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Seventy-seventh session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7)
14 November (11:00) - 16 November (13:00) 2022
Palais des Nations, Room XXV Geneva Switzerland
Session documents
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| Item 1: Adoption of the agenda | |||
| Revised annotated provisional agenda ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/1/Rev.1 |
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| Annotated provisional agenda ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/1 |
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| Item 2: Matters arising | |||
| (a) United Nations, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and subsidiary bodies | |||
| (b) Recent developments in other organizations | |||
| Information on recent activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its subsidiary bodies on quality standards for fruits and vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/INF.3 |
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| Item 3: Capacity-building and promotional activities | |||
| Item 4: Analysis of the impact of agricultural quality standards on the trade of fruit and vegetables | |||
| Results of the study ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/INF.1 |
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| Item 5: Electronic quality certificates for fresh fruit and vegetables | |||
| Item 6: Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (GE.1) | |||
| Report of the seventieth session ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2022/2 |
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| Revised standard for asparagus ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/3 |
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| Revised standard for cherries ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/4 |
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| Revised standard for leafy vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/5 |
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| Revised standard for pomegranates ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/6 |
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| Certain small fruits ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/7 |
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| Revisions to the explanatory brochure on the standard for persimmons ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/8 |
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| Item 7: Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (GE.2) | |||
| Report of the sixty-ninth session ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.2/2022/2 |
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| Standard Layout for UNECE Standards on Dry and Dried Produce ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/9 |
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| Standard for dried persimmons ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/10 |
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| Standard for raw and roasted inshell peanuts ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/11 |
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| Standard for raw and roasted peanut kernels ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/12 |
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| Recommendation for inshell pecans ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/13 |
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| Recommendation for pecan kernels ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/14 |
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| Item 8: Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes (GE.6) | |||
| Report of the forty-ninth session ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.6/2022/2 |
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| Item 9: Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat (GE.11) | |||
| Report of the thirtieth session ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2022/2 |
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| Alignment of the Economic Commission for Europe standards and the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/17 |
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| Proposal for how Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System codes could be included in the Economic Commission for Europe Standard for Bovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/18 |
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| Item 10: Sustainable development, food systems and resource efficiency: food loss and waste prevention and reduction | |||
| United Nations Economic Commission for Europe work on food loss and waste ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/19 |
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| UNECE Code of Good Practice – reducing food loss and ensuring optimum handling of fresh fruit and vegetables along the value chain ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/INF.2 |
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| Good practices in harvest and post-harvest handling of floral vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2022/3 |
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| Good practices in harvest and post-harvest handling of immature fruit vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2022/4 |
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| Good practices in harvest and post-harvest handling of leafy vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2022/5 |
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| Good practices in harvest and post-harvest handling of root vegetables ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.1/2022/6 |
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| Item 11: Preparations for the seventieth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | |||
| Item 12: Future work | |||
| Item 13: Programme of work of the Working Party for 2023 | |||
| Programme of work of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards for 2023 ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/20 |
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| Item 14: Terms of Reference and Working Procedures of the Working Party | |||
| Item 15: Other business | |||
| Item 16: Election of officers | |||
| Item 17: Adoption of the report | |||
| Report of the seventy-seventh session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2022/2 |
Presentations
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| Item 2: Matters arising since the last session | |
| (a) United Nations, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and subsidiary bodies | |
| Ms. Elisabeth Tuerk, Director, UNECE Economic Cooperation and Trade Division | |
| (b) Recent developments in other organizations | |
| Mr. Jose Brambila, Programme Manager, OECD | |
| Mr. Pino Calcagni, Chairman of the Sustainability, Scientific and Government Affairs Committee, INC - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council | |
| Item 4: Analysis of the impact of agricultural quality standards on the trade of fruit and vegetables | |
| Mr. Jose Brambila, Programme Manager, OECD | |
| Item 5: Electronic quality certificates for fresh fruit and vegetables | |
| Ms. Yan Zhang, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Facilitation Section, UNECE | |
| Item 6: Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (GE.1) | |
| Mr. Cyril Julius, Chair of Specialized Section on Standardization of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables | |
| Item 7: Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce (GE.2) | |
| Mr. Dorian LaFond, Chair of Specialized Section on Standardization of Dry and Dried Produce | |
| Item 8: Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes (GE.6) | |
| Ms. Hanna Kortemaa, Chair of Specialized Section on Standardization of Seed Potatoes | |
| Item 9: Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat (GE.11) | |
| Mr. Ian King, Chair of Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat | |
| Item 10: Sustainable development, food systems and resource efficiency: food loss and waste prevention and reduction | |
| Mr. Shane Ward, Professor of Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin | |
| Ms. Camelia Bucatariu, International Consultant, FAO | |
| Ms. Zeynep Özkan, Head, EU Harmonization Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye | |
| Ms. Kristina Mattsson, Agricultural Policy Analyst, Swedish Board of Agriculture | |
| Mr. Pino Calcagni, Chairman of the Sustainability, Scientific and Government Affairs Committee, INC - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council | |