Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 80 Treaties tabled on 28 March (4) and 5 September (2) 2006

Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand to Amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) Treaty between the Government of Australia and the People’s Republic of China on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

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October 2006

Canberra

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Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendation
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement with New Zealand to amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
Chapter 3 Mutual Assistance Treaty with China
Dissenting Report – Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement with New Zealand to amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
Appendix A – Submissions
Appendix B – Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Brett Mason
	Mrs Margaret May MP	Senator Julian McGauran
	Mrs Sophie Mirabella MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Russell Trood
	Hon Bruce Scott MP	Senator Dana Wortley

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	James Rees
Inquiry Secretary	Stephanie Mikac
Research Officer	Serica Mackay
Administrative Officer	Heidi Luschtinetz

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report upon:

matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

either House of the Parliament, or
a Minister; and

such other matters as may be referred to the committee by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.

List of abbreviations

A&W	Albright and Wilson ( Australia)
AFGC	Australian Food and Grocery Council
ANZCERTA	Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
AUSFTA	Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement
CER	Closer Economic Relations
CTC	Change of Tariff Classification
Cth	Commonwealth
DAFF	Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
DFAT	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FCAI	Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
FTA	Free Trade Agreement
HS Code	Harmonized system of Tariff Codes
NIA	National Interest Analysis
RIS	Regulation Impact Statement
ROO	Rules of Origin
RVC	Regional Value Content
SCOT	Commonwealth – State/Territory Standing Committee on Treaties
STPP	sodium tripolyphosphate
TAFTA	Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement
TCF	Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry
TFIA	Textile Fashion Industries of Australia
UA	Unilever Australasia
US	United States of America

List of recommendations

2 Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement with New Zealand to amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends Austrade make greater use of its database of businesses to consult at a business level as was done during the negotiations for AUSFTA.

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand to amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA) of 28 March 1983 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3 Mutual Assistance Treaty with China

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Treaty between Australia and the People’s Republic of China on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Canberra, 3 April 2006) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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