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ALINORM |
Reports of Codex Committee meetings and other working papers
submitted to the Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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CCFICS |
Codex Committee on Food Export and Import Inspection and
Certification Systems |
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CRD |
Conference Room Document |
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CX/FICS |
Working papers for the Codex Committee on Food Export and
Import Inspection and Certification Systems |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations |
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IHR |
International Health Regulations of the World Health
Organization |
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SPS |
WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures |
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TBT |
WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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CX 4/70.2 |
CL 1998/6-FICS |
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TO: |
- Codex Contact Points |
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FROM: |
Chief, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, Via delle
Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. |
The report of the sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems is attached. It will be considered by the twenty-third Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Rome from 28 June - 3 July 1999.
MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 45TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
1. Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Regarding Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems at Step 5; (ALINORM 99/30, paras. 10 - 33 and Appendix II).
Governments wishing to submit comments regarding the implications which the proposed draft Guidelines or any provisions thereof may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Tenth Edition, pages 20-21) to the Chief, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy not later than 1 May 1998.
