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Activities

Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards

Provisional Agenda for the Sixty-second Session

 

to be held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from Tuesday, 7 to Thursday, 9 November 2006

 

Working groups will have the possibility to meet on Monday, 6 November. The secretariat will provide additional information for their meetings closer to that date.

 

Documents marked with an asterisk (*) were not yet available at the time of the preparation of the provisional agenda. They will become available as official documents in the original language, if received 6 weeks before the meeting, or as informal papers, if received later.  

 

 

1. Adoption of the agenda ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/1
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2. Matters of interest since the last session  
  (a) Concentrating agricultural quality standards work in the UNECE Draft transition plan
ECE/TRADE/C/2006/18/Add.1
[English]

Geneva Protocol
TRADE/WP.7/2005/9/Add.1
[English] [French] [Russian]

Strengthening the UNECE Committee on Trade
ECE/TRADE/C/2006/3
[English] [French] [Russian]

Committee on Trade: Draft Terms of Reference
ECE/TRADE/C/2006/10
[English] [French] [Russian]
(b) Other organizations INF.1 (OECD)
[English]   [French]
3. Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables  ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.1/2006/2
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
  (a) Texts recommended for adoption as revised/new UNECE standards  
Early and Ware Potatoes ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/2
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Melons ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/3
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Truffles TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.8
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
(b) Texts recommended for adoption as UNECE recommendations  
Table Grapes (in trial until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/4
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Bilberries and Blueberries (in trial until 2006) TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.5
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Cherries (in trial until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/5
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Peaches and Nectarines (one-year trial extension until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/6 (Withdrawn)
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
Ceps (trial until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/7
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
4. Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.2/2006/10
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
  (a) Standard Layout for UNECE Standards on Dry and Dried Produce ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.2/2006/10/Add.1
[English]   [French]   [Russian]  
(b) Texts recommended for adoption as revised/new UNECE Standard  
Inshell Hazelnuts (one-year trial until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.2/2006/10/Add.4
[English]   [French]   [Russian]  
(c) Texts recommended for adoption as UNECE recommendations  
Inshell Almonds (one-year trial extension until 2007) ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.2/2006/10/Add.3
[English]   [French]   [Russian]  
Pistachio Kernels and Peeled Pistachio Kernels (one-year trial extension until 2007) TRADE/WP.7/GE.2/2005/19/Add.2
[English]   [French]   [Russian]  
(d) Converting draft new UNECE standards into the new Standard Layout (see annotations)
5. Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.6/2006/13
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
  (a) Text recommended for adoption as revised UNECE Standard ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/8
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/8/Add.1
(b) List of Diseases ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/9
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
6. Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat  ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/GE.11/2006/9
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

INF.2 GS1 Presentation
  (a) Text recommended for adoption as new UNECE Standard  
UNECE Standard for Turkey Meat ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/10
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/10/Add.1

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/10/Add.2
(b) Texts recommended for adoption as revised UNECE Standards  
UNECE Standard for Bovine Meat ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/11
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/11/Add.1

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/11/Add.2
UNECE Standard for Ovine Meat ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/12
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/12/Add.1

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/12/Add.2
UNECE Standard for Chicken Meat ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/13
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/13/Add.1

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/13/Add.2
UNECE Standard for Porcine Meat ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/14
[English]   [French]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/14/Add.1

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/14/Add.2
(c) Status of publications on existing standards

    (UNECE Standard for Llama/Alpaca Meat)
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/15
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
(d) Information on the meetings of rapporteurs  
7. Publications   
  (a) Explanatory brochure on Plums ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/16
[English]   [-]   [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/16/Add.1
8. General questions concerning the work of WP.7 and its Specialized Sections   
  (a) Alignment of the conformity certificate with the United Nations Layout Key ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/17
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
(b) Sales packages ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/18
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
(c) Review of the work of the Working Party ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/19
[English]   [French]   [Russian]
9. Capacity-building activities  
     
10. Other business  
     
11. Programme of work    
  (a) Calendar of meetings  
(b) Future work  
12. Election of officers   
     
13. Adoption of the report ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/20
[English] [French] [Russian]

ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2006/20/Add.1
[English] [French] [Russian]

PROPOSED TIME TABLE 

 

 

Monday, 6 November   Working groups, as necessary
Tuesday, 7 November 10:00 - 13:00 Items 1 - 4
  15:00 - 18:00 Items 4 - 9
Wednesday, 8 November 10:00 - 13:00 Items 10 - 12
Thursday, 9 November 10:00 - 13:00 Item 13