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NIGER - 19961219

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Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Thursday, 19 December, 1996

Status of the treatment: 

Fully repaid

Amounts treated: 

$128 million

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of December 01, 1996

Treatment of maturities falling due from December 01, 1996 up to June 30, 1999

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Naples terms (cancellation rate of 67%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 67%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

 

Phases

  • First phase : From December 01, 1996 up to September 30, 1997, implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From October 01, 1997 up to September 30, 1998, implemented on September 29, 1997
  • Third phase : From October 01, 1998 up to June 30, 1999, implemented on June 08, 1999

Comparability of treatment provision: 

yes

Organisation of the session: 

Have attended:

Observers (countries): 

Observers (institutions): 

NIGER - 19940304

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Friday, 4 March, 1994

Status of the treatment: 

Fully repaid

Amounts treated: 

$160 million

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under London terms (cancellation rate of 50%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 50%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 30 years with 12 years of grace

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

Comparability of treatment provision: 

yes

Organisation of the session: 

Have attended:

Observers (countries): 

Observers (institutions): 

MAURITANIA - 20000316

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Thursday, 16 March, 2000

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

IMF program under the PRGF approved on July 21, 1999

 

Amounts treated: 

$100 million

Accorded treatment: 

Decision point reached on February 02, 2000

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of June 30, 1999

Treatment of maturities falling due from July 01, 1999 up to June 30, 2002

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Cologne terms (cancellation rate of 90%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 90%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each Participating Creditor Country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps : (i) all Official Development Aid loans ; (ii) amounts of outstanding credits, loans and consolidations on debts [treated in the present Agreed Minute] other than official development aid loans, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of December 31, 1992 or up to an amount of 20 million SDR, whichever is higher. Participating creditor countries and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who will inform other Creditors, of the debt swap agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on Mauritania's economy and on the evolution of creditor's exposure will be transmitted to the Secretariat, including : its nature and purpose ; the parties to the debt swap ; the amount, type and value of the debt treated ; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

 

Good will clause

Given the decision by Paris Club Creditors to contribute to the exceptional assistance in favour of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), the Participating Creditor Countries declare their readiness in principle to hold at completion point a meeting designed to examine the question of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's outstanding debt stock and to make the necessary effort, in favour of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to reach the objective of its debt sustainability in the context of an equitable burden sharing among creditors, provided that :

- the Islamic Republic of Mauritania maintains satisfactory relations with participating Creditor Countries, fully implements all the agreements signed with them and maintains a sound adjustment track record ;

- the Boards of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank decide that the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has reached its completion point under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

 

Free transferability provision

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will take the relevant administrative measures or extend existing measures to ensure that private debtors in Mauritania will be permitted to pay into the Bank of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania or its designated agents, the local currency counterpart of their obligations past due or falling due, corresponding to their debt of any nature owed to or guaranteed by the Participating or Observer Creditor Countries or their appropriate institutions. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will guarantee the immediate and unrestricted transfer of the foreign exchange counterpart of all amounts paid in local currency by the private debtors in Mauritania corresponding to the above mentioned debts.

 

Phases

  • First phase : From July 01, 1999 up to October 31, 2000, implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From November 01, 2000 up to October 31, 2001, implemented on March 19, 2001
  • Third phase : From November 01, 2001 up to June 30, 2002, not implemented

De minimis threshold of 500 000 SDR

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before July 31, 2000

Comparability of treatment provision: 

In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to all its external public or private creditors, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania commits itself to seek promptly from all its external creditors debt reduction and reorganization arrangements on terms comparable in net present value to those set forth in the present Agreed Minute for credits of comparable maturity. Comparability of treatment for debt reduction in net present value is assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the face value of the debt but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled.

Consequently, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania commits itself to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the present Agreed Minute, commercial banks and suppliers- a treatment not more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania with its creditor countries not listed in the present Agreed Minute on the one hand, and with the Participating Creditor Countries on the other hand, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the real exposure of the creditor countries not listed in the present Agreed Minute, the level of cash payments received by those creditor countries from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania as compared to their share in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the creditor countries not listed in the present Agreed Minute.

