Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

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Treaties tabled on 12 March 2008

Terms of Reference

Twelve proposed treaty actions were tabled in Parliament on Wednesday 12 March 2008. They included two proposed treaty actions which had been previously tabled on 15 August 2007, three tabled on 11 September 2007 and two tabled on 18 September 2007. A public hearing was held for the Treaties tabled on 15 August and 11 September 2007.

The following treaties were tabled on 12 March 2008.

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There is currently a total of 12 treaties in the following list.

Treaty text: * Treaty on Extradition between Australia and the State of the United Arab Emirates (Hobart, 26 July 2007)
(PDF 140KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Extradition between Australia and United Arab Emirates (PDF 121KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: * Treaty between Australia and the State of the United Arab Emirates on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Hobart, 26 July 2007)
(PDF 139KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Mutual Legal Assistance between Australia and United Arab Emirates (PDF 115KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: ** Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga relating to Air Services, done at Neiafu, Tonga on 23 August 2003
(PDF 110KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Tonga Air Services (PDF 80KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: ** Withdrawal of Australia’s exemption for the use of mirex under Article 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Stockholm on 22 May 2001
(PDF 54KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (PDF 49KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: ** Constitutional amendments to the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization and other WIPO administered treaties adopted by the WIPO General Assemblies in September 1999 and October 2003
(PDF 1053KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation to the Convention Establishing WIPO and the other WIPO administered treaties (PDF 101KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: *** Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, Regulations and a Supplementary Resolution by the Diplomatic Conderence (Singapore, 27 March 2006)
(PDF 160KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Law of Trademarks (PDF 75KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: *** Patent Law Treaty (Geneva, 1 June 2000)
(PDF 183KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Patent Law (PDF 74KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Convention between Australia and Japan for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on Income, Protocol, and Exchange of Notes, done at Tokyo on 31 January 2008
(PDF 191KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Avoidance of Double Taxation (PDF 137KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: RIS (PDF 71KB)
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Fourth Agreement to Extend the 1987 Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology done at Vienna on 22 June 2006
(PDF 603KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Regional Cooperative Agreement (PDF 636KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: 2007 Amendments to Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora done at Washington on 3 March 1973
(PDF 77KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (PDF 169KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore concerning the co-production of films (Sydney, 7 September 2007)
(PDF 50KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on the co-production of films with Singapore (PDF 48KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

Treaty text: Film Co-production Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (Beijing, 27 August 2007)
(PDF 106KB)
Related documents: NIA and Consultation on film co-production with China (PDF 46KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

* previously tabled on 18 September 2007 but lapsed with the prorogation of the 41st Parliament.

** previously tabled on 11 September 2007 but lapsed with the prorogation of the 41st Parliament.

*** previously tabled on 15 August 2007 but lapsed with the prorogation of the 41st Parliament.

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Thursday 24 April 2008. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses and treaty texts for these proposed treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.