DEFINITIONS FOR EXHIBIT C
In this Exhibit C, the capitalized terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
“Action Plan” means the plan or plans developed by the Company setting out specific social and environmental measures to be undertaken by the Company, to enable the Project to be implemented in compliance with the Performance Standards, as such Action Plan may be amended or supplemented from time to time with IFC’s consent;
“Annual Monitoring Report” means the annual monitoring report setting out the specific social, environmental and developmental impact information to be provided by the Company in respect of the Project, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time with IFC’s consent;
“Applicable Law” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, any license, permit or other governmental Authorization, in each case as in effect from time to time;
“Applicable S&E Law” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the Country, including without limitation, licenses, permits or other governmental Authorizations setting standards concerning environmental, social, labor, health and safety or security risks of the type contemplated by the Performance Standards or imposing liability for the breach thereof;
“Authority” means any national, supranational, regional or local government, or governmental, statutory, regulatory, administrative, fiscal, judicial, or government-owned body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity, or central bank (or any Person whether or not government owned and howsoever constituted or called, that exercises the functions of the central bank);
“Authorization” means any consent, registration, filing, agreement, notarization, certificate, license, approval, permit, authority or exemption from, by or with any Authority, whether given by express action or deemed given by failure to act within any specified time period and all corporate, creditors’ and shareholders’ approvals or consents;
“Authorized Representative” means any individual who is duly authorized by the Company to act on its behalf and whose name and a specimen of whose signature appear on the Certificate of Incumbency and Authority most recently delivered by the Company to IFC;
“CAO” means the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, the independent accountability mechanism for IFC that responds to environmental and social concerns of affected communities and aims to enhance outcomes;
“CAO’s Role” means the role of the CAO which is:
(a) | to respond to complaints by Persons who have been or are likely to be negatively affected by the social or environmental impacts of IFC projects; and |
(b) | to oversee audits of IFC’s social and environmental performance, particularly in relation to sensitive projects, and to ensure compliance with IFC’s social and environmental policies, guidelines, procedures and systems; |
“Certificate of Incumbency and Authority” means a certificate provided to IFC by the Company substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit G (Form of Certificate of Incumbency and Authority);
“Charter” means the memorandum of association and the articles of association of the Company or, as applicable, any other Group Companies;
Exhibit C