34th Session
France, 2-6 June 2025
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- CL 2024-27-GP: Inconsistencies in language and superseded content of the Procedural Manual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.
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- Agenda item 4: Codex Procedural Manual: presentation of new format and observations on consistency and superseded content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.
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.
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.
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.
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.