COUNTRY CLASSIFICATION 2010 AS OF 29 JULY 2010 ANNEX I - OECD · 2007 Per capita GNI USD 11, 456...

COUNTRY CLASSIFICATION 2010 – AS OF 29 JULY 2010

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ANNEX I

LIST OF CATEGORY I AND CATEGORY II COUNTRIES: MAXIMUM REPAYMENT TERMS AND MAXIMUM WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE

CATEGORY I (1) CATEGORY II (2)

Total: 27 Total: 187

1 Australia Afghanistan

2 Austria Albania

3 Belgium Algeria

4 Canada American Samoa

5 Czech Republic Andorra

6 Denmark Angola

7 Finland Antigua and Barbuda

8 France Argentina

9 Germany Armenia

10 Greece Aruba

11 Hungary Azerbaijan

12 Iceland Bahamas

13 Ireland Bahrain

14 Italy Bangladesh

15 Japan Barbados

16 Korea Belarus

17 Luxembourg Belize

18 Netherlands Benin

19 New Zealand Bermuda

20 Norway Bhutan

21 Portugal Bolivia

22 Slovak Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina

23 Spain Botswana

24 Sweden Brazil

25 Switzerland Brunei

26 United Kingdom Bulgaria

27 United States Burkina Faso

28 Burundi

29 Cambodia

30 Cameroon

31 Cape Verde

32 Cayman Islands

33 Central African Republic

34 Chad

35 Channel Islands


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36 Chile

37 China

38 Chinese Taipei (a)

39 Colombia

40 Comoros

41 Congo

42 Congo, Dem. Rep.

43 Costa Rica

44 Côte d'Ivoire

45 Croatia

46 Cuba

47 Cyprus (b)

48 Djibouti

49 Dominica

50 Dominican Republic

51 Ecuador

52 Egypt

53 El Salvador

54 Equatorial Guinea

55 Eritrea

56 Estonia

57 Ethiopia

58 Faeroe Islands

59 Fiji

60 French Polynesia

61 Gabon

62 Gambia

63 Georgia (c)

64 Ghana

65 Gibraltar

66 Greenland

67 Grenada

68 Guam

69 Guatemala

70 Guinea

71 Guinea-Bissau


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72 Guyana

73 Haiti

74 Honduras

75 Hong Kong, China

76 India

77 Indonesia

78 Iran

79 Iraq

80 Isle of Man

81 Israel

82 Jamaica

83 Jordan

84 Kazakhstan

85 Kenya

86 Kiribati

87 Korea, Dem. Rep. (North)

88 Kosovo

89 Kuwait

90 Kyrgyzstan

91 Laos

92 Latvia

93 Lebanon

94 Lesotho

95 Liberia

96 Libya

97 Liechtenstein

98 Lithuania

99 Macao

100 Macedonia (FYR)

101 Madagascar

102 Malawi

103 Malaysia

104 Maldives

105 Mali

106 Malta


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107 Marshall Islands

108 Mauritania

109 Mauritius

110 Mayotte

111 Mexico

112 Micronesia

113 Moldova (d)

114 Monaco

115 Mongolia

116 Montenegro

117 Morocco (e)

118 Mozambique

119 Myanmar

120 Namibia

121 Nepal

122 Netherlands Antilles

123 New Caledonia

124 Nicaragua

125 Niger

126 Nigeria

127 Northern Mariana Islands

128 Oman

129 Pakistan

130 Palau

131 Panama

132 Papua New Guinea

133 Paraguay

134 Peru

135 Philippines

136 Poland

137 Puerto Rico

138 Qatar

139 Romania

140 Russian Federation

141 Rwanda


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142 Saint Kitts and Nevis

143 Saint Lucia

144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

145 Samoa

146 San Marino

147 Sao Tome and Principe

148 Saudi Arabia

149 Senegal

150 Serbia

151 Seychelles

152 Sierra Leone

153 Singapore

154 Slovenia

155 Solomon Islands

156 Somalia

157 South Africa

158 Sri Lanka

159 Sudan

160 Suriname

161 Swaziland

162 Syria

163 Tajikistan

164 Tanzania (f)

165 Thailand

166 Timor-Leste

167 Turks and Caicos Islands

168

Tuvalu

169 Togo

170 Tonga

171 Trinidad and Tobago

172 Tunisia

173 Turkey

174 Turkmenistan

175 U.S. Virgin Islands

176 Uganda


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177 Ukraine

178 United Arab Emirates

179 Uruguay

180 Uzbekistan

181 Vanuatu

182 Venezuela

183 Viet Nam

184 West Bank and Gaza

185 Yemen

186 Zambia

187 Zimbabwe


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Notes:

(1) “Category I” comprises: (i) countries whose per capita GNI has been for at least two consecutive years above the World Bank’s threshold (see the table below) and which had been classified as “High Income OECD Countries” until the previous year, and (ii) countries which had been classified as Category I until the previous year according to (i) above and which have fallen below the threshold but have not yet changed their category because of the two consecutive years rule in Article 11 c) of the Arrangement.

THRESHOLD FOR HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES

2007 Per capita GNI USD 11,456



In respect of the countries of this category:

The maximum repayment term is five years (or eight-and-a-half years with a prior notification in accordance with the Article 45 of the Arrangement);

The maximum weighted average life of the repayment period shall not exceed (i) for transactions with sovereign buyers (or with a sovereign repayment guarantee), four-and-a-half years, (ii) for transactions with non-sovereign buyers (and with no sovereign repayment guarantee), five years.

(2) “Category II” comprises all other countries than Category I.

In respect of the countries of this category:

The maximum repayment term is ten years.

The maximum weighted average life of the repayment period shall not exceed (i) for transactions with sovereign buyers (or with a sovereign repayment guarantee), five-and-a-quarter years, (ii) for transactions with non-sovereign buyers (and with no sovereign repayment guarantee), six years.

(a) Chinese Taipei is no longer officially classified by the World Bank; however, it has been retained for Arrangement purposes, based on its estimated per capita GNI provided by the World Bank. (b) Cyprus is the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. (c) Georgia excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia. (d) Moldova excludes Transnistria. (e) Morocco includes Former Spanish Sahara. (f) Tanzania refers to mainland Tanzania only.


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ANNEX II

LIST OF COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE FOR TIED AND PARTIALLY UNTIED AID

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES(2) INELIGIBLE COUNTRIES(1)


1 Afghanistan Algeria

2 Albania American Samoa

3 Angola Andorra

4 Armenia Antigua and Barbuda

5 Azerbaijan Argentina

6 Bangladesh Aruba

7 Belize Australia

8 Benin Austria

9 Bhutan Bahamas

10 Bolivia Bahrain

11 Burkina Faso Barbados

12 Burundi Belarus (a)

13 Cambodia Belgium

14 Cameroon Bermuda

15 Cape Verde Bosnia and Herzegovina

16 Central African Republic Botswana

17 Chad Brazil

18 China Brunei

19 Comoros Bulgaria

20 Congo Canada

21 Congo, Dem. Rep. Cayman Islands

22 Côte d'Ivoire Channel Islands

23 Djibouti Chile

24 Ecuador Chinese Taipei (b)

25 Egypt Colombia

26 El Salvador Costa Rica

27 Eritrea Croatia

28 Ethiopia Cuba

29 Gambia Cyprus (c)

30 Georgia (d) Czech Republic

31 Ghana Denmark

32 Guatemala Dominica

33 Guinea Dominican Republic

34 Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea

35 Guyana Estonia


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ANNEX II




36 Haiti Faeroe Islands

37 Honduras Fiji

38 India Finland

39 Indonesia France

40 Iran French Polynesia

41 Iraq Gabon

42 Jordan Germany

43 Kenya Greece

44 Kiribati Greenland

45 Korea, Dem. Rep. (North) Grenada

46 Kosovo Guam

47 Kyrgyzstan Hong Kong, China

48 Laos Hungary

49 Lesotho Iceland

50 Liberia Ireland

51 Madagascar Isle of Man

52 Malawi Israel

53 Maldives Italy

54 Mali Jamaica

55 Marshall Islands Japan

56 Mauritania Kazakhstan

57 Micronesia Korea

58 Moldova (e) Kuwait

59 Mongolia Latvia

60 Morocco (f) Lebanon

61 Mozambique Libya

62 Myanmar Liechtenstein

63 Nepal Lithuania

64 Nicaragua Luxembourg

65 Niger Macao

66 Nigeria Macedonia (FYR)

67 Pakistan Malaysia

68 Papua New Guinea Malta

69 Paraguay Mauritius

70 Philippines Mayotte

71 Rwanda Mexico


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ANNEX II




72 Samoa Monaco

73 Sao Tome and Principe Montenegro

74 Senegal Namibia

75 Sierra Leone Netherlands

76 Solomon Islands Netherlands Antilles

77 Somalia New Caledonia

78 Sri Lanka New Zealand

79 Sudan Northern Mariana Islands

80 Swaziland Norway

81 Syria Oman

82 Tajikistan Palau

83 Tanzania (g) Panama

84 Thailand Peru

85 Timor-Leste Poland

86 Togo Portugal

87 Tonga Puerto Rico

88 Tunisia Qatar

89 Turkmenistan Romania

90 Uganda Russian Federation

91 Ukraine (h) Saint Kitts and Nevis

92 Uzbekistan Saint Lucia

93 Vanuatu Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

94 Viet Nam San Marino

95 West Bank and Gaza Saudi Arabia

96 Yemen Serbia

97 Zambia Seychelles

98 Zimbabwe Singapore

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Slovak Republic

100 Slovenia

101 South Africa

102 Spain

103 Suriname

104 Sweden

105 Switzerland

106 Trinidad and Tobago

107 Turkey


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ANNEX II




108 U.S. Virgin Islands

109 United Arab Emirates

110 United Kingdom

111 United States

112 Uruguay

113 Venezuela

Notes:

