New Work to be Undertaken by Existing Subsidiary Bodies
1. When a codex committee proposes to elaborate standards or codes of practice or other texts in respect of commodities or general subjects within its terms of reference, it should satisfy itself by reference to the criteria set out in paragraph 4 below that the commodities or general subjects concerned merit being made the subject of codex standards or codes of practice or other texts, as the case may be.
2. When a codex committee wishes to elaborate standards or codes of practice or other texts in respect of commodities or general subjects outside its terms of reference and proposes to the commission an amendment to its terms of reference in order to undertake such elaboration, it should accompany its proposal with a written statement to the commission containing, as far as practicable, the information required by the appropriate section of paragraph 4 below.
New Work Which would Require the Establishment of a New Subsidiary Body
3. When a Member state wishes to propose to the commission the elaboration of a standard or code of practice or other text which does not fall within the terms of reference of any existing subsidiary body of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, it should accompany its proposal with a written statement to the commission containing, as far as practicable, the information required by the appropriate section of paragraph 4 below.
4. Criteria
A. Criteria applicable to commodities
onsumer protection from the point of view of health and fraudulent practices.
volume of production and consumption in individual countries and volume and pattern of trade between countries.
Diversification of national legislations and apparent resultant impediments to international trade.
Amenability of the commodity to standardization.
umber of commodities which would need separate standards indicating whether raw, semi-procesed or processed.
Work already undertaken by other international organizations in this field.
The type of subsidiary body envisaged to undertake the work.
B. Criteria applicable to general subjects
Consumer protection from the point of view of health and fraudulent practices.
Diversification of national legislations and apparent resultant impediments to international trade.
Scope of work and establishment of priorities between the various sections of the work.
Work already undertaken by other international organizations in this field.
Type of subsidiary body envisaged to undertake the work.
