(1) The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany shall grant the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica and/or other recipients that both Governments designate by mutual agreement the possibility of obtaining from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Credit Institute for Reconstruction), Frankfurt/Main, a financial contribution (aportación financiera) for a total value of up to 10,225,838,-EUR (in words: ten million two hundred twenty-five thousand eight hundred thirty-eight euros) for the Huetar Norte forestry project, if said project, after being examined, proves worthy of support and it is confirmed that, as an environmental protection project, it meets the special conditions necessary to be promoted through a financial contribution (aportación financiera).
(Note from Sinalevi: Through Article 2 of the International Treaty "Approval of the Agreement between the Government of the Federated Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica on Financial Cooperation Huetar Norte Forestry Project", No. 8355 of May 28, 2003, the Government of Costa Rica interpreted the following: "... The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica interprets that, for the purposes of Article 1 of this present Agreement, it is understood that, if the project indicated in subsection 1) of Article 1 is modified, the Government of Costa Rica must comply with the internal procedures for the approval of the loans, in accordance with subsection 15) of Article 121 of the Political Constitution...") (2) The project mentioned in paragraph 1 may be replaced by other projects related to tropical forests if the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica so agree, by exchange of notes. In the event that the project mentioned in paragraph 1 is replaced by an environmental protection or social infrastructure project or a self-help measure aimed at combating poverty or a measure aimed at improving the social position of women or a credit guarantee fund for small and medium-sized enterprises, which meets the special conditions necessary to be promoted through a financial contribution (aportación financiera), a financial contribution (aportación financiera) may be granted; otherwise, a loan may be granted.
(3) In the event that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany grants at a later time to the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica the possibility of obtaining from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau new financial contributions (aportaciones financieras) for the preparation of the project mentioned in paragraph 1 or for necessary related measures for the realization and servicing of the project mentioned in paragraph 1, the present Agreement shall apply.
(4) The financial contributions (aportaciones financieras) for preparatory or related measures under paragraph 3 shall become loans if they are not used for such measures. The conditions under which these loans would be granted shall be those customary for this type of loan that the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau grants. The granting of these loans shall be negotiated by mutual agreement between the Parties, in accordance with their internal legal framework.