COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(92) 463 final 
Brussels, 13 November 1992 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
concerning the conclusion of a Framework Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Andean Pact 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. By its decision of 4 May 1992, the Council authorized the Commission 
to open negotiations with the Cartagena Agreement and its member 
countries, namely Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela 
(hereinafter referred to as "the Andean Pact") for a Framework 
Cooperation Agreement, and adopted directives to that end. 
2. Negotiations took place over two sessions held on 24 and 25 June 1992, 
and concluded with the initialling of an Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Andean Pact. An exchange of 
letters concerning sea transport is annexed to the Agreement. 
3. The following documents, which are not annexed to the Agreement, have 
also been drawn up: 
- an exchange of letters concerning the possibility of joint 
consultation procedures in appropriate cases. The text of this 
exchange of letters was initialled at the same time as the 
Cooperation Agreement, and is the same as the text of Article 5(3), 
(4), (5) and (6) of the EC/Brazil Agreement. Publication of the 
text of the exchange of letters in the Official Journal is not 
envisaged. 
four unilateral declarations, to be recorded in the minutes of the 
negot iat ions.-
a unilateral declaration by the Community concerning Article 
13 of the Agreement, on intellectual and industrial property. 
The text will be forwarded to the Council, but not published 
in the Official Journal. The Community will have the 
declaration recorded in the minutes of the negotiations and in 
the minutes of the decision on signing; 
three unilateral declarations by the Andean Pact concerning 
Article 2(2) of the Agreement (consultations on international 
issues of mutual interest), Article 9(2) of the Agreement 
(European Investment Bank) and Article 32 of the Agreement 
(Joint Committee). The texts will not be forwarded to the 
Council, or published in the Official Journal. The Andean Pact 
will have the three declarations recorded in the minutes of 
the negot iat ions. 
- a declaration by the Commission concerning Article 33 of the 
Agreement (Canada Clause). It will be forwarded to the Council, 
but not published in the Official Journal. The Commission will 
have this declaration recorded in the minutes of the Council 
decision on signing. 
- a separate protocol concerning the European Coal and Steel 
Community (Article 34 of the Agreement) will be the subject of a 
written procedure at a later date. 
4. The Commission considers the initialled text to be in line with the 
negotiating directives adopted by the Council. 
5. As the legal basis for the Agreement includes Article 235 of the 
Treaty in addition to Article 113, Parliament must be consulted. 
6. With a view to the signing and conclusion of this Framework 
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Andean Pact, the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the 
attached draft Decision. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
concerning the conclusion of 
a Framework Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Andean Pact 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Articles 113 and 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas the Community, for the attainment of its aims in the sphere of 
external economic relations, should approve the Framework Cooperation 
Agreement with the Andean Pact, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Framework Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community 
and the Andean Pact is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision. 
Art icle 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in 
Article 37 of the Agreement1. 
Art icle 3 
The Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member States, shall 
represent the Community in the Joint Committee set up by Article 32 of the 
Agreement. 
Art icle 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
The date of entry into force of the Agreement will published in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities by the General 
Secretariat of the Council. 
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Exchange of letters 
Concerning the possibility of 
joint consultation procedures in appropriate cases. 
Letter No 1 
Sir , 
I should be grateful if you could confirm the following: 
1. The Contracting Parties to the Cooperation Agreement between the 
Community on the one hand and the Cartagena Agreement and its Member States 
on the other, initialled in Brussels on 26 June 1992, agree to promote 
exchanges of information and the holding of consultations on tariffs, 
health and technical conditions, associated legislation and practices and 
any anti-dumping and countervailing duties that may be applicable. 
2. Without prejudice to their rights and obligations as GATT members, the 
Contracting Parties undertake to consult each other on any trade disputes 
that might ar ise. 
Such consultations shall be organized as soon as possible when requested by 
one of the parties. The Contracting Party requesting consultations shall 
provide the other with all the information it requires to assess the 
situât ion in detai I . 
The parties shall endeavour by means of this procedure to resolve any trade 
disputes as quickly as possible. 
3. Where, in trade between the Contracting Parties, a product is alleged 
to be dumped or subsidized, and this leads to an investigation by the 
competent authorities, each Contracting Party undertakes to examine 
requests submitted by the other. 
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall inform 
interested parties at their request of the essential facts and 
considerations on the basis of which a decision is to be taken. This 
information shall be provided before the definitive conclusions resulting 
from the investigation are formulated, leaving the parties concerned 
sufficient time in which to defend their interests. 
Before applying definitive anti-dumping or countervailing duties, the 
Contracting Parties shall endeavour, wherever possible, to find a 
constructive solution to the problem. 
4. The provisions laid down in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall 
cease to apply when the new ant i-dumping code and other GATT instruments 
that are currently being negotiated in the Uruguay Round enter into force 
in the Andean Pact and Community countries. 
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Letter No 2 
Sir, 
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter and confirm the 
fo11ow i ng: 
1. The Contracting Parties to the Cooperation Agreement between the 
Community on the one hand and the Cartagena Agreement and its Member States 
on the other, initialled in Brussels on 26 June 1992, agree to promote 
exchanges of information and the holding of consultations on tariffs, 
health and technical conditions, associated legislation and practices and 
any anti-dumping and countervailing duties that may be applicable. 
2. Without prejudice to their rights and obligations as GATT members, the 
Contracting Parties undertake to consult each other on any trade disputes 
that might ar ise. 
Such consultations shall be organized as soon as possible when requested by 
one of the parties. The Contracting Party requesting consultations shall 
provide the other with all the information it requires to assess the 
situât ion in deta iI. 
The parties shall endeavour by means of this procedure to resolve any trade 
disputes as quickly as possible. 
3. Where, in trade between the Contracting Parties, a product is alleged 
to be dumped or subsidized, and this leads to an investigation by the 
competent authorities, each Contracting Party undertakes to examine 
requests submitted by the other. 
The competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall inform 
interested parties at their request of the essential facts and 
considerations on the basis of which a decision is to be taken. This 
information shall be provided before the definitive conclusions resulting 
from the investigation are formulated, leaving the parties concerned 
sufficient time in which to defend their interests. 
Before applying definitive anti-dumping or countervailing duties, the 
Contracting Parties shall endeavour, wherever possible, to find a 
constructive solution to the problem. 
4. The provisions laid down in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall 
cease to apply when the new ant i-dumping code and other GATT instruments 
that are currently being negotiated in the Uruguay Round enter into force 
in the Andean Pact and Community countries. 
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FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION 
between the European Economic Community 
and the Cartagena Agreement and its member countries, namely Bolivia, 
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
of the one part, 
THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BOLIVIA, 
COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU AND VENEZUELA, 
of the other part, 
CONSIDERING the traditional links of friendship between the Member States 
of the European Economic Community (hereinafter referred to as "the 
Community") and the Cartagena Agreement and its Member States (hereinafter 
referred to as "the Andean Pact"), 
REAFFIRMING their commitment to the principles of the United Nations 
Charter, to democratic values and to respect for human rights, 
MINDFUL of their mutual interest in the establishment of cooperation in a 
number of sectors, and in particular economic cooperation, trade 
cooperation and development cooperation, 
RECOGNIZING the fundamental objective of the Agreement, which is to 
consolidate, deepen and diversify relations between the two Parties, 
REAFFIRMING their mutual wish to encourage the development of regional 
organizations aimed at promoting economic growth and social progress, 
RECOGNIZING that the Cartagena Agreement is a subregionai integration 
organization and that the two Parties attach special importance to the 
promotion of the Andean integration process, 
RECALLING the Joint Declaration issued by the Parties on 5 May 1980, the 
Cooperation Agreement signed in 1983, the Rome Declaration of 
20 December 1990, the final communiqué adopted in Luxembourg on 
27 April 1991 by the Community and its Member States and the countries of 
the Rio Group and the final communiqué adopted by the ministerial 
conference held in Santiago on 29 May 1992, 
RECOGNIZING the positive repercussions of the modernization and economic 
reform process, and of the liberalization of trade in the Andean countries, 
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RECOGNIZING the importance attached by the Community to the development of 
trade and economic cooperation with developing countries, and mindful of 
its guidelines and resolutions concerning cooperation with Asian and Latin 
American developing countries, 
RECOGNIZING that the Andean Pact is made up of developing countries at 
different stages of development, including one landlocked country and a 
number of particularly depressed regions, 
CONVINCED of the importance of the principles of the GATT and of free 
international trade, and of respect for intellectual property rights and 
freedom of investment, 
RECOGNIZING the importance of international cooperation to assist countries 
affected by drug-related problems, and recognizing in this context the 
importance of the decision adopted by the Community on 29 October 1990 
concerning the Special Cooperation Programme, 
RECOGNIZING the special importance attached by both Parties to increased 
protection for the environment, 
RECOGNIZING the need to promote social rights and in particular the rights 
of the most disadvantaged, 
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as 
their plenipotentiaries: 
FOR THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES: 
FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE CARTAGENA AGREEMENT: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU: 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, 
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
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Art icle 1 
Democratic basis for cooperation 
Cooperation ties between the Community and the Andean Pact, and this 
Agreement in its entirety, shall be based on respect for the democratic 
principles and human rights which guide the domestic and external policies 
of both the Community and the Andean Pact and which constitute an essential 
component of this Agreement. 
