SECTION III

Contents of this Section

This Section contains factual information about the Codex Alimentarius Commission, including a list of the Commission's Sessions and sessions of the Executive Committee.

The list of the Commission's Subsidiary Bodies gives the Terms of Reference of all Codex Committees established under Rule IX.1 of the Commission's Rules of Procedure. Each body (including the Commission and the Executive Committee) is also identified by its unique reference code used in all official correspondence. The meetings of each Committee are listed. The structure of the Commission's subsidiary bodies is shown diagrammatically on the inside back cover.

The countries which form the Commission's Membership are listed (as of July 1999) together with a list of the national Codex Contact Points. These lists are subject to frequent changes. The Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme provides up-dated information at regular intervals.

Sessions of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

(CX-701)^[21]

SESSION	PLACE AND DATES
1^st	Rome, Italy, 25 June - 3 July 1963
2^nd	Geneva, Switzerland, 28 September - 7 October 1964
3^rd	Rome, Italy, 19-28 October 1965
4^th	Rome, Italy, 7-14 November 1966
5^th	Rome, Italy, 20 February - 1 March 1968
6^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 4-14 March 1969
7^th	Rome, Italy, 7-17 April 1970
8^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June - 9 July 1971
9^th	Rome, Italy, 6-17 November 1972
10^th	Rome, Italy, 1-11 July 1974
11^th	Rome, Italy, 29 March - 9 April 1976
12^th	Rome, Italy, 17-28 April 1978
13^th	Rome, Italy, 3-14 December 1979
14^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 29 June - 10 July 1981
15^th	Rome, Italy 4-15 July 1983
16^th	Geneva Switzerland, 1-12 July 1985
17^th	Rome, Italy, 29 June - 10 July 1987
18^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 3-12 July 1989
19^th	Rome, Italy, 1-10 July 1991
20^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 28 June - 7 July 1993
21^st	Rome, Italy, 3-8 July 1995
22^nd	Geneva, Switzerland, 23-28 June 1997
23^rd	Rome, Italy, 28 June - 3 July 1999
24^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 2 - 7 July 2001
25^th	Geneva, Switzerland, 13 - 15 February 2003^[22]
26^th	Rome, Italy, 30 June - 7 July 2003

^[21] The reference code, followed by the number of the session, used in official correspondence.
^[22] Extraordinary session.