No estarán sujetos al pago de ninguna clase de impuestos, timbres, tasas, contribuciones o derechos, los documentos que se requieran para formalizar los contratos de préstamo que financian el Programa de Apoyo Presupuestario con base en Reforma de Políticas para Apoyar al Plan de Descarbonización de Costa Rica, así como su inscripción en los registros correspondientes queda exonerada de todo tipo de pago.
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CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMEN BETWEEN:
(1) REPUBLIC OF COSTA RlCA, represented by Rodrigo Chaves Robles, in his capacity as Minister of Finance. who is duly authorized to sign this Agreement ("Costa Rica" or the ·'Borrower"):
AND AGENCE FRANCAISE DE DEVELOPPEMENT. a French public entity govemed by French law, with registered office at 5, Ruc Roland Banhc 7559& Paris Cedex \2, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Parlis under number 775 66:5 599, represented by Jcan-Baptiste Sabatié, in his capacity as Regional Director of the Agency Francaise de Development for Mexico, Cuba and Central America, duly authorized to sign this Agreement, ("'AFD" or the "Lender"); (hereinafter joimly referred to as the "Parties" and each a '·Party');
(A) The Borrower intends to implement a program consisting of the budgetary support based on policies 10 implement the national decarbonisation plan (the I.Program"), as described funher in Schedule 2 (Program Description).
(B) The Borrower has requested that the Lender makes a facility available for the purposes of participating in the financing of the Program.
(C) Pursuant to a resolution nº C20!91123 of the AfD Board of Administration dated 2019 December 19th, the Lender has agreed to make the Facility al-ailable to the Borrower pursuant 10 the tenns and conditions of this Agreement.
( 1) no Event of Defauh is continuing or would result from the proposed Drawdown; (2) no Co-Financier has suspended its payments m relation to the Prograin; (3) the Drawdown Request has been niade in accordance with the teems of Clause 3.2 (Drawdown request); ( 4) each representation given by the Borrower in relation to Clause 10 (Representation and warranties) is true; DRAWDOWN OF FUNS 3.1 Drawdown amounts The Facility will be made available 10 the Borrower during the Availability Period, in on unique Drawdown.
Drawdown request Provided that the conditions set out in Clause 2.4 (b) (Conditions precedent) are satisfied. The Borrower ma)· draw on the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly completed Drawdown Request. The Drawdown Request shall be delivered by the Borrower to the AFD office director at the address specified in Clause 16.1 (In Writing and addresses).
The Drawdown Request is irrevocable and will be regarded as having been duly completed if:
(a) lhe Drawdown Request is substantially in the form set out m Schedule 5A (Form of drawdown Request); (b) the Drawdown Request is received by the Lender at the latest fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Deadline for Drawdown; (c) the proposed Drawdown Dare is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period; (d) the amount of the Drawdown complies with Clause 3. 1 (Drawdown amounts); and (e) all of the documents set out in Part ll of Schedule 4 (Conditions Precedent) for the purposes of the Drawdown are attached to the Drawdown Request, comply with the abovementioned Schedule and with the requirements of Clause J.4 (Payment ·mechanics), and are in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.
3.3 Pavement completion Subject to Clause l 4. 7 (Payment Syscems Disncprion Event), if each of the conditions set our in Clause 2.4(b) (Conditions precedent) of this Agreement has been met, the lender shall make the requested Drawdown available to the Borrower not later than the Drawdown Date.
The Lender shall provide the Borrower with a letter of Drawdown confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5B (Form. Of confirmation of drawdown and rate) 3.4 Payment mechanics The proceeds of the Drawdown shall be paid to thc Borrower's Account or any other account which details will be duly notified by the Borrower to the Lender.
4.1.2 Minimum interest Rate The interest Rate determined in accordance with Clause 4.1.1 (Selection of interest Rate). regardless of the elected option, shall not be less than zero point twenty-five percent (0.25%) per annum. notwithstanding any declineün the lnterest Rate.
4.1.3 Conversion from a floating interest Rate to a fixed interest Rare The floating interest Rate applicable to the Drawdown shall be converted to a fixed interest Rate in accordance with the conditions set ou! below:
(i) Rate Conversion upon the Borrower's request The Borrower may request at any time that f he Lender convenes the íloating interest Rate applicable to a Drawdown to a fixed interest Rate, provided that the amount of such Drawdown (as applicable) is equal to or exceed three million Euros (EUR 3,000,000).
