Report of the Fourteenth Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles

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Paris, France, 19 - 23 April 1999

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-third Session
Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999

codex alimentarius commission
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel.: 57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 3906.5705.4593
	ALINORM 99/33A
CX 4/10	CL 1999/8-GP April 1999

Note: This document incorporates Circular Letter CL 1999/8-GP

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure

1. Amendment to Rule X to extend its scope to the adoption of standards and stress the importance of adopting standards by consensus (para. 46, Appendix II)

Amendments to the Procedural Manual

Definitions of Risk Analysis Terms Related to Food Safety

2. Revised Definitions for Risk Communication and Risk Management (para. 15, Appendix III)

Additional Sections

3. Draft Principles Concerning the Participation of INGOs in the Work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (para. 90, Appendix IV)

4. Core Functions of Codex Contact Points (para. 95, Appendix V)

Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments on the above documents should do so in writing to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 30 May 1999.

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Summary and conclusions

Introduction

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1)

Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees (AGENDA ITEM 2)

Risk Analysis (Agenda Item 3)

Definitions (Agenda Item 3.1)
Working Principles for Risk Analysis (Agenda Item 3.2)

Measures Intended to Facilitate Consensus (Agenda Item 4)

Review of the General Principles of the Codex Alimentarius Commission: Revision of the Acceptance Procedure (Agenda Item 5)

Review of the Status of Codex Texts (Agenda Item 6)

Status of Codex Texts Within the Framework of the TBT Agreement
Discussion Paper on the Application of Codex Advisory Texts

Review of the Statements of Principles on the Role of Science and the Extent to Which Other Factors are Taken Into Account (Agenda Item 7)

Role of Science and Other Factors in Relation to Risk Analysis (Agenda Item 7.1)
Application in the Case of BST (Agenda Item 7.2)

Revision of the Procedural Manual (Agenda Item 8)

Draft Principles Concerning the Participation of International Non-Governmental Organizations (Agenda Item 8.1)
Core Functions of Codex Contact Points (Agenda Item 8.2)

Application of Rule VII of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure: Attendance of Members at Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (Agenda Item 9)

Other Business, Future Work and Date and Place of Next Session (Item 10)

Summary status of work

Appendix I: List of Participants - Liste des Participants - Lista de Participantes

Appendix II: Draft Amendment to the Rules of Procedure

Appendix III: Definitions of Risk Analysis Terms Related to Food Safety

Appendix IV: Draft Principles Concerning the Participation of International Non-Governmental Organizations in the Work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

1 Purpose
2 Types of Relationship
3 Organizations Eligible for “Observer Status”
4 Procedure for Obtaining “Observer Status”
5 Privileges and Obligations
6 Review of “Observer Status”

Appendix V: Draft Core Functions of Codex Contact Points