Article 37.
The accession shall be formalised once the terms of the same have been negotiated between the signatory countries and the acceding country, by means of the signing of an Additional Protocol to the present Agreement, which shall enter into force 30 days after its deposit with the General Secretariat of LAIA.
Chapter XVI. Denunciation
Article 38.
The signatory country which decides to denounce this Agreement shall communicate this intention to the other signatory or acceding countries at least 180 days before the date of deposit of the respective instrument of denunciation with the General Secretariat of LAIA.
Article 39.
Once the denunciation has been formalized through the deposit of the respective document with the General Secretariat of LAIA, the acquired rights and the obligations assumed by the denouncing country under this Agreement shall automatically cease, except for the trade preferences received or granted, which shall continue in force for a period of one year, as from the date of the formalization of the denunciation.
Chapter XVII. Convergence
On the occasion of the Sessions of the Conference of Evaluation and Convergence of the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), foreseen in Article 33 of the Treaty of Montevideo 1980, the signatory countries shall examine, together with the other member countries of the Association, the possibility of proceeding to the progressive multilateralisation of the preferential treatments agreed or to be agreed under this Agreement.
Chapter XVIII. Final Provisions
Article 41.
After the signing of this Agreement, the signatory countries, in compliance with the relevant rules contained in the Treaty of Montevideo 1980 and in the Resolutions of the Council of Ministers of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), shall make the text of the Agreement known to the other member countries of the Association, in accordance with the procedures established for this purpose.
Article 42.
Once the signatory countries have complied with the provisions of Articles 33 and 35 and, consequently, this Agreement is in full application, Partial Scope Renegotiation Agreement Nº 27 and its Additional and Modifying Protocols shall be void.
Conclusion
Done at the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Republic of Bolivia, on the sixth day of April 1993, in two originals both equally authentic.
For the Government of the Republic of Bolivia
For the Government of the Republic of Chile