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Član 5. Zakon o potvrđivanju Garancije između Republike Srbije koju zastupa Vlada Republike Srbije postupajući preko Ministarstva finansija, kao Garanta i Deutsche Bank AD Španija, kao Vodećeg mandatnog aranžera i Deutsche Bank AG kao Prvobitnog zajmodavca i Deutsche Bank AG, kao agenta koja se odnosi na Ugovor o kreditnom aranžmanu u iznosu do 263.874.992,80 evra uz podršku CESCE – Representations and warranties

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Representations and warranties

The Guarantor represents and warrants to each Finance Party, on each day that its obligations under this Guarantee continue, in the terms set out in clauses 5.1 (Status) to 5.13 (No misleading information) below.
5.1 Status
It has the power to own its assets and carry on its operations and activities as they are being conducted.
5.2 Binding obligations
a)
Subject to the Enactment, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Guarantee are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
b)
The Guarantor confirms that it is acting for its own account and not for the account of an economic beneficiary (wirtschaftlich Berechtigter) within the meaning of Section 3, Paragraph 1, Sentence 1, Number 2, Paragraph 4 of the German Money Laundering Act or any other person.
5.3 Power and capacity
a)
Subject to the Enactment, the Guarantor has the power to enter into this Guarantee and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Guarantee and all actions required to authorise its execution of this Guarantee, its exercise of such rights and its performance of such obligations have been duly taken.
b)
The Guarantee is in line with the Law Approving the Budget of the Republic of Serbia for the current year (Zakon o budžetu Republike Srbije za 2026. godinu, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, no. 108/2025)).
5.4 Authorisation
All acts, conditions and things required to be done, fulfilled and performed in order:
a)
to authorise the entry into and compliance with its obligations under this Guarantee;
b)
to ensure that its obligations under this Guarantee are valid, legally binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms; and
c)
to make this Guarantee admissible in evidence in the courts of the Republic of Serbia and in England,
have been obtained, effected, done, fulfilled or performed and are in full force and effect or, in respect of the Enactment, will be obtained, effected, done, fulfilled or performed and in full force and effect as a condition precedent to the first Utilisation under the Facility Agreement.
5.5 Consents
Subject to the Enactment, all consents and filings required by it for the conduct of its business as presently conducted and in connection with the entry into, performance, validity, enforceability and admissibility in evidence of this Guarantee have been unconditionally obtained and are in full force and effect.
5.6 No contravention
Neither the entry into of this Guarantee by the Guarantor nor the performance of any of its obligations under it do now or will:
a)
conflict with the constitution of the Republic of Serbia or the constitutional documents of any of it and its government agencies; or
b)
contravene any law, regulation, judgment or order applicable to it, including but not limited to any applicable state budget and public debt regulations; or
c)
breach any agreement or the terms of any consent binding on the Guarantor or any of its assets.
5.7 Pari passu ranking
Its payment obligations under this Guarantee rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors in respect of External Indebtedness, save for such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are of mandatory application.
5.8 Choice of law
In any proceedings taken in the Republic of Serbia in relation to this Guarantee, the choice of English law as the governing law of this Guarantee and any judgment or arbitral award obtained in England will be recognised and enforced.
5.9 Private and commercial acts
a)
The Guarantor is subject to civil and commercial law with respect to all its obligations under this Guarantee.
b)
The entry into by it of this Guarantee constitutes, and the exercise by it of its rights and performance of its obligations under this Guarantee will constitute, private and commercial acts performed for private and commercial purposes, and the Guarantor will not be entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in any proceedings in relation to this Guarantee, other than in relation to any present or future:
(i)
"premises of the mission" as such term is defined in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961;
(ii)
"consular premises" as such term is defined in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations signed in 1963;
(iii)
assets that cannot be in commerce;
(iv)
military property or military assets and buildings, weapons or equipment designated for defence, state and public security;
(v)
receivables the assignment of which is restricted by law;
(vi)
natural resources, common use items, grids in public ownership, river basin land and water facilities in public ownership, protected natural heritage in public ownership and cultural heritage in public ownership;
(vii)
real estate in public ownership which is, partly or entirely, used by the authorities of the Republic of Serbia, autonomous provinces or local self-government for the purpose of exercising their rights and duties;
(viii)
the state’s, autonomous province’s or local government’s stocks and shares in companies and public enterprises, unless the relevant entity consented to the establishment of a pledge over such stocks or shares, or
(ix)
movable or immovable assets of health institutions, unless a mortgage was established based on the Government’s decision,
the assets listed in paragraph (i) to paragraph (ix) above (inclusive)
being the "Excluded Assets".
