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The Andean Community is mainly a trade bloc formerly called the Andean Group (Grupo Andino) which saw light after the Andean Pact (Pacto Andino) or more formally the Cartagena Agreement (Acuerdo de Cartagena) was signed in 1969, in Cartagena (Colombia). The CAN (for its current abbreviation in Spanish) is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status, which is made up of
and the bodies and institutions comprising the Andean Integration System (AIS), which is a series of bodies and institutions that work closely in pursuing the same objectives: to intensify Andean subregional integration, promote its external projection, and reinforce the actions connected with the process. The CAN deals with the following issues:The member’s list looks strange: most of the Andes are along the
Chilean-Argentinian
border!
James Dignan, 14 Jul 2004
The flag of the Andean Community (Communidad Andina or CAN) is
their logo, which looks like a pattern from indigenous
Andean textiles, in gold on a white backround.
Richard Knipel, 13 Jul 2004
I believe the adoption of their flag, as opposed to their logo,
may be brand new, considering that I browsed through many older photos
of meetings without it (but that did have the national flags), and
that the one that did have it is dated July 12, 2004 (yesterday) for
the inaugural session of the 15th Andean Presidential Council.
Richard Knipel, 13 Jul 2004
Article 82.- Those signs may not be registered as marks that:…
(j) reproduce or imitate the name, coat of arms, flag or other emblem, initials or designation or abbreviated designation of any State or any international organization that has been officially recognized, without the permission of the competent authority of the State or of the international organization concerned; in any event, such signs shall be registrable only where they constitute a subsidiary element in relation to the main distinctive sign;
quoted by Richard Knipel, 13 Jul 2004