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The following treaties were tabled in Septembers 2003

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Treaty NIA and related documents Regulation Impact Statement Treaty text Letters
Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and Protocol, done at Mexico City on 9 September 2002; PDF 103KB PDF 43KB PDF 2906KB n/a
Convention between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains, done at Canberra on 21 August 2003, and an Associated Exchange of Notes. PDF 157KB PDF 127KB PDF 3101KB n/a
Agreement between the European Community and Australia amending the Agreement between Australia and the European Community on Trade in Wine, and Protocol, of 1994. PDF 29KB n/a PDF 7KB n/a
Agreement, done at Townsville on 24 July 2003, between Solomon Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga concerning the operations and status of the Police and Armed Forces and Other Personnel deployed to Solomon Islands to assist in the restoration of law and order and security. PDF 36KB n/a PDF 59KB n/a
International Labour Organisation Convention No. 155: Occupational Safety and Health, 1981. PDF 36KB n/a PDF 32KB n/a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), done at Stockholm on 22 May 2001. PDF 688KB PDF 147KB PDF 179KB n/a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, done at Rotterdam on 10 September 1998 . PDF 109KB PDF 121KB PDF 95KB n/a
Amendments, done at Berlin, Germany on 19 June 2003, to the Schedule to the International Convention for Regulation of Whaling, done at Washington on 2 December 1946. PDF 24B n/a PDF 30KB n/a

The Committee invited interested persons and organisations to make submissions on the purpose or content of the treaty actions in the above list by Wednesday 24 September 2003.

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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