7 U.S.C. § 1738b — Eligibility for benefits under Facility
submitted 72 years ago by Pub. L. 101-624 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 208 words · no verdicts yet
This section lists the conditions a Latin American or Caribbean country must meet to receive Facility benefits. The President decides whether a country is eligible.
(a) Requirements.—A country may receive Facility benefits only if it—(1) is a Latin American or Caribbean country; (2) has in place, has approval for, or, in exceptional circumstances, is making significant progress toward establishing an IMF standby or extended arrangement, or an arrangement under the structural adjustment or enhanced structural adjustment facility, or an IMF-monitored program or equivalent in exceptional circumstances; and, when appropriate, structural or sectoral adjustment loans from the World Bank or IDA; (3) has made major investment reforms with an IDB loan or is otherwise implementing, or significantly progressing toward, an open investment system; and (4) when appropriate, has agreed with commercial-bank lenders on a satisfactory financing program, including debt or debt-service reduction when appropriate.
(b) Eligibility determination.—The President decides whether a country qualifies under subsection (a).
To be eligible for benefits from the Facility under this subchapter, a country shall—
be a Latin American or Caribbean country;
have in effect or have received approval for, or, as appropriate in exceptional circumstances, be making significant progress towards the establishment of—
an International Monetary Fund (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “IMF”) standby arrangement, extended IMF arrangement, or an arrangement under the structural adjustment facility or enhanced structural adjustment facility, or in exceptional circumstances, an IMF-monitored program or its equivalent; and
as appropriate, structural or sectoral adjustment loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “World Bank”) or the International Development Association (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “IDA”);
have placed into effect major investment reforms in conjunction with an Inter-American Development Bank (hereafter referred to as the “IDB”) loan or otherwise be implementing, or making significant progress towards an open investment regime; and
if appropriate, have agreed with its commercial bank lenders on a satisfactory financing program, including, as appropriate, debt or debt service reduction.
The President shall determine whether a country is an eligible country for purposes of subsection (a).
Source credit: (July 10, 1954, ch. 469, title VI, § 603, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1512, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3658; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title III, § 302, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1855.)
- 1954Enacted · Pub. L. 101-624 · 104 Stat. 3658
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-237 · 105 Stat. 1855
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