To chis effect, the Borrower shall send to the lender a Rate Conversion Request substantially in _the form set out m Schedule 5C (Form of Rate Conversion Request). The Borrower may lpecify in the Rate Conversion Letter a maximum amount for fixed interest Rate. Of the fixed Interest Rate as calculated on the Rate Setting Date exceeds the maximum amount for fixed interest Rate specified by the Borrower in the Rate Comersion Request, such Rate Conversion Request will be automaticity cancelled.
The fixed interest Rate will be effective two(2) Business Days after the Rate Setting Date.
(ii) Rate Conversion mechanics The fixed interest Rate applicable to the relevant Drawdown(s) shall be determined in accordance with Clause 4.1.1 (ii) (Fixed Interest Rate) above on the Rate Sening Date referred to in subparagraph (i) above.
The Lender small send to the Borrower a letter of confirmation of Rate Corversion substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5D (Form of Rate Conversion Confirmation).
A Rate Conversion is final and at no cosis.
4.2 Caculation and payment of interest The Borrower sball pay accrued interest on Drawdown(s) on leach Payment Date.
The arnount of interest payable by the Borrower on a relevam Payment Date and for a relevant interest Period shall be equal to the sum of any interest owed by the Borrower on the amount of the Outstanding Principal in respect of each Drawdown. interest owed by the Borrower in respect of cach Drawdown shall be calculatcd on the basis o, (i) the Outstanding Principal owed by the BÍrrower in respect of the relevant Drawdown as at the immediately preceding Payment Date or, in the case of the first lnterest Period, on the correspondmg Drawdown Date; (ii) the exact number of days which have accrued during the relevant interest period on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year; and iii) the fixed rate for the duration of the facility should be equal to one point fifty one per cent (1,51%) por annum; (c) the above rates tack into account the commissions and costs payable by the Borrower under this Agreement, assuming that such commissions and costs will remain fixed and will apply until the 5. CHANCE TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST 5.1 Market Disruption (a) lf a Market Disruption affects the interbank rnarket in the Eurozone and it is impossible:
(i) for the fixed interest Rate, to determine the fixed Interest Rate applicable to a Drawdown, or (ii) for the variable interest Raie, 10 determine the applicable EURJBOR for the relevant interest Period, the Lender shall infonn the Borrower.
(b) Upon the occum:nce of the event described in paragraph (a) above, the applicable interest Rate, as the case may be, for the relevant Drawdown or for che relevant lnterest Period will be che surn of:
(i) the Margin; and (ii). The percentage rate per annurn corresponding ro the cost to the Lender of funding the relevant Drawdown from whatever source il may rcasonably select. Such ratc shall be notified to the Borrower as soon as possible and, in any case, prior to (1) the first Payment Date for interest owed under such Drawdown for the fixed lnterest Rate or (2) the Payment Date for interest owed under such lmerest Period for the variable lnterest Rate.
1 To be maintained to prevent this event from bcing considered as a mandatory prepayment event 5 .2 Replacement of Screen Rate 5.2.1 Definitions "Relevant Nominating Body" means any central bank, regulator, supervisor or working group or compile sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of any of them.
"Screen Rate Replacement Event". means any of the following events or series-of events:
(a) the definition, methodology, formula or means of determining the Screen Rate has materially changed; (b) a law or regulation is enacted which prohibits the use of the Screen Rate, it being specified, for the avoidance of doubt, that the occurrence of this event shall not constitute a mandatory prepayrnent event;1 with the Replacement Benchmark, which will be applicable to Drawdown, or as the case may be to the interest periods starting at least two business days after the screen rate replacement date.
5.2.5 The provisions of Clause 5.2 (Replacement of screen rate ) shall prevail Over the provisions of clause 5.1 (Market Disruption) FEES 6.1 Commitment fees The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a commitment fee of zero point five per cent (0,50%) per annum following the conditions set forth below.
The commitment feck shall be computed al the rate specified above on the amount of the Available Credit pro-rated for the actual number of days leashed increased by the amount of any Drawdown to be made available by the Lender inl accordance with any pending Drawdown Request The firt commitment fee shall be calculated for the period from (i) the date falling twelve(12) months after the shigning date (excluded), up to (ii) th inmediately following payment Date (included). Subsequent commitment _fees shll be calculated for periods commencing on Debate edaiyn cimlumdeedd)i.a tdy following a Payment Date (included) And ending on the next Paymem The accrund commitment fee shall be payable (i) on each Payment Date within the Availability Period; (ii) on the Payment Date following the that day of the Drawdown Period; and (iii) in the event the Available Credit is cancelled in full, on the Payment Date following the effective date of such cancellation.
lf applicable, the commitmem fee that is accrued between (i) the date falling twelve (12) months after the Signing Date (excluded) up to (ii) the immJdiately following Payment Dates (included) before the Effective Date will be payable on the first Payment Date that occur,; after the Effective Date.
