(Operation Number 52642)
LOAN AGREEMENT
SERBIAN SOLID WASTE PROGRAMME PHASE III
between
THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
and
EUROPEAN BANK
FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Dated 17 December 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS ......................... 2 Section 1.01. Incorporation of Standard Terms and Conditions ........................... 2 Section 1.02. Definitions ..................................................................................... 2 Section 1.03. Interpretation ................................................................................. 3
ARTICLE II - PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE LOAN ........................................................ 3 Section 2.01. Amount and Currency .................................................................... 3 Section 2.02. Other Financial Terms of the Loan ................................................ 3 Section 2.03. Drawdowns ................................................................................... 4
ARTICLE III - EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT ............................................................ 5 Section 3.01. Other Affirmative Project Covenants .............................................. 5 Section 3.02. Project Implementation Unit ........................................................... 6
ARTICLE IV - SUSPENSION; ACCELERATION ........................................................... 6 Section 4.01. Suspension ................................................................................... 6 Section 4.02. Acceleration of Maturity ................................................................. 6
ARTICLE V - EFFECTIVENESS ................................................................................... 7 Section 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness .......................................... 7 Section 5.02. Conditions Precedent to First Drawdown of the Loan .................... 7 Section 5.03. Legal Opinions .............................................................................. 7 Section 5.04. Termination for Failure to Become Effective .................................. 8
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................. 8 Section 6.01. Notices .......................................................................................... 8
SCHEDULE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ............................................... S1-1
SCHEDULE 2 - CATEGORIES AND DRAWDOWNS .............................................. S2-2
LOAN AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated 17 December 2024 between THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA represented by Minister of Finance of the Republic of Serbia, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia representing the Republic of Serbia (the
“Borrower”) and EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT (the “Bank”).
PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, the Bank has been established to provide financing for specific projects to foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative in certain countries committed to and applying the principles of multiparty democracy, pluralism and market economics;
WHEREAS, pursuant to a loan agreement dated 17 December 2021 between the Borrower and the Bank, the Bank has extended a loan to the Borrower in the amount of EUR 75,000,000 for the purposes of assisting the Borrower in the development of regional waste management centres in certain regions of the Republic of Serbia;
WHEREAS, the Bank has entered into following project agreements with the relevant project entities (each an “Existing Project Entity” and together the “Existing Project Entities”): (i) the project agreement dated 17 December 2021 between Regionalni centar za upravljanje otpadom “EKO-TAMNAVA” d.o.o, the Borrower and the Bank;
(ii) the project agreement dated 17 December 2021 between Javno komunalno preduzeće “Regionalni centar za upravljanje otpadom Duboko”, the Borrower and the Bank; (iii) the project agreement dated 17 December 2021 between Regionalna sanitarna deponija “Banjica” d.o.o, the Borrower and the Bank; (iv) project agreement dated 17 December 2021 between Javno komunalno preduzeće “Regionalni centar za upravljanje otpadom Rančevo”, the Borrower and the Bank; (v) the project agreement dated 13 June 2022 between Javno komunalno preduzeće “Regionalna deponija Pirot”, the Borrower and the Bank; and (vi) the project agreement dated 13 June 2022 between Javno komunalno preduzeće „Regionalna deponija Srem-Mačva”, the Borrower and the Bank (each an “Existing Project Agreement” and together the
“Existing Project Agreements”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to continue the implementation of the Project as described in Schedule 1;
WHEREAS, the Project will be carried out by the Borrower, through the Ministry of Environmental Protection (“MEP”), the Existing Project Entities and Javno preduzeće “Ingrin” (the “New Project Entity”) (each a “Project Entity”, and the Existing Project Entities and New Project Entity together referred to as the “Project Entities”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested assistance from the Bank in additional financing for the Project;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a loan from the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) (the “Co-financier”) on 17 December 2021 in the amount of EUR 75,000,000 to assist in financing of the Project, and now intends to contract a new loan in the amount of EUR 75,000,000 from the Co-financer subject to the terms and conditions to be set forth in an agreement (the “Co-financing Agreement”) between the Borrower and the Co-financier; WHEREAS, the Bank and the Co-financier have entered into a project implementation agreement dated 17 December 2021 as amended on 13 June 2022 (the “Project Implementation Agreement”) providing terms and conditions under which the Bank and the Co-financier will co-finance the Project, and now the Bank and Co-financer intend to enter into an amendment to the Project Implementation
Agreement (the “Amendment No.2 to the Project Implementation Agreement”) to stipulate the terms and conditions of the additional co-financing of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Bank has agreed on the basis of, inter alia, the foregoing to make a new loan to the Borrower in the amount of up to EUR 75,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in this Agreement, the Existing Project Agreements, and in the project agreement to be entered into between the New Project Entity, the Borrower represented by the MEP and the Bank (the “New Project Agreement”) (each a “Project Agreement” as defined in the Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Existing Project Agreements and the New Project Agreement together referred to as the “Project Agreements”).
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows: