Conformed Copy - L4424 - Health Financing and Management Project - Loan Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 4424-MOR Loan Agreement (Health Financing and Management Project) between KINGDOM OF MOROCCO and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated September 29, 1999 LOAN NUMBER 4424-MOR LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated September 29, 1999, between KINGDOM OF MOROCCO (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 (B) the Bank has received a letter dated November 17, 1998, from the Borrower describing a program of actions, objectives and policies designed to indicate the objectives, main actions and key indicators of the health sector strategy (the Program) and declaring the Borrower's commitment to the execution of the Program. 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 Page 2 Section 1.01. The "General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements for Single Currency Loans" of the Bank, dated May 30, 1995, as amended 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: (a)