Euro Area Loan Facility Act 2010
I mbeagán focal
Is éard atá i ndlí seo ná dlí a éascaíonn cobhsaíocht airgeadais an limistéir euro a chosaint trí íocaíochtaí a cheadú as an bPríomhchiste. Déantar é seo chun comhaontuithe iasachta a bhaineann leis an nGréig a chur i bhfeidhm.
Cad a rialaíonn sé
- Íocaíochtaí a dhéanamh as an bPríomhchiste chun comhaontuithe iasachta a chur i bhfeidhm.
- Fáltais ó na hairgeadraí sin a íoc isteach sa Státchiste.
- Tuairisciú bliantúil ón Aire don Dáil maidir leis an tsaoráid iasachta.
- Sainmhínithe ar théarmaí mar "Comhaontú Idirchreidiúnaithe" agus "Comhaontú Saoráide Iasachta".
Cé a mbaineann sé leis
- An Stát (Éire), mar rannpháirtí i gcomhaontuithe iasachta an limistéir euro.
- An tAire Airgeadais, atá freagrach as an dlí a riaradh agus tuairiscí a chur faoi bhráid Dháil Éireann.
Príomhphointí
- Féadfar suimeanna nach mó ná €1,500,000,000 a íoc as an bPríomhchiste chun íocaíochtaí faoi na comhaontuithe iasachta a chumasú.
- Ní mór aon airgead a fhaightear ar ais ón tsaoráid iasachta a íoc isteach sa Státchiste.
- Ní mór don Aire tuarascáil bhliantúil a chur faoi bhráid Dháil Éireann fad is atá aon mhéid gan íoc faoin tsaoráid iasachta.
- Ní mór don tuarascáil bhliantúil faisnéis a sholáthar faoi na méideanna a cuireadh chun cinn, a fuarthas, agus atá gan íoc.
Legal text
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Article 6(2)(b)(i)) as soon as possible (frontloading/back loading).
The calculation of the contribution of each Lender in the Loan will be part of the details relating to a Request for Funds supplied by the Commission to the Lenders. 3. Following the communication by the Commission of a Request for Funds and after unanimous decision by the Parties to proceed with disbursement of a Loan, the Euro Working Group Chairman, on behalf of the Lenders, will send a letter to the Commission confirming the authorisation of the disbursement. The letter will irrevocably confirm the amount of the Loan, the Net Disbursement Amount, the Term, the redemption schedule, the Interest Rate, the Disbursement Date and any other conditions applicable as well as the respective proportion of each Lender. If applicable, and following receipt of written notice from relevant Lenders, the Euro Working Group Chairman shall communicate to the Commission and the Lenders whether any Lender has notified it that the circumstances described in Article 2
- a)if the aggregate amount of the Net Participations received is at least 90% of the Full Amount in respect of such Loan then, provided that the Borrower consents, the Commission shall instruct the ECB to disburse the Loan in an amount equal to the aggregate of the Net Participations actually received into the account; if in such circumstances the Borrower refuses to receive the lower amount of the Loan then the Commission shall instruct the ECB to return the Net Participations received to the Committed Lenders concerned; if the Borrower accepts to receive the reduced Net Participations and within 2 Business Day of T, all or part of the shortfall in the Net Disbursements is received into the Lenders’ Account then the Commission shall consult with the Borrower as to whether it wishes to receive a remittance of such funds and in such event the parties shall make such adjustments to the terms of the relevant portion of the Loan to take into account the late receipt of these funds. Any funds received outside this period of two Business Days shall be returned by the Commission to the relevant Committed Lenders but without prejudice to the rights of the Borrower in respect of such Committed Lenders which failed to fund the Loan; (
- b)if the aggregate amount of the Net Participations received is lower than 90% of the Full Amount in relation to such Loan, then the Commission shall not instruct the ECB to make such Loan and the ECB and the Commission shall await further instructions from the Parties through the Euro Working Group Chairman. If the relevant Parties instruct the Commission not to proceed with such Loan or do not reply within two Business Days following the Disbursement Date the Commission shall instruct the ECB to return such funds to the Lenders concerned. The amounts held in the account will be remunerated according to a rate decided by the ECB. 6. CALCULATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS 1. Interest calculation The Parties agree to entrust the Commission with the task of making the calculations for the purposes of this Article and the Loan Facility Agreement. It shall determine the Interest Rate for each Loan in accordance the Loan Facility Agreement, calculate the amounts payable on each Interest Payment Date and notify the Borrower and the Lenders thereof. It will also instruct the ECB and inform the Lenders on the distribution of any amounts being received from the Borrower in the account referred to in Article 3 above. 2. Reallocation of Committed Lenders’ Participations in Loans: On the first date (the “Recalculation Date”) on which interest is payable or a scheduled repayment has to be made hereunder after the earliest of: (
- i)the Disbursement Date of the last Loan under the Loan Facility Agreement, following which the Facility Amount (as increased, reduced or cancelled from time to time) has been disbursed in full, or (
- ii)the date on which an Event of Default under the Loan Facility Agreement occurs, or (iii) the day on which the Availability Period, as may be postponed from time to time, expires. the Commission will recalculate the Participation of each of the Committed Lenders in each of the outstanding Loans in order to ensure that pro-rata amongst Lenders is achieved as follows: (
- a)If at the Recalculation Date: (
- i)the relative proportion of the outstanding of each Committed Lender as related to the total outstanding resulting from all Loans coincides with the Adjusted % Contribution (
Paragraph (
- b)below), and (
- ii)all Loans have the same characteristics (in particular, same interest, payment dates, maturity and repayment profile), all amounts thereafter due and payable from the Borrower and received by the ECB on the account referred to in Article 3 for each Loan will be distributed to the Lenders according to the actual contribution of each Committed Lender in such Loan. (