Art icle 2 
Intensification of cooperation 
1. Both Parties hereby undertake to impart renewed vigour to relations 
between them. To achieve this essential objective, they resolve to promote 
in particular the development of cooperation relating to trade, investment, 
finance and technology, taking account of the Andean countries' special 
status as developing countries, and to promote the intensification and 
consolidation of the process of integration in the Andean subregion. 
2. The Parties acknowledge the value, in the light of the aims of this 
Agreement, of consulting each other on international issues of mutual 
interest1. 
Art icle 3 
Economic cooperation 
1. The Contracting Parties, taking into account their mutual interest and 
medium- and long-term economic objectives, undertake to establish economic 
cooperation of the widest possible scope, from which no field of activity 
is excluded in principle. The aims of such cooperation shall be in 
particular to: 
(a) strengthen and diversify generally their economic links; 
(b) contribute to the sustainable development of both Parties' economies 
and standards of living-, 
(c) encourage the expansion of trade with a view to promoting 
diversification and the opening-up of new markets; 
(d) encourage the flow of investment, the transfer of technology and 
greater protection of investment; 
(e) establish conditions conducive to job creation and improved human 
product ivi ty; 
(f) encourage measures promoting rural development and the improvement of 
urban living conditions; 
(g) stimulate scientific and technological progress, encourage transfers 
of technology and improve technological skills; 
(h) support the movement towards regional integration; 
(i) exchange information on statistics and methodology. 
Unilateral declaration by the Andean Pact 
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2. Without excluding any area of activity from the outset, ere 
Contracting Parties shall, in their mutual interest and with regard to 
their respective powers and capacities, determine by common agreement the 
spheres to be covered by economic cooperation. Cooperation shall centre 
particularly on the following: 
(a) industry; 
(b) agro-industry and the mining sector; 
(c) agriculture and fisheries-, 
(d) energy planning and efficient use of energy; 
(e) protection of the environment and sustainable management of natural 
resources; 
(f) technology transfers; 
(g) science and technology; 
(h) intellectual property, including industrial property; 
(i) standards and quality criteria; 
(j) services, including financial services, tourism, transport, 
telecommunications and information technology; 
(k) information on monetary matters; 
(I) technical, health and plant health regulations; 
(m) consolidation of international coopérât ion bodies; 
(n) regional development and frontier integration. 
3. In the interests of attaining the objectives of economic cooperation, 
the Contracting Parties shall, each in accordance with its laws, endeavour 
to promote activities including the following: 
(a) increasing contacts between the two Parties by organizing conferences, 
seminars, trade and industry missions and business weeks (meetings of 
businessmen), general, specialized and subcontracting fairs, and 
exploratory missions designed to boost trade and investment flows; 
(b) joint participation of Community companies in fairs and exhibitions 
held in Andean Pact countries, and vice versa: 
(c) provision of technical assistance, notably by seconding consultants 
and carrying out specific studies; 
(d) research projects and the exchange of scientists; 
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(e) promoting Joint ventures, licensing agreements, know-how transfers, 
subcontracting, and other such activities; 
(f) exchanging appropriate information, especially as regards access to 
existing or future databases; 
(g) setting up business networks, particularly in the industrial sector. 
Art icle 4 
Most-favoured-nation treatment 
The Contracting Parties hereby grant each other most-favoured-nation 
treatment in trade, in accordance with the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade (GATT). 
The Parties reaffirm their will to conduct trade with each other in 
accordance with that Agreement. 
Art icle 5 
Trade cooperation 
1. The Contracting Parties undertake to develop and diversify trade to 
the highest possible degree, taking into account the economic situation of 
each of the Parties and facilitating trade transactions between them as far 
as possible. 
2. To that end, the Parties shall endeavour to find methods of reducing 
and eliminating the obstacles hindering the development of trade, 
especially non-tariff and para-tariff barriers, taking account of work 
already accomplished in this field by international organizations. 
3. The Contracting Parties shall, where appropriate, assess the 
possibility of setting up mutual consultation procedures. 
