Summary and Conclusions

The summary and conclusions of the 22nd Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Europe are as follows: Matters for consideration by the Executive Committee and the Commission: The Committee: - agreed to discontinue work on the revision of the Regional Standard for Vinegar and to propose that the Commission should revoke the current Standard (para. 44); - agreed to return the Proposed Draft Revised Standard for Mayonnaise to Step 3 and to ask the advice of the Commission on the need for a Regional Standard for Mayonnaise and for regional standards in general (paras. 38-40); - agreed to nominate the Slovak Republic for appointment as Regional Coordinator by the 24th Session of the Commission (para. 94). Other matters of interest to the Commission: The Committee: - expressed its support for the precautionary principle and considered that the debate on this question should proceed in the Committee on General Principles (para. 56); - recommended that all concerned Committees consider the issue of gluten-free foods as a matter of priority in order to establish a level and a method of analysis applicable to gluten-free foods (para. 77); - reviewed the measures taken by governments to improve consumer participation and agreed to consider further the integration of consumer concerns in Codex work at its next session (paras. 82-90).