Les négociations relatives à la dérogation à l’Accord ADPIC demeurent incertaines en amont de la CM12

The briefing examines the tension between intellectual property rights and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically focusing on the proposed TRIPS waiver. It details the shift from a broad proposal by India and South Africa to a more limited 'quadrilateral' compromise involving the US and EU, while noting the role of the WHO's C-TAP initiative.

• In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a waiver of the TRIPS Agreement covering sections 1, 4, 5, and 7 of Part II, which relate to copyrights, industrial designs, patents, and undisclosed information, to facilitate the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
• The European Union opposed the initial waiver proposal, arguing that intellectual property rights were not a primary barrier to accessing COVID-19 technologies, and instead proposed a counter-plan focused on trade facilitation, production expansion, and the use of compulsory licenses.
• A 'quadrilateral' group consisting of the US, EU, India, and South Africa developed a compromise text that significantly narrowed the scope of the original proposal; while the original sought waivers for 40 articles, the compromise focused on a single paragraph regarding exports under non-voluntary authorization.
• The US administration insisted that the waiver be limited strictly to vaccines and explicitly exclude China, asserting that China does not require the waiver because it possesses both COVID-19 vaccines and mRNA technology.
• The World Health Organization established the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) in May 2020 following a request from Costa Rica to pool intellectual property, clinical data, and know-how for pandemic response.
• In May 2022, US President Joe Biden announced a licensing agreement involving the US National Institutes of Health, C-TAP, and the Medicines Patent Pool, covering 11 technologies including the stabilized spike protein used in vaccines.

APA

Balasubramaniam, T. (n.d.). Les négociations relatives à la dérogation à l’Accord ADPIC demeurent incertaines en amont de la CM12. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/fr/node/16626

Chicago

Balasubramaniam, Thiru. Les négociations relatives à la dérogation à l’Accord ADPIC demeurent incertaines en amont de la CM12. International Institute for Sustainable Development, n.d. https://www.iisd.org/fr/node/16626.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{balasubramaniamndles, author = {Balasubramaniam, Thiru}, title = {{Les négociations relatives à la dérogation à l’Accord ADPIC demeurent incertaines en amont de la CM12}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/fr/node/16626}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }