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Memorandum of Understanding on Technical
Barriers to Trade
Memorandum of Understanding on Harmonisation
of Business Law and 2000 Memorandum of Understanding
on Coordination of Business Law. Coordination
of competition law, securities law and takeovers
law, with work proceeding on consumer protection
law, electronic transactions law, disclosure
regimes, cross-border insolvency and intellectual
property rights.
Joint Understanding on Harmonisation
of Customs Policies and Procedures and the 1992
and 1996 Cooperative Arrangements Regarding Mutual
Assistance between Customs’ administrations
1990
Agreement on Standards, Accreditation
and Quality
Agreed Minute on Industry Assistance
1991
Joint Accreditation System for quality
accreditation
1994
Memorandum of Understanding between the
Australian Securities Commission and
the Securities Commission of New Zealand
1995
1995
Agreement between the Government of Australia and the
Government of New Zealand Concerning a Joint
Food Standards System managed by a bi-national
agency, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand
(FSANZ); and a Joint Food Code that entered into effect
on 20 December 2002
Double Taxation Agreement
1996
Australia New Zealand Single Aviation
Market Arrangements and 2000 Open Skies Agreement
1997
The Australia
New Zealand Government Procurement Agreement provided
for a single trans-Tasman government procurement
market. As well as ending inter-state or
trans-Tasman preference margins on Australian
and New Zealand content in government purchasing,
both countries undertook in the Agreement
to accord each other’s
products and suppliers equal treatment, and
to promote opportunities for them to competefor
government business on a value-for-money
basis.
1998
Trans-Tasman
Mutual Recognition Arrangement [link
to User’s
Guide] (TTMRA) allows a good that can legally
be sold in one country can also be sold in
the other, and a person who is registered
to practise an occupation in one country
is entitled to practise an equivalent occupation
in the other
2003
Agreement between the Government of New
Zealand and the Government of Australia for
the Establishment of a Joint Scheme for the
Regulation of Therapeutic Products.
2006
New CER
Rules of Origin were agreed with Australia
in 2006. The rules entered into effect
on 1 January 2007.
Treaty on Mutual Recognition of Securities
Offerings signed.
2007
Cooperation Agreement between the New Zealand Commerce Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
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