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The following treaties were tabled on 13 June 2007.

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There is currently a total of 8 treaties in the following list.

• Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda on the Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes, Saint John’s, Antigua 30 January 2007
(PDF 108KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes (PDF 140KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Agreement on Health Care Insurance between Australia and the Kingdom of Belgium, Canberra, 10 August 2006
(PDF 40KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on Health Care Insurance (PDF 154KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Agreement on Operational and Strategic Cooperation between Australia and the European Police Office (Europol) (The Hague, 20 February 2007)
(PDF 185KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on Operational and Strategic Cooperation (PDF 186KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Protocol between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Amending the Agreement for the Surrender of Accused and Convicted Persons of 15 November 1993, Hong Kong, 19 March 2007
(PDF 51KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on the Surrender of Accused and Convicted Persons (PDF 227KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Respect of the Netherlands Antilles for the Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes, Canberra, 1 March 2007
(PDF 103KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes (PDF 123KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Treaty between Australia and the Kingdom of Thailand on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, Kuala Lumpur, 27 July 2006
(PDF 104KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (PDF 264KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: Extension of the Agreement of 4 December 1997 between the Government of Australia and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization 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
(PDF 16KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority (PDF 151KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: not applicable
Letters: not applicable

• Treaty text: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, London, 13 February 2004
(PDF 112KB)
Related documents: NIA Consultation and Background information on the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (PDF 104KB)
Regulation Impact Statement: RIS (PDF 702KB)
Letters: not applicable

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions addressing the terms of reference by Friday 13 July 2007. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

Printed copies of the National Interest Analyses and treaty texts for these proposed treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.