Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

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Treaty tabled on 14 August 2012

Treaties tabled on this date currently under review

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There is currently a total of 1 treaty in the following list.

The following treaty was tabled on 14 August 2012

• Treaty text: Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement done at Kuala Lumpur on 22 May 2012 (PDF 534KB)

Annex 1: Schedules of Tariff Commitments (PDF 1389KB)
Annex 2: Product Specific Rules Schedule (PDF 834KB)
Annex 3: Schedules of Specific Services Commitments (PDF 562KB)
Annex 4: Schedules of Movement of Natural Persons Commitments (PDF 346KB)
Associated correspondence: Letters (PDF 61KB)


Attachment I: NIA and Consultation on the Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (PDF 84KB)
Attachment II: RIS (PDF 738KB)
Attachment III: MAFTA Outcomes at a Glance and Industry Fact Sheets on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services, Temporary Movement of Skilled Personnel, and Economic and Technical Cooperation (PDF 600KB)
Attachment IV: Implementing Arrangement for Economic and Technical Cooperation Activities in Agreed Areas Pursuant to Chapter 16 (Economic and Technical Cooperation) of the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (PDF 58KB)

The Committee invites interested persons and organisations to make submissions by Friday 14 September 2012. Anyone now seeking to make a submission should contact the Committee Secretariat. Please refer to our brochure called preparing a submission for more information.

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