In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to its other external public or private creditors, the Government of the Dominican Republic commits to seek promptly from its external creditors debt reorganization arrangements on terms comparable to those set forth in these Agreed Minutes, while trying to avoid discrimination among different categories of creditors. The Government of the Dominican Republic commits to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in these Agreed Minutes, and private sector- a treatment not more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries for credits of comparable maturity.

For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Dominican Republic with its creditors not listed in these Agreed Minutes and with the Participating Creditor Countries, all relevant elements shall be taken into account, including the real exposure of the creditor not listed in these Agreed Minutes, the level of cash payments received by those creditors from the Government of the Dominican Republic as compared to their share in the Dominican Republic's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatments applied, including debt buy backs, and all characteristics of the reorganized claims and in particular their repayment terms whatever forms they take and in general the financial relations between the Government of the Dominican Republic and the creditors not listed in these Agreed Minutes.

Paris Club creditors assess that, on the basis of the information provided by the authorities of the Dominican Republic, the restructuring agreements reached with private sector creditors, in particular the bond restructuring in July 2005 and the rescheduling agreement signed with the commercial banks on 17 October 2005, if implemented, meet the comparability of treatment requirement of these Agreed Minutes.