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Emergenicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 1 of 9 Algeria- Emnergency Desert Locust Control Project l'roject ID: P034140 Credit/l,oan/Guarantee No.: L3690 Borrower: DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPU1BLIC OF ALGERIA Other Partv: Effective Date: 07/06/1994 Closing 1)ate: 06/30/1996 Sector: AY - Agriculture/Other-Agriculture Lending Instrument: SIL - Specific Investment Loan Plrogram Objective: EN - Environment E'nvironment Rating: T - To Be Determined UN Registration No.: 31128 Loan Agreement CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 3690 AL Loan Agreement (Emergency Desert Locust Control Project) between DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 lIttp://nweb 2 3.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf3e9006b5ce4 Emergency Desert Locust Control Project Page 2 of 9 Dated January 27, 1994 LOAN NUMBER 3690 AL LOAN AGREEMENT REPUBLIC OF AGREEMENT, dated January 27, 1994, between DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR ALGERIA (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). and priority of WHEREAS the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility the Bank to the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, has requested assist in the financing of the Project; foregoing, to extend WHEREAS the Bank has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the the Loan to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Agreements" Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee set forth below (the of the Bank, dated January 1, 1985, with the modifications General Conditions) constitute an integral part of this Agreement: (a) The last sentence of Section 3.02 is deleted. (l) and a (b) In Section 6.02, sub-paragraph (k) is re-lettered as sub-paragraph new sub-paragraph (k) is added to read: any further "(k) An extraordinary situation shall have arisen under which withdrawals under the Loan would be inconsistent with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of the Bank's Articles of Agreement." terms defined in Section 1.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, the several the General Conditions and in the Preamble to this Agreement have the respective have the following meanings therein set forth and the following additional terms meanings: of the Borrower (a) "ANN" means the National Agency for the Conservation of Nature (Agence Nationale de la Conservation de la Nature), a public authority established Borrower, dated and operating pursuant to Executive Decree No. 91-33 of the February 9, 1991, as the same may be amended from time to time; Environment of the (b) "ANPE" means the National Agency for the Protection of the Borrower (Agence Nationale de la Protection de l'Environnement), a public authority of the Borrower, established and operating pursuant to Executive Decree No. 83-457 dated July 23, 1983, as the same may be amended from time to time; (c) "Banque d'Algerie", means Bank of Algeria, the central bank of the Borrower, littp ://lnlweb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e9006b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emergency Desert Locust Control Project Page 3 of 9 dated April established and operating pursuant to Law No. 90-10 of the Borrower, 14, 1990, as the same may be amended from time to time; of the Borrower (d) "ICLC" means the Inter-ministerial Committee on Locust Control established pursuant to Executive Decree No. 67-177 of the Borrower, dated August 31, 1967, as the same may be amended from time to time; of the Borrower (e) "INPV" means the National Institute for the Protection of Crops (Institut National de la Protection des Vegetaux), a public authority established of Agriculture of the and operating under the supervisory authority of the Ministry Borrower, pursuant to Executive Decree No. 93-139 of the Borrower, dated June 14, 1993, as the same may be amended from time to time; (Office National (f) "ONM" means the National Meteorological Office of the Borrower de Meteorologie), established and operating under the supervisory authority of the Decree No. 75-25 of Ministry of Transport of the Borrower pursuant to Legislative from time to time; the Borrower, dated April 29, 1975, as the same may be amended (g) "IPCC" means the Central Command Post (Poste de Commandement Central) within INPV; 2.02 (b) of this (h) "Special Account" means the account referred to in Section Agreement; and organized pursuant to (i) "Wilaya" means an administrative division of the Borrower dated April 7, the Borrower's Wilaya Law (Loi Relative a la Wilaya) No. 90-09, 1990, as the same may be amended from time to time. ARTICLE II The Loan terms and conditions Section 2.01. The Bank agrees to lend to the Borrower, on the set forth or referred to in the Loan Agreement, various currencies that shall have dollars an aggregate value equivalent to the amount of thirty million ($30,000,000), being the sum of withdrawals of the proceeds of the Loan, with each withdrawal valued by the Bank as of the date of such withdrawal. the Loan Account in Section 2.02. (a) The amount of the Loan may be withdrawn from for expenditures accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Agreement made (or, if the Bank shall so agree, to be made) in respect of the reasonable cost 2 to this of goods and services required for the Project described in Schedule Agreement and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan. maintain in (b) The Borrower shall, for the purposes of the Project, open and dollars a special deposit account in Banque d'Alg rie on terms and conditions the Special Account satisfactory to the Bank. Deposits into, and payments out of, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 6 to this Agreement. date as the Section 2.03. The Closing Date shall be June 30, 1996, or such later of such later Bank shall establish. The Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower date. charge at the rate of Sec:ion 2.04. The Borrower shall pay to the Bank a commitment three-fourths of one percent (3/4 of 1%) per annum on the principal amount of the Loan not withdrawn from time to time. amount of the Section 2.05. (a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal each Interest Loan withdrawn and outstanding from time to time, at a rate for lhttp://lnweb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e90O6b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emer-enicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 4 of 9 Period equal to the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of the each of the dates preceding Semester, plus one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%). On specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay interest Interest Period, accrued on the principal amount outstanding during the preceding calculated at the rate applicable during such Interest Period. the Bank shall notify (b) As soon as practicable after the end of each Semester, the Borrower of the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of such Semester. (c) For the purposes of this Section: the date immediately (i) "Interest Period" means a six-month period ending on preceding each date specified in Section 2.06 of this Agreement, beginning with the Interest Period in which this Agreement is signed. determined by the (ii) "Cost of Qualified Borrowings" means the cost, as reasonably Bank and expressed as a percentage per annum, of the outstanding borrowings of the or portions thereof Bank drawn down after June 30, 1982, excluding such borrowings and (B) loans which as the Bank has allocated to fund: (A) the Bank's investments; may be made by the Bank after July 1, 1989 bearing interest rates determined otherwise than as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. of a calendar (iii) "Semester" means the first six months or the second six months year. months' notice to the (d) On such date as the Bank may specify by no less than six Borrower, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) (iii) of this Section shall be amended to read as follows: of the Loan withdrawn "(a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount and outstanding from time to time, at a rate for each Quarter equal to the Cost of Quarter, plus one-half Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of the preceding in Section 2.06 of this of one percent (1/2 of 1%). On each of the dates specified amount Agreement, the Borrower shall pay interest accrued on the principal outstanding during the preceding Interest Period, calculated at the rates applicable during such Interest Period." Bank shall notify "(b) As soon as practicable after the end of each Quarter, the the Borrower of the Cost of Qualified Borrowings determined in respect of such Quarter." 1, April 1, "(c) (iii) 'Quarter' means a three-month period commencing on January July 1 or October 1 in a calendar year." on February Section 2.06. Interest and other charges shall be payable semi-annually 1 and August 1 in each year. the Loan in Section 2.07. The Borrower shall repay the principal amount of accordance with the amortization schedule set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement. ARTICLE III Execution of the Project objectives of the Section 3.01. (a) The Borrower declares its commitment to the shall carry Pr:je-t as set forth in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, and, to this end, out the Project with due diligence and efficiency and in conformity with http ://lnweb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e9006b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emergency Desert Locust Control Project Page 5 of 9 and appropriate administrative, financial, technical and environmental practices, shall provide, promptly as needed, the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for the Project. and (b) Without limitation upon the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section, except as the Borrower and the Bank shall otherwise agree, the Borrower shall carry in Schedule out the Project in accordance with the Implementation Program set forth 5 to this Agreement. Borrower Section 3.02. For purposes of carrying out Part A.1 of the Project, the shall ensure that the following health and environmental safeguards are observed: for (a) only pesticides approved by the Bank, from among the list of pesticides locust control which meet the present standards established by the Food and on the Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization, shall be used Borrower's territory; (b) persons handling pesticides shall be provided with protective clothing and equipment, including health kits, and shall be adequately be qualified and trained to handle pesticides; (c) adequate advance notice shall given to the local population in the areas to be sprayed with pesticides; (d) the of labelling, packaging and storage of pesticide containers, and the disposal pesticides and pesticide containers, shall be carried out in accordance with the internationally accepted general standards provided for under the International Food and Ccde of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides published by the Agriculture Organization; and (e) suitable pesticide effluent disposal mechanisms leakage shall be made available to prevent environmental pollution and pesticide into groundwater, including leakage resulting from the rinsing of pesticide containers. Section 3.03. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, procurement of the goods of the and consultants' services required for the Project and to be financed out proceeds of the Loan shall be governed by the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Agreement. ARTICLE IV Financial Covenants Section 4.01. (a) The Borrower shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records the and accounts adequate to reflect in accordance with sound accounting practices operations, resources and expenditures in respect of the Project of the departments or agencies of the Borrower responsible for carrying out the Project or any part thereof. (b) The Borrower shall: (i) have the records and accounts referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section including those for the Special Account for each fiscal year audited, in accordance with appropriate auditing principles consistently applied, by independent auditors acceptable to the Bank; nine (ii) furnish to the Bank as soon as available, but in any case not later than months after the end of each such year, the report of such audit by said auditors, and of such scope and in such detail as the Bank shall have reasonably requested; and (iii) furnish to the Bank such other information concerning said records accounts and the audit thereof as the Bank shall from time to time reasonably request. (c) For all expenditures with respect to which withdrawals from the Loan Account were made on the basis of statements of expenditure, the Borrower shall: http://lnweb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e9006b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emergenicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 6 of 9 (i) maintain or cause to be maintained, in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section, records and accounts reflecting such expenditures; report (ii) retain, until at least one year after the Bank has received the audit for the fiscal year in which the last withdrawal from the Loan Account or payment invoices, out of the Special Account was made, all records (contracts, orders, bills, receipts and other documents) evidencing such expenditures; (iii) enable the Bank's representatives to examine such records; and audit (iv) ensure that such records and accounts are included in the annual referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and that the report of such audit of contains a separate opinion by said auditors as to whether the statements expenditure submitted during such fiscal year, together with the procedures and support the internal controls involved in their preparation, can be relied upon to related withdrawals. ARTICLE V Termination is hereby Section 5.01. The date ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement specified for the purposes of Section 12.04 of the General Conditions. ARTICLE VI Representative of the Borrower; Addresses Section 6.01. The Minister of Economy of the Borrower is designated as the General representative of the Borrower for the purposes of Section 11.03 of Conditions. of Section Section 6.02. The following addresses are specified for the purposes 11.01 of the General Conditions: For the Borrower: Ministry of Economy Zighout Youssef Palace Algiers Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Cable address: Telex: FINPLAN 67073 Algiers For the Bank: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: Telex: INTBAFRAD 248423 (RCA) Washington, D.C. 82987 (FTCC) lhttp ://lnweb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3 e9006b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emaergenicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 7 of 9 64145 (WUI) or 197688 (TRT) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names in the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. DEMOCRATIC AND POPULAR REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA By /s/ Nourredine Y. Zerhouni Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECON4STRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By /s/ Anil Sood Acting Regional Vice President Middle East and North Africa SCHEDULE 1 Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Loan 1. The table below sets forth the Categories of items to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan, the allocation of the amounts of the Loan to each Category and the percentage of expenditures for items so to be financed in each Category: Amount of the Loan Allocated % of (Expressed in Expenditures Category Dollar Equivalent) to be Financed (1) Pesticides 12,500,000 100% of foreign under Part expenditures, A.2 of the 100% of local Project expenditures (ex-factory cost) and 50% of local expenditures for other items procured locally (2) Commercial 12,150,000 100% of foreign aircraft expenditures and services 70% of local expenditures (3) Vehicles 3,000,000 100% of foreign and spare expenditures http://Inxveb23.worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e90O6b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emer-geicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 8 of 9 parts (4) Equipment 700,000 100% of foreign and expenditures, materials 100% of local expenditures (ex-factory cost) and 60% of local expenditures for other items procured locally (5) Consultants' 150,000 100% services and training (6) Unallocated 1,500,000 TOTAL 30,000,000 2. For the purposes of this Schedule: (a) the term "foreign expenditures" means expenditures in the currency of any country other than that of the Borrower for goods or services supplied from the territory of any country other than that of the Borrower; and (b) the term "local expenditures" means expenditures in the currency of the Borrower or for goods or services supplied from the territory of the Borrower. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 above, no withdrawals shall be made in respect of payments made for expenditures prior to the date of this Agreement. 