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania will inform in writing the Chairman of the Paris Club no later than September 30, 2000 of the progress made for this purpose in negotiations with other creditors mentioned [...] hereabove, and will communicate to the Chairman of the Paris Club the content of its bilateral agreements with these creditors.

Cut-off date: 

December 31, 1984

Organisation of the session: 

Have attended:

Observers (institutions): 

MAURITANIA - 19930126

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Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Tuesday, 26 January, 1993

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Amounts treated: 

$217 million

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under London terms (cancellation rate of 50%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 50%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 30 years with 12 years of grace

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

Comparability of treatment provision: 

yes

Organisation of the session: 

Have attended:

Observers (countries): 

MALAWI - 20061019

English

Debtor country: 

Treatment date: 

Thursday, 19 October, 2006

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Program with the IMF : Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) approved on August 05, 2005

Download the IMF report : PRGF document

Total external debt of the country: 

$2 969 million as of December 31, 2005

$355 million of which being due to Paris Club as of August 01, 2006

Amounts treated: 

$355 million of which $137 million being canceled, of which $218 million being rescheduled

Accorded treatment: 

Reduction of Malawi's stock of debt

Completion point reached on August 31, 2006

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of July 31, 2006

Treatment of the stock as of August 01, 2006

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under HIPC Initiative Exit terms

  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

Rescheduling of loans, credits and consolidations granted under ODA conditions at rates and conditions of interest at least as favorable as the concessional rate applying to those loans, and in any case not more than the Appropriate Market Rate.

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each Participating Creditor Country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps:

(i) all ODA loans;

(ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of 31 December 2000 or up to an amount of SDR 5 million, whichever is higher.

Participating Creditor Countries and the Government of the Republic of Malawi shall inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who shall inform other creditors, of the debt swaps agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on the Republic of Malawi's economy and on the evolution of Creditor's exposure shall be transmitted to the Secretariat, including: its nature and purpose; the parties to the debt swap; the amount, type and value of the debt treated; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Republic of Malawi.

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before May 01, 2007

Comparability of treatment provision: 

The Republic of Malawi was declared eligible to the Enhanced HIPC initiative by the IDA and the IMF in 2000 and was declared to have reached its Completion Point on 31 August 2006. In this context, the Republic of Malawi commits to seek promptly from all its external creditors which are not participating in the Agreed Minutes dated October 19, 2006, their appropriate contribution in terms of debt relief to the enhanced HIPC initiative, on top of traditional debt relief mechanisms and consistent with the proportional burden sharing based on their relative exposure in net present value of total external debt at Decision Point after the full use of traditional debt relief mechanisms.

The appropriate nature of the debt relief provided will be assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the net present value of the debt as computed under Appropriate Market Rate, but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled. For this purpose, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the level of cash payments received by those creditors as compared to their share in the Republic of Malawi's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment 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 Republic of Malawi and creditor countries not listed in these Agreed Minutes.

Consequently, the Republic of Malawi commits not to accord any category of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in these Agreed Minutes, commercial banks, suppliers and bondholders- a treatment more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

Cut-off date: 

January 01, 1997

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Ambroise Fayolle, Co Chairman of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was Mr. Goodall E. Gondwe, Minister of Finance.

Files attached: 

Observers (institutions): 

MALAWI - 20010125

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Thursday, 25 January, 2001

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Program with the IMF under the PRGF approved on December 21, 2000

Download the IMF report : letter of intent

Total external debt of the country: 

$2 600 million as of December 31, 1999

$333 million of which being due to Paris Club as of June 30, 1999

Amounts treated: 

$66 million of which $19 million being canceled, of which $47 million being rescheduled

Accorded treatment: 

Restructuring of the public external debt. Given its strong track-record of reforms as well as the burden of its external indebtedness, Malawi reached on December 21, 2000 its decision point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative and was granted an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility with the International Monetary Fund.

