House of Representatives
Customs Amendment (ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008
Explanatory Memorandum
Circulated By Authority of the Minister for Home Affairs, the Honourable Brendan O'Connor MpANNEX G
AANZFTA -UNDERSTANDING ON ARTICLE 1 OF THE CHAPTER ON TRADE IN GOODS
1. The Understanding affirms that the commitments relating to the reduction or elimination of tariffs under AANZFTA do not prevent Parties from applying measures consistent with the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (the Basel Convention), or other relevant international agreements.