Miscellaneous Provisions
(a) Each Legal Agreement executed by Electronic Means shall be considered an original, and in the case of any Legal Agreement not executed by Electronic Means in several counterparts, each counterpart shall be an original.
(b) Any notice or request required or permitted to be given or made under any Legal Agreement or any other agreement between the parties contemplated by the Legal Agreement shall be in writing. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.03(a), such notice or request shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it has been delivered by hand, by mail, or by Electronic Means to the party to whom it is to be given at the party's address or the Electronic Address specified in the Legal Agreement, or at any other address or Electronic Address that such party has indicated by notice to the party giving the notice or making such request.
Any notice or request delivered by Electronic Means shall be deemed to have been sent by the sender from its Electronic Address when it leaves the sender's Electronic Communications System and shall be deemed to have been received by the other party at its Electronic Address when said notice or request is capable of being retrieved in machine-readable format by the receiving party's Electronic Communications System.
(c) Unless the Parties agree otherwise, Electronic Documents shall have the same legal force and effect as information contained in a Legal Agreement or in a notice or request under a Legal Agreement that is not signed or transmitted by Electronic Means.
(a) The representative designated by a Loan Party in the Legal Agreement to which it is a party (and the representative designated by the Project Implementing Entity in the Project Agreement or Subsidiary Agreement) for the purposes of this Section, or any person authorized by said representative for such purpose, may take any action required or permitted to be taken under said Legal Agreement and sign any document or send any Electronic Document required or permitted to be signed under said Legal Agreement, on behalf of that Loan Party (or the Project Implementing Entity).
(b) The representative so designated by the Loan Party or the person so authorized by said representative may agree to any modification or extension of the provisions of said Legal Agreement on behalf of said Loan Party by Electronic Document or by written instrument signed by said representative or authorized person; provided that, in the judgment of said representative, such modification or extension is reasonable under the circumstances and does not materially increase the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Legal Agreements. The Bank may accept the execution of any such instruments by said representative or other authorized person as conclusive evidence that said representative holds that opinion.
The Loan Parties and the Project Implementing Entity shall provide the Bank with: (a) sufficient evidence of the authority vested in the person or persons who, on behalf of said party, will take the actions or sign the documents, including Electronic Documents, that such party may or must take or sign in accordance with the Legal Agreement to which it is a party; and (b) an authenticated specimen of the signature of each such person as well as the Electronic Address referred to in Section 10.01(b).
The Bank may publish the Legal Agreements to which it is a party and any other information related to such Legal Agreements in accordance with its information access policy in effect at the time of such publication.
DEFINITIONS 1. "Additional Condition for Effectiveness" means any condition for effectiveness specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 9.01(c).
2. "Additional Event of Acceleration" means any event of acceleration specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 7.07(f).
3. "Additional Event of Suspension" means any event of suspension specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 7.02(m).
4. "Amortization Schedule" means the principal amount amortization schedule specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 3.03.
5. "Anti-Corruption Guidelines" refers to the "Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants," as defined in the Loan Agreement.
6. "Approved Currency" means, for a Currency Conversion, any Currency approved by the Bank which, upon Conversion, becomes the Loan Currency.
7. "Arbitral Tribunal" refers to the arbitral tribunal established in accordance with Section 8.04.
8. "Association" refers to the International Development Association.
9. "Automatic Conversion to Local Currency" means, with respect to any portion of the Withdrawn Loan Balance, a Conversion of the Loan Currency to a Local Currency for the full maturity or the longest available maturity for the Conversion of such amount with effect on the Conversion Date at the time of withdrawals of Loan amounts from the Loan Account.
10. "Automatic Rate Fixing Conversion" means an Interest Rate Conversion whereby: (i) the initial Reference Rate component of the interest rate for a Loan based on a Variable Spread is converted to a Fixed Reference Rate; or (ii) the initial Variable Rate for a Loan with a Fixed Spread is converted to a Fixed Rate, in any case for the total principal amount of the Loan withdrawn from the Loan Account during any Interest Period or any two or more consecutive Interest Periods that equals or exceeds a specified threshold and for the full maturity of such amount, as specified in the Loan Agreement or in a separate request from the Borrower.
11. "Bank" refers to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
12. "Borrower" means the party to the Loan Agreement to which the Loan is granted.
13. "Borrower's Representative" means the Borrower's representative specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 10.02.
