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The Committee is currently reviewing the following Treaties tabled on 15 October 2002.

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Treaty National Interest Analysis Regulation Impact Statement Treaty text Letters
Exchange of Letters, done at Hanoi on 1 November 2000 and Canberra on 5 August 2002, constituting an Agreement to amend the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, done at Hanoi on 13 April 1992, as amended by an Exchange of Letters done at Canberra on 22 November 1996 PDF 17KB PDF 8KB n/a PDF 20KB
An Exchange of Letters between Australia and the Republic of Ireland constituting an Agreement to Amend the 1997 Agreement on Medical Treatment for Temporary Visitors, done at Canberra on 30 July 2002 PDF 14KB n/a n/a PDF 7KB
Third Agreement to extend the 1987 Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, done in Vienna, on the 1st day of October 2001 PDF 12KB n/a PDF 5KB n/a

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions on the purpose or content of any of these treaty actions by Friday 1 November 2002. In order to facilitate electronic publishing of submissions, the committee would prefer them to be emailed or sent on disk to the secretariat, if possible.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses, treaty texts and where appropriate Regulation Impact statements or Administrative Arrangements for these proposed treaty actions, can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.

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