1. The 9th round of negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
was held in Lucerne, Switzerland from 28 June to 1 July 2010, hosted by Switzerland. 
Participants in the negotiations included Australia, Canada, the European Union, represented 
by the European Commission, the EU Presidency (Spain, then Belgium on July 1) and EU Member 
States, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United 
States of America.

2. Based on the text released after the Wellington Round, Participants continued constructive 
work and made progress in building consensus in a number of areas including Initial Provisions, 
General Obligations, Civil Enforcement, Border Measures, Criminal Enforcement, Enforcement 
Measures in the Digital Environment, International Cooperation and Institutional Arrangements. 
Discussions on the scope of intellectual property rights covered in ACTA provided an improved 
understanding of the respective views on that issue.

3. On the first day of the negotiations, in the interest of transparency, the Swiss Government 
hosted meetings at which ACTA negotiators met with representatives of civil society who have 
expressed an interest in ACTA to exchange views.

4. Participants in the meeting agreed that the next meeting would be hosted by the United 
States of America. Participants also reaffirmed their commitment to continue their work with 
the aim of concluding ACTA as soon as possible in 2010.

              Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Relations of MOFAT

*unofficial translation