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The [[agreements and acts of the UNAC]] (the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]]) refer to the multilareral treaties orchestrated under the UNAC umbrella as well as statutes passed by the [[Auroran Parliament]] and the [[Council of the UNAC]]. Together, they form part of [[Auroran law]], alongside case law of the [[Auroran Court of Justice]]. Some of the agreements were formed under the [[Auroran Continental Assembly]] and the [[Auroran Union]] and brought subsumed under the UNAC.
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=== Free Capital Agreement ===
The free capital agreement allows institutional and retail investors to invest freely in other nations. This means that for the purpose of purchasing investment products such as retirement annuities and unit trusts without onerous reporting obligations over and above those from their own countries. Investors are also allowed to buy equities in companies in any participating state. It also allows investors from any participating states to freely purchase bonds issued in another participating states. Participating nations also agree to remove restrictions on the repatriation of dividends, and income between them. Members agree to implement minimum standards to prevent terrorist financing, money laundering, fraud and other financial crimes. For a country to participate, it must have robust financial systems and financial supervisory systems. It must have a well capitalised and well regulated modern financial services sector.
 
=== Common Security Agreement ===
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=== Common Healthcare Agreement ===
The Common Healthcare Agreement allows citizens of participating states to enjoy the same access to public healthcare as citizens. Participating member states agree to provide prescribed minimum benefits to citizens of participating states. It also allows citizens of participating states to use voluntary medical insurance and schemes from onetheir primary country of employment to cover expenses for medical treatment and procedures not covered under the prescribed minimum benefits. ItSo, alsoit allows migrant labourers from a participating country who are full-time employed in one country to benefit from the same healthcare schemes as workers who are citizens of that country. The Auroran Medical Agency is responsible for coordinating the implementation of this agreement. A participating state must be able and willing to offer prescribed minimum medical benefits to their own citizens as well as to citizens of other participating nations at its own cost. Member states must have healthcare infrastructure of comparable quality.
 
=== Common Agricultural Agreement ===
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=== Protection of Cultural Heritage Agreement ===
Member states agree to return artefacts of cultural significance that are illegally taken and smuggled from another participating state to be the particupating state from which they originated. It also facilitates mechanisms for the recognition and protection of historically and nationally significant artefacts and intangible national treasures across the participating countries. It ensures the enforceability of the rights of minority communities with respect to cultural heritage to the extent provided in laws published by participating governments and the UNAC under the terms of the agreement.
 
=== Data Protection Agreement ===
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== Acts of the UNAC ==
 
=== Security and Extraordinary Acts ===
Acts of the UNAC are passed by the [[Auroran Parliament]] and/or the [[Council of the UNAC]] as follows:
 
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* ''Act to Suspend the Observership of the Republic of [[Nilovia]] from the United Nations of the Auroran Continent''
* ''Act to Recognise the Founding of the United Nations of the Auroran Continent as a Public Holiday''
* ''Act to Authorise the Republic of [[Oscrelia]] and the United Kingdom of [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and [[JustelvardJusdelva]] to Militarilymilitarily Occupyoccupy the Republic of [[BaykaliaBiramura]]''
* ''Act to Admit the Republic of [[Kéya]] into the United Nations of the Auroran Continent''
* ''Act to Enter Negotiations with the Imperial Realm of [[Norgsveldet]] Pertaining to its Military Activities in the Crown Jarldom of [[Vakrestrender]]''
* ''Act to Impose Sanctions on the [[Akuan Democracy|Akuan State]] of [[Nystatiszna]] for the Violation of the Sapient Rights of its Kemonomimi Population''
* ''Act to Admit the Independent Commonwealth of [[K'undzeti]] and P'almistrand into the United Nations of the Auroran Continent''
* ''Act to Condemn the 2021 Terrorist Attacks on the Republic of [[Asilica]]''
* ''Act to Admit the Republic of [[Asilica]] into the United Nations of the Auroran Continent''
* ''Act to Condemn the 2021 Terrorist Attacks on the [[Morstaybishlian Empire|Morstaybishlian Overseas Territory]] of [[Joralesia]]''
* ''Act to Condemn the 25 July 2020 Terrorist Attacks on the [[Caltharus|Provinces of Khauser and Barbarus]] in the United Kingdom of [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and [[JustelvardJusdelva]]''
* ''Act to Condemn the 22 August 2020 Terrorist Attacks of the Eastern Provinces of [[Caltharus]] in the in the United Kingdom of [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and [[JustelvardJusdelva]]''
* ''Act to Submit a Complaint to the [[Packilvanian Central Bank]] Concerning its Unfair Manipulation of the Value of the [[Packilvanian dinar|Packilvanian Dinar]]''
 
