A. TITEL

Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) houdende een verdrag betreffende de 32ste zitting van het Codex Comité reststoffen van pesticiden te 's-Gravenhage van 1 tot 8 mei 2000;

Rome, 24 september 1999 en 20 oktober 1999

B. TEKST

Nr. I

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The Assistant Director-General

CX-718 (Agm) Rome, 24 september 1999

Thirty-second Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

The Hague, 1–8 May 2000

Reply requested by 30 November 1999

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the Thirty-second Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, which is scheduled to be held in The Hague from 1 to 8 May 2000, at the kind invitation of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

I very much appreciate the generous support of your Government in hosting this Committee over many years.

The Session is being convened within the framework of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. It is my intention to invite all Members of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission listed in Annex A. Notification of the Session will be given to the international organization listed in Annex B who will attend as appropriate according to their specific field of interest.

Furthermore, other Member Nations or Associate Members of FAO and/or WHO, which are not members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, or States which, while not Members of FAO or WHO, are members of the United Nations, and international organizations in relationship with FAO and/or WHO, may be represented by observers at the Session, should they so request. The total number of participants is expected to be about 250.

The Session will be conducted in English, French and Spanish. The Host Government will be responsible for providing qualified interpreters whose curricula have been cleared by the Chief FAO interpreter.

In order to ensure the smooth functioning of the Session, I should appreciate it if your Government would undertake to apply the following provisions:

1. The Government will exercise all reasonable care to ensure security on the premises in which the Session takes place and to ensure the safety of the officials of FAO and WHO and participants concerned while on such premises. The Government will take whatever steps may be reasonably required in the circumstances to ensure such security and such safety, including such supervision of the premises as may be warranted.

2. The Government recognizes that the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention") will be applicable to the Session. Accordingly, representatives of Governments and officials of FAO and WHO performing official functions in connection with the Session will enjoy the privileges and immunities provided by Articles V and VI of the Convention. FAO declares that participants from organizations listed in Annex B are experts on mission within the meaning of Annex II and VII to the Convention, and consequently it is agreed that they will enjoy the privileges and immunities provided by those Annexes.

3. Without prejudice to the provisions of the Convention, all persons performing functions in connection with the Session shall enjoy immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written in connection with their functions during the Session.

4. Grant visas and all necessary facilities to delegates, observers and consultants attending the Session, provided that the general conditions governing the granting of visas are fulfilled.

5. The Government will deal with any action, claim, or other demand against FAO, WHO or its personnel arising out of:

    • i) injury to person or damage to property in the premises provided for the Session;

    • ii) injury to person or damage to property incurred in using the transportation provided by the Government for the Session;

    • iii) the employment by the Government of temporary personnel for the Government. The Government will hold harmless FAO and WHO and its personnel in respect of any such action, claim or demand, unless these damages were caused by gross negligence or intentionally caused by personnel of FAO or WHO.

6. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all participants enjoying privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the Netherlands. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Netherlands.

7. Any dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, except for a dispute subject to the appropriate provisions of the Convention or of any other applicable agreement, will, unless the parties otherwise agree, be submitted to a tribunal of three arbitrators, one of whom will be appointed by the Director-Generaal of FAO, one by the Government, and the third, who will be the chairman, by the other two arbitrators. If either party does not appoint an arbitrator within three months of the other party having notified the name of its arbitrator, or if the first two arbitrators do not within three months of the appointment or nomination of the second one of them appoint the chairman, then such arbitrator will be nominated by the President of the International Court of Justice at the request of either party to the dispute. Except as otherwise agreed by the parties, the tribunal shall adopt its own rules of procedure, provide for reimbursement of its members and the distribution of expenses between the parties, and take all decisions by a two-thirds majority. Its decisions on all questions of procedure and substance shall be final and, even if rendered in default of one of the parties, be binding on both of them.

I should appreciate receiving your Government's acceptance by letter or by telefax of the above responsibilities by 30 November 1999, so that invitations and documents may be prepared and issued in good time. This letter and your reply will constitute the Agreement covering the Session.

Accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

F. B. ZENNY Assistant Director-General Department of General Affairs and Information

His Excellency Jan Berteling Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to FAO Rome

Annex A

CX–718 (Agm)

Membership of FAO/WHO Codex alimentarius commission

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Agentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Samoa

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States of America

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Viet Nam

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Annex B

CX-718 (Agm)

List of organizations to be invited to the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

United Nations

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

World Food Programme (WFP)

UNU/FAO International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)

International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group)

African Groundnut Council (AGC)

African Regional Organization for Standardization (ARSO)

American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS)

Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO)

ASEAN Vegetable Oils Club

Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Avicultura (ALA)

Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI/LAIA)

Association des Amidonneries de Céréales de l'UE (AAC)

Association des industries alimentaires des glaces et crèmes glacées de la CEE (EUROGLACES)

