H.E. Ambassador Lundeg Purevsuren

India

11 DRAFT CODEX ALIMENTARIUS STANDARD - DEFINITION OF 'CROSS PROMOTION'

224.   We thank the delegation of Mexico for introducing this proposal. India supports the need for more clarity on the scope of "cross promotion". Since the FAO is already seized of the issue and the Codex Alimentarius Commission has referred the matter back to the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) to enable them to discuss the scope of the term and whether it would be WTO inconsistent, it would be appropriate that the discussion is held in that Committee of the FAO.

The Council took note of the statements made.

35.   The Chair indicated that this item had been put on the agenda at the request of Mexico. A communication concerning had been circulated in document IP/C/W/660. He invited Mexico to introduce the item.
36.   The representative of Mexico took the floor.
37.   The representatives of Brazil; India; and Turkey took the floor.
38.   The Council took note of the statements made.

IP/C/M/94, IP/C/M/94/Add.1