=== Ordinary Acts ===
In most cases, participating states are permitted to pass laws in addition to those below. The following acts are acts passed to implement the various agreements of the UNAC:
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!Act Name
!Act Description
!Applicable Agreement and States
!Responsible Commissioner/Agency
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|''Tariff Free Goods Act''
|Gives a list of goods for which member states agree to reduce or eliminate tariffs and to what extent.
|Free Trade Agreement
|Commissioner for Commerce and Competition
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|''External Tariff Act''
|Gives a list of the tariffs to be charged on a list of goods from outside of the customs union.
|Custom Union Agreement
|Commissioner for Commerce and Competition
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|''Common Customs Sharing Act''
|Sets up a fund with the Auroran Central Bank into customs duties collected by member states are to be paid and provides a formula for the distribution of the proceeds.
|Customs Union Agreement
|Commissioner for Finance
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|''Interstate Highway Standards Act''
|Gives a set of guidelines on the shape, size, etc., of interstate highways constructed under the applicable agreement
|Interstate Transport Agreement
|Commissioner for Transportation
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|''Interstate Highway Signage Act''
|Gives guidelines on the signage and markings to be used on interstate highways constructed under the applicable agreement
|Interstate Transport Agreement
|Commissioner for Transportation
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|''Refugee Allocation Act''
|Gives a formula for how refugees will be distributed
|Common Refugees Agreement
|Commissioner for Social Rights and Equality
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|''Refugee Repatriation Act''
|Gives guidelines for the conditions and processes under which refugees will be granted asylum and repatriated outside of the UNAC
|Common Refugees Agreement
|Commissioner for Social Rights and Equality
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|''Protected Marine Life Act''
|Gives a list of marine life which are protected from fishing
|Common Fishing Agreement
|Commissioner for Conservation
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|''Fishing Nets and Lines Act''
|Gives guidelines on the dimensions of permissible fishing nets and fishing lines for use by commercial fisheries
|Common Fishing Agreement
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|''Fishing Quotas Act''
|Sets up quotas on the types and amount of marine life that can be caught
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|''Aviation Industry Safety Act''
|Gives guidelines on the safety rules for the aviation industry
|Interstate Transport Agreement and [[the Oan Isles]]
|Commissioner for Transportation
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|''Aviation Callsigns Regulation Act''
|Gives guidelines on callsigns for airliners of the aviation industry
|Interstate Transport Agreement and [[the Oan Isles]]
|Commissioner for Transportation
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|''Prescribed Minimum Benefits Act''
|Gives a list of the minimum benefits that participating member states must provide to citizens of other participating states
|Common Healthcare Agreement
|Auroran Medical Agency
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|''Joint Pharmaceuticals Development Act''
|Sets up a fund and minimum contribution amounts for participating states for subsidizing the joint development of pharmaceuticals. It also sets up a scheme for the sharing of intellectual property from the act.
|Common Healthcare Agreement
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|''Epidemic and Pandemic Response Act''
|Puts in a place a "game plan" for response to epidemics and pandemics
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|''Common Patent Guidelines Act''
|Provides guidelines for the recognition of patents
|Common Healthcare Agreement
|Commissioner for Commerce and Competition
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|''Financial Crimes Act''
|Sets up minimum financial crimes, disclosure obligations for investors and channels for reporting cross-border financial crimes
|Free Capital Agreement
|Commissioner of Audits and Anti-Fraud
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|''Sustainable Investing Disclosures Act''
|Provides binding disclosure requirements on environmental, social and governance matters for large companies
|Free Capital Agreement
|Commissioner for Finance
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|''Merchant Vessel Registration Act''
|Provides guidelines on the registration of merchant vessels and regulations for the use of identifying signage and markers such as ensigns
|Interstate Transport Agreement and [[the Oan Isles]]
|Commissioner for Transportation
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|''Meat and Dairy Health and Safety Act''
|Gives guidelines on health and safety standards for meat and dairy products
|Common Agriculture Agreement
|Commissioner for Conservation
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|''Anti-Piracy and Maritime Kidnapping Act''
|Provides mechanisms for joint cooperation on combating and preventing piracy and maritime kidnapping
|Common Security Agreement
|[[Auroran Security Agency]]
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|''Intelligence Sharing Act''
|Sets up a command centre for the sharing of intelligence
|Common Security Agreement
|[[Auroran Security Agency]]
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|''Common Visa Act''
|Sets up the Auroran Common Visa scheme for tourists, digital nomads, expatriates and business people coming into the Free Labour Agreement
|Common Security Agreement
|Commissioner for Internal Affairs
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|''External Border Act''
|Gives guidelines for managing the border of the Free Travel Area with non-UNAC member states
|Common Security Agreement
|Commissioner for Internal Affairs
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|''Stolen Artefacts Repatriation Act''
|Gives guidelines identifying and repatriating stolen and illegally acquired culturally significant artefacts.
|Protection of Cultural Heritage Agreement
|Commissioner for Education, Culture, and Youth
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|''Heritage Site Protection Act''
|Sets up a guide for recognising Auroran Heritage Sites and help for nations to apply for [[ICHO]] Global Heritage status
|Protection of Cultural Heritage Agreement
|Commissioner for Education, Culture, and Youth
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== See also ==