Association des industries des aliments diététiques de la CEE (IDACE)

Association européenne des Exploitations frigorigiques (AEEF)

Association européenne pour le droit de l'alimentation (AEDA/EFLA)

Association internationale de la distribution des produits alimentaires et des produits de grande consommation (AIDA)

Association internationale de l'industrie des bouillons et potages (AIIBP)

Association internationale des sélectionneurs pour la protection des obtentions végétales (ASSINSEL)

Association internationale pour le développement des gommes na- turelles (AIDGUM)

Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS)

Association of International Industrial Irradiation (AIII)

Association of Manufacturers of Fermentation Enzyme Producers (AMFEP)

Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC International)

Association of Sorbitol Producers within the EC (ASPEC)

Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Association of the Industry of Fruit and Vegetables in Vinegar, Brine, Oil and Similar Products of the European Community

BIOPOLYMER International

Caribbean Common Market Standards Council (CARICOM)

Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI)

Centre de liaison des industries transformatrices de viandes de la Com- munauté européenne (CLITRAVI)

Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)

Chambre de commerce internationale (ICC)

Cocoa Producers' Alliance (CPA)

Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (COPANT)

Comité de liaison de l'agrumiculture méditerranéenne (CLAM)

Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur (COSAVE)

Comité des fabricants d'acide glutamique de la CEE (COFAG)

Comité des industries des mayonnaises et sauces condimentaires de l'UE (CIMSCEE)

Comité du commerce des céréales, aliments du bétail, oléagineux, huiles et graisses et agrofournitures de l'Union Européenne (COCERAL)

Comité européen des fabricants de sucre (CEFS)

Comité permanent international du vinaigre (CPIV)

Commission internationale des industries agricoles et alimentaires (CIIAA)

Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEAO)

COMUNIDAD ANDINA

Confédération des industries agro-alimentaires de l'UE (CIAA)

Confédération internationale du commerce et de l'industrie des pailles fourrages tourbes et dérivés (CIPF)

Confédération mondiale de l'industrie de la santé animale (COMISA)

Confederation of Importers and Marketing Organizations in Europe of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (CIMO)

Confederation of International Soft Drinks Associations (CISDA)

Conseil européen de l'industrie chimique (CEFIC)

Conseil permanent de la Convention internationale de Stresa sur l'emploi des appellations d'origine et dénominations de fromages

Conseil phytosanitaire interafricain de l'OAU (CPI)

Consumers International (CI)

Council of Europe (CE)

Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

Economic Community for West African States (CEDEAO)

EuroCommerce

Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee for the Promotion of Tropical Fruits, Off-Season Vegetables, Flowers, Ornamental Plants and Spices (COLEACP)

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EMPPO)

European Association of Advertizing Agencies (EAAA)

European Community

European Dairy Association (EDA)

European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM)

European Federation of Food Additives and Food Enzymes Industries (ELC)

European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations (EFPIA)

European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC)

European Flavour and Fragance Association (EFFA)

European Food and Feed Cultures Association (EFFCA)

European Food Emulsifier Manufacturers' Federation (EFEMA)

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

European Heart Network (EHN)

European Network of Childbirth Associations (ENCA)

European Organization for Quality Control (EOQC)

European Proprietary Medicines Manufacturers' Association (AESGP)

European Salt Producers' Association (ESPA)

European Vegetable Protein Federation (EUVEPRO)

Fédération de l'industrie de l'huilerie de la CE (FEDIOL)

Federación Panamericana de Lecheria (FEPALE)

Fédération européenne de zootechnie (FEZ)

Fédération européenne des importeurs de fruits secs, conserves, épices et miel (FRUCOM)

Fédération internationale des associations d'apiculture (APIMONDIA)

Fédération Internationale des Vins et Spiritueux (FIVS)

Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations International (FOSFA)

Global Crop Protection Federation (GCPF)

Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA)

Groupement international des sources d'eaux minérales naturelles (GISEM)

Industry Council for Development (ICD)

Institut européen des industries de la gomme de caroube (INEC)

Institut international du froid (IIF)

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnología Industrial (ICAITI)

Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA)

Instituto de Nutrición de Centro-America y Panama (INCAP)

Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)

International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA)

International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC)

International Association of Consumer Food Organizations (IACFO)

International Association of Seed Crushers (IASC)

International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)

International Banana Association (IBA)

International Biotechnology Forum (IBF)

International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)

International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)

International Cocoa Trade's Federation (ICTF)

International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF)

International Commission on Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (ICUMSA)

International Cooperative Alliance (ICA)

International Council of Grocery Manufacturers' Associations (ICGMA)

International Dairy Federation (IDF/FIL)

International Diabetes Federation (IDF/FID)

International Egg Commission (IEC)

International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ)

International Federation of Fruit Juice Producers (IFU)

International Federation of Glucose Industries (IFG)