Art icle 6 
Means of achieving cooperation in trade 
In the interests of bringing about more active cooperation in trade, the 
Contracting Parties shall take measures aimed at: 
promoting meetings, exchanges and contacts between entrepreneurs of 
each of the Parties, with the aim of identifying goods suitable for 
sale on the market of the other Party; 
facilitating cooperation between their customs services, in particular 
as regards vocational training, the simplification of procedures and 
the detection of customs offences-, 
encouraging and providing support for trade-promotion activities SUCH 
as seminars, symposia, fairs and trade and industrial exhibitions, 
trade visits, reciprocal visits, business weeks and other activities; 
providing support for their own organizations and firms, to enable 
them to engage in activities which are of benefit to both sides; 
taking into consideration each other's interests with regard to market 
access for commodities, semi-finished and manufactured goods and with 
regard to the stabilization of world commodity markets, in accordance 
with the aims agreed within the appropriate international 
organizat ions-, 
examining ways and means of facilitating trade and eliminating 
barriers to trade, taking into consideration the work of international 
organizat ions. 
Art icle 7 
Temporary admission of goods 
The Contacting Parties undertake to grant each other tax and duty exemption 
for temporary import into their territory of goods, in accordance with 
their respective laws and taking account, wherever possible, of existing 
international agreements in this field. 
Art icle 8 
Industry 
1. The Contracting Parties shall promote the expansion and 
diversification of the Andean countries' production base in the industrial 
and service sectors, directing their cooperation activities at small and 
medium-sized enterprises in particular and encouraging steps to facilitate 
access for those enterprises to sources of capital, markets and appropriate 
technology, and also fostering Joint ventures. 
2. To that end, within the limits of their responsibilities, the Parties 
shall encourage projects and operations promoting: 
the consolidation and extension of the networks established for the 
purposes of cooperation; 
increased use of the financial instrument "EC Investment Partners" by, 
inter alia, greater use of Andean Pact financial institutions; 
cooperation between firms, such as joint ventures, subcontracting, 
transfers of technology, licensing, applied research and franchising-, 
the setting-up of an EC-Andean Pact Business Council and other bodies 
conducive to the expansion of ties between them. 
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Art icle 9 
Investment 
1. The Contracting Parties agree: 
to promote, so far as their powers, rules and regulations and policies 
permit, an increase in mutually beneficial investment; 
to improve the climate for such investment by seeking agreements on 
investment promotion and protection between the Community's Member 
States and the Andean Pact countries based on the principles of non­
discrimination and reciprocity. 
2. in pursuit of these objectives, the Contracting Parties shall 
endeavour to stimulate investment promotion, inter alia by means of: 
seminars, exhibitions and visits by company directors; 
training businessmen with a view to setting up investment projects; 
technical assistance for joint investment; 
measures under the EC Investment Partners programme. 
3. Cooperation in this field may involve public, private, national or 
multilateral bodies, including regional financial institutions such as 
"Corporacion Andina de Fomento" (CAF) and "Fondo Latinoamericano de 
Réservas" (FLAR)1. 
Article 10 
Cooperation between financial institutions 
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to foster, according to their needs 
and within the framework of their respective programmes and legislation, 
cooperation between financial institutions in the form of: 
exchanges of information and experience in fields of mutual interest 
(inter alia by means of seminars, conferences and workshops); 
exchanges of consultants; 
technical assistance. 
exchanges of information in the fields of statistics and methodology. 
Unilateral declaration of the Andean Pact concerning the European 
Investment Bank (EIB). 
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Article 11 
Science and technology 
1. In accordance with their mutual interest and the aims of their 
policies on science, the Contracting Parties undertake to promote 
cooperation in science and technology aimed in particular at: 
encouraging exchanges of Community and Andean Pact scientists; 
establishing permanent links between their scientific and 
technological communities; 
promoting mutually beneficial transfers of technology; 
encouraging ties between research centres on both sides with a view to 
finding joint solutions to problems affecting both Parties; 
implementing measures with a view to achieving the goals of both 
Parties' research programmes; 
building up research capacities and stimulating technological 
innovât ion; 
creating opportunities for economic, industrial and trade cooperation-, 
promoting relations between academic and research institutions and 
the manufacturing sectors of both Parties; 
facilitating exchanges of information and reciprocal access to 
information networks. 
2. The extent of cooperation shall be determined by the desires of the 
Parties, which shall Jointly select priority areas. 
These shall include: 
advanced scientific and technological research; 
development and management of science and technology policies; 
protection and improvement of the environment; 
rational use of natural resources; 
integration and regional cooperation in science and technology; 
biotechnology; 
new mater ials. 
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3. In order to achieve their chosen objectives, the Contracting Parties 
shall encourage and foster measures including: 
Joint research projects involving research centres and other qualified 
institutions on both sides; 
advanced training for scientists, through research projects at the 
other Contracting Party's research centres; 
exchanges of scientific information, through the joint organization of 
seminars, workshops, working meetings and conferences attended by 
top-level scientists from both Contracting Parties-, 
distribution of scientific and technological information and know-how. 
Article 12 
Standards 
Without prejudice to their international obligations, within the scope of 
their responsibilities, and in accordance with their laws, the Contracting 
Parties shall take steps to reduce differences in respect of weights and 
measures, standardization and certification by promoting the use of 
compatible systems of standards and certification. To that end, they shall 
encourage the following in particular: 
establishing links between experts in order to facilitate exchanges of 
information and studies on weights and measures, standards, quality 
control and quality promotion and certification, and to promote the 
development of technical assistance in this field; 
encouraging exchanges and contact between bodies and institutions 
specializing in these fields; 
promoting measures aimed at achieving mutual recognition of quality 
cert ificat ion; 
holding consultations in the fields concerned. 
Article 13 
Technological development and intellectual and industrial property1 
1. For the purpose of achieving effective collaboration between Andean 
Pact and Community enterprises in the fields of the transfer of technology, 
licensing, Joint investment and venture capital financing, the Parties, 
with due respect for intellectual and industrial property rights, 
undertake: 
to identify the branches or sectors of industry on which cooperation 
will centre and the means to promote industrial cooperation having an 
advanced technological bias; 
Unilateral ^laration by the Comn 
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to cooperate in encouraging the mobilization of financial resources to 
support joint projects between Andean Pact and Community enterprises, 
the aim of which is to apply new findings in technology to industry, 
to support the training of qualified technological research personnel; 
to promote innovation by means of an exchange of information on the 
programmes each side is conducting for that purpose, periodic 
exchanges of experience derived from the running of innovation 
programmes and by means of exchange schemes between Andean Pact and 
Community institutions for officials of both Parties responsible for 
promoting innovation. 
2. The Contracting Parties undertake to ensure, so far as their laws, 
regulations and policies allow, that suitable and effective protection is 
provided for intellectual and industrial property rights, including 
geographical designations and appellations of origin, reinforcing this 
protection where desirable. They also undertake, wherever possible and so 
far as their laws, regulations and policies allow, to facilitate access to 
the databases and databanks in this field. 
Article 14 
Mining 
The Contracting Parties agree to promote cooperation in mining, chiefly 
through the implementation of operations aimed at: 
encouraging the involvement of enterprises of both Parties in 
exploration, mining and marketing of their mineral resources; 
setting up activities to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises 
operating in the mining sector; 
exchanging experience and technology relating to mining prospecting, 
exploration and exploitation, and performing joint research to 
increase the opportunities for technological development. 
Article 15 
Energy 
The Contracting Parties recognize the importance of the energy sector to 
economic and social development, and are prepared to step up their 
cooperation in this field, notably as regards planning, conservation and 
the efficient use of energy, and the development of new, commercially 
viable energy sources. This improved cooperation will also take 
environmental implications into consideration. 
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To these ends, the Parties agree to promote: 
the conduct of Joint studies and research, particularly as regards 
energy forecasts and assessments; 
on-going contacts between energy planners; 
the implementation of joint programmes and projects in this field. 
Article 16 
Transport 
Recognizing the importance of transport to economic development and the 
intensification of trade, the Contracting Parties shall adopt the necessary 
measures to implement cooperation in respect of all types of transport. 
Cooperation shall centre on the following: 
exchanges of information on the Parties' respective transport policies 
and on subjects of common interest; 
economic, legal and technical training programmes aimed at economic 
operators and those in charge of public-sector departments; 
technical assistance, particularly in connection with infrastructure 
modernization programmes. 
Article 17 
Information technology and telecommunications 
1. The Contracting Parties recognize that information technology and 
telecommunications are vital to economic and social development, and 
declare themselves prepared to promote cooperation in fields of common 
interest, chiefly in respect of the following: 
standardization, testing and certification; 
earth and space-based telecommunications such as transmission 
networks, satellites, fibre optics, Integrated Service Digital Network 
(ISDN), data transmission, rural and mobile telephone systems; 
electronics and microelectronics; 
information and automation; 
high-definition television; 
research and development in new information technologies and 
telecommunicat ions-, 
promotion of investment and joint investment. 
