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CCFICS26

Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
01/05/2023 - 05/05/2023 | Hobart, Tasmania , Australia



GENERAL INFORMATION
The 26th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS26) will be held from 1-5 May 2023, at the kind invitation of the Government of Australia.
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting allowing for physical and virtual participation, including the ability to make interventions virtually.
The adoption of the report will take place on Friday 5 May 2023.
The Session will be conducted in English, French and Spanish.
The tentative timetable is available here.

On-site Registration
On-site registration to collect badges and other materials will be available on:
Sunday 30 April 2023 from 08:30 – 11:00 AEST
Monday 1 May 2023 from 08:30 – 09:30 AEST

PRE-CCFICS26 WEBINAR
A pre-session webinar, which also will address first time participants, will be organized on Monday 24 April 2023 from 11:00 to 12:30 CEST / 19:00-20:30 AEST (UTC +10). It will be conducted in English, French and Spanish.
The programme can be downloded here (English only)
Register on Zoom here.

HYBRID WORKING GROUP
A hybrid working group on the Proposed draft consolidated Codex Guidelines related to equivalence will take place on Sunday 30 April 2023 from 09:00 – 12:30 AEST. This working group will be a fully hybrid session conducted in English, French and Spanish.

SIDE EVENTS
The following side events will be held on the margins of CCFICS26:

  • A side event to support plenary discussions on the review and update of the Principles for Traceability/Product Tracing as a Tool Within a Food Inspection and Certification System (CXG 60-2006) scheduled for Monday 17:00-18:30 AEAST,

  • A side event on WCO’s work on Paperless Trade scheduled for Tuesday 12:30-13:15 AEST.

    • Download details here.

    Please download the FAO Powerpoint and WCO presentation.

    ACCOMMODATION
    Please CLICK HERE to book accommodation at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart.
    Following special rates are available for CCFICS26 participants:
  • AUD 220 for City Side Room

  • AUD 255 for Harbour View Room


    • The hotel will release special rate rooms to the normal rate according to the following schedule.

  • 15/02/2023 - 20% of the unsold special rate rooms will be released

  • 01/03/2023 – 50% of the unsold special rate rooms will be released

  • 29/03/2023 – all but 5 of the remaining unsold rooms will be released

    • All delegates are encouraged to secure a hotel reservation as early as possible.

    PRE-CCFICS26 VIRTUAL MEETINGS
    CCFICS Equivalence Virtual Workshop, 21 September 2022

    In preparation for CCFICS26, the electronic Working Group (eWG) for Equivalence held a CCFICS Equivalence virtual workshop.
    The workshop took place on 21 September 2022 and addressed the following workstreams of the eWG:

    Workstream 1: Draft guidelines on recognition and maintenance of equivalence of national food control systems.

    Workstream 2: Draft consolidated Codex guidelines related to equivalence.

    For further information about this event please contact CCFICS Secretariat on [email protected]

    Food Fraud virtual workshop/webinar, 8 February 2023

    The workshop was used to advance the drafting of the proposed draft Guidance on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud, which will be considered at CCFICS26.

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    1Provisional Agenda 13/02/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/1
    4Proposed draft guidelines on recognition and maintenance of equivalence of National Food Control Systems (NFCS) 23/02/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/4
    0.1Information for delegates24/02/2023
    2Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its subsidiary bodies 02/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/2
    3Information on activities of FAO and WHO and other International Organizations relevant to the work of CCFICS 24/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/3
    8Discussion paper on review and update of the “Principles for Traceability/Product Tracing as a Tool Within a Food Inspection and Certification System (CXG 60-2006)27/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/8
    6Proposed draft guideline on the prevention and control of food fraud27/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/6
    3.1Information from UNIDO, WCO, WTO and the STDF Secretariats27/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/3 Add.1
    7Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines on the Use of Remote Audit and Verification in Regulatory Frameworks 29/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/7
    5Proposed draft consolidated Codex Guidelines related to equivalence29/03/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/5
    9Review and Update of Appendix A – The list of emerging global issues20/04/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/9
    3.2Information from WOAH and OECD06/04/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/3 Add.2
    10Information document on the development of the principles and gudelines on use of remote audit and verification in regulatory frameworks14/04/2023
    		FICS/23/26 INF01
    4.1Comments at Step 3 in reply to CL 2023/09/OCS-FICS20/04/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/4 Add.1
    101Division of Competence between the European Union and its Member States24/04/2023
    		CRD1
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    		CX/FICS 23/26/8 Add1
    115Agenda Item 9: Discussion paper on the standardization of sanitary requirements - Prepared by Brazil30/04/2023
    		CRD15
    116Agenda Item 7: Revised proposed draft principles and guidelines on the use of remote audit and inspection in regulatory frameworks - Prepared by the EWG Co-Chairs Australia, Singapore, Canada and China30/04/2023
    		CRD16
    121Agenda Item 4, 5, 6, and 7: Comments of Panama01/05/2023
    		CRD21
    102Agenda Item 5: Report of working group on consolidation of codex guidance related to equivalence02/05/2023
    		CRD2
    0Report of the 26th Session of CCFICS 29/05/2023
    		REP23/FICS
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    		CRD4
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    		CX/FICS 23/26/7 Add.1
    5.1Comments, at Step, in reply to CL 2023/10/OCS-FICS25/04/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/5 Add.1
    6.1Comments, at Step 3, in reply to CL 2023/11/OCS-FICS25/04/2023
    		CX/FICS 23/26/6 Add.1
    105Agenda Item 4: Comments of Burundi, Ghana, Morocco, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Uganda28/04/2023
    		CRD5
    106Agenda Item 5: Comments of Burundi, Ghana, Morocco, Thailand and Uganda28/04/2023
    		CRD6
    107Agenda Item 6: Comments of Australia, Burundi, El Salvador, Ghana, Iran, Mauritius, Morocco, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Uganda30/04/2023
    		CRD7
    108Agenda Item 7: Comments of Burundi, Ghana, Morocco and Uganda30/04/2023
    		CRD8
    109Agenda Item 8: Comments of Burundi, European Union, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco and Uganda30/04/2023
    		CRD9
    110Agenda Item 9: Comments of Burundi, Ghana, Mauritius and Uganda30/04/2023
    		CRD10
    111Agenda Item 7: Submitted by The Consumer Goods Forum30/04/2023
    		CRD11
    112Agenda Item 8: Citrus Australia traceability report - submitted by the United Kingdom30/04/2023
    		CRD12
    113Agenda Item 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5: Comments of Mauritius30/04/2023
    		CRD13
    114Agenda Item 4, 6: Comments of Ecuador30/04/2023
    		CRD14
    117Agenda Item 4, 5, and 6: Comments of Nigeria01/05/2023
    		CRD17
    118Agenda Item 4: Comments of Honduras01/05/2023
    		CRD18
    119Agenda Item 7, 8: Comments of Thailand01/05/2023
    		CRD19
    120Agenda Item 4: Comments of Morocco01/05/2023
    		CRD20
    122Agenda Item 4, 5 and 6: Comments of Senegal01/05/2023
    		CRD22
    123Agenda Item 4: Comments of India01/05/2023
    		CRD23
    124Agenda Item 6: Comments of Morocco02/05/2023
    		CRD24
    125Agenda Item 6: Submitted by the United Kingdom02/05/2023
    		CRD25
    126Agenda Item 5: English version of comments of Morocco in CRD602/05/2023
    		CRD26
    201Statements of Australia, Canada, European Union, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States of America on Russia-Ukraine War03/05/2023
    		CRD
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    		CRD27
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