List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.50
The Committee supports the Framework Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d’Armement (OCCAR)) for the Participation of Australia in OCCAR-Managed Programmes, and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

Recommendation 2

3.122
The Committee supports the Minamata Convention on Mercury and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

Recommendation 3

3.123
The Committee recommends the Government reassess the need to seek an exemption to allow for the continued importation of High Pressure Mercury Vapour (HPMV) lamps into Australia, considering such an exemption to be reputationally damaging and of limited practical benefit.

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