COMMITTEE FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Working
Party on Agricultural Quality Standards
Sixtieth session
Geneva, 8 to 10 November 2004
PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SIXTIETH SESSION
to be held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva,
commencing at 10:00 hrs, 8 November 2004
Note by the secretariat: Document numbers in square brackets refer to
documents expected but not received by the time of the preparation of the
agenda. They might be available late or at the meeting as room documents. As
soon as they are received they will also be available on the home page of the
agricultural standards unit.
1 |
Adoption of the
agenda |
TRADE/WP.7/2004/1 |
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2 |
Matters of
interest arising since the last session |
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(a) |
UNECE -���������� Committee for Trade, Industry and ���� Enterprise Development -���������� Working Party on Technical �������� Harmonization and Standardization ������� Policy -���������� Working Party on Transport of ���� Perishable Foodstuffs |
[TRADE/WP.7/2004/2] |
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(b) |
Other
organizations: -���������� Codex Alimentarius
Commission -���������� European Union -���������� OECD Scheme for the ����������� Application of -����������� International ����������� Standards for Fruit and ����� Vegetables -���������� UNCTAD -���������� World Health
Organization - |
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Specialized
Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25 |
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(a) |
Texts recommended for
adoption as revised standards: Cultivated Mushrooms Kiwi Fruit Peaches and Nectarines Billberries and Blueberries Watermelons Citrus Fruit Early and ware potatoes Plums (additions to the list of varieties) Pears (additions to the list of varieties) |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.2 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.3 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.4(Part
I) TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.5 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.6 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.7 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/7 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25
(paras 31 to 35). (Mentioned for information only � no decision necessary) |
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Texts recommended
for adoption as UNECE recommendations: Cherries (2-year trial) Peaches and Nectarines (2-year trial) Truffles (2-year trial) Plums (extension of trial for 1 year for interspecific hybrids) Apples (provisional
inclusion of new varieties until the end of the trial in 2005) |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.1 TRADE/WP.7/GE.1/2004/25/Add.4(Part
II) TRADE/WP.7/2002/9/Add.8 (see annotations) (Mentioned for information only � no decision necessary) |
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(c) |
Revision of the
standard layout |
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4 |
Specialized
Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit) |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.2/2004/14 |
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(a) |
Texts recommended
for adoption as revised UNECE standards: Inshell Pistachio Nuts |
Recommendation
in force see: http://www.unece.org/trade/agr/standard/dry/dry_e.htm
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(b) |
Texts recommended
for adoption as UNECE recommendations (extension of trial for one year): Inshell Almonds Pistachio Kernels and Peeled Pistachio Kernels |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.2/2004/14/Add.1 Recommendation
in force see: http://www.unece.org/trade/agr/standard/dry/dry_e.htm |
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(c) |
Correction to the
UNECE Standard for Dried Figs |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.2/2004/14/Add.2
(Mentioned for information only � no decision necessary) |
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(d) |
Information
concerning the joint publication of the colour chart for walnut kernels by
OECD and UNECE |
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5 |
Specialized
Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.6/2004/16 |
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(a) |
Text recommended
for adoption as revised UNECE Standard |
TRADE/WP.7/2004/3
TRADE/WP.7/2004/3/Add.1
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(b) |
Information on
meetings of the extended bureau: Dublin (Ireland) - July 2004 Great Forks (United
States) - October 2004 |
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Specialized
Section on Standardization of Meat |
TRADE/WP.7/GE.11/2004/12 |
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(a) |
UNECE Standard for
Llama/ Alpaca Carcases and Cuts |
TRADE/WP.7/2004/4
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(b) |
Seminar on
implementation of the beef standard (Lithuania, October 2004) |
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(c) |
Meeting of
rapporteurs on Pork (Lithuania, October 2004) |
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7 |
Internationally
Harmonized Produce Coding |
[TRADE/WP.7/2004/5]