14. "Closing Date" means the date specified in the Loan Agreement (or such date as the Bank may establish, at the Borrower's request, by notice to the Loan Parties) after which the Bank may, by notice to the Loan Parties, terminate the Borrower's right to withdraw funds from the Loan Account.
15. "Co-financier" means the financier (other than the Bank or the Association) referred to in Section 7.02(h) providing the Co-financing. If the Loan Agreement specifies more than one such financier, "Co-financier" refers individually to each such financier.
16. "Co-financing" means the financing referred to in Section 7.02(h) and specified in the Loan Agreement provided or to be provided for the Project by the Co-financier. If the Loan Agreement specifies more than one such financing, "Co-financing" refers individually to each such financing.
17. "Co-financing Agreement" means the agreement referred to in Section 7.02(h) providing the Co-financing.
18. "Co-financing Deadline" means the date referred to in Section 7.02(h)(i) and specified in the Loan Agreement by which the Co-financing Agreement must become effective. If the Loan Agreement specifies more than one such date, "Co-financing Deadline" refers individually to each such date.
19. "Commitment Fee" means the commitment fee (Comisión de Compromiso) specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 3.01(b).
20. "Commitment-Linked Amortization Schedule" means an Amortization Schedule in which the timing and amount of principal repayment is determined by reference to the date of Loan approval by the Bank and is calculated in proportion to the Withdrawn Loan Balance, as specified in the Loan Agreement.
21. "Conversion" means any of the following modifications to the terms relating to all or part of the Loan that has been requested by the Borrower and accepted by the Bank: (a) an Interest Rate Conversion; (b) a Currency Conversion; or (c) the setting of an Interest Rate Cap or an Interest Rate Collar on the Variable Rate; effected in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement and the Conversion Guidelines.
22. "Conversion Date" means, with respect to a Conversion, the date determined by the Bank on which the Conversion becomes effective, as specified in more detail in the Conversion Guidelines, provided that if the Loan Agreement provides for Automatic Conversions to Local Currency, the Conversion Date shall be the date of withdrawal from the Loan Account of the amount with respect to which the Conversion was requested.
23. "Conversion Guidelines" means, with respect to a Conversion, the Guideline "Conversion of IBRD Financial Terms and IDA Financing and Loan Instruments" issued and periodically revised by the Bank and the Association, as in effect at the time the Conversion is carried out.
24. "Conversion Period" means, with respect to a Conversion, the period from and including the Conversion Date to and including the last day of the Interest Period in which the Conversion ends in accordance with its terms; provided that solely for purposes of allowing the final payment of interest and principal under a Currency Conversion to be made in the Approved Currency, said period shall end on the Payment Date immediately following the last day of such final applicable Interest Period.
25. "Counterparty" means a party with which the Bank enters into a hedging agreement for the purpose of carrying out a Conversion.
26. "Covered Debt" means any debt that is or may be payable in a Currency other than the currency of the Member Country (Moneda del País Miembro).
27. "Currency" means the currency of a country and the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund. "Currency of a country" means the currency that is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the country in question.
28. "Currency Conversion" means a change of the Loan Currency corresponding to all or any amount of the Unwithdrawn Loan Balance or the Withdrawn Loan Balance to an Approved Currency.
29. "Currency Securities Hedging Transaction" means one or more issuances of securities by the Bank and denominated in an Approved Currency for purposes of executing a Currency Conversion.
30. "Currency Hedging Transaction" means either: (i) a Currency Hedging Swap Transaction; or (ii) a Currency Securities Hedging Transaction.
31. "Currency Hedging Swap Transaction" means one or more Currency derivative transactions entered into by the Bank with a Counterparty on the Execution Date for the purpose of carrying out a Currency Conversion.
32. "Default Interest Period" means, with respect to any overdue amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance, each Interest Period during which such overdue amount remains unpaid; provided that the Default Interest Period shall commence on the 31st day after the date on which such amount became due, and the last Default Interest Period shall end on the date on which such amount is paid in full.
33. "Default Interest Rate" means, with respect to any Default Interest Period: (a) with respect to any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance to which the Default Interest Rate applies and on which interest was payable at a Variable Rate immediately prior to the application of the Default Interest Rate: the Default Variable Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%); and (b) with respect to any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance to which the Default Interest Rate applies and on which interest was payable at a Fixed Rate immediately prior to the application of the Default Interest Rate: the Default Reference Rate plus the Fixed Spread plus one-half of one percent (0.5%).