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of maturities falling due from December 01, 2000 up to September 01, 2006

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Cologne terms (cancellation rate of 90%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 90%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

repayment profile

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each creditor country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps: (i) all ODA loans ; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of December 31, 2000 or up to an amount of SDR 5 million, whichever is higher. Participating creditor countries and the Government of the Republic of Malawi will inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who will inform other creditors, of the debt swaps agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on the Republic of Malawi's economy and on the evolution of creditor's exposure will be transmitted to the Secretariat including : its nature and purpose ; the parties to the debt swap ; the amount, type and value of the debt treated ; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Republic of Malawi.

Given the decision by Paris Club Creditors to contribute to the exceptional assistance in favour of the Republic of Malawi under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the Participating Creditor Countries declare their readiness in principle to hold at completion point a meeting designed to examine the question of the Republic of Malawi's outstanding debt stock and to make the necessary effort, in favor of the Republic of Malawi to reach the objective of its debt sustainability in the context of an equitable burden sharing among creditors, provided that :

- the Republic of Malawi maintains satisfactory relations with participating Creditor Countries, fully implements all the agreements signed with them and maintains a sound adjustment track record ;

- the Boards of the International Monetary Fund and the International Development Association decide that the Republic of Malawi has reached its completion point under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

 

Pullback clause

The Participating Creditor Countries will review the implementation of the conditions regarding the conditions for the entry into force of the phases. hereabove. If in light of the decisions taken by the Board of the International Monetary Fund, the Participating Creditor Countries determine that these conditions were not fulfilled for the implementation of the Agreed Minute they may declare part or all of the provisions set forth in the Agreement null and void.

 

Phases

  • First phase : From December 01, 2000 up to December 31, 2001, implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From January 01, 2002 up to December 31, 2002, implemented on November 17, 2003
  • Third phase : From January 01, 2003 up to September 01, 2006, implemented on November 17, 2003

De minimis threshold of 100 000 SDR

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before April 30, 2001

Comparability of treatment provision: 

In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to all its external public or private creditors, the Government of the Republic of Malawi commits itself to seek promptly from all its external creditors debt reduction and reorganization arrangements on terms comparable in net present value to those set forth in the Agreed Minute dated January 25, 2001 for credits of comparable maturity. Comparability of treatment for debt reduction in net present value is assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the face value of the debt but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled.

Consequently, the Government of the Republic of Malawi commits itself to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the Agreed Minute, commercial banks and suppliers- a treatment not more favorable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Republic of Malawi with its creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minute on the one hand, and arrangements with the Participating Creditor Countries on the other hand, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the exposure of the creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minute, the level of cash payments received by those creditor countries from the Government of the Republic of Malawi as compared to their share in the Republic of Malawi's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment 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 Republic of Malawi and the creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minute.

Cut-off date: 

January 01, 1997

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Bruno BEZARD, Vice Chairman of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was Dr Mathews A.P. CHIKAONKA, Minister of Finance, Economy and Plan.

Files attached: 

Observers (institutions): 

MADAGASCAR - 20010307

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Wednesday, 7 March, 2001

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Total external debt of the country: 

$4 358 million as of December 31, 1999

$1 602 million of which being due to Paris Club as of December 31, 2000

Amounts treated: 

$254 million of which $161 million being canceled, of which $93 million being rescheduled

Accorded treatment: 

Decision point reached on December 21, 2000

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of December 01, 2000

Treatment of maturities falling due from December 01, 2000 up to November 30, 2004

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Cologne terms (cancellation rate of 90%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 90%
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each creditor country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps : (i) all ODA loans ; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations mentioned in paragraph 1. above, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of December 31, 1994 or up to an amount of SDR 20 million, whichever is higher. Participating creditor countries and the Government of the Republic of Madagascar will inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who will inform other creditors, of the debt swaps agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on the Republic of Madagascar's economy and on the evolution of creditor's exposure will be transmitted to the Secretariat including : its nature and purpose ; the parties to the debt swap ; the amount, type and value of the debt treated ; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Republic of Madagascar.

