FAO/WHO Regional Workshop on Codex Alimentarius 2008

The FAO/WHO Regional Workshop took place on 6th October 2008 in Warsaw and was organized in collaboration with the Governments of Switzerland and Poland. The Workshop was attended by 44 delegates (representing Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and the European Community and the European Commission). 15 participants received support from the FAO/WHO Trust Fund for Enhancing Participation in Codex in order to attend the regional workshop and subsequent the 26th Session of Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Europe - CCEURO (Warsaw, 7th to 10th October 2008).
The objective of the one-day Workshop was to provide information on the purpose and priority procedures of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) and to orientate delegates for the forthcoming the 26th Session of CCEURO.

Participants to the workshop were reminded that CCEURO is a general committee coordinating issues of relevance to the region and it also replies to issues as requested by the CAC. Therefore, participants were requested to keep in mind that where there is already a mechanism within Codex to discuss certain issues, then it should be maintained, the example provided was Consensus which will be discussed in detail at The Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP).
The workshop was successful in information exchange and provided information on a range of different topics.

FAO WHO Regional Workshop Report on the Codex Alimentarius 2008

Power Point Presentations:
Codex standards and information - How to access
Codex Trust Fund Enhancing participation in Codex
Experience in developing national position including those for CCEURO
Overview of CCEURO Agenda
Procedures for the Elaboration of Codex Standards