Preface

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
	FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel: 39 06 57051 www.codexalimentarius.net Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 39 06 5705 4593
CX 4/70.2		CL 2001/2-FICS January 2001

TO:	- Codex Contact Points
	- Interested International Organizations
FROM:	Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, c/- FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
SUBJECT:	Distribution of the Report of the Ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (ALINORM 01/30A)

The attached report of the Ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems will be considered by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva, Switzerland, 2 - 7 July 2001).

MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 24TH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Draft and Proposed Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 8 or 5/8

1. Draft Guidelines for Generic Official Certificate Formats and the Production and Issuance of Certificates (at Step 8) (ALINORM 01/30, para. 30 and Appendix II).

2. Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems (at Step 5/8) (ALINORM 01/30A, para. 89 and Appendix III).

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment on the above draft (Step 8) and proposed draft (Step 5/8) Guidelines should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Steps 5/8 or 8) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pages 19-23) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (telefax: +39.06.5705.4593; e-mail: [email protected]) not later than 1 May 2001.

Proposed Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5

1. Proposed Draft Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems (at Step 5) (ALINORM 01/30A, para. 55 and Appendix IV).

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment regarding the implications which the above proposed draft Guidelines or any provisions thereof may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pages 21-23) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy not later than 1 May 2001.