Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Current Inquiries
- EU Framework Agreement
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 26 March 2018
This inquiry will examine the Framework Agreement between Australia, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (EU Framework Agreement)(Manila, 7 August 2017).
- Peru FTA
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 26 March 2018
This inquiry will examine the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Peru (Peru FTA) (Canberra, 12 February 2018).
- Scientific Technical Cooperation - Brazil
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 08 May 2018
Submissions Close: 25 May 2018
Next Hearing: 18 June 2018
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation (Canberra, 7 September 2017).
- Scientific Technical Cooperation - Italy
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 08 May 2018
Submissions Close: 25 May 2018
Next Hearing: 18 June 2018
This inquiry will examine the Agreement on Scientific, Technological and Innovation Cooperation between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Italian Republic (Canberra, 22 May 2017).
- Timor Treaty - Maritime Boundaries
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 26 March 2018
This inquiry will examine the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea (Timor Treaty)(New York, 6 March 2018).
- TPP-11
Status: Submissions Closed
Date Referred: 26 March 2018
Next Hearing: 01 June 2018
This inquiry will examine the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11)(Santiago, 8 March 2018)
- WIPO Australian Patent Office
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 08 May 2018
Submissions Close: 25 May 2018
Next Hearing: 18 June 2018
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization [WIPO] in relation to the functioning of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Minor Treaty Actions
Minor Treaty Actions, or Category 3 treaty actions, include treaty actions that do not impact significantly on the national interest and are likely to have negligible financial or legal effect within Australia.
The Committee has the discretion to inquire formally into minor treaty actions or indicate its acceptance of them without a formal inquiry. If the Committee decides that binding treaty action can be taken for a minor treaty action without a formal inquiry, then this decision will be noted in the next report of the Committee tabled in Parliament.
Committee Secretariat contact:
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Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
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Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: +61 2 6277 4002
Fax: +61 2 6277 2219
jsct@aph.gov.au