Conformed Copy - L7049 - Public Financial Management Project II - Loan Agreement

Page 1 \08 CONFORMED COPY LOAN NUMBER 7049-CO Loan Agreement (Public Financial Management Project II) between REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated April 18, 2001 LOAN NUMBER 7049-CO LOAN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated April 18, 2001, between REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA (the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank). WHEREAS the Borrower, having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement (the Project), 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 provided for in Article II of this Agreement (the Loan) 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