2. The Session was opened by Dr. F. Schuring, Chief Inspector of the Inspectorate for Health Protection. He welcomed the Committee to The Hague and stressed the impact of the WTO SPS-Agreement on the process of standard setting activities in Codex. He mentioned several ongoing activities related to MRL-setting such as development of risk analysis procedures, transformation of the JMPR to the JMP and the development of minimum data requirements within OECD[2]. He announced the organization of a First European Pesticide Residue Workshop scheduled for June 1996 in The Netherlands.