(1) “Ineligible countries” comprises (i) countries whose per capita GNI has been for at least two consecutive years above the upper limit of the lower middle income countries calculated by the World Bank (see the table below) and which had been classified as “Ineligible” until the previous year, and (ii) countries which had been classified as Ineligible until the previous year according to (i) above and which have fallen below the threshold but have not yet changed their category because of the two consecutive years rule in Article 33 a) of the Arrangement.

THRESHOLD FOR TIED AID ELIGIBILITY




(2) “Eligible countries” comprise all other countries than Ineligible.

(a) Belarus has been classified for three consecutive years as a country above the threshold for tied aid eligibility; therefore, the provision of Article 33 b) 5) of the Arrangement no longer apply to this country: Belarus will be removed from Article 33 b) 5) in the next version of the Arrangement. (b) Chinese Taipei is no longer officially classified by the World Bank; however, it has been retained for Arrangement purposes, based on its estimated per capita GNI provided by the World Bank. (c) Cyprus is the area controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. (d) Georgia excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia. (e) Moldova excludes Transnistria. (f) Morocco includes Former Spanish Sahara. (g) Tanzania refers to mainland Tanzania only.


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(h) Notwithstanding the classifications of countries ineligible or eligible to receive tied aid, the Participants should avoid providing any tied aid credit, other than outright grants, food and humanitarian aid as well as aid designed to mitigate the effects of nuclear or major industrial accidents or to prevent their occurrence, for Ukraine. Should the per capita GNI of this country exceed, for three consecutive years, the upper limit for lower middle income countries calculated by the World Bank annually, country eligibility for such credits would be subject to Article 33a) and b) 1) to 4) of the Arrangement, as well as all other tied aid provisions of the Arrangement.


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ANNEX III

LIST OF HIGH INCOME OECD COUNTRIES AND HIGH INCOME EURO AREA COUNTRIES:

HIGH INCOME OECD COUNTRIES (1) HIGH INCOME EURO AREA COUNTRIES (2)

Total: 27 Total: 16

1 Australia

Austria

2 Austria

Belgium

3 Belgium

Cyprus

4 Canada

Finland

5 Czech Republic

France

6 Denmark

Germany

7 Finland

Greece

8 France

Ireland

9 Germany

Italy

10 Greece

Luxembourg

11 Hungary

Malta

12 Iceland

Netherlands

13 Ireland

Portugal

14 Italy

Slovak Republic

15 Japan

Slovenia

16 Korea

Spain

17 Luxembourg

18 Netherlands

19 New Zealand

20 Norway

21 Portugal

22 Slovak Republic

23 Spain

24 Sweden

25 Switzerland

26 United Kingdom

27 United States

Notes:

(1) High Income OECD Countries (“HIC OECD”) comprises (i) OECD countries whose per capita GNI has been for at least two consecutive years above the threshold for High Income Countries (i.e. per capita GNI over USD 11,906 for 2008 and USD 12,196 for 2009) calculated by the World Bank and which had been classified as “HIC OECD” until the previous year, and (ii) countries which had been classified as “HIC OECD” until the previous year according to (i) above and which have fallen below the threshold but


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have not yet changed their category because of the two consecutive years rule in Article 25 c) second tiret of the Arrangement.

These countries are not subject to the application of the Minimum Premium Rates (“MPRs”) under the Knaepen Package. [i.e. Category 0 countries defined by the Article 25 c) of the Arrangement.]; however, whilst no MPRs have been established for these countries, the Participants shall not charge premium rates which undercut available private market pricing.

(2) High Income Euro Area Countries (“HIC EURO”) comprises Euro Area countries whose per capita GNI has been for at least two consecutive years above the threshold for High Income Countries (i.e. per capita GNI over USD 11,906 for 2008 and USD 12,196 for 2009).

These countries are not subject to the application of the MPRs under the Knaepen Package. [i.e. Category 0 countries defined by the Article 25 c) of the Arrangement.]; however, whilst no MPRs have been established for these countries, the Participants shall not charge premium rates which undercut available private market pricing.

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