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CCFICS25

Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
31/05/2021 - 08/06/2021 | Virtual,



GENERAL INFORMATION

The 25th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS25) will be held virtually from 31 May to 8 June 2021, at the kind invitation of the Government of Australia.

The opening session will begin on at 08:00 AEST on Monday 31 May 2021, which is 22:00 GMT on Sunday 30 May and midnight between Sunday and Monday in CET. This means Monday (early) morning 31 May in most parts of the world, but still Sunday evening 30 May elsewhere, including Western Africa, UK and the Americas.
Sessions will take place on 31 May and 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 June 2021 from 08:00 to 11:00 AEST (00:00 - 03:00 CET and 22:00 (-1 day) -01:00 GMT)
The adoption of the Report will take place from 08:00 to 11:00 AEST on Tuesday 8 June 2021, which means 00:00 - 03:00 CET and 22:00 on Monday 7 June -01:00 GMT).

The provisional schedule is available in the right column and here in English, French and Spanish.

GUIDANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE VIRTUAL CCFICS

The Codex Secretariat has prepared a guidance for Members and Observers to facilitate the smooth running of CCFICS25.
This guidance is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.

INFORMAL PRE-MEETINGS

The working group on Guidelines related to equivalence will meet virtually prior to the Session on 23 March 2021 from 20:00 to 23:00 CET. (English, Spanish)
Please find the programme here, available in English and Spanish.

A webinar on the Draft principles and guidelines for the assessment and use of voluntary Third-Party Assurance (vTPA) programmes will be held on 25 March 2021 from 13:00 to 15:00 CET. (English, French, Spanish)
Please find the programme here, available in English, French and Spanish.

PRE-CCFICS25 WEBINAR

A pre-session webinar, which also will address first time participants, will be organized on Wednesday 26 May 2021 from 08:00 to 09:30 AEST (UTC +10) or 00:00 to 01:30 CEST (UTC +2). Programme of the pre-session webinar is available here in English, French and Spanish.

Link to register for the above mentioned Pre-CCFICS25 Webinar can be found in the programme.

DOCUMENTS

Documents made available during 2020 to aid the further work of EWGs and lead countries are available here.
Updated documents will be published in English, French and Spanish as soon as they become available.

The list of CLs relevant to CCFICS25 is available here.

ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION

Participants should provide their information (names and addresses) through the online registration system by accessing the link below by 23 May 2021.

Login and password for the online registration have been provided to all Codex Contact Points and Contact Point of Observers Organizations.
If the login and password have not been received, please contact [email protected].

AMENDMENTS TO THE LOP

Please find the draft List of Participants in the table here below. If you would like to make any changes, please contact your CCP or send an email to the Host Secretariat.

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1Provisional Agenda08/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/1
7Proposed draft consolidated Codex Guidelines related to Equivalence (Upated) 03/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/7
4Draft principles and guidelines for the assessment and use of voluntary Third-Party Assurance (vTPA) programmes (Updated Text)12/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/4
5Proposed draft Guidance on paperless use of electronic certificates - Revision of CXG 38-2001(Updated) 16/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/5
6Proposed draft guidelines on recognition and maintenance of equivalence of National Food Control Systems (NFCS) (Updated)03/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/6
8Discussion paper on role of CCFICS with respect to tackling food fraud. 31/03/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/8
2Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its subsidiary bodies 12/04/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/2
3Activities of FAO and WHO and other International Organisations relevant to the work of CCFICS - Information from FAO, WHO and IPPC15/04/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/3
3.2Activities of FAO and WHO and other International Organisations - Information from WCO, WTO and STDF 13/04/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/3 Add.2
3.1Activities of FAO and WHO and other International Organisations - Information from OIE21/04/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/3 Add.1
9 Emerging issues and Future direction of CCFICS21/04/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/9
102Report on the informal virtual Working Group meeting - Guidelines on Equivalence of National Food Control Systems (NFCS) 22/04/2021
CRD2
103Report and record of the CCFICS vTPA webinar22/04/2021
CRD3
7.1Proposed draft consolidated Codex Guidelines related to equivalence CX/FICS 21/25/7 - Comments at Step 3 (in Reply to CL 2021/18/OCS-FICS) C12/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/7 Add.1
5.1Comments at Step 3 (in reply to CL 2021/16/OCS-FICS)12/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/5 Add.1
6.1Comments at Step 3 (in reply to CL 2021/17/OCS-FICS)12/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/6 Add.1
101Division of Competence between the European Union and its Member States17/05/2021
CRD1
4.1Comments at Step 6 (in reply to CL 2019/93/OCS-FICS)21/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/4 Add.1
104Proposed Draft Guidelines on recognition and maintenance of equivalence of National Food Control systems (NFCS)27/05/2021
CRD4
105Proposed draft guidance on paperless use of electronic certificates (revision of the Guidelines for Design, Production, Issuance and Use of Generic Official Certificates – CXG38-2001)28/05/2021
CRD5
106Use of ICT tools in regulatory frameworks28/05/2021
CRD6
119Proposed draft guidance on paperless use of electronic certificates-Report of iWG02/06/2021
CRD19
121Proposed draft guidelines on recognition and maintenance of equivalence of national food control systems (NFCS) - Report of iWG03/06/2021
CRD21
Report of the 25th Session of CCFICS14/07/2021
Report
7.2Comments at Step 3 (in Reply to CL 2021/18/OCS-FICS)28/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/7 Add.2
6.2Comments at Step 3 (in reply to CL 2021/17/OCS-FICS)28/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/6 Add.2
5.2Comments at Step 3 (in reply to CL 2021/16/OCS-FICS)28/05/2021
CX/FICS 21/25/5 Add.2
108Comments on Agenda Item 8: Discussion paper on role of CCFICS with respect to tackling food fraud in the context of food safety and fair practices in food trade29/05/2021
CRD8
109Comments on Agenda Item 9: Review and update of appendix A - the list of emerging global issues29/05/2021
CRD9
110Comments from El Salvador on Agenda Item 529/05/2021
CRD10
107Comments on Agenda Item 4: Draft principles and guidelines for the assessment and use of voluntary Third-Party Assurance (vTPA) programmes29/05/2021
CRD7
111Discussion paper on developing guidance on traceability/product tracing30/05/2021
CRD11
113Comments from Mali on Agenda Items 4, 6 and 830/05/2021
CRD13
112Comments from the African Union (AU) on Agenda Items 4, 5, 6 and 830/05/2021
CRD12
114Comments from India on Agenda Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 830/05/2021
CRD14
115Comments from Malaysia on Agenda Items 5, 8 and 931/05/2021
CRD15
116Comments from Argentina on Agenda Items 5, 6 and 731/05/2021
CRD16
117Comments from Senegal on Agenda Items 5 and 731/05/2021
CRD17
118Opening remarks31/05/2021
CRD18
120Project document for the development of codex guidance on the prevention of food fraud-Report of iWG03/06/2021
CRD20
122All files zip collection