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  • Agricultural and veterinary chemicals
    • Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority-Review of Cost Recovery Arrangements
    • Importing and exporting chemicals
    • Domestic policy
      • History of COAG reforms
        • A single national framework for the regulation of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines - funding model
        • A single national framework for the regulation of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines - regulatory model
        • Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) to COAG
      • The Harmonised Agvet Chemical Control of Use Task group (HACCUT)
      • Harmonisation of off-label use in agricultural chemicals
      • Harmonisation of VPCR treatment of Livestock
      • Independent research on agvet chemicals monitoring data in Australia
    • Improved access to agricultural and veterinary chemicals
      • Assistance grants-Access to industry priority uses of Agvet Chemicals
    • International policy
      • Methyl Bromide and the Montreal Protocol
      • Rotterdam Convention
      • Stockholm Convention
      • Working Group on Pesticides
    • Reforming the regulation of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines
      • Streamlining the regulation of agvet chemicals
        • APVMA Board and Other Improvements Bill 2019
        • Recent Agvet Chemicals Regulations Amendments and Ministerial Orders
        • Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2018
        • Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Operational Efficiency) Bill 2017
        • Previous consultation
      • First Principles Review
      • Previous reviews related to agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulation
    • Chemical Regulation
    • Cost benefit and risk analysis of the potential relocation of the APVMA

International Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Policy

​​Australia participates in a number of international forums that help develop policy on international aspects of agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals. 

  • Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
  • Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
  • Minamata Convention on Mercury and Lighting
  • Methyl Bromide and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

Further information on these conventions can be found on the websites listed below:

  • Website of the Stockholm Convention
  • Website of the Rotterdam Convention
  • Website of the OECD Working Group on Pesticides  
  • Rotterdam Convention - DFAT website
  • Stockholm Convention - DFAT website
  • Minamata Convention - Department of the Environment website
  • Montreal Protocol - Department of the Environment website

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Codex - International Food Standards

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