- b)In all other circumstances, the Commission will calculate for each Committed Lender: (
- i)the proportion that each Committed Lender’s Commitment bears to the Total Commitment (the “Adjusted % Contribution”), 2 and (
- ii)the proportion that each Committed Lender’s actual participation outstanding in each Loan bears to the total amount outstanding of each such Loan (the “Actual % Contribution”); and (iii) the amount by which each Committed Lender’s actual participation outstanding in each Loan exceeds (the “Excess Participation Amount”) or is less than (the “Shortfall Participation Amount”) the total amount outstanding of such Loan multiplied by each such Committed Lenders’ Adjusted % Contribution. If the Actual % Contribution of any Committed Lender in the aggregate of any outstanding Loans is lower than its Adjusted % Contribution in such Loans, the Commission will instruct:
- i)pay to, or receive a payment from, the account referred to in Article 3 in accordance with the notification given by the Commission, and (
- ii)accept or make the assignment or the transfer of the assets derived from the rebalancing referred to in Article 6
- If one or more of the Committed Lenders at the time of disbursement of a Loan has proved to the satisfaction of the other Committed Lenders that their funding costs were higher than the Interest Rate of the Loan, the provisions of Annex 3 to this Agreement will apply and the allocation among the Lenders of interest amounts paid by the Borrower will be modified by the Commission accordingly. The Committed Lenders and the ECB will be informed thereof.
- In case that the Borrower does not pay any amount due in full, the amounts received will be distributed pro rata according to the rules set out in Article 6
- BREACH OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOAN FACILITY AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS AND/OR WAIVERS TO IT
- In case that the Commission becomes aware of a breach of an obligation under the Loan Facility Agreement, it shall promptly inform the Parties (through the Euro Working Group Chairman) and the ECB about this situation and shall propose how to react to it. The Euro Working Group Chairman will coordinate the position of the Parties and will inform the Commission and the ECB of the decision taken. The Commission and the Lenders will thereafter implement the decision in accordance with the Loan Facility Agreement.
- In case that the Commission becomes aware of a situation where amendments and/or waivers relating to any Loan made under the Loan Facility Agreement may become necessary, it shall inform the Parties through the Euro Working Group Chairman and the ECB about this situation and shall propose how to react to it. The Euro Working Group Chairman will coordinate the position of the Parties and will inform the Commission and the ECB of the decision taken. The Commission and the Lenders will thereafter implement the decision and, following instructions of the Parties, negotiate and sign a corresponding amendment or waiver or a new loan agreement with the Borrower or any other arrangement needed.
- In other cases than those referred to in Article 7
- CERTAIN INTER-CREDITOR AND OTHER ARRANGE-MENTS The Parties acknowledge and agree as follows:
- All Lenders rank equal and pari passu amongst themselves.
- Decisions to be made under or in relation to the Loan Facility Agreement will be taken by the majority of Parties representing Lenders holding no less than 2/3 of the principal amount outstanding in respect of Loans at the time of the voting, unless the decision relates to a matter for which unanimity is expressly required in this Agreement or in the Loan Facility Agreement in which case a unanimous decision of all the Parties shall be required. For the avoidance of doubt, decisions as to whether to declare an Event of Default and/or to permit a waiver or amendment in respect of the Loan Facility Agreement (other than in respect of one of the matters expressly set out in Article 8
- i)this Agreement or the MoU or (
- ii)any of the following terms of the Loan Facility Agreement: aggregate principal amount of the Loan Facility, Commitment, Adjusted % Contribution, the Availability Period, a repayment profile or Interest Rate of any outstanding Loan. Unanimity means a positive or negative vote of all the Parties provided that any Party which has cancelled its Commitment as Lender (in the case of Germany, the Commitment of KfW) to make further Loans shall not have any vote on decisions in respect of such further Loans but shall retain its voting rights on matters affecting Loans which it (or in the case of Germany, KfW) has funded and which remain outstanding. 4. The Parties shall take their decisions at meetings within the framework of the Eurogroup, excluding Greece. All their decisions shall be communicated in writing by the Euro Working Group Chairman to the Commission. 5. Each of the Parties undertakes for the benefit of the other Parties to coordinate with the other Parties in respect of the exercise of any rights to accelerate or to enforce against the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loan Facility Agreement. 6. The Parties shall not assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties to this Agreement and the Commission. 9. SHARING OF PAYMENTS 1. Each Lender undertakes not to seek payment of its rights in respect of Loans from the Borrower other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Loan Facility Agreement, undertakes to pay all sums received by it in respect of the Loan Facility Agreement which have not been received from the ECBas contemplated by this Agreement and the Loan Facility Agreement to the account referred to in Article 3 to be distributed on a pro rata basis in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. They also undertake not to actively set-off claims they may have against the Borrower against sums owed by them to the Borrower other than subject to compliance with this Article 9. 2. If a Lender (a “Recovering Lender”) receives or recovers (including by way of set-off) any amount from the Borrower other than in accordance with the payment mechanics set forth in this Agreement or the Loan Facility Agreement and applies that amount to a payment due to it under this Agreement or the Loan Facility Agreement; (