 

Good will clause

Given the decision by Paris Club Creditors to contribute to the exceptional assistance in favour of the Republic of Madagascar under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the Participating Creditor Countries declare their readiness in principle to hold a meeting at the completion point designed to examine the question of the Republic of Madagascar's outstanding debt stock and to make the necessary effort, in favour of the Republic of Madagascar to reach the objective of its debt sustainability in the context of an equitable burden sharing among creditors, provided that :

- the Republic of Madagascar maintains satisfactory relations with participating Creditor Countries, fully implements all the agreements signed with them and maintains a sound adjustment track record ;

- the Boards of the International Monetary Fund and the International Development Association decide that the Republic of Madagascar has reached its completion point under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

 

Phases

  • First phase : From December 01, 2000 up to December 31, 2001, implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From January 01, 2002 up to December 31, 2002, implemented on January 20, 2003
  • Third phase : From January 01, 2003 up to November 30, 2004, implemented on July 10, 2003

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before June 30, 2001

Comparability of treatment provision: 

In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to all its external public or private creditors, the Government of the Republic of Madagascar commits itself to seek from all its external creditors debt reduction and reorganisation arrangements on terms comparable in net present value to those set forth in the present Agreed Minute for credits of comparable maturity. Comparability of treatment for debt reduction in net present value is assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the face value of the debt but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled.

Consequently, the Government of the Republic of Madagascar commits itself to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the present Agreed Minute, commercial banks and suppliers- a treatment not more favorable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Republic of Madagascar with its creditors not listed in the present Agreed Minute on the one hand, and arrangements with the Participating Creditor Countries on the other hand, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the exposure of the creditors not listed in the present Agreed Minute, the level of cash payments received by those creditors from the Government of the Republic of Madagascar as compared to their share in the Madagascar's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment applied, including debt buy backs, and all characteristics of the reorganised claims and in particular their repayment terms whatever forms they take, and in general the financial relations between the Government of the Republic of Madagascar and the creditors not listed in the present Agreed Minute.

Cut-off date: 

July 01, 1983

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by M. Bruno Bézard, Vice President of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was M. Tantely Andrianarivo, Prime Minister, Minister of Finances.

Observers (countries): 

Observers (institutions): 

KENYA - 20001115

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Wednesday, 15 November, 2000

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Total external debt of the country: 

$5 500 million as of December 31, 1999, representing 135% of exports (in net present value)

$2 000 million of which being due to Paris Club as of December 31, 1999

Amounts treated: 

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of July 01, 2000

Treatment of maturities falling due from July 01, 2000 up to June 30, 2001

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Ad Hoc terms

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 18 years , with 3 years of grace
  • repayment of ODA credits over 20 years

repayment profile

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each Participating Creditor Country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local debt swaps : (i) all ODA loans ; (ii) amounts of outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, other than Official Development Aid loans, on debts [treated in the present Agreed Minute], up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding claims as December 31, 1993 or up to an amount of 20 million SDR, whichever is higher. Participating Creditor Countries and the Republic of Kenya will inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who will inform other creditors, of the debt swap agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on the Republic of Kenya's economy and on the evolution of creditor's exposure will be transmitted to the Secretariat, including : its nature and purpose ; the parties to the debt swap ; the amount, type and value of the debt treated ; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Republic of Kenya.

 

Free transferability provision

The Government of the Republic of Kenya will continue to guarantee with an appropriate exchange rate system the immediate and unrestricted transfer of foreign exchange counterpart of all amounts paid in local currency by the private debtors in Kenya for servicing their foreign debt owed to or guaranteed by the Participating or Observer Creditor Countries or their appropriate institutions.

