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2.2.9 DISCUSSION PAPER ON USE OF NOTE 161 (Agenda Item 5g)
HIGHLIGHTS OF DISCUSSION
(Documents: CX/FA 11/43/13; CRD 17 (EU and Kenya); CRD
25 (EU and Japan))
The Committee recalled that the 41 st CCFA had agreed to
request comments (CL 2009/7-FA, Part B, point 7) on the
application of Note 161 “Subject to national legislation of the
importing country aimed in particular at consistency with Section
3.2 of the Preamble” because of the concern of several
delegations on the possible adverse impact of the
extensive use of this Note in the GSFA. The 42 nd CCFA had
agreed to establish an e-WG, led by the Netherlands, to prepare
a discussion paper containing proposals for criteria and
conditions for the use of Note 161 in the GSFA.
The Delegation of the Netherlands introduced the report of the
e-WG (CX/FA 11/43/13) and reported that the e-WG had not
reached agreement on criteria and conditions for the use of
Note 161. There was no consensus in the e-WG on how to
deal with instances of the Note already included in the
GSFA or with future requests for including the Note. Several
proposals had been presented to limit the application of the
Note, e.g. to its original purpose for sweeteners and colours or
to cases when no consensus existed if a proposal was in line
with section 3.2 of the Preamble of the GSFA. It had also been
suggested that Note 161 would be used less if more discussion
time was available in the physical Working Group on the GSFA.
Several members were of the opinion that the possibility to
use Note 161 was important and had often been requested
because the procedures established in Section 3.2 of the
Preamble of the GSFA, as well as in the Procedural Manual,
i.e. Procedures for the entry and review of food additive
provisions in the General Standard for Food Additives, had
not been followed strictly enough. However, they agreed that
COMMITTEE'S DECISION
The Committee agreed to establish an e-
WG, led by South Africa and open to all
Members and Observers and working in
English only, to continue working on a
discussion paper on the application of
Note 161 and in particular to formulate
recommendations to facilitate a uniform
implementation of Section 3.2 of the
Preamble of the GSFA to address the use
of Note 161.
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