorization has failed to provide a notice required to be given under

section 21.07;

(

d) the holder of the authorization has failed to pay, within the required time, any royalty required to be paid as a result of the authorization;

(

e) the holder of the authorization has failed to comply with subsection 21.16(2);

(

f) the product exported to the country or WTO Member, as the case may be, under the authorization has been, with the knowledge of the holder of the authorization, re-exported in a manner that is contrary to the General Council Decision;

(

g) the product was exported, other than in the normal course of transit, to a country or WTO Member other than the country or WTO Member named in the authorization;

(

h) the product was exported in a quantity greater than the quantity authorized to be manufactured; or

(

i) if the product was exported to a country that is not a WTO Member, the country has permitted the product to be used for commercial purposes or has failed to adopt the measures referred to in

Article 4 of the General Council Decision.

Notice to patentee

21.15

The Commissioner shall, without delay, notify the patentee, or each of the patentees, as the case may be, in writing of any authorization granted in respect of the patentee's invention.

Obligation to provide copy of agreement

21.16

(1) Within fifteen days after the later of the day on which the authorization was granted and the day on which the agreement for the sale of the product to which the authorization relates was entered into, the holder of an authorization must provide by certified or registered mail, the Commissioner and the patentee, or each patentee, as the case may be, with

(

a) a copy of the agreement it has reached with the person or entity referred to in paragraph 21.04(2)(

f) for the supply of the product authorized to be manufactured and sold, which agreement must incorporate information that is in all material respects identical to the information referred to in paragraphs 21.04(2)( a ), ( b ), (

e) and ( f ); and

(

b) a solemn or statutory declaration in the prescribed form setting out

(

i) the total monetary value of the agreement as it relates to the product authorized to be manufactured and sold, expressed in Canadian currency, and

(ii)

the number of units of the product to be sold under the terms of the agreement.

Prohibition

(2) The holder of an authorization may not export any product to which the authorization relates until after the holder has complied with subsection (1).

Application when agreement is commercial in nature

21.17

(1) If the average price of the product to be manufactured under an authorization is equal to or greater than 25 per cent of the average price in Canada of the equivalent product sold by or with the consent of the patentee, the patentee may, on notice given by the patentee to the person to whom an authorization was granted, apply to the Federal Court for an order under subsection (3) on the grounds that the essence of the agreement under which the product is to be sold is commercial in nature.

Factors for determining whether agreement is commercial in nature

(2) In determining whether the agreement is commercial in nature, the Federal Court must take into account

(

a) the need for the holder of the authorization to make a reasonable return sufficient to sustain a continued participation in humanitarian initiatives;

(

b) the ordinary levels of profitability, in Canada, of commercial agreements involving pharmaceutical products, as defined in paragraph 1(

a) of the General Council Decision; and

(

c) international trends in prices as reported by the United Nations for the supply of such products for humanitarian purposes.

Order

(3) If the Federal Court determines that the agreement is commercial in nature, it may make an order, on any terms that it considers appropriate,

(

a) terminating the authorization; or

(

b) requiring the holder to pay, in addition to the royalty otherwise required to be paid, an amount that the Federal Court considers adequate to compensate the patentee for the commercial use of the patent.

Additional order

(4) If the Federal Court makes an order terminating the authorization, the Federal Court may also, if it considers it appropriate to do so, make an order, on any terms that it considers appropriate,

(

a) requiring the holder to deliver to the patentee any of the product to which the authorization relates remaining in the holder's possession as though the holder had been determined to have been infringing a patent; or

(

b) with the consent of the patentee, requiring the holder to export any of the product to which the authorization relates remaining in the holder's possession to the country or WTO Member named in the authorization.

Restriction

(5) The Federal Court may not make an order under subsection (3) if, under the protection of a confidentiality order made by the Court, the holder of the authorization submits to a Court-supervised audit and that audit establishes that the average price of the product manufactured under the authorization does not exceed an amount equal to the direct supply cost of the product plus 15 per cent of that direct supply cost.

