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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. CCFICS CHAIRPERSON BRIEFS |
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