ALINORM 03/26/17

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome (Italy), 28 June – 7 July 2003

DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES RESPONSIBLE FOR APPOINTING THE CHAIRPERSONS OF CODEX COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES

BACKGROUND

ACTION REQUIRED

CURRENT CHAIRMANSHIP OF CODEX SUBSIDIARY BODIES

BACKGROUND

1. In accordance with Rule IX.10 of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure and with established practices, the Commission is required to designate, at each Session, the Member country responsible for appointing the Chairperson of Codex Committees. The Criteria for the Establishment of Subsidiary Bodies of the Codex Alimentarius Commission state that the Rules of Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Forces and therefore the same action is required for these subsidiary bodies.

2. At its 23^{rd Session (1999) the Commission established three ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Forces requiring them to provide final reports to the present session of the Commission. In accordance with the Criteria for the Establishment of Subsidiary Bodies of the Codex Alimentarius Commission} these Task Forces “shall be dissolved after the specified work has been completed or when the number of sessions or the time limit has expired”.¹

ACTION REQUIRED

3. The Commission is invited:

to confirm the designation of the Member countries responsible for appointing the Chairpersons of the Committees and Task Forces listed in the Annex;
to consider the dissolution of the ad hoc Task Forces established by the 23^rd Session of the Commission; and
to continue to review the status of Codex Committees and Task Forces as they complete their programmes of work.

ANNEX

CURRENT CHAIRMANSHIP OF CODEX SUBSIDIARY BODIES

Code		Subsidiary Body	Host		Status
CX	703	Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products	New Zealand		Active
CX	708	Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate	Switzerland		Sine die
CX	709	Codex Committee on Fats and Oils	United Kingdom		Active
CX	710	Codex Committee on Sugars	United Kingdom		Sine die
CX	711	Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants	The Netherlands		Active
CX	712	Codex Committee on Food Hygiene	United States of America		Active
CX	713	Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables	United States of America		Active
CX	714	Codex Committee on Food Labelling	Canada		Active
CX	715	Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling	Hungary		Active
CX	716	Codex Committee on General Principles	France		Active
CX	718	Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues	The Netherlands		Active
CX	719	Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters	Switzerland		Sine die
CX	720	Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses	Germany		Active
CX	722	Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products	Norway		Active
CX	723	Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene	New Zealand		Active
CX	728	Codex Committee on Vegetable Proteins	Canada		Sine die
CX	729	Codex Committee on Cereals, Pulses and Legumes	United States of America		Sine die
CX	730	Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods	United States of America		Active
CX	731	Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables	Mexico		Active
CX	733	Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Certification and Inspection Systems	Australia		Active

Ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Forces established by the 23rd Session of the Commission
CX	801	ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices		Brazil
CX	802	ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology		Japan
CX	803	ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding		Denmark

¹ Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, 12^th ed., page 63, FAO/WHO, Rome 2001.

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome (Italy), 28 June – 7 July 2003

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BACKGROUND

ACTION REQUIRED

CURRENT CHAIRMANSHIP OF CODEX SUBSIDIARY BODIES