- a)the Recovering Lender shall, within three Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Commission; (
- b)the Recovering Lender shall, within three Business Days of demand by the Commission, pay to the ECB an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal to such receipt or recovery. 3. The Commission shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the Borrower and distribute it between the participating Lenders (including the Recovering Lender) in accordance with the payment mechanics set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Facility Agreement. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1. For all its functions under this Agreement, the Commission shall act through its service Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (“ECFIN”) and on the basis of the internal rules applicable to its off-budget financial operations. 3 2. All costs of the Lenders and the Commission arising in the implementation of the Agreement shall be borne by the Borrower in accordance with the Loan Facility Agreement. The Commission shall charge no fees for its work for organising and administering the Pooled Bilateral Loans. 3. The Commission shall report to the Lenders on the outstanding claims and liabilities under the Loan Facility Agreement on a quarterly basis. 4. The Commission will report to the Parties and ask instructions from the Euro Working Group Chairman regarding unsettled claims and liabilities or any other issues that may arise under this Agreement or the Loan Facility Agreement. 5. Each Lender is required to inform the Commission promptly in writing (
- i)that its contribution to the Loan Facility Agreement is duly authorised under the national law applicable to it after the signature thereof, or (
- ii)if subject to such procedures, as soon as they have been duly completed, and deliver to the Commission a Commitment Confirmation. It is acknowledged and agreed that the Commitment Confirmation of a Party may be of provisional application in accordance with the national laws and legislation of the relevant Party. 11. COMMUNICATIONS All notices in relation to this Agreement shall be validly given if in writing and sent to: For the Parties: The Eurogroup Working Group Chairman c/o EWG Secretariat B-1049 Brussels For the Commission: European Commission DirectorateGeneral Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate “Finance, coordination with EIB Group, EBRD and IFIs” L-2920 Luxembourg All practical communications in relation to a Loan to be disbursed, once a decision by the Parties on its release has been taken, and corresponding reimbursements shall be validly performed if in accordance with the list of contacts and account details for the Lenders, the ECB and the Commission as communicated to the Commission, unless otherwise specifically defined in this Agreement. The details (and such further details that may be requested by the Commission) shall be communicated to the Commission at the latest on the date of signature of this Agreement. Any changes to the details shall be promptly communicated to the Commission. The Commission shall send a copy of the list to all Parties. 12.TERM This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as long as there are any amounts outstanding under the Loan Facility Agreement. The Agreement shall also cover any possible further Loan Facility Agreement between the Lenders and Greece. For the avoidance of doubt, as far as the MoU is concerned, this Agreement covers the 3-year programme period. 13. MISCELLANEOUS 1. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be or become fully or in part invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby. Provisions which are fully or in part invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be interpreted and thus implemented according to the spirit and purpose of this Agreement. 2. The Preamble to this Agreement forms an integral part of this Agreement. 3. The Borrower shall receive a copy of this Agreement. 14. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 1. This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law. 2. Any dispute arising from or in the context of this Agreement shall be settled amicably, failing which it shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union. 15. EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts signed by one or more of the Parties. The counterparts each form an integral part of the original Agreement and the signature of the counterparts shall have the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Agreement. The Commission shall promptly after the signature of this Agreement supply conformed copies of the Agreement to each of the Parties. 16. ANNEXES The Annexes to this Agreement shall constitute an integral part thereof: 1. List of Parties with their respective Commitments; 2. Contribution Key; 3. Special case of higher funding costs; 4. Template for Commitment Confirmation; 5. Template for Drawdown Notice. Done in Brussels on 8 May 2010, For the Parties, Kingdom of Belgium, represented by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance -signed- Didier Reynders Federal Republic of Germany, represented by Minister Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble -signed- Ireland, represented by Mr. Brian Lenihan, T.D., Minister for Finance -signed- Kingdom of Spain, represented by Minister of Economy and Finance -signed- Elena Salgado Mendez French Republic, represented by Minister Christine Lagarde Ministre de l’Economie, de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi -signed- Italian Republic, represented by Minister Giulio Tremonti, Ministro dell’economia e delle finanze -signed- Republic of Cyprus, represented by Minister of Finance -signed- Mr. Charilaos Stravrakis Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by