1. Proposals for the amendment or revision of recommended Codex standards should be submitted to the Commission's Secretariat in good time (not less than three months) before the session of the Commission at which they are to be considered. The proposer of an amendment should indicate the reasons for the proposed amendment and should also state whether the proposed amendment had been previously submitted to and considered by the Codex Committee concerned and/or the Commission. If the proposed amendment has already been considered by the Codex Committee and/or the Commission, the outcome of the consideration of the proposed amendment should be stated.
2. Taking into account such information regarding the proposed amendment as may be supplied in accordance with paragraph 1 above, the Commission will decide whether the amendment or revision of a standard is necessary. If the Commission decides in the affirmative, and the proposer of the amendment is other than a Codex Committee, the proposed amendment will be referred for consideration to the appropriate Codex Committee, if such Committee is still in existence. If such Committee is not in existence, the Commission will determine how best to deal with the proposed amendment. If the proposer of the amendment is a Codex Committee, it would be open to the Commission to decide that the proposed amendment be circulated to governments for comments prior to further consideration by the sponsoring Codex Committee.
3. The procedure for amending or revising a Codex standard would be as laid down in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Introduction to the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards.
4. When the Commission has decided to amend or revise a standard, the unrevised standard will remain the applicable Codex standard until the revised standard has been adopted by the Commission.
