Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the IMF, Thirty- Third Issue
Prepared by the Legal Department of the IMFAs updated with decisions adopted during the first quarter of 2009 (posted July 2009)
PREFACE This volume is the Thirty-Third Issue of Selected Decisions and Selected Documents of the International Monetary Fund. It includes decisions, interpretations, and resolutions of the Executive Board and the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, as well as selected documents, to which frequent reference is made in the current activities of the Fund. In addition, it includes certain documents relating to the Fund, the United Nations, and other international organizations. As with other recent issues, the number of decisions in force continues to increase with the decision format tending to be longer given the use of summings up in lieu of formal decisions. Accordingly it has become necessary to delete certain decisions that were included in earlier issues, that is, those that only completed or called for reviews of decisions, those that lapsed, and those that were superseded by more recent decisions. Wherever reference is made in these decisions and documents to a provision of the Fund's Articles of Agreement or Rules and Regulations that has subsequently been renumbered by, or because of, the Second Amendment of the Fund's Articles of Agreement (effective April 1, 1978), the corresponding provision currently in effect is cited in a footnote. A compact disc (CD) containing the texts of the 33rd Issue, the Articles of Agreement, and By-Laws, Rules and Regulations is available from the Fund. The General Counsel |
ARTICLE III | ||
|---|---|---|
| Quotas and Subscriptions | Document Number | |
| Adjustment of Quotas | 408-2 | |
| Increase in Quotas of Fund Members-Eleventh General Review | DN1 | |
| New Period for Consent-Increases of Quotas of Members Under the Eleventh General Review | 59-4 | |
| Thirteenth General Review of Quotas | DN2 | |
| Reform of Quota and Voice in the International Monetary Fund | DN3 | |
| Gold and Currency Subscribed to the Fund and Accounting by Members for Transactions with the Fund | 170-3 | |
| Guidelines on Payment of Reserve Assets in Connection with Subscriptions | 6266-(79/156) | |
ARTICLE IV | ||
| Exchange Arrangements and Surveillance | Document Number | |
| Notification of Exchange Arrangements Under Article IV, Section 2 | 5712-(78/41) | |
| Chairman's Summing Up-Review of the 1977 Surveillance Decision-Proposal for a New Decision | EBM/07/51-2 | |
| Bilateral Surveillance over Members' Policies-2007 Decision | 13919-(07/51) | |
| The Acting Chairman's Summing Up-2008 Triennial Surveillance Review-Overview Paper | EBM/08/84 | |
| Statement on Surveillance Priorities Surveillance Priorities for the International Monetary Fund, 2008-2011 | DN4 | |
| Surveillance: Procedures | 6026-(79/13) | |
| Summings Up and Concluding Remarks for Policy Items-Modification of Review and Finalization Process | 12833-(07/55) | |
| Bilateral Surveillance-Implementation of the Decision-Transitional Issues | 13941-(07/56) | |
| Article IV Consultation Documentation-Recent Economic Developments | 12661-(02/6) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Biennial Review of the Implementation of the Fund's Surveillance over Members' Exchange Rate Policies and of the 1977 Surveillance Decision; and Transmittal of Fund Documents to Other International Organizations | EBM/97/30 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Biennial Review of the Implementation of the Fund's Surveillance and of the 1977 Surveillance Decision | EBM/00/24 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Biennial Review of the Implementation of the Fund's Surveillance and of the 1977 Surveillance Decision | EBM/02/38 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Biennial Review of the Implementation of the Fund's Surveillance and of the 1977 Surveillance Decision-Follow Up | EBM/02/76 | |
| Biennial Review of Implementation of Fund Surveillance and of 1977 Surveillance Review-Changes in Article IV Consultation Cycles | 12794-(02/76) | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Review of Data Provision to the Fund for Surveillance Purposes | EBM/04/25 | |
| Surveillance: Procedures-Implementation of Three-Month Period | 7427-(83/83) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-The Fund's Response to the 2007-08 Financial Crisis-Stocktaking and Collaboration with the Financial Stability Forum | EBM/08/88 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Sovereign Wealth Funds-The Santiago Principles-Generally Accepted Principles and Practices Developed by the International Working Group | EBM/08/87 | |
| Surveillance over Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies: Members of Euro Area | 11846-(98/125) | |
| Modalities for Surveillance over Euro-Area Policies in Context of Article IV Consultations with Member Countries | 12899-(02/119) | |
| Modalities for Surveillance over Central African Economic and Monetary Union Policies in Context of Article IV Consultations with Member Countries | 13654-(06/1) | |
| Modalities For Surveillance over Eastern Caribbean Currency Union Policies in Context of Article IV Consultations with Member Countries | 13655-(06/1) | |
| Modalities for Surveillance over West African Economic and Monetary Union Policies in Context of Article IV Consultations with Member Countries | 13656-(06/1) | |
| The Role of the Fund in Governance Issues-Guidance Note EBS/97/125, July 2, 1997 | DN5 | |
| Concluding Remarks by the Acting Chairman-Military Expenditure and the Role of the Fund | EBM/91/138 | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 2(b) | ||
| Technical and Financial Services | ||
| Technical Services | Document Number | |
| Enhanced Surveillance: Procedures for Transmittal of Staff Reports | 8222-(86/45) | |
| Enhanced Surveillance: Midterm Review | 10365-(93/67) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Biennial Review of the Fund's Surveillance Policy | EBM/93/15 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Settlement of Disputes Between Members Relating to External Financial Obligations-Role of the Fund | EBM/84/99 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up of the Discussion of the Role of the Fund in Assisting Members with Commercial Banks and Official Creditors | EBM/85/132 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Financial Sector Assessment Program-A Review-Lessons from the Pilot and Issues Going Forward | EBM/00/123 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Financial Sector Assessment Program-Review, Lessons, and Issues Going Forward | EBM/05/26 | |
| Confidentiality Protocol-Protection of Sensitive Information in the Financial Sector Assessment Program | 00/54 | |