6.2 Appraisal Fee No later than five (5) Business Days from the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an appraisal fee of zero point five (0,50%) calculated on the maximum amount of the Facility, 7. REPAYMENT Following expiry of 'the ,Grace Period, the Borrower shall repay the Lender the principal amount of the Facilily in thirty (30) semi-annual installments, due and payable on each Payment Date.
The first instalment shall be due and payable on the 31 May 2025 and the last instalment shall be due and payable on 30 November 2039.
At the end of the Drawdown Period, the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower an amonisation schedule in respect of the Facility taking into account, if aplicable, any potential cancellation of the facility pursuant to Clauses 8.3 (Cancelation by the Borrower) and/or 8.4 (Cancellation by the Lender).
Upon receipt of such notice of cancellation, the Lender shall cancel the amount notified by the Borrower, provided that tbe satisfactory to the Lender, except in the evenl that the Prograrn is abandoned by the Borrower.
8.4 Cancellation by the lender The Available Credit shall be immediately cancelled upon delivery of a notice 10 the Borrower which shall be irnmediaiely effective, if:
(a) the Available Credit is not equal to zero on the Deadline for Drawdown; (b) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or (c) an event refered to in Clause 8.2 (Mandatory prepayment) has occurred; except where, in the case of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Clause 8.4 (Cancellation by the lender), the Lender has proposed to postpone the Deadline for Drawdown or the deadline for the first Drawdown on the basis of new financial conditions which will apply to any Drawdown under rhe Available Credit and the Borrower has agreed on the proposition.
8.5 Restrictions (a) Any notice of prepayment or cancellation given by a Pany pursuant to this Clause 8 (Prepayment and Cancellation) shall be irrevocable, and, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, and such notice shall specify the date or dates on which the relevant Prepayment or cancellation is to be made and the amount of that prepayrnent or cancellation.
(b) The Borrower shall not prepay or cancel ali or any part of the Facility except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(c)Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made 1ogether with payment of (i) accrued interest on the prepaid amount, (ii) outstanding fees, and (iii) the Prepayment indemnity referred to in Clause 9.3 (Prepayment Indemnity) below.
(d) Any prepayment around will be applied against the remaining installments in interse order of maturity (e) The Borrower may not re-borrow the whole or any pan of the Facility which has been prepaid or cancelled.
The Borrower shall reimburse to the Lender all expreses and/or Taxes for the Borrower's account which have been paid by the lender (if applicable), with the exception of any Taxes due in France.
9.5 Additional Costs the Borrower shall pay to the Lender, within five (5) Business Days on the Lender's request, all reasonable Additional Costs incurred by the Lender as result of (i) the coming into force of any new law or regulation, or any amendment to, or any change in the interpretation or application of any existing law or regulation; or (ii} compliance with any law or regulation made after the Signing Date.
ln this Clause, 'Additlonal Costs'· means:
(i) any cost arising after the Signing Date out of one of the event referred to in the first paragraph of this Clause and not talked into account by the Lender to compute the financial conditions of the facility; or (ii) any reduction. of any amount due and payable under this Agreement; which is incurred or suffered by the Lender as a result of (i) marking the facility available to the Borrower or (ii) entering into or performing its obligation under the Agreement.
Following the Lender´s Notice, the Borrower and the lendr shall enter into a consultation period of ten ( 10) Business Day; in order to evaluate the amount of the relevant Additional Costs and to find the decision on payrnent of such costs suitable for both Panies. lf so requested by the Borrower, the Lender shalI provide the Borrower with explanatory documents related to the Additional Coses object of rhe Lendér's Notice.
9.6 Currency indemnity If any sum due by the Borrower under this Agreement, or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to such a sum, has to be con verted from the currency in which that sum is payable into another currency, for the purpose of:
(i) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower; or (ii) obtaining or enforcing an order, judgmet or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, the Borrower shall indemnify the lender against and, within three (3) Business Days of the Lenders request and as permitted by law, pay to the Lender, the amount of any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between: (A) the exchange rate used to convert the relevant sum from lrhe füst currency to the second currency; and (B) the exchange rate or rate{s) available to the Lender at the time of its receipt of that sum. This obligation to indemnify the Lender is independent of any other obligation of the Borrower under chis Agreement.
The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount due under this Agreement in a currency or currency unit other than that in which il is expressed to be payable.
