APPOINTMENT OF REGIONAL COORDINATORS (Agenda Item 17)

241. In accordance with Rule III.4 (a) and (b) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure, and on the basis of the nominations made by the Coordinating Committees⁸⁹, the following Members of the Commission were appointed as Coordinators to hold office from the end of the current session to the end of the second succeeding regular session of the Commission.

⁸⁹ ALINORM 05/28/15, paras. 104 - 110; ALINORM 05/28/19, paras. 73 - 79; ALINORM 05/28/28, paras. 129 -138; ALINORM 05/28/32, para. 95; ALINORM 05/28/36, para 99; ALINORM 05/28/40 para. 156.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE COMMISSION AND ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Agenda Item 18)⁹⁰

⁹⁰ ALINORM 05/28/2

242. The Commission elected the following persons to hold office from the end of its present Session to the end of the next regular session of the Commission.

243. The following Members of the Executive Committee were elected on a geographic basis for the period from the end of the current session to the end of the second succeeding regular session of the Commission:

DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES RESPONSIBLE FOR APPOINTING THE CHAIRPERSONS OF CODEX COMMITTEES AND AD HOC TASK FORCES (Agenda Item 19)⁹¹

⁹¹ ALINORM 05/29/9H

244. The Commission confirmed the designation of the Host Governments as listed in the Appendix × to this report. It also confirmed the dissolution of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices, which had completed its work⁹²and congratulated Brazil for the work accomplished. The Commission further agreed to adjourn the Committee on Meat Hygiene sine die⁹³and confirmed Japan as host country for the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods derived from Biotechnology.

⁹² ALINORM 05/28/39; CAC/28 LIM2 (Report of the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit Juices)

⁹³ ALINORM 05/28/16

245. The Delegation of the United Kingdom informed the Commission that the country would not seek to remain the host country for the Committee on Sugars, which was expecting to soon complete the current work by correspondence, and for the Committee on Fats and Oils after its forthcoming session in 2007. The Delegation of Malaysia expressed its interest in serving as the host country of the Committee on Fats and Oils after 2007. The Delegation of the Netherlands informed the Commission that the country would not wish to host the Committee on Food Additives after the splitting of the current Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants, as well as the Committee on Pesticide Residues after its next session in 2006.

OTHER BUSINESS (Agenda Item 20)

246. The Commission noted that its 29^th Session would be held in Geneva from 3 to 8 July 2006, subject to further confirmation.