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Codex Committee on General Principles (CJW-716)
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Codex Committee on General Principles |
| Code |
CJW-716 |
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| Sessions and documents |
View documents of the Codex Committee on General Principles |
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| Legal Framework |
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Rule XI-1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
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Rules of Procedure
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The Rules of Procedure of the Commission shall apply mutatis mutandis to its subsidiary bodies. (Rule XI.11)
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| Category |
Cat. 1 |
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To deal with such procedural and general matters as are referred to it by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Such matters have included the establishment of the General Principles which define the purpose and scope of the Codex Alimentarius, the nature of Codex standards and the forms of acceptance by countries of Codex standards; the development of Guidelines for Codex Committees; the development of a mechanism for examining any economic impact statements submitted by governments concerning possible implications for their economies of some of the individual standards or some of the provisions thereof; the establishment of a Code of Ethics for the International Trade in Food. |
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| Membership |
Open to all Members of the Commission. |
| Chairperson |
Mr Jean-Luc Angot |
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| Languages |
English, French and Spanish |
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CX/GP |
| Frequency of Sessions |
The Committee meets when there are problems referred to it by the Commission. |
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| Contact information/email |
[email protected] |
| Web site |
CODEX Alimentarius |
| First Session |
October 1965 |
| Pattern of sessions |
1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, twice in 2003, twice in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015 |
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