Any indemnity or reimbursement payable by the Borrower to the Leoder under chis Clause 9 (Additional Payment Obligations) is due and payable on the Payment Date immediately 10.5 Transfer of funds Ali amounts due by the Borrower to the lender under this Agreemem whether as principal or interest, late payment interest, Prepayrnent lndemnity, incidental costs and expenses or any other sum are freely convertible and transferable.
This representation shall remain in full force and effeet until full repayment of all sums due to the Lender. In the event that the repayment dates of the Facility are extended by the Lender, no funher confirmation of this representation shall be necessary.
The Borrower shall obtain Euros necessary for compliance with this representation in due course.
10.6 No conflict with other obligations The entry into and pcrfom1ance by the Borrower of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement do nol conflict with any domestic or foreign law or regulation applicable to it, its constitutional documents (or any similar documents) or any agreemem or instrument binding upon the Borrower or affecting any of its assets.
10.7 Govcming Law and Enforcement (a) The choice of French law as the goveming law of this Agreement will be recognized and enforced by the cows and arbitration tribunals in the jurisdiction of the Borrower.
(b) Any judgment obtained in rdation to this Agreement in a French count or any award by an arbitration tribunal will be recogrúsed and enforced in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Borrower.
10.8 No Default No Event of Default is continuing or is reasonably\y likely to occur.
No breach of the Borrower is continuing in relation to any other agreement binding upon it, or affecring any of i1s assets, which has, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
10.9 No Misleading information Ali information and documents supplied by the Borrower to the Lender were true, accurate and up-to-date as at ihe date they were provided or, if appropriate, as at the date at which they are stated to be given and have not been varied, revoked, cancelled or rcnewed on revised tenns, and are not misleading in any material respcct as a rcsuh of an Ómission. the occurrence of new circumstances or the disclosure or non-disclosurc of any infonnation.
10.10 Pari Passu Ranking The Borrower's payment obligations under this Agreement rank at least pair passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors.
10.11 Origin of funds, Acts of Corruption, Fraud and Anti-Competitive Practices The Borrower represents and warrants that:
(i) all the funds invesred in the Program are from the State budget; 11.5 Additional Financing Toe Borrower shall not amend or alter the Financing Plan with 'out obtaining the Lender's prior written consent and shall fmance any additional costs not antibipated in the Financing Plan on tems which ensure that the Facility will be repaid.
11.6 Pair Passu Ranking The Borrower undenakes (i) to ensure that its payment obligations under this Agreement Rank at all times at leas, pari passu with its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated payment obligations; (ii) not lo grant prior ranking or guarantees to any other lenders except if the same ranking or guaramees are granted by the Borrowed in favors of the Lender, if so requested by the Lender.
11.7 inspections The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender and its representatives to carry out inspections on a yearly basis, the purpose of which will be to assess the implementation of the Program on technical, financial! and institutional aspects according to the Program Documents.
The Borrower shall cooperate and provide all reasonable assistance and information to the Lender and its representatives when carrying out such inspections, the timing and format of which shall be detennined by the Lender following consultation with the Borrower.
11 .8 Program Evaluation The Borrower undertakes to cooperate directly or through the Hacienda in the evaluation of the Program carried out by the Lender aftcr its performahce, in order to identify if the objectives of the Program were fulfilled and to provide the Under with the information, data and documents requested by the latter to carry out such evaluation.
This evaluation will be used to produce a performance report including information on the Program, such as: total amount and duration of the Facility, objectives of the Program, expected and actual perfonnance of the Program, assessment of its relevance, efficiency, impact and viably / sustainably. The Borrower agrees; on the publication of this performance report, in particular, on the Lender's Website.
11.9 Program implementation The Borrower shall:
(i) ensun: that any person, group or entity partippating in the implementation of the Program is not listed on any Financial Sanctions List (including in particular the light against terrorist financing); and (ii) not finance any supplies or sectors which qre subject to an Embargo by the United Nations, the European Union or France.
11.10 Origin offends, no Acts of Corruption. Fraud or Ami-Competitive Practices The Borrower undertakes:
(i) to ensure that the funds, other than those of State origin, used for the implementation of the Program will not be of an Illicit Origin; 12.4 Co-Financing The Borrower shall promptly ín form the Lender of any cancellation (in whole or in part) or any prepayment by a Co-Financier.
12.5 Additional Information The Borrower shall supply to the Lender:
(a) promptly upen becoming aware of them, details of any event or circurnstance which is or may be an Event of Default or which has or may have a Material Adverse Effect, the nature of such an event and ali the actions taken or to be Takeo to remedy it (if any); (b) promptly, details of any decision or event which might affect the organization, completion or operation of the Program; 13. EVENTS OF DEFAULTS Events of Default Each of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 13.1 (Events of Default) is an Event of Uefault.
