4457-CR, signed on July 20, 2000, between the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, is approved, for an amount up to thirty-two million six hundred thirty thousand dollars and zero cents (US$32,630,000.00) to finance the Program of payments for environmental services (pagos de servicios ambientales) for a period of five years, as established in Program 1 of the loan agreement. The text of the referenced loan agreement and its official translation are annexed and form part of this Law:
"LOAN NUMBER 4557-CR LOAN AGREEMENT (Ecomercados Project) between THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated July 20, 2000 (Sinalevi Note: Because the "Loan Agreement between the Republic of Costa Rica and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" has its own articles, it must be consulted in the system independently)