Brussels, 21/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to European Commissioner Pascal Lamy, the multilateral agreement on the aspects of intellectual property related to trade (ADPIC) leaves "sufficient room" for developing countries to adapt their legislation to their political goals, in specific fields such as public health and bio-diversity. The Union is nevertheless prepared to promote a debate within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other competent organisations, in view of resolving the difficulties that prevent them from exercising this room for manoeuvre, he reaffirmed on Tuesday, on the occasion of an Oxfam seminar on the future of the ADPIC. Experts from academia, business and non-governmental organisations were invited to examine the problems of intellectual property that are currently of concern to the countries of the Third World, including their access to technologies and medicines, the effect of the Multilateral Agreement on access to seeds and the prospects for future negotiations on intellectual property rights from the point of view of developing countries.