Restructuring agreement of its external public debt, following the financing assurances provided by the Paris Club creditors on 2 September 2021
Categories of debt treated:
Treatment of arrears as of 31 December 2022
Treatment of maturities falling due from 1 January 2022 up to 31 December 2024
Repayment profile:
Treatment under classic terms
Repayment of ODA claims over 20 years, with 7 years of grace
Repayment of non-ODA claims over 15 years, with 8 years of grace
Repayment of all existing arrears as of end-2021 in two instalments in 2022 and 2024
Specific provisions:
Good will clause
Based on a future assessment that the Republic of Suriname has fulfilled all its commitments under the agreement, notably the comparability of treatment, and maintaining sound macroeconomic policies consistent with long-term debt sustainability, Paris Club creditors are committed to reschedule all maturities in capital falling due starting on 1 January, 2025. If the 2024 IMF assessment of the macroeconomic situation is consistent with the projections in the current EFF, the repayment schedule of rescheduled claims will be 17 years (including a 4-year grace period) for ODA claims and 12 years (including a 5-year grace period) for NODA claims from 1 December 2024.
This debt treatment will eventually allow the creditors to make additional efforts including through the conclusion of debt swaps, on a voluntary and bilateral basis, to support the country’s efforts in favour of environmental, social and governance goals.
The Republic of Suriname has committed to seek debt treatments at least as favourable from all other bilateral and external commercial creditors.
Comparability of treatment provision:
In order to secure comparable treatment of debts due to external public or private creditors, the Government of the Republic of Suriname commits itself to seek from its other official bilateral creditors and its external private creditors debt reorganization arrangements on terms at least as favourable as those set forth in the Agreed Minutes dated 22 June 2022 making sure to avoid discrimination among different categories of creditors.
For that purpose, the Government of the Republic of Suriname commits to inform the Participating Creditor Countries before concluding a debt reorganization arrangement in order to allow the Participating Creditor Countries to assess whether the proposed terms of debt treatment are at least as favourable to those set forth in the Agreed Minutes dated 22 June 2022.
The Government of the Republic of Suriname commits itself not to accord any other official bilateral creditors or its external private creditors financial conditions of repayment assessed more favourable than those accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.
Cut-off date:
29 April 2021
Organisation of the session:
The meeting was chaired by William ROOS, Co Chairman of the Paris Club, Assistant Secretary at the Directorate-General of the Treasury of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
The head of the debtor country’s delegation was Mr. Armand ACHAIBERSING, Minister of Finance and Planning.
Treatment of maturities falling due from April 01, 1999 up to March 31, 2002
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
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) the amounts of outstanding loans [treated in the Agreed Minute] as regards official development aid loans ; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations [treated in the Agreed Minute], up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of September 30, 1992 or up to an amount of 20 million of dollars of the United States of America, whichever is higher.
Good will clause
In response to the request of the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Honduras :
a) the Participating Creditor Countries agreed in principle to hold a meeting to consider the matter of the Republic of Honduras' debt service payments falling due after March 31, 2002 and relating to loans or credits pursuant to a contract or other financial arrangement concluded before June 1, 1990 provided :
- that the Republic of Honduras continues to have an appropriate arrangement with the International Monetary Fund ;
- that the Republic of Honduras has reached with other creditors effective arrangements meeting the conditions described in [the present Agreed Minute] and has reported in writing to the Chairman of the Paris Club, pursuant to [the Agreed Minute] ;
- and that the Republic of Honduras has complied with all conditions set out in this Agreed Minute.
b) Alternatively, if during the three years following the date of the signature of the present Agreed Minute, the Government of the Republic of Honduras has maintained satisfactory relations with the Participating or Observer Creditor Countries, and notably has fully implemented all agreements signed with them and continues to have an appropriate arrangement with the International Monetary Fund, the Participating Creditor Countries agree in principle to hold a meeting to consider the matter of the Republic of Honduras' stock of debt.
Free transferability provision
The Government of the Republic of Honduras will take the relevant administrative measures or extend existing measures to ensure that the private debtors in the Republic of Honduras will be permitted to pay into the Central Bank of Honduras 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.
