UNUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Activities

Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards

Provisional Agenda for the Sixty-first Session

 

to be held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva
commencing at 10 hrs on Tuesday 18 October 2005**

** Informal working groups have a possibility to meet on 17 October. The secretariat will send out more information prior to that meeting

 

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

 

*The present document has been submitted after the official documentation deadline by the Trade Development and Timber Division due to resource constraints.

 

1. Adoption of the agenda TRADE/WP.7/2005/1
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2. Matters of interest arising since the last session TRADE/WP.7/2005/2*
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  (a) UNECE  
  (b) Other Organizations  
3. Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables  TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18
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  (a) Texts recommended for adoption as revised/new UNECE standards

Melons


Apples (sizing)



TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.1
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TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.2
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  (b) Texts recommended for adoption as UNECE recommendations

Tables Grapes (one-year trial until 2006)


TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.1
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  Apples (Maturity requirements) (two-year trial until 2007) TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.2
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  Bilberries and Blueberries (extension of the trial until 2006)  
  Potatoes (extension of the trial until 2006)  
  Cherries (on-year trial until 2006) TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.3
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  Peaches and Nectarines (correction to the maturity requirements; extension of the trial until 2006) (see annotations)
  Ceps (new recommendation for a two-year trial period until 2007) TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2005/18/Add.4
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TRADE/WP.7/2005/3
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  (c) Deletion of the UNECE recommendation for Plums (see annotations)
4. Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit) TRADE/WP.7/GE.2/2005/19
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  (a) Texts recommended for adoption as revised/new UNECE standards  
  (b) Texts recommended for adoption as UNECE recommendations  
  (c) Deletion of the word "(fruit)" from the name of the Specialized Section  
5. Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes TRADE/WP.7/GE.6/2005/11
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  (a) Text recommended for adoption as revised UNECE Standard TRADE/WP.7/2005/4
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TRADE/WP.7/2005/4/Add.1
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  (b) Information on meetings of the extended bureau  
6. Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat   
  (a) Revised UNECE Standard for Porcine Meat  
  (b) Information on the meetings of Rapporteurs  
7. Publications  See annotations
8. General questions concerning the work of WP.7 and its Specialized Sections   
  (a) Alignment of the control certificate with the UN Layout Key TRADE/WP.7/2005/5*
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  (b) Revision of the Geneva Protocol  
  (c) Sales Packages TRADE/WP.7/2005/6*
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  (d) Point of application of UNECE Standards TRADE/WP.7/2005/7
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  (e) Assessment of the implementation of UNECE Standards TRADE/WP.7/2005/8
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  (f) Review of the work of the Working Party  
9. Workshops/Seminars/Training Courses  
10. Other Business  
11. Programme of Work    
12. Election of Officers   
13. Adoption of the Report  

PROPOSED TIME TABLE 

 

 

17 October   Informal meetings as necessary
18 October 10:00 - 13:00 Items 1 - 4
    15:00 - 18:00 Items 4 - 9
19 October 10:00 - 13:00 Items 10 - 12
20 October 10:00 - 12:00 Item 13