34. "Default Reference Rate" means the Reference Rate applicable to the relevant Interest Period; it being understood that for the initial Default Interest Period, the Default Reference Rate shall be equal to the Reference Rate for the Interest Period in which the amount referred to in Section 3.02(e) first becomes due.
35. "Default Variable Rate" means the Variable Rate applicable to the relevant Interest Period, provided that: (a) for the initial Default Interest Period, the Default Variable Rate shall be equal to the Variable Rate for the Interest Period in which the amount referred to in Section 3.02(e) first becomes due; and (b) for an amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance to which the Default Interest Rate applies and on which interest was paid at a Variable Rate based on a Fixed Reference Rate and the Variable Spread immediately prior to the application of the Default Interest Rate, the "Default Variable Rate" shall be equal to the Default Reference Rate plus the Variable Spread.
36. "Derivatives Agreement" means any derivatives agreement entered into between the Bank and a Loan Party (or any of its sub-sovereign entities) for the purpose of documenting and confirming one or more derivatives transactions between the Bank and such Loan Party (or any of its sub-sovereign entities), as may be amended from time to time. "Derivatives Agreement" includes all schedules, annexes, and supplemental agreements to the Derivatives Agreement.
37. "Disbursed Amount" means, for any Interest Period, the total principal amount of the Loan withdrawn from the Loan Account during said Interest Period under Section 3.03(a).
38. "Disbursement-Linked Amortization Schedule" means an Amortization Schedule in which the principal repayment amount is determined by reference to the date of disbursement and the Disbursed Amount and is calculated in proportion to the Withdrawn Loan Balance, as stipulated in the Loan Agreement.
39. "Disbursement and Financial Information Letter" refers to the letter transmitted by the Bank to the Borrower as part of the additional instructions to be issued under Section 2.01(b).
40. "Dollar," "$," and "USD" refer to the legal tender currency of the United States of America.
41. "Effectiveness Date" means the date on which the Legal Agreements become effective in accordance with Section 9.03(a).
42. "Effectiveness Deadline" means the date referred to in Section 9.04 after which the Legal Agreements shall be terminated if they have not become effective as set forth in said Section.
43. "Electronic Address" means a party's designation that uniquely identifies a person within a given electronic communications system for purposes of authenticating the sending and receiving of electronic documents.
44. "Electronic Communications System" means the set of computers, servers, systems, equipment, network elements, and other hardware and software used to generate, send, receive, store, or process electronic documents, acceptable to the Bank and in accordance with any additional instructions the Bank may specify from time to time by notice to the Borrower.
45. "Electronic Document" refers to the information contained in a Legal Agreement, notice, or request under a Legal Agreement that is transmitted by Electronic Means.
46. "Electronic Means" means the generation, sending, receiving, storage, or processing of an electronic document by electronic, magnetic, optical, or similar means acceptable to the Bank, including but not limited to, electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telecopy.
47. "Eligible Expenditure" means an expenditure that meets the requirements set forth in Section 2.05.
48. "EURIBOR" means, with respect to any Interest Period, the interbank rate in EUR offered for six-month deposits in EUR, expressed as an annual percentage, that appears on the Relevant Rate Page at 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Reference Rate Reset Date corresponding to the Interest Period.
49. "Euro," "€," and "EUR" mean the legal tender currency of the Euro Zone.
50. "Euro Zone" means the economic and monetary union of the member states of the European Union that adopt the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union.
51. "Execution Date" means, with respect to a Conversion, the date on which the Bank has taken all necessary measures to carry out said Conversion, as reasonably determined by the Bank.
52. "Financial Center" means: (a) with respect to a Currency other than the EURO, the principal financial center for the relevant Currency; and (b) with respect to the EURO, the principal financial center of the relevant member state in the Euro Zone.
53. "Financial Statements" means the financial statements referred to in Section 5.09(a).
54. "Fixed Rate" means a fixed interest rate applicable to the amount of the Loan to which a Conversion applies, as determined by the Bank in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines and notified to the Borrower in accordance with Section 4.01(c).
55. "Fixed Reference Rate" means a fixed reference component of the interest rate applicable to the amount of the Loan to which a Conversion applies, as determined by the Bank in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines and notified by the Bank under Section 4.01(c).
