Purposes and Amounts. (a) To enhance the resources available on a temporary basis to the International Monetary Fund (the “Fund”) for crisis prevention and resolution through bilateral borrowing, Australia agrees to lend to the Fund up to the equivalent of SDR 4,610 million (the “Loan Amount”); provided however that, upon the effectiveness of the increase in the credit arrangement of Australia under the Fund’s New Arrangements to Borrow (the “NAB”) as part of the reform of the NAB approved by the Fund under Decision No. 16645-(20/5), adopted January 16, 2020 (the “NAB Reform”), the Loan Amount will be automatically reduced to the equivalent of SDR 1,986 million (the “Rolled Back Loan Amount”). (b) This agreement is based on Article VII, Section 1(i) of the Fund’s Articles of Agreement, which authorizes the Fund to borrow from Fund members or other sources if it deems such action appropriate to replenish its holdings of any member’s currency in the General Resources Account (“GRA”). This agreement must be considered in light of the Guidelines for Borrowing by the Fund, which make clear that quota subscriptions are and should remain the basic source of Fund financing, and that the role of borrowing is to provide a temporary supplement to quota resources. (c) This agreement and other bilateral borrowing agreements that the Fund has entered into or amended pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in March 2020 shall be referred to each as a “2020 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2020 Borrowing Agreements.” Each bilateral borrowing agreement that the Fund entered into pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in August 2016 shall be referred to as a “2016 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2016 Borrowing Agreements.” The 2020 Borrowing Agreements and the 2016 Borrowing Agreements shall be collectively referred to as the “Bilateral Borrowing Agreements”.
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Sources: Loan Agreement
Purposes and Amounts. (a) To enhance the resources available on a temporary basis to the International Monetary Fund (the “Fund”) for crisis prevention and resolution through bilateral borrowing, Australia Bank of Lithuania agrees to lend to the Fund an SDR-denominated amount up to the equivalent of SDR 4,610 EUR 690 million (the “Loan Amount”); provided however that, upon the effectiveness of the increase in the credit arrangement reform of Australia under the Fund’s New Arrangements to Borrow (the “NAB”) as part of the reform of the NAB approved by the Fund under Decision No. 16645-(20/5xx-(20/xx), adopted January 16, 2020 (the “NAB Reform”), the Loan Amount will be automatically reduced to an SDR-denominated amount up to the equivalent of SDR 1,986 EUR 297 million (the “Rolled Back Loan Amount”).
(b) This agreement is based on Article VII, Section 1(i) of the Fund’s Articles of Agreement, which authorizes the Fund to borrow from Fund members or other sources if it deems such action appropriate to replenish its holdings of any member’s currency in the General Resources Account (“GRA”). This agreement must be considered in light of the Guidelines for Borrowing by the Fund, which make clear that quota subscriptions are and should remain the basic source of Fund financing, and that the role of borrowing is to provide a temporary supplement to quota resources.
(c) This agreement and other bilateral borrowing agreements that the Fund has entered into or amended pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in March 2020 shall be referred to each as a “2020 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2020 Borrowing Agreements.” Each bilateral borrowing agreement that the Fund entered into pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in August 2016 shall be referred to as a “2016 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2016 Borrowing Agreements.” The 2020 Borrowing Agreements and the 2016 Borrowing Agreements shall be collectively referred to as the “Bilateral Borrowing Agreements”.
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Sources: Loan Agreement
Purposes and Amounts. (a) To enhance the resources available on a temporary basis to the International Monetary Fund (the “Fund”) for crisis prevention and resolution through bilateral borrowing, Australia the SARB agrees to lend to purchase from the Fund promissory notes, which shall be issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions for International Monetary Fund Series G Notes attached as Annex 1 to this Agreement (the “Notes”). Notes in a total, SDR-denominated, principal amount up to the equivalent of SDR 4,610 US$2,000 million (the “Loan AmountPrincipal”)) shall be issued under this Agreement; provided however that, upon the effectiveness of the increase in the South Africa’s credit arrangement of Australia under the Fund’s New Arrangements to Borrow (the “NAB”) as part of the reform of the NAB approved by the Fund under Decision No. 16645-(20/5), adopted January 16, 2020 (the “NAB Reform”), the Loan Amount Principal will be automatically reduced to an SDR-denominated amount up to the equivalent of SDR 1,986 US$862 million (the “Rolled Back Loan AmountPrincipal”).
(b) This agreement is based on Article VII, Section 1(i) of the Fund’s Articles of Agreement, which authorizes the Fund to borrow from Fund members or other sources if it deems such action appropriate to replenish its holdings of any member’s currency in the General Resources Account (“GRA”). This agreement must be considered in light of the Guidelines for Borrowing by the Fund, which make clear that quota subscriptions are and should remain the basic source of Fund financing, and that the role of borrowing is to provide a temporary supplement to quota resources.
(c) This agreement Agreement and other bilateral borrowing agreements that the Fund has entered into or amended pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in March 2020 shall be referred to each as a “2020 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2020 Borrowing Agreements.” ”. Each bilateral borrowing agreement that the Fund entered into pursuant to the borrowing framework approved by the Fund in August 2016 shall be referred to as a “2016 Borrowing Agreement” and collectively as the “2016 Borrowing Agreements.” ”. The 2020 Borrowing Agreements and the 2016 Borrowing Agreements shall be collectively referred to as the “Bilateral Borrowing Agreements”.
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Sources: Note Purchase Agreement