Rule II-Officers
Amend the following93:
4.(a) The Commission may appoint a Coordinator from among the delegates of the Member of the
Commission the Members of the Commission for any of the geographic locations enumerated in Rule
III.1 (hereinafter referred to as “regions”) or for any group of countries specifically enumerated by the
Commission (hereinafter referred to as ‘groups of countries’), whenever it may find, on the basis of a
proposal of a majority of the Members of the Commission which constitute the region or group, that
work for the Codex Alimentarius in the countries concerned so requires.
4.(b) Appointment of Coordinators shall be made exclusively on the proposal of a majority of the Members
of the Commission which constitute the region or group of countries concerned. Coordinators shall
hold office from the end of the session of the Commission at which they were elected appointed until
not later than the end of the third succeeding regular session, the precise term being determined by the
Commission in each instance. After having served two consecutive terms, the Coordinators shall be
ineligible to hold such office for the next succeeding term.
4.(d) Delete
Add new 4.(d) to read as follows:
4.(d) In order to carry out their functions, Coordinators shall participate in the Executive Committee as Observers.
4.(e) Delete
Rule IX.7 (consequential amendment)
..and in the case of bodies established under Rule IX.1(b)(ii), after consultation with the Coordinator for the
region or group of countries concerned, if any or with the Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee.
Rule IX.10 (consequential amendment)
The Members who shall be responsible for appointing Chairpersons of subsidiary bodies established under Rule IX.1(b)(i) and Rule IX.1(b)(ii) shall be designated at each session by the Commission…
Rule III.1 - Executive Committee:
The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the
Commission together with six seven further members, elected by the Commission at regular sessions
from among the Members of the Commission, one each coming from the following geographic
locations: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East, North America,
South-West Pacific; it being understood that not more than one delegate from any one country shall
be a member of the Executive Committee. Members elected on a geographic basis shall hold office
from the end of the session of the Commission at which they were elected until the end of the second
succeeding regular session and shall be eligible for re election, but after having served two
consecutive terms shall be ineligible to hold such office for the next succeeding term.
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Rule X - Elaboration and adoption of Standards
Subject to the provisions of these Rules of Procedure, the Commission may establish the procedures for the elaboration of world-wide standards and of standards for a given region or group of countries, and when necessary, amend such procedures.
The Commission shall make every effort to reach agreement on the adoption or amendment of standards by consensus. Decisions to adopt or amend standards may be taken by voting only if such efforts to reach consensus have failed.