56. "Fixed Spread" means the fixed spread applied by the Bank with respect to the initial Loan Currency in effect at 12:01 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, one calendar day before the date of the Loan Agreement, expressed as an annual percentage; provided that: (a) for purposes of setting the Default Interest Rate, in accordance with Section 3.02(e), that applies to an amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance that bears interest at a Fixed Rate, "Fixed Spread" means the fixed spread applied by the Bank in effect at 12:01 a.m., Washington time, one calendar day before the date of the Loan Agreement, with respect to the Currency in which said amount is denominated; (b) for purposes of a Conversion of the Variable Rate based on a Variable Spread to a Variable Rate based on a Variable Spread and for purposes of setting the Variable Rate in accordance with Section 4.02, "Fixed Spread" means the fixed spread applied by the Bank with respect to the Loan Currency as reasonably determined by the Bank on the Conversion Date; and (c) upon a Currency Conversion of all or any amount of the Unwithdrawn Loan Balance, the Fixed Spread shall be adjusted on the Execution Date in the manner specified in the Conversion Guidelines.
57. "Front-end Fee" means the fee specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 3.01(a).
58. "Guarantee Agreement" means the agreement entered into between the Member Country and the Bank providing the guarantee of the Loan, as may be amended from time to time. The term "Guarantee Agreement" includes these General Conditions as applied thereto and all annexes, schedules, and supplemental agreements to the Guarantee Agreement.
59. "Guarantor" means the Member Country that is a party to the Guarantee Agreement.
60. "Guarantor's Representative" means the Guarantor's representative specified in the Loan Agreement for purposes of Section 10.02.
61. "Installment Share" means the percentage of the total principal amount of the Loan payable on each Principal Payment Date as specified in the Commitment-Linked Amortization Schedule.
62. "Interest Hedging Transaction" means, with respect to an Interest Rate Conversion, one or more interest rate swap transactions entered into by the Bank with a Counterparty on the Execution Date and in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines in connection with the Interest Rate Conversion.
63. "Interest Period" means the initial period commencing on the date of the Loan Agreement and including the date of the Loan Agreement but excluding the first Payment Date occurring thereafter, and after the initial period, each period commencing on a Payment Date including up to said date but excluding the next Payment Date.
64. "Interest Rate Cap" means, with respect to all or any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance, a cap establishing an upper limit: (a) with respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at a Variable Rate based on a Reference Rate and the Fixed Spread, for the Variable Rate; or (b) with respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at a Variable Rate based on a Reference Rate and the Variable Spread, for the Reference Rate.
65. "Interest Rate Collar" means, with respect to all or any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance, a combination of a cap and a floor establishing an upper and a lower limit: (a) with respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at a Variable Rate based on a Reference Rate and the Fixed Spread, for the Variable Rate; or (b) with respect to any portion of the Loan bearing interest at a Variable Rate based on a Reference Rate and the Variable Spread, for the Reference Rate.
66. "Interest Rate Conversion" means a change in the basis of the interest rate applicable to all or any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance: (a) from the Variable Rate to the Fixed Rate, or vice versa; (b) from a Variable Rate based on a Variable Spread to a Variable Rate based on a Fixed Spread; (c) from a Variable Rate based on a Reference Rate and the Variable Spread to a Variable Rate based on a Fixed Reference Rate and the Variable Spread; or (d) an Automatic Rate Fixing Conversion.
67. "Legal Agreement" means the Loan Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, the Project Agreement, or the Subsidiary Agreement. The term "Legal Agreements" means, collectively, all such agreements.
68. "LIBOR" means, with respect to any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate for six-month deposits in the Loan Currency, expressed as an annual percentage, that appears on the Relevant Rate Page at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Reference Rate Reset Date for the Interest Period.
69. "Lien" includes mortgages, pledges, charges, privileges, and priorities of any kind.
70. "Loan" means the loan stipulated in the Loan Agreement.
71. "Loan Account" means the account opened by the Bank on its books in the name of the Borrower and to which the amount of the Loan is credited.
72. "Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement between the Bank and the Borrower stipulating the Loan, as may be amended from time to time. The term "Loan Agreement" includes these General Conditions as applied to the Loan Agreement and all annexes, schedules, and supplemental agreements to the Loan Agreement.