5.10 No filing
Under the laws of the Republic of Serbia it is not necessary that this Guarantee be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in such jurisdiction, other than the inscription of the relevant data on or in relation to the Guarantee in the public debt records kept by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia and the monitoring thereof, in accordance with the Public Debt Act (Zakon o javnom dugu, Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia nos. 61/2005, 107/2009, 78/2011, 68/2015, 95/2018, 91/2019 and 149/2020, as amended) ("Public Debt Act"), nor is it necessary for any stamp, registration, notarial or other Taxes or fees to be paid on or in relation to this Guarantee.
5.11 Tax Deduction
It is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under this Guarantee.
5.12 Litigation
No dispute, litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is current or pending or, so far as it is aware, threatened against the Guarantor which might by itself or together with other disputes or proceedings have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or financial condition of the Guarantor.
5.13 No misleading information
All material information provided to a Finance Party by or on behalf of the Guarantor in connection with the Guarantee is accurate in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect.
5.14 Anti-bribery and Corruption
a)
Dealings
Neither it, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on behalf of the Guarantor has in any material respects violated, or is in any material respects in violation of, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part, any applicable Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.
b)
Proceedings/Investigations
Neither it, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf is a party to or has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, investigation, proceeding or other written enquiry, commenced or threatened against it by any governmental or regulatory entity with regard to any actual or alleged breach of any Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part.
c)
Policies and Procedures
It has instituted, maintains, and enforces and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by itself, its departments, ministries and agencies with, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part, all Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.
5.15 Anti-money laundering
a)
Dealings
Neither it, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf is a party to or has engaged in any activity, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part, which would breach any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
b)
Proceedings/Investigations
Neither it, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf is a party to or has received written notice of any claim, action, suit, investigation, proceeding or other written enquiry, commenced or threatened against it by any governmental or regulatory entity with regard to any actual or alleged breach of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part.
c)
Policies and Procedures
It has instituted, maintains, and enforces and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by itself, its departments, ministries and agencies with, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part, all Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
5.16 Sanctions
a)
Identity clause
Neither it, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part and/or the transactions contemplated by the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee, is a person that is a Sanction Target.
b)
Dealings with Sanction Targets
It, its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf, do not have or intend to have, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part and/or the transactions contemplated by the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee, business operations or other dealings:
i)
in a country or territory that is a Sanctioned Territory; or
ii)
with any Sanction Target or with a designated person targeted by asset freeze sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the OFAC or HMT; or
iii)
involving commodities or services of a Sanctioned Territory origin or shipped to, through, or from a Sanctioned Territory, or on Sanctioned Territory owned or registered vessels or aircraft, or finance or subsidize any of the foregoing.
c)
Policies and Procedures
It has instituted, maintains, and enforces and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to prevent Sanctions violations, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part and/or the transactions contemplated by the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee, by it, its departments, ministries and agencies.
d)
Proceedings/Investigations
Neither it nor its departments, ministries, agencies or ministers, nor any entity controlled by it, nor, to its actual knowledge, any associated person or party acting on its behalf, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part and/or the transactions contemplated by the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee, know or have reason to believe that any of them are or may become subject of Sanctions-related investigations or juridical proceedings.
e)
Sanction Target
No Sanction Target is involved, directly or indirectly, in the context of the project of which the Commercial Contract forms part and/or the transactions contemplated by the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee in any manner whatsoever or will be involved during the life of the Commercial Contract, the Facility Agreement and this Guarantee.
f)
Restricted Finance Party
(i)
The representations made in the above Sanction Provisions do not apply to it if and to the extent that making of such representations result in a violation of or conflict with a Blocking Regulation.
(ii)
In relation to each Finance Party that notifies the Agent to this effect (each a "Restricted Finance Party"), the Sanctions Provisions shall not apply for the benefit of that Restricted Finance Party if and to the extent that they would result in any violation of, conflict with or liability under any Blocking Regulation.
(iii)
In connection with any amendment, waiver, determination, decision (including a decision to accelerate) or direction (a "Relevant Measure") relating to any part of a Sanctions Provision of which a Finance Party that is a Restricted Finance Party does not have the benefit pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, the Commitments of that Finance Party will be excluded for the purpose of determining whether the consent of the requisite Finance Parties has been obtained or whether the Relevant Measure by the requisite Finance Parties has been made.