De minimis threshold of 500 000 SDR

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before June 30, 2001

Comparability of treatment provision: 

In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to all its external public or private creditors, the Government of the Republic of Kenya commits itself to seek promptly from all its external creditors debt reorganisation arrangements on terms comparable to those set forth in the present Agreed Minute, while trying to avoid discriminations among different categories of creditors.

Consequently, the Government of the Republic of Kenya commits itself to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the present Agreed Minute, and private creditors- a treatment not more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries for credits of comparable maturity.

Cut-off date: 

December 31, 1991

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by Mrs Stéphane PALLEZ, Co Chairperson of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was Hon. Chrisanthus B. OKEMO, Minister of Finance.

Files attached: 

Observers (countries): 

GUINEE 20120411

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Wednesday, 11 April, 2012

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Program supported by an Arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) approved on February 24, 2012
Download the IMF report : ECF program

Total external debt of the country: 

$750 million of which being due to Paris Club as of January 01, 2012

Amounts treated: 

$344 million of which $151 million being canceled, of which $193 million being rescheduled

Accorded treatment: 

Debt relief of the external public debt on 11th April 2012, following the approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of a new three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility on 24th February 2012

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of December 31, 2011. Treatment of the stock as of January 01, 2012

Treatment of maturities falling due from January 01, 2012 up to December 31, 2014

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Cologne terms

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace
  • repayment of ODA credits over 40 years with 16 years of grace

On an exceptional basis, considering the Republic of Guinea's limited capacity of payment, creditors have also agreed to defer and reschedule over an eight-year period the repayment of maturities due by the Republic of Guinea on short term and post cut-off date debts; and, over a three-year period the arrears on those claims. They also agreed to defer all the interest due on the amounts treated.

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each Participating Creditor Country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps:

i) all official development assistance loans;

(ii) the amounts of outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of 31st December 1992 or up to an amount of 20 million SDR, whichever is higher.

 

Phases

  • First phase : From January 01, 2012 up to December 31, 2012, implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From January 01, 2013 up to December 31, 2013, not implemented
  • Third phase : From January 01, 2014 up to December 31, 2014, not implemented

Comparability of treatment provision: 

The Republic of Guinea was declared eligible to the Enhanced HIPC initiative by the IDA and the IMF in 2000 and was declared to have reached its Decision Point in December 2000. In this context, the Republic of Guinea commits to seek promptly from all its external creditors which are not participating in the Agreed Minutes dated 11 April 2012, their appropriate contribution in terms of debt relief to the enhanced HIPC initiative, on top of traditional debt relief mechanisms and consistent with the proportional burden sharing based on their relative exposure in net present value of total external debt at Decision Point after the full use of traditional debt relief mechanisms.

The appropriate nature of the debt relief provided will be assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the net present value of the debt as computed under Appropriate Market Rate, but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled. For this purpose, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the level of cash payments received by those creditors as compared to their share in the Republic of Guinea's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment 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 Republic of Guinea and creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minutes dated 11 April 2012.

Consequently, the Republic of Guinea commits not to accord any category of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the Agreed Minutes dated 11 April 2012, commercial banks, suppliers and bondholders- a treatment more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

Cut-off date: 

January 01, 1986

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Ramon FERNANDEZ, Chairman of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was Mr. Kerfalla YANSANE, Minister of Economy and Finance.

Files attached: 

Observers (countries): 

Observers (institutions): 

GUINEA-BISSAU - 20010126

English

Debtor country: 

Terms: 

Treatment date: 

Friday, 26 January, 2001

Status of the treatment: 

Active

Supporting agreements with the international institutions: 

Total external debt of the country: 

$944 million as of December 31, 1999

$360 million of which being due to Paris Club as of December 31, 1999

Amounts treated: 

$141 million of which $60 million being canceled, of which $81 million being rescheduled

Accorded treatment: 

Restructuring of the public external debt. Given its track-record of reforms as well as the burden of its external indebtedness, Guinea-Bissau reached in December 2000 its decision point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.