73. "Loan Currency" means the Currency in which the Loan is denominated; it being understood that if the Loan Agreement contains provisions regarding Conversions, the term "Loan Currency" means the Currency in which the Loan is denominated from time to time. In the case of a Loan denominated in more than one currency, "Loan Currency" refers separately to each such Currency.
74. "Loan Party" means the Borrower or the Guarantor. The term "Loan Parties" means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantor.
75. "Loan Payment" means any amount payable by the Loan Parties to the Bank in accordance with the Legal Agreements, including (but not limited to) any amount of the Withdrawn Loan Balance, interest, the Front-end Fee, the Commitment Fee, interest accrued at the Default Interest Rate (if any), any prepayment premium, any transaction fee relating to a Conversion or the early termination of a Conversion, any premium payable upon the establishment of an Interest Rate Cap or an Interest Rate Collar, and any Reversion amount payable by the Borrower.
76. "Local Currency" means an Approved Currency that is not a reference currency, as reasonably determined by the Bank.
77. "London Banking Day" means any day on which commercial banks in London are open for general business (including for conducting foreign exchange transactions and deposits in Foreign Currency).
78. "Maturity Fixing Date" means, for each Disbursed Amount, the first day of the Interest Period following the Interest Period in which the Disbursed Amount is withdrawn.
79. "Member Country" means the member of the Bank that is the Borrower or the Guarantor.
80. "Original Loan Currency" means the currency of denomination of the Loan as defined in Section 3.08.
81. "Payment Date" means each date specified in the Loan Agreement occurring on or after the date of the Loan Agreement on which interest and Commitment Fee are payable.
82. "Preparation Advance" means the advance referred to in the Loan Agreement and repayable as provided in Section 2.07(a).
83. "Principal Payment Date" means each date specified in the Loan Agreement.
84. "Procurement Plan" means the Borrower's procurement plan for the Project, as provided in Section IV of the Procurement Regulations, as updated from time to time with the Bank's approval.
85. "Procurement Regulations" means the "World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers," as defined in the Loan Agreement.
86. "Project" means the project described in the Loan Agreement and for which the Loan is granted, and includes the modifications that may be introduced from time to time to said description by agreement between the Bank and the Borrower.
87. "Project Agreement" means the agreement entered into between the Bank and the Project Implementing Entity with respect to the implementation of all or part of the Project, and includes the modifications that may be agreed from time to time. The term "Project Agreement" includes these General Conditions as applied thereto and all annexes, schedules, and supplemental agreements to the Project Agreement.
88. "Project Implementing Entity" means the legal entity (other than the Borrower or the Guarantor) that has the responsibility for implementing all or part of the Project and that is a party to the Project Agreement or the Subsidiary Agreement.
89. "Project Implementing Entity's Representative" means the representative specified in the Project Agreement for purposes of Section 10.02(a).
90. "Project Report" means each report on the Project to be prepared and furnished to the Bank in accordance with Section 5.08(b).
91. "Public Assets" means the assets of the Member Country, of any of its political or administrative subdivisions, and of any entity that is owned or controlled by, or operates for the account or benefit of, said Member Country or any of such subdivisions, including gold and foreign currency assets held by any institution performing, on behalf of such Member Country, the functions of a central bank or exchange stabilization fund or other similar functions.
92. "Reference Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Period:
(a) For USD, JPY, and GBP, the LIBOR for the relevant Loan Currency. If said rate does not appear on the Relevant Rate Page, the Bank shall request the principal London office of each of four major banks to provide a quotation of the rate at which each of them offers six-month deposits in the Loan Currency to leading banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Reference Rate Reset Date for the Interest Period. If at least two of the requested quotations are received, the rate for the Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean (as determined by the Bank) of the quotations received. If fewer than two quotations are received, the rate for the Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean (as determined by the Bank) of the rates quoted by four major banks selected by the Bank in the relevant Financial Center, at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the Financial Center, on the Reference Rate Reset Date for the Interest Period for loans in the Loan Currency made to leading banks for a period of six months. If fewer than two banks so selected are quoting such rates, the Reference Rate for the Loan Currency for the Interest Period shall be equal to the respective Reference Rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Period; (b) In the case of EUR, the EURIBOR. If said rate does not appear on the Relevant Rate Page, the Bank shall request the principal Euro Zone office of each of four major banks to provide a quotation of the rate at which each of them offers six-month deposits in EUR to leading banks in the Euro Zone interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Reference Rate Reset Date for the Interest Period. If at least two of the requested quotations are received, the rate for said Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean (as determined by the Bank) of the quotations received. If fewer than two quotations are received, the rate for said Interest Period shall be the arithmetic mean (as determined by the Bank) of the rates quoted by four major banks selected by the Bank in the relevant Financial Center, at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the Financial Center, on the Reference Rate Reset Date for the Interest Period for loans in EUR made to leading banks for a period of six months. If fewer than two banks so selected are quoting such rates, the Reference Rate for EUR for the Interest Period shall be equal to the Reference Rate in effect for the immediately preceding Interest Period; (c) If the Bank determines that (i) LIBOR (with respect to USD, JPY, and GBP) or EURIBOR (with respect to the Euro) has permanently ceased to be quoted for that currency, or (ii) the Bank can no longer, or it is no longer commercially acceptable for the Bank to continue applying said Reference Rate, for purposes of asset and liability management, another comparable reference rate for the relevant currency, including any applicable margin, as the Bank determines and notifies the Borrower in accordance with Section 3.02(c); and (d) With respect to any currency other than USD, EUR, JPY, or GBP: (i) the reference rate for the initial Loan Currency specified or referred to in the Loan Agreement; or (ii) in the case of a Currency Conversion to another currency, the reference rate determined by the Bank in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines and with the corresponding notification to the Borrower in accordance with Section 4.01(c).
93. "Reference Rate Reset Date" means:
(a) With respect to USD, JPY, and GBP, the day that corresponds to two London Banking Days before the first day of the relevant Interest Period (or:
(i) in the case of the initial Interest Period, the day that corresponds to two London Banking Days before the first or fifteenth day of the month in which the Loan Agreement is signed, the relevant option among such date options being the one that immediately precedes the date of the Loan Agreement; it is understood that, if the date of the Loan Agreement falls on the first or fifteenth day of said month, the Reference Rate Reset Date shall be the day that corresponds to two London Banking Days before the date of the Loan Agreement; and (ii) if the Conversion Date of a Currency Conversion of an amount of the Unwithdrawn Loan Balance to USD, JPY, or GBP falls on a day that is not a Payment Date, the initial Reference Rate Reset Date with respect to the Approved Currency shall be the day that corresponds to Two London Banking Days before the first or fifteenth day of the month in which the Conversion Date falls, the relevant option among such date options being the one that immediately precedes the Conversion Date; it is understood that, if such Conversion Date falls on the first or fifteenth day of said month, the Reference Rate Reset Date with respect to the Approved Currency shall be the day that corresponds to two London Banking Days before the Conversion Date).
(b) With respect to the EUR, the day that corresponds to two TARGET Payment Settlement Days before the first day of the relevant Interest Period (or: (i) in the case of the initial Interest Period, the day that corresponds to two TARGET Payment Settlement Days before the first or fifteenth day of the month in which the Loan Agreement is signed, the relevant option among such date options being the one that immediately precedes the date of the Agreement; it is understood that, if the date of the Loan Agreement falls on the first or fifteenth day of said month, the Reference Rate Reset Date shall be the day that corresponds to two TARGET Payment Settlement Days before the date of the Loan Agreement; and (ii) if the Conversion Date of a new Currency Conversion of an amount of the Unwithdrawn Loan Balance to EUR falls on a day that is not a Payment Date, the initial Reference Rate Reset Date, with respect to the Approved Currency, shall be the day that corresponds to two TARGET Payment Settlement Days before the first or fifteenth day of the month in which the Conversion Date falls, the relevant option among such date options being the one that immediately precedes the Conversion Date; it is understood that, if such Conversion Date falls on the first or fifteenth day of said month, the Reference Rate Reset Date with respect to the Approved Currency shall be the day that corresponds to two TARGET Payment Settlement Days before the Conversion Date); (c) If, with respect to a Currency Conversion to an Approved Currency, the Bank determines that the market practice for determining the Reference Rate Reset Date is on a date different from that stipulated in subsections (a) or (b) of this Section, the Reference Rate Reset Date shall be another date, as determined in the Conversion Guidelines or agreed between the Bank and the Borrower for said Conversion; and (d) With respect to any other currency other than USD, EUR, JPY, or GBP: (i) the day that corresponds to the initial Loan Currency specified in the Loan Agreement or referred to in said Loan Agreement; or (ii) in the case of a Currency Conversion to another currency, the day determined by the Bank and with corresponding notification to the Borrower in accordance with Section 4.01(c).
