OECD Scheme for the Application of International Standards for Fruit and Vegetables - Meeting of Heads of National Inspection Services

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1 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development TRADE AND AGRICULTURE DIRECTORATE COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE TAD/CA/FVS/HS/A(2018)1 English - Or. English 1 January 1990 OECD Scheme for the Application of International Standards for Fruit and Vegetables - Meeting of Heads of National Inspection Services 18th OECD MEETING OF THE HEADS OF NATIONAL INSPECTION SERVICES 9-11 May 2018, Seville, Spain. The 18th OECD Meeting of the Heads of National Inspection Services is hosted by Spain. The Meeting will focus on microbiological control of fruit and vegetables, organic fruit and vegetables sales, conformity checks for internet sales, traceability, and much more. Spain s fresh fruit and vegetables sector will also be presented at the Meeting. The Meeting will be preceded by OECD Working Group Meetings on 9th May 2018 (morning). Contact: Jose.Brambila@oecd.org. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.

2 2 TAD/CA/FVS/HS/A(2018)1 MEETINGS Wednesday 9 May :30-12:30 Technical Working Group meeting (morning session) 12:30-14:00 - Lunch break 14:00-17:30 - Meeting of Heads of National Inspection Services (afternoon session) 20:00 - Dinner hosted by the Spain Thursday 10 May :30-17:30 Technical Visit (Peaches and Nectarines) Friday 25 May :30-13:00 - Meeting of Heads of National Inspection Services (morning session) Contact OECD Secretariat: Isabelle.Braud@oecd.org Tel: Fax: Place: Cámara de Comercio de Sevilla, Address: Plaza de la Contratación, 8, cp Sevilla Language : English NB: For practical and budgetary reasons, no paper copies of the documents mentioned below will be made available to participants in the Meeting room. Delegates are kindly requested to bring with them their own copies

3 TAD/CA/FVS/HS/A(2018)1 3 9:30 WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2018, 9:30-12:30 Item 1. Working Group Meeting on Berry Fruit, Root Vegetables and Passion Fruit Rapporteurs: Slovakia and Kenya. 12:30 13:30 Item 2. Registration and welcome coffee Lunch Break 14:00 Item 3. Opening of the meeting Welcome by Dirección General de Política Comercial y Competitividad 14:10 Item 4. OECD Secretariat Opening statement by the Secretariat. 14:20 Item 5. Presentations by international organisations (EC, UNECE, CODEX) 14:50 Item 6. Presentation on Spain s Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Sector By Subdirección General de Frutas y hortalizas y Vitivinicultura Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente. 15:30 Item 7. Presentation on Spain s Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Control System By Subdirección General de Inspección, Certificación y Asistencia Técnica de Comercio Exterior. 16:00 Coffee Break

4 4 TAD/CA/FVS/HS/A(2018)1 16:15 Item 8. Presentation by Mercadona Mercadona is a Spanish family-owned supermarket chain and was ranked the 9th most reputable company in the world in 2009 by the Reputation Institute as listed in Forbes magazine 16:50 Item 9. AINIA. New trends and technology for the microbiological control of fruit and vegetables. AINIA is a technology centre established in 1987 as a non-profit organisation. With more than 25 years of experience in research, development and innovation, AINIA works to motivate the competitiveness of companies through innovation. 17:30 End of Session 20:00 Welcome Dinner Hosted by Spain 9:30 Item 10. Technical Visit and lunch THURSDAY 10 MAY 2018, 9:30-17:30 Asociafruit Peaches and Nectarines. Variety UFO- Paraguayo. 9:00 FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018, 9:00-13:30 Item 11. Organic fruit and vegetables sales. Quality before price? Markets, trends and challenges Presentation by Spain 9:40 Item 12. New Greenhouse Technologies Presentation by Prof. Silleli. (Ankara University). For information and discussion

5 TAD/CA/FVS/HS/A(2018)1 5 10:20 Item 13. Conformity checks for internet sales of fruit and vegetables The Sub-Working Group will discuss potential challenges related to internet sales of fruit and vegetables 11:00 11:20 Item 14. Traceability Coffee Break The Sub-working Group will provide an update on the traceability work. 12:00 Item 15. New Horizontal Work The OECD Secretariat will discuss potential new horizontal work that could be developed by the OECD Fruit and Vegetables Scheme. 12:30 Item 16. Priority list Delegates and the OECD Secretariat will discuss the current situation of the priority list, the rules to add or delete items and next steps. 13:00 Item 17. Other Business Upcoming Harmonisation meetings (the Netherlands and Slovakia), Upcoming joint workshops, Next Peer Review, Potential New Member countries. For information and discussion 13:30 End of Meeting