Categories of debt treated: 

Treatment of arrears as of November 30, 2000

Treatment of maturities falling due from December 01, 2000 up to December 31, 2003

Repayment profile: 

Treatment under Cologne terms (cancellation rate of 90%)

  • repayment of non ODA credits over 23 years, with 6 years of grace, after cancellation to a rate of 90%

Specific provisions: 

Possibility to conduct debt swaps

On a voluntary and bilateral basis, the Government of each creditor country or its appropriate institutions may sell or exchange, in the framework of debt for nature, debt for aid, debt for equity swaps or other local currency debt swaps: (i) all ODA loans; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of December 31, 1994 or up to an amount of SDR 20 million, whichever is higher. Participating creditor countries and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau will inform semi-annually the Secretariat of the Paris Club, who will inform other creditors, of the debt swaps agreements they have implemented. All elements necessary to evaluate the operation, its impact on the Republic of Guinea-Bissau's economy and on the evolution of creditor's exposure will be transmitted to the Secretariat including: its nature and purpose; the parties to the debt swap; the amount, type and value of the debt treated ; the price of sale to investors and the expense of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

Given the decision by Paris Club Creditors to contribute to the exceptional assistance in favour of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, the Participating Creditor Countries declare their readiness in principle to hold a meeting at the completion point designed to examine the question of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau's outstanding debt stock and to make the necessary effort, in favour of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to reach the objective of its debt sustainability in the context of an equitable burden sharing among creditors, provided that:

- the Republic of Guinea-Bissau maintains satisfactory relations with participating Creditor Countries, fully implements all the agreements signed with them and maintains a sound adjustment track record;

- the Boards of the International Monetary Fund and the International Development Association decide that the Republic of Guinea-Bissau has reached its completion point under the enhanced Debt Initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.
 

Pullback clause

The Participating Creditor Countries will review the implementation of the conditions stated in paragraph 3. hereabove. If, in light of the decisions taken by the Board of the International Monetary Fund, the Participating Creditor Countries determine that these conditions were not fulfilled for the implementation of the Agreed Minute dated January 26, 2001 they may declare part or all of the provisions set forth in Article II-2 above in the Agreement null and void.

 

Phases

  • First phase : From December 01, 2000 up to December 31, 2001,implemented at the signature of the agreement
  • Second phase : From January 01, 2002 up to December 31, 2002, not implemented
  • Third phase : From January 01, 2003 up to December 31, 2003, not implemented

De minimis threshold of 200 000 SDR

Payment of non-consolidated amounts before April 30, 2001

Comparability of treatment provision: 

In order to secure comparable treatment of its debt due to all its external public or private creditors, the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau commits itself to seek from all its external creditors debt reduction and reorganisation arrangements on terms comparable in net present value to those set forth in the Agreed Minute dated January 26, 2001 for credits of comparable maturity. Comparability of treatment for debt reduction in net present value is assessed not only on the basis of the reduction in the face value of the debt but also on the terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled.

Consequently, the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau commits itself to accord all categories of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the Agreed Minute, commercial banks and suppliers- a treatment not more favorable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.

For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau with its creditors not listed in the  Agreed Minute on the one hand, and arrangements with the Participating Creditor Countries on the other hand, all relevant elements will be taken into account, including the exposure of the creditors not listed in the Agreed Minute, the level of cash payments received by those creditors from the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau as compared to their share in the Guinea-Bissau's external debt, the nature and characteristics of all treatment applied, including debt buy backs, and all characteristics of the reorganised claims and in particular their repayment terms whatever forms they take, and in general the financial relations between the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the creditors not listed in the Agreed Minute.

Cut-off date: 

December 31, 1986

Organisation of the session: 

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Bruno BEZARD, Vice President of the Paris Club.

The head of the debtor country's delegation was Mr. Faustino IMBALI, Minister of Finance.

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