Execution Version
(Operation Number 55263)
LOAN AGREEMENT
(Serbia Air Quality Improvement Project)
between
THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
and
EUROPEAN BANK
FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Dated 11 June 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS .............. 1 Section 1.01. Incorporation of Standard Terms and Conditions .................. 1 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 ................................................. 4 Section 3.01. Other Affirmative Project Covenants ..................................... 4 Section 3.02. Project Implementation Unit .................................................. 5
ARTICLE IV - SUSPENSION; ACCELERATION ................................................ 5 Section 4.01. Suspension............................................................................ 5 Section 4.02. Acceleration of Maturity ......................................................... 5
ARTICLE V - EFFECTIVENESS ......................................................................... 6 Section 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness .................................. 6 Section 5.02. Conditions Precedent to First Drawdown .............................. 6 Section 5.03. Legal Opinions ...................................................................... 6 Section 5.04. Termination for Failure to Become Effective.......................... 7
ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................... 7 Section 6.01. Notices .................................................................................. 7
SCHEDULE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT .......................................... 1 SCHEDULE 2 - CATEGORIES AND DRAWDOWNS ……………………….......2
LOAN AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated 11 June 2025 between THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
represented by the 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, the Borrower intends to implement the Project as described in Schedule 1 which is designed to assist in decommissioning of environmentally harmful fossil fuel-fired boiler houses (using mainly coal or heavy fuel oil) across the Republic of Serbia.
WHEREAS, the Project will be carried out by the Borrower, acting through the Ministry of Environmental Protection (“MEP” or the “Project Entity”) and the relevant Local Self Governments, namely, Belgrade, Nis, Valjevo, Zajecar, Novi Pazar and Smederevo (each a “LSG” and together the “LSGs”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested assistance from the Bank in financing part of the Project.
WHEREAS, the Bank has agreed on the basis of, inter alia, the foregoing to make a loan to the Borrower in the amount of EUR 50,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in this Agreement and in the project agreement between the Republic of Serbia, represented by the Minister of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia representing the Republic of Serbia and the Bank dated on or around the date of this Agreement (a “Project Agreement” as defined in the Standard Terms and Conditions).
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows: