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Food Policy and Nutrition

Title Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Code CX-702
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Legal Framework
Article of Constitution

Article VI

Origin

Established under Rule V of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Category Cat. 1
Purpose

To act on behalf of the Commission as its executive organ and to make proposals to the Commission regarding the general orientation and work programme of the Commission; to study special problems and help implement the programme as approved by the Commission.

Membership

The membership of the Executive Committee consists of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission together with seven further members, elected by the Commission at regular sessions from among the Members of the Commission, one each coming from the following geographic locations: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East, North America, South-West Pacific; it being understood that not more than one delegate from any one country shall be a member of the Executive Committee. The 18th Session of the Commission (1989) agreed that Members elected on a regional basis may be accompanied by not more than two advisors from the same geographical location. Regional Coordinators are invited to attend meetings of the Executive Committee as observers.

Languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish
Document symbol CX/EXEC
Previous Sessions and documents

66th Session - February 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland)
65th Session - June 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland)
64th Session - June 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland)
63rd Session
- December 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland)
62nd Session - June 2009 (Rome, Italy)
61st Session - June 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland)
60th Session - December 2007 (Rome, Italy)

View Reports of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Division Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
Contact information/email

Codex@fao.org

Web site

CODEX Alimentarius

First Session July 1963
Remarks

Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission