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Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CJW-702)
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Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| Code |
CJW-702 |
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| Sessions and documents |
View documents of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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| Legal Framework |
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| Category |
Cat. 1 |
| Purpose |
The Executive Committee shall, between sessions of the Commission, act on behalf of the Commission as its executive organ. In particular, the Executive Committee may make proposals to the Commission regarding general orientation, strategic planning, and programming of the work of the Commission, study special problems and shall assist in the management of the Commission’s programme of standards development, namely by conducting a critical review of proposals to undertake work and monitoring the progress of standards development. |
| Secretary |
Mr Tom Heilandt |
| Membership |
The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairpersons of the Commission, and the Coordinators appointed on the basis of Rule IV together with seven further Members elected by the Commission at regular sessions from among the Members of the Commission, one each coming from the following geographic locations: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East, North America, South-West Pacific. Not more than one delegate from any one country shall be a member of the Executive Committee. |
| Chairperson |
Mr Steve Wearne |
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| Languages |
Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish |
| Document symbol |
CX/EXEC |
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| Contact information/email |
[email protected] |
| Web site |
CODEX Alimentarius |
| First Session |
July 1963 |
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| Remarks |
Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission |
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