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The following Category 3 treaty actions were tabled on 15 August 2007.

The Treaties Committee considered the Category 3 treaty actions below on 11 September 2007, determined not to hold formal inquiries and agreed that binding treaty action on each one may be taken.

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There is currently a total of 4 Explanatory Statements in the following list.

• Treaty text: Amendment, Adopted at Christchurch in November 2006, to Annex 1 of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) of 19 June 2001 (PDF 18KB)

Related documents: Explanatory Statement (PDF 45KB)

• Treaty text: Amendments, done at Anchorage, Alaska 28-31 May 2007, to the Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, done at Washington on 2 December 1946 (PDF 153KB)

Related documents: Explanatory Statement (PDF 155KB)

• Treaty text: Amendment, Adopted at Paris on 7 February 2007, to Annex 1 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Convention Against Doping in Sport of 19 October 2005 (PDF 138KB)

Related documents: Explanatory Statement (PDF 15KB)

• Treaty text: Amendment to Annex 2-B (United States Tariff Schedule) of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) of 18 May 2004

Annex 2-B HS 2007 Chapters 1 - 31 (PDF 420KB)
Annex 2-B HS 2007 Chapters 32 - 67 (PDF 315KB)
Annex 2-B HS 2007 Chapters 68 - 83 (PDF 189KB)
Annex 2-B HS 2007 Chapters 84 - 98 (PDF 387KB)
Related documents: Explanatory Statement (PDF 13KB)

Printed copies of the Explanatory Statements and treaty texts for these proposed Category 3 treaty actions can also be obtained from the Committee Secretariat.