Phases
First phase : From April 01, 1999 up to March 31, 2000, implemented at the signature of the agreement
Second phase : From April 01, 2000 up to March 31, 2001, implemented on July 28, 2000
Third phase : From April 01, 2001 up to March 31, 2002, implemented on November 22, 2001
De minimis threshold of 500 000 SDR
Payment of non-consolidated amounts before October 31, 1999
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 Honduras commits itself to negotiate debt reorganization arrangements with all its external creditors providing for comparable debt reduction in net present value as well as comparable terms of repayment of the debts not cancelled.
The Government of the Republic of Honduras commits itself not to accord any category of creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the Agreed Minute, commercial banks and suppliers- a treatment more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries for credits of comparable maturity and legal nature.
For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Republic of Honduras with its creditor countries not listed in the 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 Agreed Minute, the level of cash payments received by those creditor countries from the Government of the Republic of Honduras as compared to their share in the Republic of Honduras' 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 Honduras and the creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minute.
Treatment of maturities falling due from January 01, 2004 up to June 30, 2005
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) the amounts of outstanding loans as regards ODA loans; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of September 30, 1992 or up to an amount of 20 million dollars of the United States of America, whichever is higher.
Free transferability provision
The Government of the Republic of Honduras guarantees the immediate and unrestricted transfer of the foreign exchange counterpart of all amounts paid in local currency by the private debtors in Honduras for servicing their foreign debt owed to or guaranteed by the Participating or Observer Creditor Countries or their appropriate institutions, for which the corresponding payments in local currency have been deposited in the Central Bank of Honduras.
Phases
Payment of non-consolidated amounts before October 31, 2004
First phase : From January 01, 2004 up to December 31, 2004, implemented at the signature of the agreement
Second phase : From January 01, 2005 up to December 31, 2005, implemented on May 02, 2005
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 Honduras commits to seek 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 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 Honduras commits 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 favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.
Cut-off date:
June 01, 1990
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 Mr. José Arturo ALVARADO, Minister of Finance of Honduras
Restructuring of the external public debt. Given its track-record of reforms as well as the burden of its external indebtedness, Haiti reached in November 2006 the Decision Point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative
Categories of debt treated:
Treatment of arrears as of October 31, 2006
Treatment of maturities falling due from November 01, 2006 up to October 31, 2009
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 ODA loans with the exception of loans; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations, up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of 28 February 1995 or up to an amount of 20 million dollars of the United States of America, whichever is higher.
Good will clause
Given the decision by Paris Club Creditors to contribute to the exceptional assistance in favour of the Government of the Republic of Haiti under the Enhanced HIPC Initiative, 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 Haiti's outstanding debt stock and to make the necessary effort in favour of the Republic of Haiti to allow it to reach the objective of its debt sustainability in the context of an equitable burden sharing among creditors, provided that:
- the Government of the Republic of Haiti maintains satisfactory relations with the Participating Creditor Countries and a sound adjustment track record;
- the Executive Boards of the IMF and the IDA decide that the Republic of Haiti has reached its Completion Point under the enhanced HIPC initiative.
Phases
First phase : From November 01, 2006 up to October 31, 2007, implemented at the signature of the agreement
Second phase : From November 01, 2007 up to October 30, 2008, implemented on March 18, 2008
Third phase : From November 01, 2008 up to October 31, 2009, implemented on February 18, 2009
Payment of non-consolidated amounts before June 30, 2007
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 Haiti commits to seek from all its external creditors debt reduction and reorganization arrangements on terms comparable in net present value to those set forth in Agreed Minutes dated December 12, 2006 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 Haiti commits to grant all categories of creditors - and in particular creditor countries not participating in these Agreed Minutes, commercial banks and suppliers - a treatment not more favourable than the one granted to the Participating Creditor Countries.
For the purpose of the comparison between the arrangements concluded by the Government of the Republic of Haiti with the creditors not participating in these Agreed Minutes and those concluded with the Participating Creditor Countries, all relevant elements shall be taken into account, including the exposure of the creditors not participating in these Agreed Minutes, the level of cash payments received by those creditors from the Government of the Republic of Haiti as compared to their share in the Republic of Haiti'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 Haiti and the creditors not participating in these Agreed Minutes.