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2. Such cooperation shall take place in particular through: 
collaboration between experts; 
expert assessments, studies and exchanges of information; 
training of scientists and technicians; 
- formulation and implementation of specific projects of mutual benefit; 
promotion of Joint projects relating to research and development, the 
establishment of information networks and databanks, facilitation of 
access to existing databanks and information networks. 
Article 18 
Tourism 
Within the bounds of their laws, the Contracting Parties shall contribute 
to cooperation on tourism in the Andean Pact countries, which is to be 
achieved through specific measures including: 
exchanges of information and forward studies; 
assistance in statistics and data processing-, 
training; 
the organization of events; 
the promotion of investment and joint investment in order to expand 
tour ist travel. 
Article 19 
The environment 
In instituting cooperation on environmental matters, the Contracting 
Parties affirm their will to contribute to sustainable development. They 
will endeavour to reconcile the need for economic and social development 
with the need for due protection of nature, and will devote particular 
attention in their cooperation to the most disadvantaged sections of the 
population, to the urban environment and to the protection of ecosystems 
such as tropical forests. 
To those ends, the Parties shall endeavour to work together on measures 
target ing: 
the creation and improvement of public and private-sector 
environmental bodies; 
public information and awareness; 
the implementation of studies, projects and technical assistance; 
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the organization of meetings, seminars, etc.; 
exchanges of information and experience; 
research projects on disasters and their prevention; 
the development and alternative economic use of protected areas; 
industrial cooperation applied to the environment. 
Art icle 20 
Biological diversity 
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to establish cooperation, 
particularly in the field of biotechnology, aimed at preserving biological 
diversity. Cooperation should be based on three criteria, namely.-
socio-economic utility, ecological conservation and the interests of native 
peoples. 
Article 21 
Development coopérât ion 
With a view to increasing the effectiveness of cooperation in the areas 
referred to below, the Parties shall seek to establish a multiannual 
programme. Furthermore, the Parties recognize that the desire to see 
development better managed involves giving priority to the poorest sections 
of the population and the most deprived regions, and entails ensuring that 
environmental issues are integrated into the development process. 
Article 22 
Agriculture, forestry and rural areas 
The Contracting Parties shall establish cooperation in the areas of 
agriculture, forestry, agro-industry, agri-foodstuffs and tropical 
products. 
To these ends, in a spirit of cooperation and goodwill and taking into 
account the laws of both Parties on such issues, the Contracting Parties 
shalI examine: 
opportunities for developing trade in agricultural, forestry, agro-
industrial and tropical products; 
measures governing human and plant health and the environment, and any 
obstacles there might be to trade in this field. 
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The Contracting Parties shall furthermore endeavour to promote cooperation 
on: 
the development of agriculture; 
the protection and sustainable development of forestry resources; 
the agricultural and rural environments; 
training in the field of rural development; 
contact between the Parties' agricultural producers, in the interests 
of facilitating trade operations and investment; 
agricultural research; 
agricultural statistics. 
Article 23 
Health 
The Contracting Parties agree to cooperate to improve public health, 
concentrating on the needs of the most disadvantaged sections of the 
populat ion. 
To these ends they shall seek to develop joint research, technology 
transfers, exchanges of experience and technical assistance, in particular 
with regard to: 
health service management and administration; 
the development of vocational training programmes; 
the improvement of sanitary conditions (with particular regard to 
combating cholera) and well-being in urban and rural areas; 
the prevention and treatment of Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome 
(AIDS). 
Article 24 
Social development 
1. The Contracting Parties shall establish cooperation to further social 
development in the Andean Pact, with the particular aim of improving the 
living conditions of the poorest sections of the subregion's population. 
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2. Measures and programmes to implement those aims shall include support, 
essentially in the form of technical assistance, in the following fields: 
social services administration; 
vocational training and job-creation; 
the improvement of living conditions and hygiene in urban and rural 
areas; 
preventive healthcare; 
protection of children; 
education and assistance programmes for young people; 
the role of women. 
Art icle 25 
Combating drug abuse 
Within the scope of their powers, the Contracting Parties undertake to 
coordinate and step up their efforts to prevent and reduce the production, 
distribution and consumption of illegal drugs. 
