AFD - 2018 Registration document

6 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH IFRS ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION Statutory auditors’ special report on regulated agreements and commitments

Financing agreement between AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT and COORDINATION SUD on funding the new edition of the study “Argent/Association de solidarité internationale – Edition 2017” (money and international solidarity associations - 2017 edition) This agreement provides that a grant of €65,395 be made available to the COORDINATION SUD association. This will be used to fund the new edition of the study “Argent/Associations de solidarité internationale (ASI) – Edition 2017” This agreement received prior approval by AFD’s Board of Directors on 15 June 2016. At 31 December 2018, AFD had paid the total subsidy of €65,000. WITH THE COMITÉ NATIONAL DE SOLIDARITÉ LAIQUE – CNSL Agreement between AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DEVELOPPEMENT and the CNSL for the financing of a project to support citizen participation in post-peace agreement Colombia On 13 July 2017, the AFD Board of Directors approved the signature of a regulated agreement with the Comité National de Solidarité Laïque for the financing of a project to support citizen participation in post-peace agreement Colombia. AFD provided the beneficiary with a grant of €349,706, or 50% of project costs. The project will last for 30 months, from 1 September 2017 to 29 February 2020. This project was previously presented to the NGO Committee on 13 June 2017. At 31 December 2018, AFD had paid €201,000. Agreement on the Programme for Developing Education Networks in West Africa On 6 April 2017, AFD and the Comité National de Solidarité Laïque signed a financing agreement for the Programme for Developing Education Networks in West Africa (final phase 2016-2018). The maximum amount of the grant is set at €910,219 of which the first payment will be made once the following conditions have been met: The period of eligibility for expenses related to the project is set from 1 April 2016, or the project’s effective start date, to 31 March 2018, corresponding to the project’s closing date. By the latter date, all of the expenses related to the project must have been paid out. The deadline for dispersing funds is set at 31 September 2017. This agreement received prior approval by AFD’s Board of Directors on 16 June 2016. At 31 December 2018, AFD had paid the total subsidy of €910,000. WITH THE SOCIETE DE GESTION DES FONDS DE GARANTIES D’OUTRE-MER (SOGEFOM) Service Agreement On 15 March 2004, AFD and SOGEFOM signed a service agreement effective retroactively to 28 August 2003. Under this agreement, AFD provides management, representation and technical support services to SOGEFOM. AFD was paid a fee of €1,820K under this agreement in 2018. WITH THE SOCIETE DE DEVELOPPEMENT REGIONAL ANTILLES GUYANE (SODERAG) Cessation of interest on advances to shareholder current accounts In 1997, 1998 and 1999, AFD granted SODERAG interest-bearing current account advances in the amount of €47M. These advances were intended to reinforce SODERAG’s capital. Because of SODERAG’s irremediably compromised position since it went into voluntary liquidation in 1998, and given AFD’s status as sole shareholder, on 5 July 2001 AFD’s Supervisory Board authorised the cessation of interest on all of its shareholder current account advances. Provision of non-interest bearing shareholder advances to SODERAG Between 1999 and 2005, AFD provided its subsidiary with additional non-interest-bearing current account advances to SODERAG so that its liquidation could continue. At 31 December 2018, SODERAG’S debt to AFD under agreements signed between 1997 and 2005 totalled €106,346,000. P approval by the Agency of the final technical and financial report for the previous phase; P receipt by the Agency of the communication containing the NGO’s security plan at the French Embassy in Benin and in Burkina Faso.

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