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Treaties tabled on 2 and 4 February 2010

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Terms of Reference

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There is currently a total of 4 treaties in the following list.

The following treaties were tabled on 2 February 2010.

  • Treaty text: Extradition Treaty between Australia and the Republic of India (Canberra, 23 June 2008) (PDF 57KB)
  • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Extradition between Australia and the Republic of India (PDF 44KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Measure 16(2009) Amendment of Annex II to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1998) (Baltimore, 17 April 2009) (PDF 36KB)
  • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Environmental Protection of the Antarctic (PDF 42KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

  • Treaty text: Amendment and extension of the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America concerning Space Vehicle Tracking and Communications Facilities effected by exchange of notes at Canberra May 29, 1980, as amended (PDF 25KB)
  • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Space Vehicle Tracking and Communications Facilities (PDF 37KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

The following treaty was tabled on 4 February 2010

  • Treaty text: Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (Bonn, 26 January 2009) (PDF 85KB)
  • Related documents: NIA and Consultation on Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (PDF 38KB)
    Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
    Letters: not applicable

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Friday 26 February 2010. 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.

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