Cut-off date:
October 01, 1993
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. Daniel Dorsainvil, Minister of Economy and Finance.
Debt cancellation following Haiti’s having reached its Completion Point under the enhanced initiative for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (enhanced HIPC Initiative) on 30 June 2009
Categories of debt treated:
Treatment of arrears as of May 31, 2009. Treatment of the stock as of June 01, 2009
Repayment profile:
Treatment under HIPC Initiative Exit terms
Paris Club creditors also committed on a bilateral and voluntary basis to cancel an additional USD 152 million. As a result of this agreement and additional bilateral efforts, the Republic of Haiti's debt to Paris Club creditors will be entirely cancelled.
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 with the exception of loans administered by IDA and provided by the European Union member States;
(ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, loans and consolidations with the exception of loans mentioned in c), up to 20% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of 28 February 1995 or up to an amount of 20 million dollars of the United States of America, whichever is higher.
Comparability of treatment provision:
The Republic of Haiti was declared eligible to the enhanced HIPC Initiative by the IDA and the IMF in 2006 and was declared to have reached its Completion Point in June 2009. In this context, the Republic of Haiti commits to seek promptly from all its external creditors which are not participating in the Agreed Minutes dated 8July 2009, 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 Haiti'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 Haiti and creditor countries not listed in the Agreed Minutes dated 8 July 2009.
Consequently, the Republic of Haiti commits not to accord any category of external creditors -and in particular creditor countries not participating in the Agreed Minutes dated 8July 2009, commercial banks, suppliers and bondholders- a treatment more favourable than that accorded to the Participating Creditor Countries.
Cut-off date:
October 01, 1993
Organisation of the session:
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Julien RENCKI, Vice Chairman of the Paris Club
The head of the debtor country's delegation was Mr. Daniel DORSAINVIL, Minister of Economy and Finance
1/ $ 9 690 million of which being due to Paris Club as of 30 April 2014
2/ $ 1 972 million of which being due to Paris Club as of 30 September 2022
Accorded treatment:
Amendment to the Joint Declaration 2014 signed on 28 October 2022
Categories of debt treated:
1/ Treatment of arrears as of April 30, 2014
2/ Treatment of the debt stock covered by the 2014 Joint Declaration
Repayment profile:
Treatment under Ad Hoc terms
Cut-off date:
10 December 1983
Organisation of the session:
The meeting dated 29 May 2014 was chaired by Mr. Ramon FERNANDEZ, Chairman of the Paris Club. The head of the debtor country's delegation was Dr. Axel KICILLOF, Minister of Economy and Public Finance.
The meeting dated 28 October 2022 was chaired by Mr. Emmanuel MOULIN, Chairperson of the Paris Club. The delegation of the Argentine Republic was headed by Mr. Leonardo MADCUR, Secretary of State and Chief of Staff, Mr. Marco LAVAGNA, Secretary of State and in charge of the Secretariat of International Economic and Financial Affairs.
repayment of non ODA credits over 12 years, with 5 years of grace
repayment of ODA credits over 12 years with 5 years of grace
The rates and the conditions of interest of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans, should be at least as favourable as the original concessional rates applying to consolidated loans and in any case, not higher than the Appropriate Market Rate.
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) the amounts of outstanding loans as regards Official Development Assistance loans; (ii) the amounts of other outstanding credits, up to 10% of the amounts of outstanding credits as of 30 September 1991 or up to an amount of 10 million dollars of the United States of America, whichever is higher.
Good will clause
The Participating Creditor Countries will review the external financing needs of the Dominican Republic in December 2005 in connection with satisfying the conditions for the 3rd review under the IMF Stand-by Arrangement with a view to providing additional relief in 2006, if needed, to support the programme.
Payment of non-consolidated amounts before April 30, 2006
Comparability of treatment provision:
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.
Cut-off date:
June 30, 1984
Organisation of the session:
The meeting was chaired by M. Ramon Fernandez, Vice President of the Paris Club.
The head of the debtor country's delegation was MM. Juan Temistocles Montas & Vicente Bengoa, Technical Secretary of the Presidency & Finance Secretary.
