34th Session
France, 2-6 June 2025
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda item 4.1 (CL 2025/33-GP): Codex Procedural Manual, review of the procedures in section 3: guidelines for subsidiary bodies
- Agenda item 8 (CL 2025/34-GP): Review of the application of the Criteria and procedural guidelines for Codex Committees working by correspondence
European Union comments on:
- CL 2024/25-GP: Proposed changes to the Procedural Manual Section 2 Part 7
- CL 2024-27-GP: Inconsistencies in language and superseded content of the Procedural Manual
33rd Session
Bordeaux, France, 2-6 October 2023
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda item 2: Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its subsidiary bodies
- Agenda item 4: Codex Procedural Manual: presentation of new format and observations on consistency and superseded content
- CL 2023/80/OCS-GP: Codex Procedural Manual: update to the Guide to the Procedure for the Amendment and Revision of Codex Standards and Related Texts
32nd Session
Virtual - 8-17 February 2021
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda Item 2: Matters referred by the Committee
- Agenda Item 3: Information on activities of FAO and WHO relevant to the work of CCGP
- Agenda Item 4: Request for Comments on the Annex of the Procedural Guidance for Committees Working by Correspondence
- Agenda Item 5: Revisions/amendments to Codex texts
- Agenda Item 6: Format and structure of the Codex Procedural Manual
- Agenda Item 7: Discussion paper on monitoring the use of Codex standards
- Agenda Item 8: Discussion paper on monitoring Codex results in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Comments of the Member States of the European Union:
- CL 2019/115/OCS-GP: Procedural Guidance for Committees Working by Correspondence.
- CL 2020/59/OCS-GP: requesting comments on the Annex of the Procedural Guidance for Committees Working by Correspondence
31st Session
Paris, Bordeaux, France, 11 - 15 March 2019
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda Item 2: Matters referred by the Committee
- Agenda Item 3: Procedural guidance for committees working by correspondence
- Agenda Item 4: Use of examples in Codex Standards
- Agenda Item 5: Information on activities of FAO and WHO relevant to the work of CCGP
- Agenda Item 6.1: Discussion paper on emerging and future issues of relevance to CCGP
30th Session
Paris, 11-15 April 2016
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda Item 3: "Codex work management and the functioning of the Executive Committee – Terms of Reference for Secretariat-led internal review (phase 1)" (CX/GP 16/30/3).
- Agenda Item 4: Consistency of Risk Analysis Texts across the Relevant Committees.
29th Session
Paris, 9 – 13 March 2015
- Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on General Principles indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States (FR, ES).
European Union comments on:
- Agenda Item 2: Matters Referred to the Committee
- Agenda Item 3: Proposed Amendments to the Terms of Reference of the Committee on General Principles
- Agenda Item 4: Proposed Amendments to the Procedures for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts
- Agenda Item 6: Codex Work Management and Functioning of the Executive Committee (CX/GP 15/29/6)
- CL 2010/22-GP: "Request for comments concerning the development of joint Codex/oie standards."
- CL 2010/11-GP: "Draft amendment to the terms of reference of the Codex Committee on General Principles."
28th Session
Paris, France, 7 - 11 April 2014
- Annotated agenda indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Community and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item (FR, ES).