Minister -signed- Luc Frieden Republic of Malta, represented by Minister Tonio Fenech Minister for Finance the Economy and Investment -signed- Kingdom of the Netherlands, represented by Minister of Finance -signed- Mr. drs. J.C. de Jager Republic of Austria, represented by Federal Minister of Finance -signed- Josef Pröll Portuguese Republic, represented by Minister of State and Finance, Fernando Teixeira dos Santos -signed- Republic of Slovenia, represented by Minister of Finance -signed- Franc Križanič Slovak Republic, represented by Minister Ján Počiatek -signed- Republic of Finland, represented by Minister of Finance -signed- Jyrki Katainen ANNEX 1 LIST OF PARTIES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITMENTS Country Commitments EUR Kingdom of Belgium 2.860.942.462,10 Federal Republic of Germany (Commitment of KfW) 22.336.133.611,30 Ireland 1.310.046.500,93 Kingdom of Spain 9.794.387.452,71 French Republic 16.773.596.199,72 Italian Republic 14.739.467.996,33 Republic of Cyprus 161.470.573,49 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 206.054.851,64 Republic of Malta 74.543.025,89 Kingdom of the Netherlands 4.703.995.187,73 Republic of Austria 2.290.192.933,16 Portuguese Republic 2.064.558.742,44 Republic of Slovenia 387.812.451,16 Slovak Republic 817.850.223,95 Republic of Finland 1.478.947.787,45 80.000.000.000,00 ANNEX 2 CONTRIBUTION KEY Member State ECB Capital subscription key Contribution Key Kingdom of Belgium 2,4256 3,576178077627360% Federal Republic of Germany 18,9373 27,920167014121300% Ireland 1,1107 1,637558126162890% Kingdom of Spain 8,3040 12,242984315887900% French Republic 14,2212 20,966995249651300% Italian Republic 12,4966 18,424334995414800% Republic of Cyprus 0,1369 0,201838216864770% Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 0,1747 0,257568564545473% Republic of Malta 0,0632 0,093178782365621% Kingdom of the Netherlands 3,9882 5,879993984660890% Republic of Austria 1,9417 2,862741166445020% Portuguese Republic 1,7504 2,580698428050350% Republic of Slovenia 0,3288 0,484765563952786% Slovak Republic 0,6934 1,022312779941790% Republic of Finland 1,2539 1,848684734307780% Total 67,8266 100,00000000000000% ANNEX 3 SPECIAL CASE OF HIGHER FUNDING COSTS The following rules apply if a contributing Member State “A”, at the time when the decision of the Parties in accordance with Article 4
- The Commission shall request similar information from the other Parties about their respective funding costs.
- The Member State “A” shall be paid, from all interest received under the Loan Facility Agreement, the amount that corresponds to its absolute funding cost for its part in the Loan.
- Other Lenders shall be paid, from all interest received under the Loan Facility Agreement, after pro rata deduction of the amount under point
- If such calculation would result in any Lender other than Member State “A” being allocated an interest amount lower than its funding costs, the Commission will revert to the Parties in accordance with Article 10
Article 3
- a)the proposed date of disbursement of the requested Loan (the “Disbursement Date”) which must be (
- i)a Business Day, and (
- ii)a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) when banks are open for general business in the capital city of each Lender, and (iii) a day which falls during the Availability Period, and (
- iv)a day not earlier than the fifteenth Business Day after the date of the Request for Funds; notwithstanding the foregoing, point (
- iv)does not apply to the first Loan; (
- b)the amount of the Loan requested which must be a minimum amount of Euro one billion; (
- c)the requested grace period for such Loan, if any, during which no repayments of principal have to be made by the Borrower and which may not exceed a period of three years from the Disbursement Date (the “Grace Period”); (
- d)the term of the requested Loan which may not exceed five years from the Disbursement Date of the Loan and the last day of which must be an Interest Payment Date (as defined below) (the “Term”); and (
- e)the amortisation schedule, which shall provide that the principal repayments shall be made in quarterly payments of equal principal amount by the Borrower on each Interest Payment Date (as defined below) starting on the first Interest Payment Date following the expiry of the Availability Period or (if later) the end of the relevant Grace Period (if any) and ending on the Interest Payment Date falling at the end of that Loan’s Term.
Article 3
- a)the Commission having received a legal opinion satisfactory to the Lenders given by the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance in the form set out in Annex 4. Such legal opinion shall be dated not later than the date of the Request for Funds. The Borrower undertakes to inform the Lenders immediately if, between the date of the legal opinion and the Disbursement Date, any event occurs that would render incorrect any statement made in the legal opinion; (
- b)the Commission having received from the Minister of Finance of the Borrower an official document indicating the persons authorised to sign the Requests for Funds (and thus validly commit the Borrower) and containing the specimen signatures of these persons; (
- c)the signature of the MoU; (
- d)the Commission having received, not later than on the Disbursement Date relating to such Loan, Commitment Confirmations of at least five Lenders comprising at least 2/3 of the Total Commitment (a “Critical Mass of Lenders”); (
- e)the Commission having received confirmation from the Lenders (
- i)that they are satisfied that the conditions to drawdown under this Agreement are satisfied, and (
- ii)of the terms on which they are willing to make a Loan to the Borrower; (
- f)no material adverse change having occurred since the date of this Agreement such as would, in the opinion of the Lenders, after consultation with the Borrower, be likely to prejudice materially the ability of the Borrower to fulfil its payment obligations under this Agreement, i.e. to service the Loan to be funded and to repay it; and (
- g)no Event of Default having occurred which is continuing.