International Federation of Margarine Associations (IFMA)

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

International Fishmeal and Oil Manufacturers' Association (IFOMA)

International Food Additives Council (IFAC)

International Food Information Service (IFIS)

International Frozen Foods Association (IFFA)

International Glutamate Technical Committee (IGTC)

International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

International Lactaction Consultant Association (ILCA)

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)

International Milling Association (IMA/AIM)

International Nut Council (INC)

International Office of Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar Confectionery (IOCCC)

International Olive Oil Council (IOOC)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

International Organization of the Flavour Industry (IOFI)

International Peanut Forum (IPF)

International Pectin Producers Association (IPPA)

International Pulse Trade and Industry Federation (CICILS/IPTIC)

International Soft Drink Council (ISDC)

International Special Dietary Food Industries (ISDI)

International Toxicology Information Centre (ITIC)

International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST)

International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)

International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS)

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

League of Arab States (LAS)

MARINALG International

Mercado Común Sudamericano (MERCOSUR)

Natural Food Colours Association (NATCOL)

Nordic Committee on Food Analysis (NMKL)

Office international de la vigne et du vin (OIV)

Office international des épizooties (OIE)

Organisation africaine et malgache du café (OAMCAF)

Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OECD)

Organisation des fabricants de produits cellulosiques alimentaires (OFCA)

Organisation européenne des industries transformatrices de fruits et légumes (OEITFL)

Organisation internationale de métrologie légale (OIML)

Organization for African Unity (OAU)

Organization of American States (OAS)

Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO)

Pesticides Action Network (PAN)

Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)

Secretaría Permanente del Tratado General de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA)

Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA)

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)

Standardization and Metrology Organization for Gulf Cooperation Coun- cil Countries (SMOGCCC)

TRANSFRIGOROUTE International

Union douanière et économique de l'Afrique centrale (UDEAC)

Union européenne des industries de transformation de la pomme de terre (UEITP)

Union européenne du commerce du bétail et de la viande (UECBV)

West African Rice Development Association (WARDA)

World Association for Animal Production (WAAP)

World Federation of Advertizers (WFA)

World Medical Association (WMA)

World Processing Tomato Council (WPTC)

World Sugar Research Organization (WSRO)

World Trade Organization (WTO/OMC)

World Veterinary Association (WVA)

Nr. II

permanent representation of the kingdom of the netherlands to the food and agriculture organization of the united nations

No. ROF-99/1889 Rome, 20 October 1999

EB/gc

Subject:

Thirty-second Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, The Hague, 1–8 May 2000

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 24 September 1999, which reads as follows:

(Zoals in Nr. I)

I have the honour to inform you that my Government is prepared to host the Session in question. My Government considers your letter and my reply as an agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, in respect of the Thirty-second Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, which shall enter into force on the date of receipt of this reply and shall remain in force for the duration of the Session and for such additional period as is necessary for its winding up, the total duration of this agreement, however, not to exceed one year.

Please accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

J. BERTELING Ambassador Permanent Representative

His Excellency Dr. J Diouf Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Via delle Terme di Caracalla Rome

D. PARLEMENT

Het in de brieven vervatte verdrag behoeft ingevolge artikel 7, onderdeel c, van de Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen niet de goedkeuring van de Staten-Generaal.

G. INWERKINGTREDING

De bepalingen van het in de brieven vervatte verdrag zijn ingevolge het in de brieven bepaalde op 20 oktober 1999 in werking getreden.

Wat het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden betreft, geldt het verdrag alleen voor Nederland.

J. GEGEVENS

Van het op 16 oktober 1945 te Quebec tot stand gekomen Statuut van de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie der Verenigde Naties (FAO), naar welke Organisatie in Brief I wordt verwezen, zijn tekst en vertaling afgedrukt in Stb. I 77. Zie ook, laatstelijk, Trb. 1996, 341.

Van het op 22 juli 1946 tot stand gekomen Statuut van de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie, naar welke Organisatie in Brief I wordt verwezen, zijn tekst en vertaling geplaatst in Stb. 1948, I 182. Zie ook, laatstelijk Trb. 1998, 255.

Van het op 21 november 1947 te New York tot stand gekomen Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de gespecialiseerde organisaties, naar welk Verdrag in paragraaf 2 van Brief I wordt verwezen, zijn tekst en vertaling geplaatst in Stb. J 67. Zie ook, laatstelijk, Trb. 1994, 211.

Van het op 26 juni 1945 te San Francisco tot stand gekomen Statuut van het Internationale Gerechtshof, naar welk Hof in paragraaf 7 van Brief I wordt verwezen, zijn tekst en vertaling geplaatst in Trb. 1971, 55. Een herziene vertaling is geplaatst in Trb. 1987, 114. Zie ook Trb. 1997, 106.

Uitgegeven de dertiende december 1999

De Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken,

J. J. VAN AARTSEN

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