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8 |
Publications |
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(a) |
UNECE Standards
for Meat |
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(b) |
Promotional
postcards |
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(c) |
Promotional
booklet on the work and achievements of the Working Party |
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9 |
General
questions concerning the work of WP.7 and its Specialized Sections |
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(a) |
Compatibility of the control certificate with the UN
layout key |
[TRADE/WP.7/2004/6]
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(b) |
Terms of reference
for the Working Party and the Specialized Sections |
TRADE/WP.7/2001/6 TRADE/WP.7/2001/9, paras. 75 to 81
TRADE/WP.7/2004/7 |
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(c) |
Sales packages |
[TRADE/WP.7/2004/8 (European Community, United States)] |
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(d) |
Point of
application of UNECE standards |
(See annotations)
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(e) |
Assessment of the
implementation of UNECE Standards |
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10 |
Workshops |
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(a) |
Moldova |
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(b) |
Georgia |
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(c) |
Azerbadjan |
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11 |
Other business |
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12 |
Programme of
work |
TRADE/WP.7/2004/9 |
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(a) |
Calendar of
meetings |
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(b) |
Future work |
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13 |
Election of
officers |
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14 |
Adoption of the
report |
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8 |
November |
10.00 � 13.00 |
Items 1 � 4 |
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15.00 � 18.00 |
Items 4 � 9 |
9 |
November |
10.00 � 13.00 |
Items 10 � 13 |
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November |
10.00 � 13.00 |
Item 14 |
ITEM 1 Adoption
of the agenda
According to the Commission's Rules of Procedure, the
first item on the provisional agenda shall be the adoption of the agenda.
ITEM 2 Matters of
interest arising since the last session
Other organizations as well as groups within UNECE
have been invited to provide any information that could be of interest to the
Working Party. Representatives of these groups/ organizations have been invited
to present the information.
Document TRADE/WP.7/2004/2 contains the discussion on
the work of the Working Party that was held at the 2004 session of the
Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development.
ITEM 3 Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh
Fruit and Vegetables
The Working Party will be informed on the outcome of
the fiftieth session of the Specialized Section and will be invited to take
decisions on the standards and recommendations proposed for adoption.
Concerning 3(b) Plums: The Specialized Section
proposes to extend the trial period for the interspecific hybrids and to remove
�Aprium� from the recommendation because this product is considered to be
closer to apricots.
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ITEM 4 Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry
and Dried Produce (Fruit)
The Working Party will be informed on the outcome of
the fifty-first session of the Specialized Section and will be invited to take
decisions on standards and recommendations as proposed.
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The Working Party will be informed about progress made
on the development of the Color Chart for Walnut Kernels.
ITEM 5 Specialized
Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes
The Working Party
will be informed on the outcome of the thirty-third session of the Specialized
Section.
The Specialized
Section recommends the adoption of the text contained in TRADE/WP.7/2004/3 and
TRADE/WP.7/2004/3/Add.1 as revised UNECE Standard for Seed Potatoes.
The Working Party will be informed about the outcome
of the meetings of the extended bureau held in 2004.
ITEM 6 Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat
The Working Party will be informed on the outcome of
the thirteenth session of the Specialized Section.
(a)������� New UNECE Standard Llama/Alpaca Carcases
and Cuts
The Specialized
Section recommends to the Working Party to adopt the text contained in
documents TRADE/WP.7/2004/4 and TRADE/WP.7/2004/4/Add.1 as new UNECE Standard
for Llama/Alpaca Meat � Carcases and Cuts.
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(b)������� Meeting of rapporteurs/Seminar on meat
standards
The Working Party will be informed about the outcome
of the meeting of rapporteurs and a seminar on meat standards that took place
in Lithuania in October.
ITEM 7 Internationally Harmonized Produce Coding
At the last session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables the delegations of France, Slovakia and Turkey
announced that they would send information on this topic to the secretariat.
Any information received will be reproduced in document TRADE/WP.7/2004/5.