This cooperation shall include the following: 
projects for the benefit of Andean Pact nationals, providing training, 
education, treatment and rehabilitation for addicts; 
research programmes; 
cooperation measures and projects designed to encourage alternative 
opportunities, including alternative crops; 
exchanges of all relevant information, including information 
concerning measures relating to money-laundering; 
monitoring trade in essential chemicals; 
drug-abuse prevention programmes. 
The Contracting Parties may by mutual agreement extend their cooperation to 
other areas. 
Article 26 
Regional integration and cooperation 
The Contracting Parties shall take steps to encourage the integration of 
the Andean countries. 
Priority shall be given to: 
technical assistance with the technical and practical aspects of 
intégrât ion; 
promotion of subregional, regional and international trade; 
development of regional environmental cooperation; 
upgrading regional institutions and supporting the implementation of 
joint policies and activities; 
encouraging the development of regional communications. 
Article 27 
Government 
The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in administrative matters in 
institutional organization and in the administration of justice at 
national, regional and municipal levels. 
To these ends, they shall take steps aimed at: 
encouraging exchanges of information and training courses for 
national, regional and municipal officials and employees; 
increasing government efficiency. 
Art icle 28 
Information, communication and culture 
The Contracting Parties agree to act jointly in the fields of information 
and communication in order to: 
promote understanding of the nature and aims of the European Community 
and of the Andean Pact; 
encourage Community and Andean Pact Member States to strengthen their 
cultural ties. 
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In particular, these measures shall take the form of: 
appropriate exchanges of information on issues of common interest in 
the fields of culture and information; 
organization of cultural events and exchanges. 
preparatory studies and technical assistance for the preservation of 
the cultural heritage; 
Art icle 29 
Fisheries 
The Contracting Parties acknowledge the importance of achieving a 
convergence in their interests in the field of fisheries. They shall 
therefore endeavour to intensify and develop cooperation in this regard 
by: 
drawing up and implementing special programmes; 
encouraging the private sector to participate in developing this 
sector. 
Art icle 30 
Training 
Wherever it is clear that improved training would strengthen cooperation, 
appropriate action may be taken in areas of mutual interest, taking account 
of new technologies in the field. 
Such cooperation may take the form of: 
steps to improve the training of technicians and professionals; 
measures with a significant knock-on effect, training for instructors 
and technical executives who are already in positions of 
responsibility in public and private-sector enterprises, government, 
the public-service sector and economic administration; 
specific programmes for exchanges of consultants, know-how and 
technology between training institutions in the European and Andean 
countries, with particular emphasis on the technical, scientific and 
vocational sectors; 
literacy programmes linked to health and social development projects. 
Article 31 
Resources for undertaking cooperation 
The Contracting Parties undertake to make available, within the limits of 
their abilities and through their own channels, the appropriate resources, 
including financial resources. In this connection, multiannual programming 
will be carried out and priorities determined, taking account of needs and 
of the Andean Pact countries' level of development. 
In order to facilitate the implementation of the cooperation measures 
specified in this Agreement, the Andean Pact countries shall: 
grant Community experts the guarantees and facilities they require to 
carry out their tasks; 
exempt goods and services imported for the purposes of EC/Andean Pact 
cooperation projects from taxes, duties and other contributions. 
These principles will be made explicit in subsequent arrangements, in line 
with national legislations. 
Article 32 
Joint Committee1 
1. The Contracting Parties agree to retain the Joint Committee 
established pursuant to the 1983 Cooperation Agreement, together with the 
Subcommittee on Science and Technology, the Subcommittee on Industrial 
Cooperation and the Subcommittee on Trade Cooperation. 
2. The Joint Committee shall: 
see to the proper functioning of the Agreement; 
coordinate activities, projects and specific operations in relation to 
the aims of this Agreement and propose means of implementing them; 
study the development of trade and cooperation between the Parties; 
make any recommendations required to promote the expansion of trade 
and intensify and diversify cooperation; 
seek appropriate methods of forestalling problems which might arise in 
areas covered by the Agreement. 
3. The agendas for Joint Committee meetings shall be set by mutual 
agreement. The Committee shall itself establish provisions concerning the 
frequency and location of its subsequent meetings, chairmanship, the 
establishment of subcommittees additional to those already in existence, 
and other issues. 
Unilateral declaration by the Andean Pact concerning the Junta del 
Acuerdo de Cartagena (JUNAC). 
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Art icle 33 
Other agreements 
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of the Treaties establishing the 
European Communities, neither this Agreement nor any action taken under it 
shall in any way affect the powers of the Member States of the Communities 
to undertake bilateral activities with the Andean Pact countries in the 
field of economic cooperation or where appropriate to conclude new economic 
cooperation agreements with the Andean Pact countries. 
