Provisions of the Trade Practices Amendment (Country of Origin Representations) Bill 1998

Provisions of the Trade Practices Amendment (Country of Origin Representations) Bill 1998

June 1998

© Commonwealth of Australia 1998
ISSN 1326-9321

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Membership of the Committee
Background to the inquiry
Background to the Bill
Overview of the Bill
Issues raised in evidence
  General support for the principle of tighter labelling regulation
  Base level ‘made in Australia’ test
  Higher level ‘produce of…/produce of…’ test
  Need for consumer education regarding proposed new labelling regulations
  Need to define Australian
  Proposed establishment of a Labelling Tribunal
  ACCC representative actions against restrictive trade practices
Recommendation
Minority Report (Australian Labor Party)
Minority Report (Australian Democrats)
Appendix 1: Submissions
Appendix 2: Witnesses appearing at the public hearing of 22 June 1998

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