OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS THE WORLD BANK IBRD*IDA I WORLDBANKOROUP Date 0 H. E. F61ix Moloua Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation Rue Martin Luther King B.P 696Bangui Central African Republic Re: Central African Republic Grant No. D461-CF Agriculture Recovery and Agribusiness Development Support Project Additional Instructions: Disbursement and Financial Information Letter Excellency: I refer to the Grant Agreement between the Central African Republic (the "Recipient") and the International Development Association (the "Association") for the above-referenced Project. The General Conditions, as defined in the Grant Agreement, provide that the Recipient may from time to time request withdrawals of Grant amounts from the Grant Account in accordance with the Disbursement and Financial Information Letter and such additional instructions as the Association may specify from time to time by notice to the Recipient. The General Conditions also provide that the Disbursement and Financial Information Letter may set out Project specific financial reporting requirements. This letter constitutes such Disbursement and Financial Information Lettter ("DFIL") and may be revised from time to time. I. Disbursement Arrangements, Withdrawal of Grant Funds, and Reporting of Uses of Grant Funds. The Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, dated February 2017, ("Disbursement Guidelines") are available in the Association's public website at https://www.worldbank.org and its secure website "Client Connection" at https://clientconnection.worldbank.org. The Disbursement Guidelines are an integral part of the DFIL, and the manner in which the provisions in the guidelines apply to the Grant is specified below. (i) Disbursement Arrangements * General Provisions (Schedule 1). The table in Schedule I sets out the disbursement methods which may be used by the Recipient, information on registration of authorized signatures, processing of withdrawal applications (including minimum value of applications and processing of advances), instructions on supporting documentation, and frequency of reporting on the Designated Account. (ii) Electronic Delivery. Section 11.01 (c) of the General Conditions. The Recipient will deliver Withdrawal Applications (with supporting documents) electronically through the Association's web-based portal "Client Connection" at https://clientconnection.worldbank.org. This option will be effected after the officials designated in writing by the Recipient who are authorized to sign and deliver Withdrawal Applications have registered as users of "Client Connection". The designated officials will deliver Applications electronically by completing the Form 2380, which is accessible through "Client Connection". By signing the Authorized Signatory Letter, the Recipient confirms that it is authorizing such persons to accept Secure Identification Credentials (SIDC) and to deliver the Applications THE WORLD BANK IBRD* IDA I WORLDBANKGROUP and supporting documents to the Association by electronic means. The Recipient may exercise the option of preparing and delivering Withdrawal Applications in paper form on exceptional cases (including those where the Recipient encounters legal limitations), and which were previously agreed with the Association. By designating officials to use SIDC and by choosing to deliver the Applications electronically, the Recipient confirms through the authorized signatory letter its agreement to: (a) abide by the Terms and Conditions of Use of Secure Identification Credentials in connection with Use of Electronic Means to Process Applications and Supporting Documentation, available in the Association's public website at https://worldbank.org and "Client Connection"; and (b) to cause such official to abide by those terms and conditions. II. Financial Reports and Audits. (i) Financial Reports. The Recipient must prepare and furnish to the Association not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, interim unaudited financial reports ("IFR") for the Project covering the quarter. (ii) Audits. Each audit of the Financial Statements must cover the period of one fiscal year of the Recipient, commencing with the fiscal year in which the first withdrawal was made. The audited Financial Statements for each such period must be furnished to the Association not later than six (6) months after the end of such period. III. Other Information. For additional information on disbursement arrangements, please refer to the Loan Handbook available on the Association's website (http://www.worldbank.org/) and "Client Connection". The Association recommends that you register as a user of "Client Connection". From this website you will be able to prepare and deliver Applications, monitor the near real-time status of the Financing and retrieve related policy, financial, and procurement information. For more information about the website and registration arrangements, please contact the Association by email at askloansAworldbank.org. Yours sincerely, Jean-Christoph Carret Country Director for Central African Republic Africa Region Attachments 1. Authorized Signatories Letter 2. Statement of Expenditures (SOE) 3. SOE for Subprojects Schedule 1 : Disbursement Provisions Country Central African Republic Closing Date May 30, 2024, or based on Schedule 2, Recipient Central African Republic Section III B 2 of the Fin. Agreement Number D461 -CF Name of the Project Agriculture Recovery and Disbursement Four months after the closing date. Agrobusiness Development Deadline Date Support Project Subsection 3.7 ** Disbursement Methods Methods Supporting Documentation Section 2 (**) Subsections 4.3 and 4.4 (**) Direct Payment Yes Copy of records Reimbursement Yes Category 1: Statement of Expenditure (SOE) Categories 2, 3 Statement of Expenditure (SOE) for Subprojects Advances to Designated Yes Category 1: SOE Account Categories 2 and 3: Statement of Expenditure (SOE) for Subprojects Special Commitments Yes Copy of Letter of Credit Type Segregated Ceiling Fixed Financial Institution - Financial Institution Acceptable to the Bank Currency FCFA Name Frequency of Reporting monthly Amount 1,000,000,000 Subsection 6.3 (**) The minimum value of applications for Reimbursement, Direct Payment and Special Commitment is twenty percent of the Designated Account Ceiling. Authorized Signatures (subsection 3.1 and 3.2). A letter in the form attached (attached 1) should be furnished to the World Bank at the address indicated below providing the name(s) and specimen signature(s) of the official(s) authorized to sign Application: The World Bank Resident Mission Nouakchott, Mauritania Attention: Country Director for Mauritania Applications (subsections 3.4 - 3.4). If requested by the Association, please provide completed and signed (a) applications for withdrawal, together with supporting documents, and (b) applications for special commitments, together with a copy of the commercial bank letter of grant, to the address indicated below: The World Bank, Loan Department Delta Center, 13th Floor, Menengai Road, Upper Hill Nairobi, Kenya Attention: Loan Operations & Trust Funds Unit Disbursements under Category 4 of Section IlI.A of Schedule 2 of the Financing Agreement ( Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)) will be subject to the conditions precedent to accessing the CERC funds, namely that the Recipient has provided, and the Bank has accepted, evidence of the occurrence of an eligible crisis or emergency and the Recipient has prepared and adopted/adhered to the CERC Operations Manual. Disbursements under this component will follow procedures described in the CERC Manual including supporting documentation; provided that this disbursement letter will first need to be amended and reinstated at a later date to reflect those specific arrangements. In order to provide necessary liquidity for fast response, the ceiling of the Advance under the CERC could be up to 100% of the amount allocated to the CERC category. ** Sections and subsections relate to the "Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing", dated February 2017 [Attachment I - Form of Authorized Signatory Letter]-L [Letterhead] Ministry of Finance [Street address] [City] [Country] [DATE] International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Re: [Grant][Credit]1 No. -_ ([Name of the project]) Attention: Country Director I refer to the [Grant] [Credit] Agreement ("Agreement") between the International Development Association (the "Association")[, acting as implementing of the 12 and [name of recipient] (the "Recipient"), dated , providing the above [Grant] [Credit]. For the purposes of Section 2.03 of the General Conditions as defined in the Agreement, any [one] of the persons whose authenticated specimen signatures appear below is authorized on behalf of the Recipient to sign applications for withdrawal [and applications for a special commitment] under this [Grant] [Credit]. For the purpose of delivering Applications to the Association, including by electronic means, 4[each] of the persons whose authenticated specimen signatures appears below is authorized on behalf of the Recipient, acting 5[individually] 6[jointly], to deliver Applications, and evidence in support thereof on the terms and conditions specified by the Association. ' Instruction to the Recipient: use "Credit" or "Grant" as applicable. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Associations. 2 Instruction to the Recipient: add text in line with the Grant Agreement if applicable; if not applicable delete it. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Associations Instruction to the Recipient: stipulate if more than one person needs to sign Applications, and how many or which positions, and if any thresholds apply. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Association. 4 Instruction to the Recipient: stipulate if more than one person needs to jointly sign Applications, if so, please indicate the actual number. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Association. 5 Instruction to the Recipient: use this bracket if any one of the authorized persons may sign; if this is not applicable, please delete. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Association. 6 Instruction to the Recipient: use this bracket only if several individuals must jointly sign each Application; if this is not applicable, please delete. Please delete this footnote in final letter that is sent to the Association. This confirms that the Recipient is authorizing such persons to accept Secure Identification Credentials (SIDC) and to deliver the Applications and supporting documents to the Association by electronic means. In full recognition that the Association shall rely upon such representations and warranties, including without limitation, the representations and warranties contained in the Ternis and Conditions of Use of Secure Identification Credentials in connection with Use of Electronic Means to Process Applications and Supporting Documentation ("Terms and Conditions of Use of SIDC"), the Recipient represents and warrants to the Association that it will cause such persons to abide by those terms and conditions. This Authorization replaces and supersedes any Authorization currently in the Association records with respect to this Agreement. [Name], [position] Specimen Signature: [Name], [position] Specimen Signature: [Name], [position] Specimen Signature: Yours truly, / signed / Attachment 2 - Statement of Expenditures Nom du Project: STATEMnNT OF EXPENDIURE (SOE) Paiements effectués durant la periode du: au Date: Categorie N Demamnde No.: Credit/Don IDA No: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Nom du Numéro et date du Brève Montant total du Montant total des No foumisseur, contrat ou du bon de Descnption des marché (Montant et factures couvertes % ehgible Montant eligible (5X(6) Montant payé du Compte Date de règlement Remarques entrepreneur ou commande biens et services devise) par la demande designe (le cas échéant) cons ultant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOT ALS, 0 JiM0 Attachment 3 The World Bank APPLICATION FOR WITHDRAWAL STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES - CUSTOMIZED (SOE)7 GRANTS Category No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total amount Amount Paid Grant Me Grants 6 Name and Brief Description of Payment From Nam Ageeen No. e Grant payment request PamntFo Address of Are (o Grants cve re s request Eligible Designated E & Date (or . 0 covered by -U Beneficiary Activities U - = for Financing Account (if 0 - other ref.) = M c application (net othC.r oe. any) c of retention) a TOTALS Supporting documents for this Customized SOE retained at:(insert location)