4. The Bank may require withdrawals from the Loan Account to be made on the basis of statements of expenditure for such expenditures and under such terms and conditions as the Bank shall specify by notice to the Borrower. SCHEDULE 2 Description of the Project The objectives of the Project, which has been designed in anticipation of a large locust invasion in February/March 1994, are to: (i) provide urgent assistance in support of the Borrower's locust control program; and (ii) reinforce the existing surveillance and warning systems of the Borrower to better anticipate locust activity and movement and facilitate the planning and implementation of future locust control programs. The Project consists of the following parts, subject to such modifications thereof as the Borrower and the Bank may agree upon from time to time to achieve such objectives: Part A: Locust Control Campaigns 1. Carrying out three locust control campaigns over the period February/March 1994 to January 1995, including the aerial and ground spraying of approximately one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) hectares of infested areas in the litp :// nNweb23 .worldbank.org/legal/legalagr.nsf/3e9006b5ce41228b852564990066be64/b... 12/27/2005 Emergenicy Desert Locust Control Project Page 9 of 9 territory of the Borrower. 2. Provision of about one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) liters of pesticides required for the campaigns referred to under Part A.1 above. Part B: Strengthening the Borrower's Locust Control Capabilities Provision to INPV of three (3) fork lifts, about eighty (80) manual pumps, about one hundred (100) atomizers, laboratory equipment to analyze pesticides, health kits, and spare parts for INPV's existing stock of vehicles and for the aforementioned atomizers. Part C: Reinforcement of Surveillance and Warning Systems Provision to INPV of about fifty (50) four-wheel drive vehicles, spare parts for said vehicles, small meteorological equipment and mobile telecommunications equipment, including air to ground receivers and about ten (10) hand-held global positioning systems. Part D: Technical Assistance Provision of materials and short-term consultants' services to strengthen the capabilities of INPV in handling, application and storage of pesticides, and disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers. Part E: Training Training of the personnel of INPV in locust prospection, pesticide handling, phytopharmacy and pesticide-related environmental protection. The Project is expected to be completed by December 31, 1995. SCHEDULE 3 Amortization Schedule Payment of Principal Date Payment Due (expressed in dollars)* On each February 1 and August 1 beginning August 1, 1999 through August 1, 2010 1,250,000 and on February 1, 2011 1,250,000 [ ;.. 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See General Conditions, Sections 3.04 and 4.03. - 15 - Premiums on Prepayment Pursuant to Section 3.04 (b) of the General Conditions, the Loan premium payable on the principal amount of any maturity of the to be prepaid shall be the percentage specified for the applicable time of prepayment below: Time of P7epayment Premium The interest rate (expressed as a percentage per annum) applicable to the Loan on the day of prepayment multiplied by: Not more than three years 0.18 before maturity More than three years but 0.35 not more than six years before maturity More than six years but 0.65 not more than 11 years before maturity More than 11 years but not 0.88 more thar, 15 years before maturity More than 15 years before 1.00 maturity 17 _ . bidding procedures on the basis of evaluation and comparison of bids obtained from at least three qualified suppliers eligible under the Guidelines and in accordance with procedures set forth in Sections and I and 11 of the Guidelines (excluding paragraphs 2.8, 2.9, 2.55 2.56 thereof). 2. Items or groups of items of vehicles and equipment estimated to cost the equivalent of $100,000 or less per contract, up to an aggregate amount equivalent to $500,000, may be procured under contracts awarecd on the basis of comparison of price quotations obtained from at least three suppliers fr-,- at least two different countries eligible under the Guidelines, in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Bank. Part D: Review by the Bank of Procurement Decisions 1. Review of invitations to bid and of proposed awards and final contracts: (a) With respect to each contract for pesticides and each contract for commercial aircraft services, and each contract for vehicles and equipment estimated to cost the equivalent of $100,000 or more, the procedures set forth in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines shall apply. Where pa3ments for such contract are to be made out of the Special Account, such procedures shall be modified to ensure that tile two conformed copies of the contract 2 required to be furnished to the Bank pursuant to said paragraph (d) shall be furnished to the Bank prior to the making of the first payment out of the Special Account in respect of such contract. (b) With respect to each contract not governed by the 4 preceding paragraph, the procedures set forth in paragraphs 3 and of Appendix to the Guidelines shall apply. Where payments for such contract are to be made out of the Special Account, said procedures shall be modified to ensure that the two conformed copies of the contract together with the other information required to be furnished to the Bank pursuant to said paragraph 3 shall be furnished to the Bank as pari of the evidence to be furnished pursuant to paragraph 4 of Schedui 6 to this Agreement. (c) The provisions of the preceding subparagraph (b) shall be not apply to contracts on account of which withdrawals are to made on the basis of statements of expenditure. - 18 - 2. The figure of 15% is hereby specified for purposes of paragraph 4 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines. Section II. Employment of Consultants 1. In order to assist the Borrower in carrying out Parts D and E of the Project, the Borrower shall employ consultants: (i) whose quallfications, experience and terms and conditions of employment shall be satisfactory to the Bank; and (ii) who shall be selected in accordance with principles and procedures satisfactory to the Bank on the basis of the "Guidelines for the Use of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers and by the World Bank as Executing Agency" published by the Bank in August 1981 (the Consultant Guidelines). For complex, time-based assignments, the Borrower shall employ such consultants under contracts using the standard form contract for consultants' services issued by the Bank, with such modifications as shall have agreed with the Bank. Where nc relevant standard contract documents have been issued by the Bank, the Borrower shall use other standard forms agreed with the Bank. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Section, the provisions of the Consultant Guidelines requiring prior Bank review or approval of budgets, short lists, selection procedures, letters of invitation, proposals, evaluation reports and contracts shall not apply to contracts estimated to cost less than $100,000 equivalent each. However, this exception to prior Bank review shall not apply to the terms of reference for such contracts or to the employment of individuals, to single source selection of firms, to assignmants of a critical nature as reasonably determined by the Bank or to amendments of coatracts raising the contract value to $100,000 equivalent or above. - 19 - SCHEDULE 5 Implementation Program 1. The Borrower shall ensure that INPV shall at all times be responsible for the implementation of the Project and the monitoring of the activities to be carried out thereunder. 2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 9.07 of the General Conditions, the Borrower shall cause INPV, not later than March 31 and September 30 of every year, commencing September 30, 1994, until completion of the Project, to prepare and furnish to the Bank a report, of such scope and in such detail as shall be satisfactory to the Bank, describing progress achieved in the carrying out of the Project. 3. The Borrower shall cause PCC to assist INPV in the carrying out of Part A.1 of the Project. PCC shall be responsible for formulating a lccust control strateg3, in connection with the impending locust invasion, and supervising the coordination of locust control operations. PCC shall consist of three (3) units, each of which headed by a staff member of INPV temporarily assigned to PCC for purposes of assisting in carrying out Part A.1 of the Project. The first unit shall be responsible for technical matters, the second unit for logistical support and the third unit for management and finance. 4. In order to achieve the objectives of Part A.1 of the Project, the Borrower shall cause (i) command posts in Wilayas which are likely to be invaded by locust to assist INPV and PCC in the carrying out of Part A.1 of the Project; (ii) ONM to provide up-to- date weather forecasts and analyses; (iii) ANPE to monitor the impact of the use of pesticides on the environment and prevent pesticide-related environmental pollution; (iv) ANN to take all measures necessary on its part to protect the natural habitat and wildlife in national parks to be sprayed by pesticides; and (v) the toxicology center within the medical university center of Bab-El- Oued to monitor the health condition of field operators engaged in the carrying out of Part A.1 of the Project. - 20 - SCHEDULE 6 Special Account 1. For the purposes of this Schedule: (a) the term "eligible Categories" means Categories (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) set forth in the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule I to this Agreement; (b) the term "eligible expenditures" means expenditures in respect of the reasonable cost of goods and services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan allocated from time to time to the eligible Categories in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 1 to this Agreement; and (c) the term "Authorized Allocation" means an amount equivalent to $3,000,000 to be withdrawn from the Loan Account and deposited in the Special Account pursuant to paragraph 3 (a) of this Schedule. 2. Payments out of the Special Account shall be made exclusively for eligible expenditures in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule. r 3. After the Bank has received evidence satisfactory to it chat the Special Account has been duly opened, withdrawals of the Authorized Allocation and subsequent withdrawals to replenish the Special Account shall be made as follows: (a) For withdrawals of the Authorized Allocation, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank a request or reQuests for a deposit or deposits which do not exceed the aggregate amount of the Authorized Allocation. On the basis of such request or requests, the Bank shall, on behalf of the Borrower, withdraw from the Loan Account and deposit in the Special Account such amount or arounts as the Borrower shall have requested. (b) (i) For replenishment of the Special Account, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank requests for deposits into the Special Account at such intervals as the Bank shall specify. 3 I (ii) Prior to or at the time of each such equest, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank the -23-- documerts and other evidence required pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Schedule for the payment or payments in respect of which replenishment is requested. On the basis of each such request, the Bank shall, on behalf of the Borrower, withdraw from the Loan Accournt and deposit into the Special Account such amount as the Borrower shall have requested and as shall have been shown by said documents and other evidence to have been paid out of the Special Account for eligible expenditures. from the Loan .. 1*such deposits shall be withdrawn by the Bank .couat tinder the respective eligible Categories, and in the by said !spe:tive equivalent amotnts, as shall have been justified ::)cusrnts and other evidence. Special * For each payment made by the Borrower out of the .count, the Borrower shall, at such time as the Bank shall and other --asonably request, furnish to the Bank such documents .idence showing that such payment was made exclusively for eligible -cpentiitures. of this .. Notwithstanding the provisions of parag-aph 3 deposits

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