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JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-Sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome, 30 June – 7 July 2003

INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN OBSERVER STATUS WITH THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (Report by the Secretariat)

1. The Principles Concerning the Participation of International Nongovernmental Organizations in the Work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission require the Secretariat to “report to the Codex Alimentarius Commission on the relations between the Codex Alimentarius Commission and international non-governmental organizations established in accordance with the present Procedures and shall provide a list of organizations granted Observer Status, with an indication of the membership that they represent”.

2. The report of the Secretariat is attached in the following form:

A complete list of all international non-governmental organizations currently in “Observer Status” with the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Annex 1); and
A list of all applications for “Observer Status” considered since the Commission’s 24^th Session (Annex 2).

3. This report is submitted for the information of the Commission.