Article 3
- b)the remaining in place of Commitments from a Critical Mass of Lenders; (
- c)the Commission having received confirmation from the Euro Area Member States (other than Greece) that they are satisfied with the compliance by the Borrower with the terms of the MoU and the conditions laid down in the Council decision on the basis of Article 126
- d)the conditions referred to in Paragraphs (e), (f), and (
- g)of Article 3
Article 3
Paragraph
Article 5
- a)where the aggregate of the Net Participations effectively received in relation to such Loan represents at least 90% of the aggregate Net Participations of all of the Committed Lenders in relation to such Loan, then, provided that the Borrower consents, the Net Disbursement Amount will be reduced so as to be equal to the aggregate of the Net Participations effectively received by the ECB and the Lenders shall procure that the Commission shall then instruct the ECB to transfer the Net Disbursement Amount as so reduced to the Borrower in the manner specified above. Conversely, if the Borrower refuses to receive such lower amount in respect of the Loan the Commission shall not instruct the ECB to transfer such funds (which shall forthwith be returned to the Committed Lenders concerned with no delay) and the Request for Funds and the related Acceptance Notice shall be cancelled automatically. If any part of the shortfall in Net Participations is in fact received within 2 Business Days of the scheduled Disbursement Date then the Commission shall consult with the Borrower as to whether it wishes to receive a remittance of such funds and in such event the parties shall make such adjustments to the terms of the relevant portion of the Loan as are necessary to take into account the late receipt of such funds. Any funds received outside this period of 2 Business Days shall be returned by the Commission to the relevant Lender(s); or (
- b)where the aggregate of the Net Participations effectively received in relation to such Loan is lower than 90% of the aggregate Net Participations of all the Committed Lenders in respect of such Loan then the Commission shall not instruct the ECB to transfer to the Borrower the corresponding funds (and the same will remain credited to the Lenders’ Account) until the Commission has received further instruction from the Lenders to do so and the Borrower has notified the Commission in writing of its consent to receive the funds. In the event that: (
- i)either the Lenders have instructed the Commission not to further proceed with the disbursement; or the Lenders have failed to give instructions to the Commission within two Business Days following the Disbursement Date, or (
- ii)either the Borrower has notified the Commission of its refusal to receive the lower sum or the Borrower has not notified the Commission of its consent to receive the funds within two Bussiness Days following the Disbursement Date, the Commission shall then instruct the ECB to forthwith return the Net Participations credited to the Lenders Account to the Committed Lenders concerned and the Request for Funds and the related Acceptance Notice shall be cancelled; and (
- c)any adjustments under Points (
- a)and (
- b)shall be without prejudice to the Borrower’s rights against the Committed Lenders which failed to fund their portion of a Loan.
Article 8
- g)below; and (
- b)the legal opinion of the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance provided in accordance with Article 3
- i)not to secure by mortgage, pledge or any other encumbrance upon its own assets or revenues any present or future Relevant Indebtedness and any guarantee or indemnity given in respect thereof, unless the Loans at the same time shares pari passu and pro rata in such security; and (
- ii)not to grant to any other creditor or holder of its sovereign debt any priority over the Lenders. The grant of the following encumbrances shall not constitute a breach of this Article:
- a)(
- i)the sale, transfer or assignment of State assets to a special purpose company or similar entity or (
- ii)the grant by the Borrower of security over State assets, where (
- b)such State assets are used in either case to back or to secure a public issuance of bonds by such special purpose company or similar entity and where the recourse of investors in respect of such bonds is limited to the revenue generated by or the realizable value of such State assets and (
- c)provided that the terms of such securitization and the use of the proceeds of such transaction are consistent with the policy conditions of the MoU and accounted for in national accounts in line with ESA 95 principles and Eurostat guidance on securitisations operations undertaken by governments. As used in this Article, “financing for a specific investment project” means any financing of the acquisition, construction or development of any properties in connection with a project if the providing entity for such financing expressly agrees to look to the properties financed and the revenues to be generated by the operation of, or loss or damage to, such properties as the principal source of repayment for the moneys advanced. (
- b)to utilise the Net Disbursement Amounts consistently with the Council decision on the basis of Article 126
- c)to only repay the Loans advanced under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement on a pro rata and pari passu basis to each Committed Lender via payments to the Lenders’ Account maintained at the ECB and not to deal on a bilateral or preferential basis with individual Lenders in respect of the Loans made under this Agreement; (
- d)to obtain and maintain in full force and effect all authorisations necessary for it to comply with its obligations under this Agreement; and (
- e)to comply in all respects with applicable laws which might affect its ability to perform this Agreement. 5. INTEREST, COSTS AND EXPENSES
- a)the then applicable three-month EURIBOR determined in accordance with Annex 5, or (
- i)in respect of periods which are equal to or exceed one week and are less than three months, the relevant EURIBOR rate determined (using the EURIBOR rate for the next longest period for which such rates are available) and (
- ii)in respect of periods of less than one week the applicable EONIA rate for each day with daily capitalisation; and (
- b)a margin equal to: (
- i)300 basis points, in respect of any Interest Periods commencing on or after the Disbursement Date of a Loan up to and including the Interest Period ending on the third anniversary of such Disbursement Date or, if this is not an Interest Payment Date, the first Interest Payment Date after the third anniversary of such Disbursement Date; and (
- ii)400 basis points in respect of any subsequent Interest Periods. For the purposes of this Agreement: “Interest Payment Date” means, in relation to any Loan, any and each of 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December in each year and the final date of repayment of such Loan if it becomes repayable prior to the end of its scheduled Term; and “Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each three month period commencing on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next Interest Payment Date, except for (
- i)the first Interest Period in respect of such Loan which shall commence on (and include) the Disbursement Date thereof and end on (but exclude) the first Interest Payment Date following such Disbursement Date and (
- ii)any broken interest period in the event that a Loan is accelerated or otherwise repaid on a date other than the last day of its scheduled Term.