2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 concerning economic 
cooperation, the provisions of this Agreement shall replace the provisions 
of the agreements concluded between the Member States of the Communities 
and the Andean Pact countries where such provisions are either incompatible 
with or identical to the provisions of this Agreement. 
Article 34 
European Coal and Steel Community 
A separate protocol shall be concluded between the European Coal and Steel 
Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Cartagena 
Agreement and its Member States on the other hand. 
Article 35 
Territorial application 
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which 
the Treaty establishing the Community is applied and under the conditions 
laid down in that Treaty and, on the other, to the territory covered by the 
Cartagena Agreement. 
Article 36 
Annex 
The Annex shall form an integral part of this Agreement. 
Article 37 
Entry into force and tacit renewal 
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month 
following the date on which the Contracting Parties have notified each 
other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. It 
is concluded for a period of five years. It shall be renewed tacitly on a 
yearly basis unless one of the Contracting Parties denounces it to the 
other Party in writing six months before the date of expiry. 
Article 38 
Authentic texts 
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, 
French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages, each text 
being equally authentic. 
Article 39 
Future developments 
1. The Contracting Parties may by mutual consent develop and improve this 
Agreement with a view to enhancing the levels of cooperation and to 
supplementing it by means of agreements on specific sectors or activities. 
2. With regard to the implementation of this Agreement, either of the 
Contracting Parties may put forward suggestions for widening the scope of 
cooperation, taking into account the experience gained in its application. 
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ANNEX 
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON SHIPPING 
Letter No 1 
Sir , 
We should be obliged if you would confirm the following: 
When the Agreement on cooperation between the European Community and the 
Cartagena Agreement and its Member States was signed, the Parties undertook 
to address in the appropriate manner issues relating to the operation of 
shipping, particularly where the development of trade might be hindered. 
Mutually satisfactory solutions on shipping will be sought, subject to 
observance of the principle of free and fair competition on a commercial 
basis. 
It has likewise been agreed that such issues should also be discussed by 
the Joint Committee. 
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. 
On behalf of the Council 
of the European Communities 
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Letter No 2 
Sir, 
I have the 
fol lowing: honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter and confirm the 
"When the Agreement on cooperation between the European Community and the 
Cartagena Agreement and its Member States was signed, the Parties undertook 
to address in the appropriate manner issues relating to the operation of 
shipping, particularly where the development of trade might be hindered. 
Mutually satisfactory solutions on shipping will be sought, subject to the 
observance of the principle of free and fair competition on a commercial 
basis. 
It has likewise been agreed that such issues should also be discussed by 
the Joint Committee." 
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. 
For the Cartagena Agreement 
and its Member States 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
(FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS) 
1. Title of operation: EC-Andean Pact cooperation agreement 
2. Budget headings involved: B7-5020; B7-3015; B6-8200; B7-3010; 
B7-3011; B7-3012; B7-3013; B7-3014; 
B7-5030; B7-5040; B7-5045 
3. Legal basis: Articles 113 and 235 
4. Description of operation 
4.1. Specific objectives: to consolidate EC-Andean Pact cooperation and 
to broaden the scope of this cooperation to embrace new fields 
4.2. Duration: 5 years 
4.3. Target population: the people of the Andean countries, especially 
the business sector (as regards industrial cooperation) 
5. Classification of expenditure or revenue 
5.1. Compulsory/non-compulsory: non-compulsory 
5.2. Differentiated/non-differentiated: differentiated 
5.3. Type of revenue involved: None 
6. Type of expenditure or revenue 
6.1. 100% grant: yes, and sometimes 50% in joint financing operations 
6.2. Grant for joint financing with other sources in the public and/or 
private sector: on occasion 
6.3. Interest rate subsidy: no 
6.4. Other 
6.5. Should the operation prove an economic success, is there provision 
for all or part of the Community contribution to be reimbursed? No 
6.6. Will the proposed operation cause any change in the level of 
revenue? If so, what sort of change and what type of revenue is 
involved? No 
7. Financial impact on budget appropriations 
For future budgets, the level of expenditure arising from the 
cooperation agreement will be established using the standard procedure. 
8. Anti-fraud measures 
Such expenditure will primarily be implemented by third countries and 
the Commission, which - in agreement with the Court of Auditors -will 
exercise its customary control over expenditure as a whole. 
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