(a) Payment Default The Borrower does not pay on the due date any amoum payable by it under this Agreement in the manner required under this Agreement. However, without prejudice to Clause 4.3 (Late paymen and default irueresi), no faent of Default will occur under this paragraph (a) if such payment is mane in full by the Borrower within five (5) Business Days of the due date.
(b) Undertakings and Obligations The Borrower does not comply with any tem of the Agreement, including, withoul limitation, any of the undenakings it has given pursuant to Clause l J (Undertakings) and Clause 12 (information Undertakings).
Save for the undertakings given pursuant to Clause 11.4 (Euvironmental and Social Liability), Clauses 11.9 (Program fmplementation) and 11.10 (Origin of finds, no Acts of Corruption. Fraud or Anti-Competitive Pracrices) in respect of which no grace period is permitted, no Event of Dcfault will occur under this paragraph (e) if ·the noncompliance is capable of remedy and is rt!medied within five (5) Business Days of the earlier of (A) the date of the tender' notice of failure to the Borrower; · and (B) the Borrower becoming aware of the breach, or within the lime limit deterrnined by the Lender in the case referred to in subgraph (i,·) of Clause 11.10 ( Origin off funds no acts of Corruption Fraud or Anti-Completive Practices).
(c) Misrepresentation A representation or warranty made by the Borrower in thc Agreement, including under Clause 10 (Representations arid warranties), or in any document delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower under or in relation to the Agreement, is incorrect or misleading when made or deemed to be made.
Free convertibility and free transfer of any of the amounts due by the Borrower under this Agreement, or any other facility provided by the lander to the Borrower ar any other borrower of the jurisdiction of the Borrower. is cballen_2ed.
13.2 Acceleration On and al any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the lender may, without providing any fonnal demand or commencing any judicial or extra-judicial proceedings, by written notice to the Borrower:
- a)cancel the Available Credit; and/or b) declare that all or part of the facility, together with any accrued or outstanding interest and all other amounts outstanding under this agreement, are immediately due and payable.
Without prejudice to the above, in the event that an Event of Default occurs as set out in Clause 13.1 (Events of Default), the Lender reserves the right to, upon written notice to the borrower, (i) suspend or postpone any Drawdowns under the Facility; and/or (ii) suspend lite finalisation of any agreements relating to othcr possible fi anda! offers which have been notified by the Lender to the Borrower; and/or (iii) suspend or postpone any drawdown under any loan agreement entered into between the Borrower and the lender.
lf any Drawdowns are postponed or suspended by a Coainancier under an agreement between such Co-Financier and the Bonower, the Lender reeves the right to postpone or suspend any Drawdowns under the Facility.
13.3 Notification of an Event of default In accordance with Clause 12.5 (Additional Information), the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lender upon becoming aware of any evcnt which is or is! likely to be an Event of Default and inform the lender of all the measures contemplated by chb Borrower to remedy it.
14. ADMlNlSTRATION OF THE FACILITY 14.1 Payment AII payments received by the Lender under this Agreement shall be applied towards the payment of expenses, fecs, interest, principal amounts or any other sum due under this Agreement in the following order:
) incidental costs and expenses; 2) fees; 3) late-pa1menr interest and default interest; 4) accrued interest; 5) principal repayments.
Any payments received from the Borrower shall be applied Fust in are towards payment of any sums due and payable under the Facility or under other loans extended by the Lender to the Borrower should it be in the Lender's interest to apply thesl: surns to such other loans, in the order set out abovc.
(c) The Borrower shall request from the bank responsible for transferring any arnounts to the Lender that it provides the following information in any wire transfer messages in a comprehensive manner and in the order set out below {the caption numbers are referring tu ·SWIFT MT 202 and 103 protocol):
. Principal, name, address, bimk accouat number (field SO) . Principal's bank: name and address (field .:52) . Reference: name of the Borrower, name of the Program, reference number of the Agreement (field 70 ) (d) Ali payments made by the Borrower shall comply with this Clause 14.6 (Place of payment) in order for the relevam payment obligation to be deemed discharged in full.
14. 7 payment Systems Disruption lf the tender determines (in its discretion) that a Payment Systeros Disruption Event has occurred or the Borrower notifies the lender that a Payment Systems Disruption Event has occurred, the Lender:
(a) may, and shall if requested by the Borrower, enrer into discussions with thc Borrower with a view to agreeing any change to the operation and administration of the Facility as the Lender may deem necessary in the circúnmances; (b) shalI not be obliged to enter into discussions with the Borrower in relation to any of the changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in .any event, it has no obligation to agree to such changes; and (c) shall not be liable for anr cost, loss or liability arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to this Clause 14. 7 (Payment Systems Disruption Event).
