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The World Bank 
1818 H Street N.W. 
(202) 473-1000 
I
NTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Washington, D.C.  20433 
Cable Address:  INTBAFRAD 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
 
U.S.A. Cable 
Address: 
 
INDEVAS 
 
CONFORMED COPY 
 
March 14, 2011 
 
His Excellency 
Gheorghe Ialomitianu 
Minister  
Ministry of Public Finance 
Bucharest, Romania 
 
Dear Minister: 
 
Romania Complementing EU Support for Agricultural 
Restructuring Project (Loan No. 4875-RO)  
 Amendment to the Loan Agreement 
Revised Performance and Monitoring Indicators  
 
We refer to the Loan Agreement between Romania (the Borrower) and the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) (the Loan 
Agreement) and the Supplemental Letter no. 2 on Performance and Monitoring Indicators 
(the Supplemental Letter), for the above-referenced Project, dated December 28, 2007. 
We also refer to your letter dated February 23, 2011 requesting certain amendments to 
the Loan Agreement and parti
al cancellation of the loan’s proceeds. 
 
We are pleased to inform you that we have acceded to the aforementioned request 
and hereby propose to amend the Loan Agreement as follows: 
 
I. Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Bank’s General Conditions for Loans, the Bank 
hereby cancels, as of February 23, 2011 the amount equal to EUR 4,299,530 from the 
Loan and the commitment charges on such amount cease to accrue from February 23, 
2011. 
 
Schedule 3, the Amortization Schedule, is being revised by the Bank as a result of 
the cancellation, and the revised figures will be sent to you shortly. 
 
II. Schedule 1 is amended to read as follows: 
1. In Part I.1, letter (d) is deleted. 
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2. In Part I.2, letter (c) is amended to read as follows: 
“(c) Upgrading some OCPIs offices with IT and other equipment and furniture.” 
 
3. In Part II.1, a new letter (e) is added to read as follows: 
(e) improving the service delivery in rural areas through scaling up the integrated 
agricultural offices concept piloted under the MAKIS Project. 
 
4. Part III.2 is amended to read as follows: 
“2. Technical 
Assistance
Provision of consulting services related to
:
(i) development of an agriculture and 
rural development sector strategy; (ii) development and implementation of a strategic 
plan for restructuring the sector administration; and (iii) implementation of a 
management information system. 
5. Part III.3 is deleted. 
III. The Table set forth in Section IV.A.2 of Schedule 2 is amended in order to 
reflect the partial cancellation of the proceeds of the Loan, as requested. 
 
Accordingly, the revised table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule 1 of the Loan 
Agreement is indicated in the attached Annex 1 to this letter. 
IV. The Appendix is amended as follows: 
1. 
The definition in paragraph 4 is amended to read as follows 
(modifications are shown 
in italics
): 
“4. “Consultant Guidelines” means the “Guidelines: Selection and Employment of 
Consultants by World Bank Borrowers” published by the Bank in May 2004.
 Revised 
October 1, 2006 & May 1, 2010”
.
2. The definition in paragraph 15 is amended to read as follows (modifications are 
shown 
in italics
): 
 
“15. “Procurement Guidelines” means the “Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans 
and IDA Credits” published by the Bank in May 2004.
 Revised October 1, 2006 & May 
1, 2010
.”
V. The revised Supplemental Letter is provided separately. 
Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing, on behalf of Romania, by 
signing, dating and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter, as well as the revised 
Supplemental Letter. These amendments will become effective upon the date of your 
countersigning of the two letters. 
 
Sincerely, 
 
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/s/ Peter Harrold 
Director 
Central Europe and the Baltic Countries 
Europe and Central Asia 
 
AGREED: 
ROMANIA 
By  /s/ Bogdan Alexandru Dragoi 
 
Authorized Representative 
Title  Secretary of State 
Date March 23, 2011 
 
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ANNEX 1 
 
SCHEDULE 1 
 
Category 
Amount of the Loan 
Allocated 
(expressed in EUR) 
Percentage of Expenditures 
to be Financed 
 
(1) Goods, Works, 
Consultants’ Services 
(including Audits), and 
Training under Part I and 
Part III of the Project 
 
33,944,470 
 
100 % 
(2) Goods, Works, 
Consultants’ Services 
(including Audits), 
Incremental Operating 
Costs and Training under 
Part II and Part III of the 
Project  
 
9,456,000 
 
100 % 
TOTAL AMOUNT 
43,400,470