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July 2019

JAEPA Post-Implementation Review: Call for submissions

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) welcomes concise submissions from businesses and other interested stakeholders as part of a five year Post-Implementation Review (PIR) of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA). 

The PIR is being conducted in accordance with the Australian Government's Guide to Regulation.

The PIR will consider a number of questions, including:

• what have been the impacts of the JAEPA on businesses or other groups in the community?; and
• has JAEPA delivered a net benefit to the Australian community?

Submissions

While we are happy to receive submissions on any issue of relevance, we are particularly interested in submissions that consider:

• how opportunities for Australian businesses may have changed under JAEPA, such as the competitiveness of Australia's goods and services exports;
• whether there have been any factors that have affected your industry's ability to expand exports under JAEPA;
• whether the outcomes of JAEPA have met business and other stakeholder expectations;
• whether there have been any unintended impacts of JAEPA;
• the effect of JAEPA on any administrative or regulatory costs on business, including
• those around compliance processes associated with certificates or declarations of origin for goods trade;
• the extent to which any administrative or regulatory costs are considered reasonable, relative to benefits which they may accrue; and
• whether administrative or regulatory costs have met business and other stakeholder expectations.