Decision 645
Granting of the status of Associate Member
Country of the Andean Community to the
Republic of Chile
THE ANDEAN
COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN
ENLARGED SESSION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES TO
THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY COMMISSION,
HAVING SEEN:
Articles 1, 3, 16, 17, 20, 22, 51, 52, 136
and 137 of the Cartagena Agreement, as
codified through Decision 563, and the
application for incorporation as an
Associate Member of the Andean Community
presented by the Republic of Chile; and
WHEREAS: Among
the objectives of the Cartagena Agreement is
to facilitate the Member Countries’
participation in the regional integration
process, with a view toward the gradual
formation of a Latin American common market;
During the
Third Meeting of South American Presidents,
the Heads of State decided to form the South
American Community of Nations through the
integration and cooperation of the nations
in the political, economic, social and
cultural spheres;
The
convergence of the Andean Community and the
Members of MERCOSUR and Chile shall make it
possible to gradually form the South
American Community of Nations;
The Cartagena
Agreement stipulates that only those
countries that have not only expressed their
interest, but have also signed a free trade
agreement with the Member Countries of the
respective constitutive instrument, may be
granted the status of Associate Member;
The Republic
of Bolivia, in reliance on the 1980
Montevideo Treaty and Resolution 2 of the
ALADI Council of Ministers, signed Economic
Complementarity Agreement AAP.CE 22 in order
to form a free trade area with the Republic
of Chile;
The Republic
of Colombia, in reliance on the 1980
Montevideo Treaty and Resolution 2 of the
ALADI Council of Ministers, signed Economic
Complementarity Agreement AAP.CE 24 in order
to form a free trade area with the Republic
of Chile;
The Republic
of Ecuador, in reliance on the 1980
Montevideo Treaty and Resolution 2 of the
ALADI Council of Ministers, signed Economic
Complementarity Agreement AAP.CE 32 in order
to form a free trade area with the Republic
of Chile;
The Republic
of Peru, in reliance on the 1980 Montevideo
Treaty and Resolution 2 of the ALADI Council
of Ministers, signed Economic
Complementarity Agreement AAP.CE 38 in order
to form a free trade area with the Republic
of Chile;
The
plenipotentiary representatives of the
Member Countries to the Andean Community
Commission expressed their agreement in
writing with the draft Decision on Chile’s
incorporation into the Andean Community as
an Associate Member Country and for that
reason the respective proposal was submitted
to the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers
on September 20, 2006, with the favorable
opinion of the General Secretariat; and
The Andean
Council of Foreign Ministers meeting at
their Twenty-second Enlarged Session in New
York City accepted the cited proposal and
expressed its consensus on the granting of
associate membership to the Republic of
Chile;
DECIDES:
Article 1.-
To grant Associate Membership status in the
Andean Community to the Republic of Chile.
Article 2.-
The Republic of Chile may be invited to
participate in meetings of the organs and
institutions of the Andean Integration
System at the initiative of the organ or
institution itself or in response to that
country’s request to address matters of
common interest.
When the
Republic of Chile’s permanent participation
as an Associate Member Country in any of the
cited organs or institutions is agreed, that
participation shall be governed by the
applicable regulations in each case.
Article 3.-
The Republic of Chile, on the one hand, and
the Andean Community Member Countries, on
the other, shall form a Joint Commission in
order to, within a period of one hundred and
eighty (180) days after of its installation,
examine the organs, mechanisms and measures
of the Cartagena Agreement in which the
Republic of Chile shall participate and
shall define the scope of its association.
The Joint
Commission shall enjoy the technical support
of the Andean Community General Secretariat
and shall start working within ninety (90)
days after the signing of this Decision.
Article 4.-
The Republic of Chile and the Andean
Community Member Countries shall continue to
heed, in their reciprocal relations and as
applicable, the rules stipulated in Economic
Complementarity Agreements ACE 22, ACE 24,
ACE 38 or ACE 32, signed in reliance on the
1980 Montevideo Treaty and Resolution 2 of
the ALADI Council of Ministers and any
addendums or amendments thereto.
Article 5.-
The Republic of Chile and the Andean
Community Member Countries shall
periodically evaluate the scope of their
association, with a view toward deepening
their relations.
Signed in New
York City, United States on the twentieth of
September of two thousand and six.