- a)the notice of prepayment shall be irrevocable and shall specify the amount and the date upon which the prepayment is to be made, which must be an Interest Payment Date; and (
- b)any prepayment shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and subject to the Borrower indemnifying Lenders in respect of any costs, expenses or fees they suffer (including broken funding and broken hedging costs) as a consequence of such prepayment. Accrued interest shall be payable at the Interest Rate determined for the relevant period; and (
- c)any partial prepayment shall be applied (after paying any accrued interest, fees or other amounts due in respect of the amount being prepaid) to the scheduled capital repayment amounts pro rata; and (
- d)any amount which is voluntarily prepaid cannot be re-borrowed.
- a)the Court of Justice of the European Union in a final decision decides that this Agreement or the making of the Loans violates European Union law and such violation cannot be remedied then the Facility as a whole (i.e. the Commitments of all of the Lenders hereunder) shall immediately and irrevocably be cancelled but this shall not give rise to an acceleration of any outstanding Loans; or (
- b)a constitutional court of a Lender or other court with competent jurisdiction in relation to such Lender decides in a final judgment that this Agreement or a Loan is violating the constitution of the Lender and such violation cannot be remedied, then the Commitment of the relevant Lender only shall immediately and irrevocably be cancelled but this shall not give rise to an acceleration of any outstanding Loans.
- c)third against interest; and (
- d)fourth against principal, provided that these amounts are due or overdue for payment on that date.
- a)shall be made in a commercially reasonable manner; and (
- b)shall, absent manifest error, be binding on all Lenders and the Borrower.
- a)the Borrower shall fail to pay any amount of principal or interest under any Loan or any other amounts due under this Agreement on its due date, whether in whole or in part, in the manner as agreed in this Agreement, in respect of any Loan and such default shall continue for a period of thirty calendar days (in relation to a failure to pay any interest amount or any other amount with the exception of principal) or seven calendar days (in relation to a failure to pay any principal amount) after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Lenders; or (
- b)the Borrower or its agencies shall default in the performance of any obligation under this Agreement (including the obligation set out in Article 1
- c)the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement are declared by a court of competent jurisdiction not to be binding on or enforceable against the Borrower or are declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal; or (
- d)(
- i)it has been established that in relation to this Agreement or the MoU, the Borrower or the Borrower’s Agent has engaged in any illegal activity, or any other actions detrimental to the Lenders or (
- ii)any representation or warranty made by the Borrower or the Borrower’s Agent under this Agreement is inaccurate, untrue or misleading; or (
- e)Relevant Indebtedness of the Borrower having an aggregate principal amount in excess of Euro 250 million is the subject of a declaration of default
any instrument governing or evidencing such indebtedness and as a result of such a declaration of default there is an acceleration of such indebtedness or a de facto moratorium on payments; or (
- f)the Borrower does not make timely repurchases from the IMF in relation to the IMF Stand-by Arrangement; or (
- g)the Borrower does not generally pay its Relevant Indebtedness as it falls due or declares or imposes a moratorium on the payment of the Relevant Indebtedness of the Borrower or of Relevant Indebtedness assumed or guaranteed by it. For the purposes of the foregoing, “Relevant Indebtedness” means External Indebtedness and Public Internal Indebtedness. “External Indebtedness” means all indebtedness of the Borrower or the Borrower’s Agent (
- i)which is denominated or payable in a currency other than the lawful currency of the Borrower and (
- ii)which was not originally incurred or assumed under an agreement or instrument made with or issued to creditors substantially all of who are residents of Greece or entities having their head office or principal place of business with the territory of Greece. “Public Internal Indebtedness” means all indebtedness of the Borrower which (
- i)is denominated in the lawful currency of the Borrower, (
- ii)is in the form of or represented by bonds, notes or other securities or any guarantee thereof and (iii) is or may be quoted or listed or ordinarily purchased and sold on any stock exchange, automated trading system, over the counter or other securities market.
- a)all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched; (
- b)a regular report on the progress made in fulfilment of the terms of the MoU; (
- c)promptly, such further information regarding its fiscal and economic condition, as any Lender or the Commission may reasonably request; and (
- d)any information pertaining to any event which could reasonably be expected to cause an Event of Default to occur (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
- a)The Commission shall have the right to send its own agents or duly authorised representatives to carry out any technical or financial controls or audits that the Commission considers necessary in relation to the management of the Loan. (
- b)The Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent shall supply relevant information and documents which may be requested for the purpose of such assessments, controls or audits, and take all suitable measures to facilitate the work of persons instructed to carry them out. The Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent undertake to give to the persons referred to in sub-paragraph (
- a)access to sites and premises where the relevant information and documents are kept. (
- c)The Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent shall ensure investigation and satisfactory treatment of any suspected and actual cases of fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity in relation to the management of the stability support. All such cases as well as measures related thereto taken by national competent authorities shall be reported to the Commission without delay. 11. NOTICES
- i)the existing Lender shall assign absolutely its rights in respect of the Loans and the Agreement expressed to be assigned under the Assignment Agreement; (
- ii)the existing Lender shall be released by the Borrower and the other Lenders from its obligations under this Agreement in respect of the portion of the Loans being assigned and expressed to be the subject of the Assignment Agreement (the “Relevant Obligations”); and (iii) the new Lender shall assume to the Borrower and the other Lenders obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations and (if it is not already a Lender) shall become a party to this Agreement as a Lender. A copy of each Assignment Agreement shall be promptly supplied to the Commission and the Lenders shall notify the Borrower promptly of each such Assignment Agreement and the assignment effected thereunder.