94. "Relevant Rate Page" means the page designated by a reputable financial market data provider selected by the Bank as the page for displaying the Reference Rate for the Loan Currency.
95. "Respective Part of the Project" means, for the Borrower and for any Project Executing Entity, the part of the Project to be carried out by the Borrower or that entity as specified in the Legal Agreements.
96. "Screen Recorded Rate" means, with respect to a Conversion, the rate determined by the Bank on the Execution Date, taking into account the applicable interest rate, or a component thereof, and the market rates displayed by established information providers, in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines.
97. "Special Commitment" means any special commitment entered into or to be entered into by the Bank in accordance with Section 2.02.
98. "Sterling," "£," or "GBP" mean the legal tender currency of the United Kingdom.
99. "Subsidiary Agreement" means the agreement between the Borrower and the Project Executing Entity that establishes the respective obligations of the Borrower and the Project Executing Entity with respect to the Project.
100. "Substitute Loan Currency" means the substitute currency of denomination of a Loan as defined in Section 3.08.
101. "TARGET Payment Settlement Day" means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system is open for the settlement of payments in EUR.
102. "Taxes" includes taxes, levies, fees, and duties of any nature, whether in effect on the date of the Legal Agreements or imposed thereafter.
103. "Umpire" refers to the third arbitrator appointed in accordance with Section 8.04(c).
104. "Unwinding Amount" means, with respect to the early termination of a Conversion: (a) an amount payable by the Borrower to the Bank equivalent to the net aggregate amount payable by the Bank under transactions carried out by the Bank to terminate the Conversion or, if no such transactions are carried out, an amount determined by the Bank on the basis of the Screen Recorded Rate, representing the equivalent of such net aggregate amount to be received by the Bank under transactions carried out by the Bank to terminate said Conversion or, if no such transactions are carried out, an amount determined by the Bank on the basis of the Screen Recorded Rate, representing the equivalent of said net aggregate amount.
105. "Unwithdrawn Loan Balance" means the amount of the Loan remaining unwithdrawn from the Loan Account from time to time.
106. "Variable Rate" means: (a) a variable interest rate equal to the sum of (1) the Reference Rate with respect to the initial Loan Currency; plus (2) the Variable Spread if interest accrues at the rate based on the Variable Spread, or the Fixed Spread if interest accrues at a rate based on the Fixed Spread; and (b) in the case of a Conversion, the variable rate determined by the Bank in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines and notified to the Borrower in accordance with Section 4.01(c).
107. "Variable Spread" means, for each Interest Period: (a) (1) the Bank's standard lending margin for Loans in effect at 12:01 a.m., Washington, D.C. time, one calendar day before the date of the Loan Agreement; (2) less (or plus) the weighted average margin, for the Interest Period, below (or above) the Reference Rate for six-month deposits, with respect to the Bank's outstanding loan amounts being amortized or parts thereof allocated by it to fund loans to which interest based on the Variable Spread applies; and (3) plus a maturity premium, if applicable; as reasonably determined by the Bank and expressed as its annual percentage; and (b) in the case of Conversions, the variable spread, if applicable, as determined by the Bank in accordance with the Conversion Guidelines and notified to the Borrower in accordance with Section 4.01(c). In the case of a Loan expressed in more than one Currency, the term "Variable Spread" shall apply separately to each such Currency.
108. "Withdrawn Loan Balance" means the amounts of the Loan that have been withdrawn from the Loan Account and are outstanding from time to time.
109. "World Bank Disbursement Guidelines for Projects" means the World Bank guidelines, periodically revised and issued as part of the additional instructions in accordance with Section 2.01(b).
110. "Yen," "¥," and "JPY" mean the legal tender currency of Japan.
------------------------------------- Last translation line --------------------------------- In witness whereof, this Official Translation from English into Spanish, comprising 44 pages, is issued. I sign and seal in the city of San José on the 18th day of the month of August, two thousand twenty. The legal fiscal stamps are cancelled. I certify that the fees and stamps corresponding to this document were paid through payment No. 37810248-6. San José, Date: 18/08/20.
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