15. MISCELLANEOUS 15.1 Language The language of this Agreement is English. lf this Agreement is translated into another language, the English version shall prevail in the event of any conflicting interpretation or in the event of a dispute between the Parties.
All notices given or documents provided under, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be in English.
The Lender may request that a notice or document provided under, or in connection with, this Agreement which is no, in English is accompanied by a certified English translation, in which case, the English translation shall prevail unless the document is a statutory document of an company, legal text or other official document.
15.2 Certifications and determinations ln any litigation or arbitration arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, entries made in the accounts maintained by the Lender are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
Col. Chapultepec Polanco C.P 11560 Ciudad de México Telephone: +52 (55) 52 81 17 77 Attention: Director of the AFD Agency in Mexico Will a copy to:
With a copy to:
AFD- PARIS HEAD OFFICE Address: 5 rue Roland Barthes - 75598 Paris Cedex 12, France Telephone: + 33 1 53 44 31 31 Attention: Director of Latin America (ALM) or such other address department or officer as one Party notifies to the other Party.
16.2 Delivery 16.3 Electronic communications (a) Any notice, request or communication made or any document sent by a Party to the other Party in connection with this Agreement will only be effective if by letter sent though the post office, when delivered to the correct address, and, where a particular person or a departrnent is specified as part of the address details provided under Clause 16.1 (In writing and address), if such notice, request or communication has been addressed to that person or department.
Any communication made by one person to another under or in connection with this Agreement may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means if the Parties:
(ii) agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication; (iii) notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and iv) notify each other of any change to Uleir address or any other such information supplied by them.
- a)Afiy electronic communication made between the Parties will be effective only when actually received in a readable form.
17. GOVERNING LAW, ENFORCEMENT ANO CHOICELOF DOMICILE 17.1 Governing Law This Agreement is groveled by French law.
17.2 Arbitration Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be referred lo and finally settled by arbi1ration under the "Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Interactional Chamber of Commerce applicable on the date of commencement of arbitration proceedings, by one or more arbitrators to be appointed in accordance with such Rules.
The seat of arbitration shall be Paris and the language of arbitration shall be English.
This arbitration clause shall remain in full force and effect if this Agreement is declared void or is tem1inated or cancelled and following expiry of this Agreement. The Parties contractual obligations under this Agreement are not suspended if a Pany initiates legal proceedings against the other Party.
The Parties expressly agree that, by signing this Agreement, the Borrower irrevocably waives all rights of immunity in respect of jurisdiction or execution on which it could otherwise rely.
17. 3 Service of process Without prejudice to any applicable law, for the purposes of serving judicial and extrajudicial documents in connection with any action or proceedings referred to above, the Borrower irrevocably chooses its registered office as at the date of this Agreement at the address sell out in Clause 16 (Notices) for service of process, and the Lender chooses the address "AFD SIEGE" set out in Clause 16 (Notices) for service of process.
18. DURATlON All obligations under this Agreement come into force on the Effective Date and remain in full force and effect for as long as any amount is outstanding under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the above, the obligations under Clause 15.9 (Confidentiality - Disclosure of information) shall survive and remain in full force and effect for a period of [five) years after the last Payment Date.
Executed in two (2) originals, in San Jose, on 25m of March 2020.
SCHEDULE 1A - DEFINITIONS SCHEDULE 2 · PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 1 Objectives and components The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the country's progressive transition to zero net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. This would bandit the centric population through reforms to: (i) strengthen the management and monitoring of climate action in Costa Rica ; (ii) protect and restore ecosystems with high GHG capture and replace farm-related emissions with GHG fours; and (iii) encourage the use of electrical energy. Under these subsectors, policy reforms needed to implement the National Decarbonization Plan will be encouraged in order to provide fungible resources to the Provider to support the reform program.
Beneficiaries Society at large will benefit from this project as it will! create the necessary conditions for the reduction of net GHG emissions, which will mitigate CC and, it will allow to reduce air pollurion from internal combustion vehicles. In particular, local populations in the Gulf of Nicoyal4 will benefit from it. Indeed, it will improve ,sustainable managemem of mangroves by increasing resilience to climate risks, and will benefit agricultural producers by improving resilience to climate disasters such as drought and flooding by implementing climate-smart agriculture (CSA).
