TEXTS SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION
The Committee advanced the Draft Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements regarding Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems to Step 8 of the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Standards and Related Texts (paragraph 30 and Appendix II). This text is now submitted to the Commission for adoption. Governments and Interested International Organizations wishing to comment on the may do so in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Standards and Related Texts: Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 of the Procedure (Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Tenth Edition, page 24). Comments should be sent to the Secretary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission at the address indicated above, not later than 30 April 1999.
APPROVAL OF NEW WORK
The Commission is invited to approve the following new work at Step 1 of the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Standards and Related Texts: Guide to the Consideration of Standards:
OTHER MATTERS REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION
The Committee requested the advice of the Executive Committee and the Commission on how to proceed on the matter of judgement of equivalence of technical regulations other than sanitary measures (paragraph 84).
