MATTERS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND OTHER CODEX COMMITTEES[3] (Agenda Item 2)

5. The Committee noted general matters of interest arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex committees related to the Election of Officers of the Commission, the Appointment of Regional Coordinators and the Review and Acceptance of Codex Texts under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT).

6. The Codex Secretariat also informed the Committee of the following specific matters of interest to the CCNASWP arising from the 13th Session (September 1998) of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) related to the Review of the Status and Objectives of Codex Texts (ALINORM 99/33, paras. 50-58):

• The Codex Secretariat had been requested to prepare, together with the Secretariat of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, an analysis of the status of Codex standards with respect to that Agreement.
• The CCGP had accepted the offer of Australia to prepare a paper on its experiences in applying such advisory material through voluntary industry/government/consumer codes of practice.