- a)the Lenders have received the official notification in the form of the Legal Opinion by the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance in the form of Annex 4 that this Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and all of the Borrower’s obligations in relation to this Agreement are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and nothing further is required to give effect to the same; and (
- b)the Commission has received Commitment Confirmations from a Critical Mass of Lenders, on which date this Agreement shall enter into effect and be binding on and between the Borrower and those Lenders which have provided such Commitment Confirmations. This Agreement shall enter into force and become binding upon and between the Borrower, the Committed Lenders and each remaining Lender with effect from each date when the Commission receives the Commitment Confirmation of such Lender. A “Commitment Confirmation” means a written confirmation (in accordance with Annex 4 to the Intercreditor Agreement) by a Lender to the Commission that under its national laws it is duly authorised to participate as a Lender under this Agreement.
- a)Principal amount of the Loan to be EUR []. (
- b)The Net Disbursement Amount of the Loan to be EUR []. (
- c)The Disbursement Date for the Loan shall be: []. (
- d)The Loan shall have [no Grace Period] [a Grace Period of []. (
- e)The Term of the Loan shall be [] years. (
- f)The scheduled principal repayments of the Loan shall be: Date (years) Scheduled Principal Repayments (€) 0 Disbursement 2. We acknowledge and agree that: (
- a)The list of authorised signatories sent on behalf of the Borrower by the Minister of Finance on [] remains valid and applicable. (
- b)No event has occurred that would render incorrect any statement made in the legal opinion issued by the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance dated []. (
- c)No Event of Default has occurred. Yours faithfully, ANNEX 3 FORM OF ACCEPTANCE NOTICE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE GENERAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS Finance, coordination with EIB group, EBRD and IFI’s By fax followed by registered mail: [Insert Borrower’s contact details] Copy to the European Central Bank [Insert address] Fax: [•] Copy to the Bank of Greece [Insert address] Fax: [•] Subject: Euro Area Stability Support Acceptance Notice for the [•] Loan Dear Sirs, We refer to: (i)the Loan Facility Agreement between the Euro Area Member States (other than the Federal Republic of Germany and the Hellenic Republic) and KfW as Lenders and the Hellenic Republic as Borrower signed on [date] (the “Agreement”); and (
- ii)the Request for Funds notified to the Commission by the Hellenic Republic on [date]. Terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning herein. We hereby confirm the financial terms applicable to the Loan requested by the Hellenic Republic in the above Request for Funds: (
- a)Principal amount of the Loan to be EUR []. (
- b)The Net Disbursement Amount of the Loan to be EUR []. (
- c)The Disbursement Date for the Loan shall be: []. (
- d)The Loan shall have [no Grace Period] [a Grace Period of []. (
- e)The Term of the Loan shall be [] years. (
- f)The scheduled principal repayments of the Loan shall be: Date (years) Scheduled Principal Repayments (€) 0 Disbursement (
- g)the Lenders in respect of this Loan comprise: [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] Yours faithfully, EUROPEAN COMMISSION [•] [•] ANNEX 4 FORM OF LEGAL OPINION (official letterhead of the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance) [place, date] To: European Commission [Insert address] Re: Loan Facility Agreement between certain Euro Area Member States and KfW (as Lenders) and the Hellenic Republic (as Borrower) and the Bank of Greece (as the Borrower’s Agent) signed on [•] 2010 Legal Opinion Dear Sirs, In our capacity as the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance, we refer to the above referenced Loan Facility Agreement and its Annexes which constitute an integral part thereof (hereinafter together referred to as the “Agreement”) entered into between, amongs others, certain Euro Area Member States and KfW (hereinafter referred to as the “Lenders”) and the Hellenic Republic (hereinafter referred to as the “Borrower”) on [•]. I also refer to the the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, the Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality and the Technical Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter referred to together as the “MoU”). We warrant that we are fully competent to issue this legal opinion in connection with the Agreement on behalf of the Borrower. We have examined originals of the Agreement and of the MoU. We have also examined the relevant provisions of national and international law applicable to the Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent, the powers of signatories and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. Furthermore, we have made such other investigations and reviewed such matters of law as we have considered relevant to the opinion expressed herein. We have assumed (
- i)the genuineness of all signatures (except the Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent) and the conformity of all copies to originals, (
- ii)the capacity and power to enter into the Agreement of, and their valid authorisation and signing by, each party other than the Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent and (iii) the validity, binding effect and enforceability of the Agreement on each party under the laws of England. Terms used and not defined in this opinion shall have the meaning set out in the Agreement in the MoU. This opinion is limited to Hellenic law as it stands at the date of this opinion. Subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. With respect to the laws, regulations and legally binding decisions currently in force in the Hellenic Republic, the Borrower is by the execution of the Agreement and the MoU by [insert name], Minister of Finance, validly and irrevocably committed to fulfil all of its obligations under it. In particular, the provisions of the Agreement relating to the advance of Loans are fully valid. 2. The Borrower’s execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and the MoU: (