Definitions

(6) The following

definitions apply in this section.

average price

prix moyen

average price means

(

a) in relation to a product to be manufactured under an authorization, the total monetary value of the agreement under which the product is to be sold, expressed in Canadian currency, divided by the number of units of the product to be sold under the terms of the agreement; and

(

b) in relation to an equivalent product sold by or with the consent of the patentee, the average of the prices in Canada of that product as those prices are reported in prescribed publications on the day on which the application for the authorization was filed.

direct supply cost

coût direct de fourniture

direct supply cost , in relation to a product to be manufactured under an authorization, means the cost of the materials and of the labour, and any other manufacturing costs, directly related to the production of the quantity of the product that is to be manufactured under the authorization.

unit

unité

unit , in relation to any product, means a single tablet, capsule or other individual dosage form of the product, and if applicable, in a particular strength.

Advisory committee

21.18

(1) The Minister and the Minister of Health shall establish, within three years after the day this

section comes into force, an advisory committee to advise them on the recommendations that they may make to the Governor in Council respecting the amendment of

Schedule 1.

Functions of standing committee

(2) The standing committee of the House of Commons that normally considers matters related to industry shall assess all candidates for appointment to the advisory committee and make recommendations to the Minister on the eligibility and qualifications of those candidates.

Website for notices to Canada

21.19

The person designated by the Governor in Council for the purpose of this

section must maintain a website on which is set out a copy of every notice referred to in subparagraphs 21.04(3)( d )(ii) and (

v) that is provided to the Government of Canada through diplomatic channels by a country that is not a WTO Member. The copy must be added to the website as soon as possible after the notice has been provided to the Government of Canada.

Review

21.2

(1) A review of sections 21.01 to 21.19 and their application must be completed by the Minister two years after this

section comes into force.

Tabling of report

(2) The Minister must cause a report of the results of the review to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the report has been completed.

R.S., c. F-27

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

Section 30 of the Food and Drugs Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

Regulations to implement the General Council Decision

(5) Without limiting or restricting the authority conferred by any other provisions of this Act or any of its Parts for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Act or any of its Parts, the Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council considers necessary for the purpose of implementing the General Council Decision.

Definitions

(6) The

definitions in this subsection apply in this subsection and in subsection (5).

General Council

Conseil général

General Council means the General Council of the WTO established by paragraph 2 of

Article IV of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15, 1994.

General Council Decision

décision du Conseil général

General Council Decision means the decision of the General Council of August 30, 2003 respecting

Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement, including the

interpretation of that decision in the General Council Chairperson's statement of that date.

TRIPS Agreement

Accord sur les ADPIC

TRIPS Agreement means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, being Annex 1C of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15, 1994.

WTO

OMC

WTO means the World Trade Organization established by

Article I of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed at Marrakesh on April 15,

Section 37 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Exception - General Council Decision

(2) Despite subsection (1), this Act applies in respect of any drug or device to be manufactured for the purpose of being exported in accordance with the General Council Decision, as defined in subsection 30(6), and the requirements of the Act and the regulations apply to the drug or device as though it were a drug or device to be manufactured and sold for consumption in Canada, unless the regulations provide otherwise.

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 1 (Definition “pharmaceutical product” in