2 Special conditions prior to initiating disbursement of the first and only Disbursement Tranche. The AFD shall only start disbursing the resources for the list aim only Disbursement Tranche after the following conditions and requirements have been met, to the satisfaction of the AFD ,md in addition to those set out in Annex 4:
2.1 Climate action management (a) The coordination process has been detined to follow-up the implememation of the PD with the contribution of MIDEPLAN, the Ministry of Finance and MINAE, and guidelines have been generated for the existing govemment structures.
(b) MINAE has submitted the Decarbonization Plan to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat in order to register its Costa Rica's Long-Term Strategy (LTS).
2.2 Monitoring climate action (c) MINAE has issued the official data management, protocol of the National Climate Change Metric System (SINAMECC).
(d) The draft Decree aimed at creating the National Coverage and Land Use and Ecosystem Monitoring System (SIMOCUTE) has been sent by MJNAE to the legal departments of the Ministry of Justice and MAG.
2.3 Conservation and restoration of bight carbon ecosystems (e) MINA.E has initiated the process of enlargement going from Payments for Envirorunenlal Services (PSA) to Payments for Ecosystem Services (PSE), by approvi.ng a work plan to access the impact of PSA and, has prepared a Payment schedule for Ecosystem Services (PSE), which shall be financially susrainable and ·include the extension of the íncemive mechanism to other environmental services, an estímate of the resources necded for its implementation and the identification of sources of funding.
(f) MINAE has approved and enforced the Decree on Guiding Principles for the Productive Forestry Sector, which establishes: (i) The promotion of cultivation of wood· and agro-forestry particularly to: 1)strengthen the management and monitoring of climate action, the ski list of key actors regarding the implementation of the PND, and to improve green budget formulation processes based on markers which will allow to idemify the resounded allocated to clih1ate ac1ion; ii) promote nature based solutions and climate-smart agriculture; electric mobility focused on the managemeat and disposal of end-of-life batteries and air quality monitoring.
MINAE (Climate Change Directorate - DCC) will be in charge of the coordination of this technical cooperation program.
SCHEDULE 4 · CONDlTIONS PRECEDENT The following applies to all documents delivered by the Borrower as a condition precedent - if the document which is delivered is not an original but a photocopy, the original Certified photocopy shall be delivered to the Lender; - the final version of a document which draft was previously sent to, and agreed upon by the Lender, shall not materially differ from the agreed draft; - documents not preciously sent and agreed upon, shall be satisfactory to the Lender.
PART I- CONDITIONS PRECEDÉNT TO BE SATISFIED ON THE SIGNING DATE (a) Delivery by the Borrower to the Lender of the following documents:
(i) a Certified copy of the relevant! decision(s) in compliance with the legislation of the jurisdiction of the Borrower; - authorizing the Borrower to enter into this Agreement. ; - approving the tens and conditions of this Agreement; - approving the execution of this Agreement; and - authorizing one or more than one specified person or persons to execute the Agreement on its behalf; These conditions shall be fulfilled with the delivery of the following documents:
- approval from the "Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica· - approval from the central bank of Costa Rica - approval from the budgetary authority; - document giving full powers to the Borrower to execute the Agreemem along of the specimen of signature of the person authorized to execute the Agreement.
(b) Delivery lo the Lender of a draft legal opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, of a reputable [qw firm (che identity of which has been approved in advance by the lender established in the jurisdiction of the Borrower.
PART ll- CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE FIRST DRAWDOWN (a) Delivery by the Borrower to the Lender of the following documents:
(i) Evidence that all formalities or approvals required under Costa Rican law for the provisions of this Agreement to be fully enforceable, including the relevant legislative approval and its publication in the official joumal, have been fulfilled; (ii) Evidence of any filing or registration, deposit or publication requirements of this Agreement and payment of any stamp duty, registration fees or similar duties. In connection with this Agreement, if applicable; SCHUDULE 5A FORM OF DRAWDOWN REQUEST (On the Borrower´s letterhead) To: AGENCE.FRANCASE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT On: [date] Borrower's Name - Credit facility Agreement n º [ . ] dated [.]
Drawdown Request nº[.]
Dear Sirs, 1. We refer to the Credit Facility Agremen nº [ .] entered info between the Borrower and the Lender dated l .] (the "Agreement'). Copitalised words and expressions used but not ddined herein have The meanings given to them in the Agreement.
