Contents

Membership of the Committee
Resolution of Appointment
List of Abbreviations
List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Patent Law Treaty
Chapter 3 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Chapter 4 Constitutional amendments to the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Chapter 5 Tonga Air Services Agreement
Chapter 6 Australia's withdrawal of the exemption for the use of mirex under the Stockholm Convention
Appendix A – Submissions
Appendix B – Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

42nd Parliament

Chair	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Deputy Chair	Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald
Members	Hon Kevin Andrews MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Simon Birmingham
	Ms Jill Hall MP	Senator David Bushby
	Ms Belinda Neal MP	Senator Gavin Marshall
	Ms Melissa Parke MP	Senator Glen Sterle
	Mr Luke Simpkins MP	Senator Dana Wortley
	Mr Chris Trevor MP
	Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	James Rees
Inquiry Secretaries	Sonya Fladun
	Julia Searle
Administrative Officers	Heidi Luschtinetz
	Dorota Cooley

41st Parliament

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Simon Birmingham
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Andrew Laming MP	Senator The Hon Ian Macdonald
	Mrs Margaret May MP	Senator Julian McGauran
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Hon Bruce Scott MP	Senator Dana Wortley

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	James Rees
Inquiry Secretary	Serica Mackay
	Julia Searle
Research Officers	Sonya Fladun
	Clare James
Administrative Officers	Heidi Luschtinetz
	Dorota Cooley

Resolution of appointment

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

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



1. either House of the Parliament, or
2. 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

APVMA	Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
DAFF	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DOTARS	Department of Transport and Regional Services
NIA	National Interest Analysis
NIP	National Implementation Plan
PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty
PLT	Patent Law Treaty
POPs	Persistent Organic Pollutants
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization

List of recommendations

2 Patent Law Treaty

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Patent Law Treaty and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

4 Constitutional amendments to the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Constitutional amendments to the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

5 Tonga Air Services Agreement

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the Tonga Air Services Agreement and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

6 Australia’s withdrawal of the exemption for the use of mirex under the Stockholm Convention

Recommendation 5

The Committee supports the Withdrawal of Australia’s exemption for the use of mirex under Article 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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