section 21.02 and paragraph 21.03(1)(a)) abacavir (ABC) tablet, 300 mg (as sulfate); oral solution, 100 mg (as sulfate)/5 mL abacavir + lamivudine + zidovudine tablet, 300 mg (as sulfate) + 150 mg + 300 mg aciclovir tablet, 200 mg; powder for injection, 250 mg (as sodium salt) in vial amphotericin B powder for injection, 50 mg in vial amprenavir tablet, 150 mg; capsule, 50 mg or 150 mg; oral solution, 15 mg/mL azithromycin capsule, 250 mg or 500 mg; suspension, 200 mg/5 mL beclometasone inhalation (aerosol), 50 micrograms per dose (dipropionate) or 250 micrograms (dipropionate) per dose ceftazidime powder for injection, 250 mg (as pentahydrate) in vial ceftriaxone injection, 500 mg (as sodium); powder for injection, 250 mg (as sodium salt) in vial ciclosporin capsule, 25 mg; concentrate for injection, 50 mg/mL in 1-mL ampoule (for organ transplantation) ciprofloxacin tablet, 250 mg (as hydrochloride) ciprofloxacin tablet, 250 mg or 500 mg daunorubicin powder for injection, 50 mg (as hydrochloride) in vial delavirdine capsule or tablet, 100 mg (as mesylate) didanosine (ddI) buffered chewable, dispersible tablet, 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg; buffered powder for oral solution, 100 mg, 167 mg, 250 mg, packets; unbuffered enteric coated capsule, 125 mg, 200 mg, 250 mg, 400 mg diphtheria antitoxin injection, 10 000 IU or 20 000 IU in vial diphtheria vaccine doxorubicin powder for injection, 10 mg or 50 mg (hydrochloride) in vial efavirenz (EFV or EFZ) capsule, 50 mg, 100 mg or 200 mg; oral solution, 150 mg/5 mL eflornithine injection, 200 mg (hydrochloride)/mL in 100-mL bottles enalapril tablet, 2.5 mg erythromycin capsule or tablet, 250 mg (as stearate or ethyl succinate); powder for oral suspension, 125 mg (as stearate or ethyl succinate); powder for injection, 500 mg (as lactobionate) in vial etoposide capsule, 100 mg; injection, 20 mg/mL in 5-mL ampoule factor IX (complex coagulation factors II, VII, IX,

X) concentrate dried hepatitis B vaccine ibuprofen tablet, 200 mg or 400 mg indinavir (IDV) capsule, 200 mg, 333 mg or 400 mg (as sulfate) insulin injection (soluble) injection, 40 IU/mL in 10-mL vial or 100 IU/mL in 10-mL vial intermediate-acting insulin injection, 40 IU/mL in 10-mL vial; 100 IU/mL in 10-mL vial (as compound insulin zinc suspension or isophane insulin) isoniazid + pyrazinamide + rifampin tablet, 50 mg + 300 mg + 120 mg ivermectin scored tablet, 3 mg or 6 mg lamivudine (3TC) capsule or tablet, 150 mg; oral solution 50 mg/5 mL lamivudine + zidovudine tablet, 150 mg + 300 mg levodopa + carbidopa tablet, 100 mg + 10 mg or 250 mg + 25 mg levofloxacin tablet, 250 mg or 500 mg lithium carbonate capsule or tablet, 300 mg lopinavir + ritonavir (LPV/r) capsule, 133.3 mg + 33.3 mg; oral solution, 400 mg + 100 mg/5 mL metoclopramide tablet, 10 mg (hydrochloride); injection, 5 mg (hydrochloride)/mL in 2-mL ampoule metronidazole tablet, 250 mg or 500 mg; injection, 500 mg in 100-mL vial; suppository, 500 mg or 1 g; oral suspension, 200 mg (as benzoate)/5 mL morphine injection, 10 mg in 1-mL ampoule (sulfate or hydrochloride); oral solution, 10 mg (hydrochloride or sulfate)/5 mL; tablet, 10 mg (sulfate) nelfinavir (NFV) tablet, 250 mg (as mesilate); oral powder, 50 mg/g nevirapine (NVP) tablet, 200 mg; oral suspension, 50 mg/5 mL nifedipine sustained release formulations, tablet, 10 mg nitrofurantoin tablet, 100 mg ofloxacin tablet, 200 mg or 400 mg potassium chloride powder for solution ranitidine tablet, 150 mg (as hydrochloride); oral solution, 75 mg/5 mL; injection, 25 mg/mL in 2-mL ampoule ritonavir capsule, 100 mg; oral solution, 400 mg/5 mL salbutamol tablet, 2 mg or 4 mg (as sulfate); inhalation (aerosol), 100 micrograms (as sulfate) per dose; syrup, 2 mg/5 mL; injection, 50 micrograms (as sulfate)/mL in 5-mL ampoule; respirator solution for use in nebulizers, 5 mg (as sulfate)/mL saquinavir (SQV) capsule, 200 mg stavudine (d4T) capsule, 15 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg or 40 mg; powder for oral solution, 5 mg/5 mL testosterone injection, 200 mg (enantate) in 1-mL ampoule timolol solution (eye drops), 0.25% or 0.5% (as maleate) verapamil tablet, 40 mg or 80 mg (hydrochloride); injection, 2.5 mg (hydrochloride)/mL in 2-mL ampoule zalcitabine capsule or tablet, 0.375 mg or 0.750 mg zidovudine (ZDV or AZT) tablet, 300 mg; capsule, 100 mg or 250 mg; oral solution or syrup, 50 mg/5 mL; solution for IV infusion injection, 10 mg/mL in 20-mL vial