2 . We irrevocably request that the Lender makcs a Drawdown available on the following terms:
Amoum: EUR [.l or, if less, the Available Credit.
lnteres, Rate. [fixed / floating The lnterest Rate will be determined in accordance with the provisions of Clause 4 (interest) and Clause 5 (Change to the calculation of interest) of the Agreement. The Interest Rate applicable to the requested Drawdown will be provided tolls in writing and we accept this Interest Rate [(subject to the paragraph below, if applicable)1, induding wher. the lnterest Rale is deterrnined by reference to a Replacement Benchmark plus any Adjustmem Margin as notified by rhe Lender following the occurrence of a Screen Rate Replacemem Event.
for fixed lnterest Rate onlv:]·lf the lnterest Rate applicable to the requested Drawdown is greater than ( insérer pourcentage en letres] ([ . ]%), we request that you cancel this Drawdown Request.
4. We confirm that cach condition specified in Clause 2.4 (Conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Drawdown Request and chat no Event of default is continuing or is likely to occur. We Agree to notify the Lender immediately if any of the conditions referred to above is not satisfied on or before the Drawdown Date.
5. The proceeds of this Drawdown should be credited to the following bank account:
(a) Name (of the Borrower: I.]
(b) Address (of the Borrower]. [.]
(c) IBAN Account Number: [.]
(d) SWIFT Number: [.]
(e) Bank and banks address [of the (.] borrower]:
(() Correspondent bank and account i.]
number of the Borrower's bank.
SCHEDULE 5B - FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF DRAWDOWN AND RATE (On Agency Francoise de Development letterhead) To: ache Borrower] Date: [.)
Ref: Drawdown Request nº [ .] dat.:d [ .)
Borrower's Name - Credit Facility Agreement n (.) dated [.]
Drawdown Confirmation nº [.]
Dear Sirs, 1. We refer to the Credit Facility Agreement nº[.] entered into between the Borrower and the Lender dated [ . ] the Agreement). Capitalised words and expressions used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
2. By a Drawdown Request Leiter dated [ . ), the Borrower has requested that the Lender makes available a Drawdown in the amount of EUR [ . ], pursuant to the tens and conditions of the Agreement.
3. The Drawdown which has been made available according to your Drawdown Request is as follows:
. Amount: Euros [.] amount in Words EUR [.]
. Applicable interest rate: [ .percentage in words) ([ . ]%) per annum (equal to the aggregate of the six-month EURlBOR ( equal 10 [ . ]% per annum) 2 and the Margin] . Effective global rate (per annum): [ .percentage in words) ([ . ] %) . Drawdown Date: [ . ]
For fixed-interest Rate loans only lord information purposes only:
. Rate Sening Date: ( . )
. Fixed Reference Rare: [.percentage in words ([.]%) per anum . lndex Rate: [.percentage in words) ([ . ] %) per annum.
. lndex Rate on Rate Serting Date: [.percentage in words] ([.]%) per annum Yours sincerely, 2 ln the six-morale EURIBOR is not available on the date of confirmation of drawdown due to the occurrence of a Screen Rate ,Replacement Event, the Replacement Benchmark, the precise terms and conditions of replacement of such Screen Rate with ,1 Replacement Benchmark and the related total c:ffectivc rate. will be communicated to the Borrower in a separare letter.
SCHEDULE 5C - FORM OF RATE CONVERSlON REQUEST (On the Borrower's letterhead) To: AGENCE FRANCAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT On: Date Borrwers Name - Credit Facilily Agreement nº [.] date [ . ]
Rate Conversion Request nº l . I Dear Sirs, 1. . We refer to the Credit Facilicy Agreemem nº [ .] entered into between the Borrower and the Lender dated [ .] (the "Agreement"). Capitalised words and expressions used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
2. Pursuant to Clause 4 .1.3 (i) ( Conversion from a floating lnterest Rate to a fixed interest Rate) of the Agreement, we hereby request that you convert the floating interest Rate of the following Drawdowns:
. Its the relevant Drawdowns], into a fixed interest Rate in accordance with the tems of the agreement.
3. This rate conversion request will be deemed null and yoid if the applicable fixed interest Rate exceeds [insérer pourcetage en letres) [ .%].
Yours sincerely, .
Authorised signatory of Borrower SCHEDULE 6- lNFORMATION THAT MAY BE PUBLISHED ON THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WEBSITE AND THE LENOER'S WEBSITE:
1. information regarding the Program Number and name in AFD's book; Description; Operating sector·; Place of implementation ; Status of irnplementation upd-ued on a semi-annual basis 2. information regarding the financing of the Program Kind of financing (loan, grant, co-financing, delegated funds) ; Principal amount of the Facility; Amount of the facility which has been drawn down (updated as the implementation of the Program goes) ; 3. Other information; - Transaction information notice and/or sheet presenting the transaction attached to this Schedule.
Dado en la Presidencia de la República, San José, a los dieciséis días del mes de mayo del año dos mil veinte.