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The Committee is currently reviewing the following Timor Seas Treaties tabled on 25 June 2002.

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Treaty National Interest Analysis Treaty text
Timor Sea Treaty (PDF 15KB) (HTML)
Exchange of Notes concerning Agreement between Australia and East Timor concerning and arrangement for exploration and exploitation of petroleum in an area of the Timor Sea between Australia and East Timor (PDF 12KB) (HTML)

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions on the purpose or content of any of these treaty actions by Wednesday 31 July 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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