Codex Committee on Food Additives 41st Session - Shanghai, China, 16-20 March 2009 

• Annotated Agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Community and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

European Community comments on:

• Agenda Item 2): "Matters referred by the CAC and other Codex Committees"
  
• Additional European Community Comments on Agenda Item 2
  
• Agenda Item 3): "Matters arising from FAO and WHO and from the 69th Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)."
  
• Agenda Item 4): "Endorsement and/or Revision of maximum Levels for Food Additives and Processing Aids in Codex Standards"
  
• Agenda Item 5c): "Report of the Electronic Working Group on the GSFA" (CX/FA 09/41/6)
  
• Agenda Item 6a): "Proposed draft guidelines and principles for the use of substances used as processing aids" (CX/FA 09/41/7 )
  
• Agenda Item 7): "Proposal for changes and/or Addition to the International Numbering System for Food Additives" Reply to CL 2008/10-FA, part B, point 13
  
• Agenda Items 9 a) and b): "Request for information and comments on the Priority List of Food Additives proposed for Evaluation by JECFA (Codex Circular Letter CL 2008/26-FA)" Reply to CL 2008/10-FA, part B, point 13
  
• Agenda Item 10 a): "Discussion paper on the scope of Certain food categories of the general standard For food additives (gsfa)"
  
• Agenda Item 10 c): "Discussion paper on inconsistencies in the names of compounds in the Codex specifications for identity and purity of food additives and in the international numbering system for food additives" (Document CX/FA 09/41/15)
  

40th Session - Beijing, China, 21 - 25 April 2008 

• 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.

European Community comments on:

• Agenda Item 5 a): "Report of the electronic working group of the GSFA Codex documents CX/FA 08/40/5 Part 1 and CX/FA 08/40/5 Part 2"
  
• Agenda Item 6: "Guidelines for the Use of Flavourings" (CX/FA 09/41/7 )
  
• Agenda Item 7a): "Discussion Paper on Guidelines and Principles for Substances used as Processing Aids"
  
• Agenda Item 10: "Priority List of Food Additives proposed for Evaluation by JECFA"
  
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2007/24-FA: "Draft Guidelines for the Use of Flavourings"
  Codex Document
  
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2007/26-FA: "Request for proposals for changes and/or addition to the Codex International Numbering System (INS) for Food Additives"
  Codex Document
  

Beijing, China, 24-28 April 2007 - 39th Session

Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Community and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

Agenda Item 6a:
EC comments on the Report of the e-WG on the inclusion of the food additive provisions of the commodity standards into the GSFA (CX/FA 07/39/6).

Agenda Item 6b:
EC comments on the Report of the electronic Working Group on the revision of the Procedural Manual (CX/FA 07/39/7).

Agenda Item 7a:
EC comments on Codex document CX/FA 07/39/9 (Part 1): Report of the electronic Working Group on the GSFA (Part 1) - Miscellaneous food additives and sweeteners and Codex document CX/FA 07/39/9 (Part 2): Report of the electronic Working Group on the GSFA PART III colours and appendix III 1, 2 and 3.

Agenda Item 8:
EC comments on the Proposed Draft Guidelines for the use of flavourings (CX/FA 07/39/12)

Agenda item 10 a): EC comments on CL 2006/37-FA: Draft Revision of the Codex Class Names and International Numbering System for Food Additives – CAC/GL 36-2003
Codex Document
EC Comments

Agenda item 10 b): EC comments on CL 2006/40-FA:
Request for comments on:
1) Maximum Use Levels of Pullulan (INS 1204) in the food categories listed in the Annex to Table 3 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA)

2) Additional revisions to the Codex International Numbering System (INS) for Food Additives.
Codex Document
EC Comments

EC comments on CL 2006/34-FA: Request for Comments and Information on Food Additive Provisions of the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA).
Codex Document
EC Comments