US embassy cable - 05ATHENS2438

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GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identifier: 05ATHENS2438
Wikileaks: View 05ATHENS2438 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Athens
Created: 2005-09-16 08:12:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: TBIO EAGR ECON GR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ATHENS 002438 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/TPP JACK BOBO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, EAGR, ECON, GR 
SUBJECT: GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: CODEX AD HOC TASK 
FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 
 
REF: SECSTATE 147159 
 
1. (U) On September 12, Embassy received GoG response to 
reftel demarche. Response in entirety follows: 
 
2.  (U) Begin text:  Greece is extremely interested in the 
re-establishment of the new Task Force and its mandate, and 
will thus participate with two representatives to the 5th 
Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on 
Foods Derived from Biotechnology.  Regarding our positions 
and priorities we provide you with the following details: 
based on the council Decision of 17 November 2003 
(2003/822/EC, L309/14), on the accession of the European 
Community to the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a 
coordination meeting prior to each Codex Session takes place 
in Brussels, for the formation of a common position among the 
25 Member States and the European Community.  Such a common 
position has already been approved and sent to Codex 
Secretariat as "European Community Comments", on June 9, 
 
SIPDIS 
2005.  This position will be handed to all member state of 
the Codex Task Force, at the meeting in Japan. End text. 
 
 
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