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United Nations—Treaty Series
1967

use or installation and for such insurance any indemnity shall be payable in a currency freely usable by the Borrower to replace or repair such goods. Section 5.03. (a) The Borrower and the Bank shall cooperate fully with each other to assure that the purposes of the Loan will be accomplished. To that end, each of them shall furnish to the other all such information as either shall reasonably request with regard to the general status of the Loan. On the part of the Borrower, such information shall include information with respect to financial and economic conditions in the territories of the Borrower and the international balance of payments position of the Borrower. (b) The Borrower and the Bank shall from time to time exchange views through their representatives with regard to matters relating to the purposes of the Loan and the maintenance of the service thereof. The Borrower shall promptly inform the Bank of any condition which interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, the accomplishment of the purposes of the Loan or the maintenance of the service thereof. (c) The Borrower shall afford all reasonable opportunity for accredited representatives of the Bank to visit any part of the territories of the Borrower for purposes related to the Loan. Section 5.04. It is the mutual intention of the Borrower and the Bank that no other external debt shall enjoy any priority over the Loan by way of a lien on governmental assets. To that end, the Borrower undertakes that, except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, if any lien shall be created on any assets of the Borrower as security for any external debt, such lien will ipso facto equally and ratably secure the payment of the principal of, and interest and other charges on, the Loan and the Bonds and that in the creation of any such lien express provision will be made to that effect; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to : (i) any lien created on property, at the time of purchase thereof, solely as security for the payment of the purchase price of such property; or (ii) any lien arising in the ordinary course of banking transactions and securing a debt maturing not more than one year after its date.

The term" assets of the Borrower " as used in this Section includes assets of the Borrower or of any of its political subdivisions or of any statutory authority established by the Borrower or of any agency of the foregoing, including, without limitation, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago or any other institution performing the functions of a central bank. Section 5.05. The principal of, and interest and other charges on, the Loan and the Bonds shall be paid without deduction for, and free from, any No. 8662