PREFACE

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel.: 57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO I Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 39(06)5705.4593
CX 3/5.2	CL 1998/39-AFRICA November 1998

TO:	- Codex Contact Points - Participants at the 13th Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa - Interested International Organizations
FROM:	Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.
SUBJECT:	DISTRIBUTION OF THE REPORT OF THE 13TH SESSION OF THE CODEX COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR AFRICA (ALINORM 99/28)

The attached report of the 13th Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa will be considered by the Twenty-third Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999).

PART A: MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE COMMISSION

Draft Revised Guidelines for the Design of Control Measures for Street-Vended Foods in Africa at Steps 8; (paras 24-27, and Appendix II)

Governments and international organizations wishing to propose amendments or to comment on the above Draft Revised Guidelines for the Design of Control Measures for Street-Vended Foods in Africa should do so in writing in conformity with the Procedures for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 8 by omiting Steps 6 and 7)[1] (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Tenth Edition, pages 18-19) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (Fax: 39 06 5705 4593; email: [email protected]) not later than 15 April 1999.

PART B: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

1. Progress report on efforts on Harmonization of National/Regional Standards with Codex Standards, (para. 37);

2. Progress report on the Implementation of National Action Plans to Establish/Strengthen the roles of Codex Contact Points and National Codex Committees in the Region (para. 69)

Governments and international organizations are invited to submit information and comments on the above subject matter to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (Fax: 39 06 5705 4593; email: [email protected]) not later than 1 February 2000.