SCHEDULE 2 (Paragraph 21.03(1)(b)) Afghanistan Afghanistan Angola Angola Bangladesh Bangladesh Benin Bénin Bhutan Bhoutan Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burundi Burundi Cambodia Cambodge Cape Verde Cap-Vert Central African Republic République centrafricaine Chad Tchad Comoros Comores Democratic Republic of the Congo République démocratique du Congo Djibouti Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Guinée équatoriale Eritrea Érythrée Ethiopia Éthiopie Gambia Gambie Guinea Guinée Guinea-Bissau Guinée-Bissau Haiti Haïti Kiribati Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic République démocratique populaire lao Lesotho Lesotho Liberia Libéria Madagascar Madagascar Malawi Malawi Maldives Maldives Mali Mali Mauritania Mauritanie Mozambique Mozambique Myanmar Myanmar Nepal Népal Niger Niger Rwanda Rwanda Samoa Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tomé-et-Principe Senegal Sénégal Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Îles Salomon Somalia Somalie Sudan Soudan Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Togo Togo Tuvalu Tuvalu Uganda Ouganda United Republic of Tanzania République-Unie de Tanzanie Vanuatu Vanuatu Yemen Yémen Zambia Zambie

SCHEDULE 3 (Paragraph 21.03(1)(c)) Albania Albanie Antigua and Barbuda Antigua-et-Barbuda Argentina Argentine Armenia Arménie Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahreïn, Royaume de Barbados Barbade Belize Belize Bolivia Bolivie Botswana Botswana Brazil Brésil Brunei Darussalam Brunéi Darussalam Bulgaria Bulgarie Cameroon Cameroun Chile Chili China Chine Colombia Colombie Congo Congo Costa Rica Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Croatie Cuba Cuba Dominica Dominique Dominican Republic République dominicaine Ecuador Équateur Egypt Égypte El Salvador El Salvador Fiji Fidji Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine Gabon Gabon Georgia Géorgie Ghana Ghana Grenada Grenade Guatemala Guatemala Guyana Guyana Honduras Honduras India Inde Indonesia Indonésie Jamaica Jamaïque Jordan Jordanie Kenya Kenya Kyrgyz Republic République kirghize Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Malaysia Malaisie Mauritius Maurice Moldova Moldova Mongolia Mongolie Morocco Maroc Namibia Namibie Nicaragua Nicaragua Nigeria Nigéria Oman Oman Pakistan Pakistan Panama Panama Papua New Guinea Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée Paraguay Paraguay Peru Pérou Philippines Philippines Romania Roumanie Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis Saint Lucia Sainte-Lucie Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines South Africa Afrique du Sud Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Suriname Suriname Swaziland Swaziland Thailand Thaïlande Trinidad and Tobago Trinité-et-Tobago Tunisia Tunisie Uruguay Uruguay Venezuela Venezuela Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

SCHEDULE 4 (Paragraph 21.03(1)(d)) Cyprus Chypre Czech Republic République tchèque Estonia Estonie Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, Chine Hungary Hongrie Israel Israël Korea Corée Kuwait Koweït Latvia Lettonie Lithuania Lituanie Macao, China Macao, Chine Malta Malte Mexico Mexique Poland Pologne Qatar Qatar Singapore Singapour Slovak Republic République slovaque Slovenia Slovénie Chinese Taipei Taipei chinois Turkey Turquie United Arab Emirates Émirats arabes unis