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Meetings and Events


Forty-sixth Session of the Specialized Section on Co-ordination of Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

23 - 26 May 2000

Palais des Nations, Geneva

 

 

* There will be an informal meeting (English only) of the Working Groups on Apples and Pears, Kiwifruit, Citrus Fruit and Cultivated Mushrooms on Monday 22 May 2000. For further details please see the provisional timetable.

NOTE by the secretariat: Document numbers in square brackets have been reserved for papers not yet received by the secretariat at the time of the preparation of the agenda. They will translated and distributed (if received until 10 weeks before the session) or distributed in the original language only (if received until 6 weeks before the session). If received later they will be distributed at the session as informal papers. They will also be available on the homepage if sent in electronic format.

 

 

1.

Adoption of the agenda

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/1
English French Russian

2.

Matters of interest since the forty-fifth session

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/2
English French Russian

3.

Proposals to revise UN/ECE standards

 

 

(a) Apples and Pears (including list of varieties)

 

 

Text of the UN/ECE recommendation

TRADE/WP.7/1999/7/Add.7

 

List of varieties

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/3 (New Zealand)]

 

Proposal

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/25 (European Union)]

 

Draft Codex Standard

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/INF.1
English only

 

Proposals

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/INF.6 (Ukraine)
English Russian

 

(b) Avocados (Maturity requirements)

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/4 (Spain)]

 

(c) Beans

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/5 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

(d) Citrus Fruit /

 

 

Text of the standard in force

TRADE/WP.7/1998/9/Add.1
English French Russian

 

Text adopted at the last Specialized Section

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/6 (Secretariat)
English French Russian

 

Proposals remaining ib discussion

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/7 (Secretariat)
English French Russian

 

Other proposals concerning Citrus Fruit

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/8 (Spain)
English

 

Comments on documents 2000/7 and 2000/8

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/INF.3 (Israel)
English

 

(e) Cultivated Mushrooms

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/9 (Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom)
English French Russian

 

(f) Kiwi Fruit

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/10(New Zealand, Chile, Germany, Italy and United States)]

 

 

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/11(European Union)
English French Russian

 

(g) Melons

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/12 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

(h) Peaches and Nectarines

 

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/13 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/14 (Ukraine)
English French Russian

 

(i) Peas

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/15 (European Union)
English French

 

(j) Plums

 

 

Text of the standard in force

TRADE/WP.7/1999/7/Add.10

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/16 (Ukraine)
English French Russian

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/16/Add.1(Chile)
English French Russian

 

List of varieties

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/17 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

(k) Table Grapes

 

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/18 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

Proposal for amendments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/19 (Ukraine)
English French Russian

 

(l) Tomatoes

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/26 (European Union)
English French Russian

 

Draft Codex Standard

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/INF.2
English only

4.

Consideration to elaborate a UN/ECE Draft Standard for Pineapples

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/20 (COLEACP)
English French Russian

 

Comments

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/20/Add.1 (South Africa)
English French Russian

5.

Proposal to include provisions for miniature fruit and vegetables in UN/ECE Standards

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/21 (European Union) NOT received]

 

Proposal

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/INF.4 (European Union)
English and French

6.

Issues concerning trade marks and names of varieties

 

 

List of varieties from UPOV

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/22 (Secretariat)
English only

 

List of varieties from OIV

[TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/23 (Secretariat)]

7.

Establishment of a list of countries using code marks

 

8.

Exchange of information on non-conformity cases

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/24 (OECD)
English French Russian

9.

Participation to the Specialized Section

 

10.

Acceptances

 

11.

Matters of interest arising from the work of

 

 

(a) Codex Alimentarius Commission

 

 

(b) European Union

 

 

(c) OECD Scheme

 

12.

Operational activities

 

13.

Other business

 

14.

Preparation of the next session

 

 

(a) Future work

 

 

(b) Date and place

 

 

(c) Preparation of the 56th session of the Working Party on Standardization of Perishable Produce and Quality Development

 

15.

Election of officers

 

16.

Adoption of the report

TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2000/25
English  French  Russian

 

 

New timetable for the informal sessions (English only) on Monday 22 May and Thursday 25 May afternoon:

Monday, 22 May

10.00 - 13.00

Cultivated Mushrooms, Pineapple

 

15.00 - 18.00

Citrus Fruit, Apples and Pears

Thursday, 25 May

15.00 - 16.30

Working Group on working procedures

 

16.30 - 18.00

Working Group on explanatory material

 

 

Explanatory notes and timetable see agenda

 

NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT:

Contributions should be sent to the secretariat either on diskette or by mail to:

Food Standards Officer
UN/ECE Trade Division
Palais des Nations
Office 432
1211 Geneva 10
Tel: (41) 22 917
2450 Fax: (41) 22 917 0041

or by email to:

agristandards@unece.org

Meeting documentation will be available on our homepage:

http://www.unece.org.unecedev.colo.iway.ch/trade/agr/welcomee.html


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