- i)have been duly authorised by all necessary consents, actions, approvals and authorisations; and (
- ii)have not and will not violate any applicable regulation or ruling of any competent authority or any agreement or Treaty binding on it. 3. Nothing in this Agreement contravenes or limits the rights of the Borrower to make punctual and effective payment of any sum due for the principal, interest or other charges under the Agreement. 4. The Agreement and the MoU are in proper legal form under Hellenic laws for enforcement against the Borrower and the Borrower’s Agent. The enforcement of the Agreement would not be contrary to mandatory provisions of Hellenic law, to the ordre public of the Hellenic Republic, to international treaties or to generally accepted principles of international law binding on the Borrower. 5. It is not necessary in order to ensure the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement and the MoU that they be filed, recorded, or enrolled with any court or authority in the Hellenic Republic. 6. No taxes, duties, fees or other charges imposed by the Hellenic Republic or any taxing authority thereof or therein are payable in connection with the execution and delivery of the Agreement and with any payment or transfer of principal, interest, commissions and other sums due under the Agreement. 7. No exchange control authorisations are required and no fees or other commission are to be paid on the transfer of any sum due under the Agreement. 8. The signature of the Agreement and the MoU by [insert name], Governor of the Bank of Greece legally and validly binds the Borrower’s Agent. 9. The choice of English law as governing law for the Agreement is a valid choice of law binding the Borrower in accordance with Hellenic law. 10. The Borrower has legally, effectively and irrevocably submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union in connection with the Agreement and any judgement of this court would be conclusive and enforceable in the Hellenic Republic. 11. Neither the Borrower nor any of its property are immune on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from jurisdiction, attachment — whether before or after judgement — or execution in respect of any action or proceeding relating to the Agreement. 12. The execution of the Agreement and the MoU has been made upon the provisions of [insert appropriate reference to national law]. 13. The Agreement and the MoU have been validly ratified in accordance with provisions of [insert appropriate reference to national law]. 14. In conclusion, the Agreement and the MoU have been duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and all the Borrower’s obligations in relation to the Agreement and the MoU are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and nothing further is required to give effect to the same. Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights and the Legal Advisor to the State at the Ministry of Finance ANNEX 5 EURIBOR SETTING RULES 1. The EURIBOR for each Interest Period in respect of a Loan shall be fixed by the Commission in accordance with the following stipulations:
- a)The Existing Lender(
- s)assign(
- s)absolutely to the New Lender(
- s)all the rights of the Existing Lender(
- s)under the Agreement and the Loans which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender’s/Lenders’ Commitments and Participations in Loans under the Agreement as are specified in the Schedule. (
- b)Each Existing Lender is released from all the obligations of the Existing Lender which correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitments and Participations in Loans under the Agreement specified in the Schedule. (
- c)The New Lender(
- s)become(
- s)a party to the Agreement as a Lender and is/are bound by obligations equivalent to those from which the Existing Lender(
- s)is/are released under paragraph (
- b)above. 3. The proposed transfer date is [ ]. 4. This Assignment Agreement shall upon delivery to the Borrower constitute notice of assignment to the Borrower. 5. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Assignment Agreement. 6. This Assignment Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law. 7. This Assignment Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Assignment Agreement. SCHEDULE TO THE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Rights to be assigned and obligations to be released and undertaken [insert relevant details] [Existing Lender(
- s)] By: [New Lender(
- s)] By: This Assignment Agreement is counter-signed by each of the other Lenders and the transfer date is confirmed as [•]. Signature of this Assignment Agreement by the Lenders constitutes confirmation by each of them of receipt of notice of the assignments referred to herein. A copy of this Assignment Agreement shall be supplied to the Commission promptly. By: The Lenders ANNEX 7 LIST OF CONTACTS For the Lenders and Commission: European Commission Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs — Unit L-4 “Lending, Borrowing, Accounting and Back Office” L-2920 Luxembourg Attention: Head of Unit Fax: + 352 4301 33459 SWIFT BIC: EUCOLULL With copy to the ECB: European Central Bank Kaiserstrasse 29 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Attention: Head of Financial Operations Services Division Fax: + 49 69 1344 6171 SWIFT BIC: ECBFDEFFBAC For the Borrower: Ministry of Finance General Accounting Office 37, E. Venizelos str. 101 65 Athens, Greece Attention: 23rd Division Fax: + 30 210 3338205 With copy to the Borrower’s Agent: Bank of Greece 21, E. Venizelos str. 102 50 Athens, Greece Attention: Government Financial Operations & Accounts Department Government Accounts Section Fax: + 30 210 3221007 SWIFT BIC: BNGRGRAA 1 In particular parliamentary authorisation. 2 For clarification purposes, if all Lenders successfully finalise — where required — their respective national legal procedures, the Adjusted % Contribution will be identical to the Contribution Key. 3 Commission Decision C