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ITEM 8 Publications�����
(a)������� UNECE
Standards for Meat
The secretariat will inform the Working Party on the status of the publication of the updated standard for bovine, ovine and chicken meat.
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(b)������� Promotional postcards for fresh fruit
and vegetables
The
secretariat will present the new postcard series to the Working Party, which
has been developed in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
(c)������� Promotional
booklet on the work and achievements of the Working Party
The secretariat will inform the Working Party on the
status of this publication.
ITEM 9 General questions concerning the work of WP.7
and its Specialized Sections���
At the last session
of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables it
was mentioned that the present UNECE control certificate was not
harmonized with the layout key for international trade documents recommended by
the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).
One further problem with the present certificate was
that it allowed only a limited number of products to be included on each
certificate and they would welcome if a revision of the certificate would allow
more products to be included.
The secretariat will
collect information on how to apply the layout key TRADE/WP.7/2004/6. A presentation about the
issue will be invited from UN/CEFACT.
(b)������� Terms of reference for the Working Party
and the Specialized Sections����������
The Working Group on
Working Procedures will report on its discussions on updating the framework in
which the Working Party and its Specialized Sections operate and the status of
the revision of the working procedures.
The
Working Group agreed with the assessment of the secretariat (as in TRADE/WP.7/2001/6)
that many of the provisions which are at present in the Geneva Protocol could
be included as comments in the
standard
layout. Other provisions (e.g. concerning an international agreement) are
obsolete or are dealt with
in other organizations
(application of inspection and control certificate). The secretariat presents a
first draft of a consolidated text of terms of reference in TRADE/WP.7/2004/7.
(c)������� Sales packages
At the
last session a working group (European Community, United States) was created to
work on the following questions:
-���������� Which
are the different packages used for sale to final consumer?
-���������� What
would be the best term to describe them?
-���������� How
to define them?
-���������� What
are the implications on marking for the different packages?
Any information received from the working group will be
included in TRADE/WP.7/2004/8.
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At the
last session the Working Party discussed the possibility to replace the
sentence concerning the point of application reading:
�The purpose of the
standard is to define the quality requirements of apples at the export control
stage, after
preparation and
packaging.�
With the
following sentence:
�The
purpose of the standard is to define the quality requirements of <name of
the produce> after preparation and packaging.�
Delegations
had felt that this proposal was interesting but should be further discussed
(see TRADE/WP.7/2003/6, paras. 128-129) .
ITEM 10���������� Workshops
The Working Party
will be informed on the workshops on trade in agriculture held in Moldova and
Georgia and the workshop planned in Azerbaijan.
ITEM 11���������� Other business
Any other topic can be discussed under this agenda
item.
ITEM 12���������� Programme of work����
(a)������� Calendar
of meetings��
The calendar of sessions of the Specialized Sections
and the Working Party will be presented for the consideration of the Working
Party.
(b)������� Future
work
Delegations are invited to propose on areas of future
work of interest to their countries. A draft programme of work is contained in
document TRADE/WP.7/2004/9.
ITEM 13���������� Election of officers
According to the Commission's Rules of Procedure and
established practice, the Meeting is expected to elect
a Chair and two vice-chairs. The Working Party elected
the following bureau at its last
session:
Chair:����������� Mr. D.L.
Priester (United States of America)
Vice-Chair:��� Ms.
O. Vorovenci (Romania)
Vice-Chair:��� Ms. V. Baricicova
(Slovakia)
ITEM 14���������� Adoption of the report
The Working Party
will adopt the report of its sixtieth session on the basis of a draft prepared
by the secretariat.
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT:
Contributions should be sent to the secretariat either
on diskette by mail to:
Food Standards Officer
UNECE Trade Division
Palais des Nations
Office 432
1211 Geneva 10
Tel:� (41) 22 917 2450���� Fax:�
(41) 22 917 0041
or by e-mail to:
Meeting documentation will be available on our
homepage: