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ARTICLE-66: Least-Developed Country Members [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. In view
of the special needs and requirements of least-developed country
Members, their economic, financial and administrative constraints,
and their need for flexibility to create a viable technological base,
such Members shall not be required to apply the provisions of this
Agreement, other than Articles 3, 4 and 5, for a period of
10 years from the date of application as defined under paragraph 1 of
Article 65. The Council for TRIPS shall, upon duly motivated
request by a least-developed country Member, accord extensions of
this period. ...