Conformed Copy - L4396 - Health Project - Loan Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 4396 UZ Loan Agreement (Health Project) between REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated November 16, 1998 LOAN NUMBER 4396 UZ LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated November 16, 1998, between REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS (A) the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement, has requested the Bank to assist in the financing of the Project; and WHEREAS the Bank has agreed, on the basis, inter alia, of the foregoing, to extend 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 Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements for Single Currency Loans" of the Bank, dated May 30, 1995, as modified through December 2, 1997, (the General Conditions) constitute an integral part of this Agreement. Section 1.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditions and in the Preamble to this Agreement have the respective meanings therein set forth and the following additional terms have the following meanings: Page 2 (a) "CPIB" means the Central Project Implementation Bureau established by the Borrower