Summary and Conclusions
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
COMMISSION
The Committee:
- advanced the Draft
Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements regarding Food Import
and Export Inspection and Certification Systems to Step 8 (paragraph 30 and
Appendix II).
- requested the Commission to
approve the following new work -
-
Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary
Measures associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems
(paragraph 81)
- Proposed Draft Guidelines
for the Utilization of and Promotion of Quality Assurance Systems (paragraph
93).
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).
OTHER MATTERS
The Committee:
- agreed that the
Proposed Draft Guidelines/Recommendations for Food Import Control Systems
should be redrafted and restructured prior to being circulated for comment
at Step 3 (paragraph 53);
- agreed that the
Proposed Draft Guidelines and Criteria for Official Certificate Formats and
Rules relating to the Production and Issuance of Certificates be revised
with a view towards circulating the text formally for comments at Step 3 of the
Codex Procedure (paragraph 68);
- agreed that all relevant Codex
Committees would be informed of the current status of the Proposed Draft
Guidelines for the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures associated with
Food Inspection and Certification Systems, bearing in mind that the
Guidelines could have implications for their current and future work programmes
(paragraph 83);
- requested the advice of Legal
Counsel as to whether the activities proposed in the Discussion Paper on
Guidelines for the Establishment of a Database on Importing Country Legislation
fell within the mandate of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the Terms
of Reference of the Committee (paragraph 99); and
- requested the opinion of the
Codex Committee on General Principles on the status of the activities proposed
in the Discussion Paper on Guidelines for the Establishment of a Database on
Importing Country Legislation in relation to the ongoing work of revising
the Codex Acceptance/Notification Procedure (paragraph 99).