| Reports on Observance of Standards and Codes | 12662-(02/6) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Offshore Financial Centers-The Assessment Program-A Progress Report and the Future of the Program | EBM/03/101 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Offshore Financial Centers-Report on the Assessment Program and Proposal for Integration with the Financial Sector Assessment Program | EBM/08/48 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up on Intensified Fund Involvement in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism | EBM/01/116 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism- Proposals to Assess a Global Standard and to Prepare ROSCs | EBM/02/80 | |
| Report on Outcome of FATF Plenary Meeting and Endorsement of Methodology for Assessing Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism Standard | 12884-(02/114) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Twelve-Month Pilot Program of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Assessments-Joint Report on the Review of the Pilot Program | EBM/04/29 | |
| Technical Assistance-Establishment of Framework Administered Account | 10942-(95/33) | |
| Framework Administered Account for Technical Assistance Activities-Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre Subaccount | 12751-(02/52) | |
| Framework Administered Account for Technical Assistance Activities-Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centers Subaccount | 12832-(02/88) | |
| Establishment of a New Framework Administered Account For Selected Fund Activities | DN6 | |
| Policy Support Instrument-Framework | 13561-(05/85) | |
| Policy Reviews-Extension of Deadlines | 14235-(09/1) | |
| Financial Services | Document Number | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Exogenous Shocks Facility Trust | 8759-(87/176) | |
| Joint Staff Advisory Notes - Amendments to Streamline Modalities | 14253-(09/8) | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Trust-Other Provisions | 11832-(98/119) | |
| Transformation of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility | 12087-(99/118) | |
| Establishment of General Policy to Condition Decisions Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility on Accuracy of Information Regarding Implementation of Prior Actions | 12253-(00/77) | |
| Establishment of General Policy to Condition Waiver Decisions Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility on Accuracy of Information Regarding Performance Criteria | 12254-(00/77) | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Exogenous Shocks Facility-Access Limits | 8845-(88/61) | |
| Access Limits Under Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Review | 14065-(08/18) | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Exogenous Shocks Facility-Interest Rate on Trust Loans | 8846-(88/61) | |
| Contributions to PRGF and PRGF-HIPC Trusts-Value Date for Operations and Transactions | 13004-(03/39) | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility Trust-Borrowing for Loan Account-Consultation with Creditors, 2001 | 12559-(01/85) | |
| Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Exogenous Shocks Facility Trust-Increase in Limit on Borrowing for Loan Account | 13773-(06/78) | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up of the Discussion on the Enhancement of the Structural Adjustment Facility-Operational Arrangements | EBM/87/171 | |
| The Chairman's Remarks at the Conclusion of the Discussion on the Enhancement of the Structural Adjustment Facility-Legal Documentation | EBM/87/176 | |
| Establishment of a Trust for Special PRGF Operations for the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Interim PRGF Subsidy Operations | 11436-(97/10) | |
| PRGF-HIPC Trust Instrument-Sunset Clause on Eligibility | 13797-(06/88) | |
| Trust for Special ESAF Operations for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries and Interim ESAF Subsidy Operations-Terms and Conditions for Administration of Account Provided Under Section III, Paragraph 5(b) of Trust | 11698-(98/38) | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up at the Conclusion of the Discussion on the Modalities for Special ESAF Operations in the Context of the HIPC Initiative and Other ESAF Issues | EBM/97/10 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-HIPC Initiative-Status of Implementation; Background Papers on the Achievement of Long-Term External Debt Sustainability and External Debt Management in HIPCs; and Update on Financing of PRGF and HIPC Operations and Subsidization of Post-Conflict Emergency Assistance | EBM/02/40 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)-Progress Reports and Review of Implementation | EBM/00/90 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries-Proposal for Streamlining Preliminary Documents | EBM/00/108 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative-Status of Implementation | EBM/05/78 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-2005 Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Approach-Balancing Accountabilities and Scaling Up Results-Synthesis | EBM/05/78 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative and Exogenous Shocks Facility-Proposed Decisions | EBM/05/99 | |
| Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) and Related HIPC Initiative Amendments | 13588-(05/99) | |
| Administered Account to Subsidize Post-Conflict Emergency Assistance to Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Eligible Members-Establishment | 12481-(01/45) | |
| Administered Account to Subsidize Post-Conflict Emergency Assistance to Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility-Eligible Members-Use of SDRs | 12482-(01/45) | |
| Establishment of the Post-SCA-2 Administered Account | 12061-(99/130) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 3(a), (b), AND (c) | ||
| Use of Fund Resources | ||
| General Decisions | Document Number | |
| Interpretation of Articles of Agreement | 71-2 | |
| Use of Fund's Resources for Capital Transfers | 1238-(61/43) | |
| Use of Fund's Resources: Meaning of "Consistent with the Provisions of This Agreement" in Article V, Section 3 | 287-3 | |
| Use of Fund's Resources: Meaning of Article V, Section 3 (b)(ii) | 284-4 | |
| Guidelines on Conditionality | 12864-(02/102) | |
| Conditionality Governing the Use of Fund Resources | 14280-(09/29) | |
| Side Letters and the Use of Fund Resources | 12067-(99/108) | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Review of Side Letters and the Use of Fund Resources | EBM/02/59 | |
| Misreporting and Noncomplying Purchases in the General Resources Account-Guidelines on Corrective Action | 7842-(84/165) | |
| Making the Misreporting Policies Less Onerous in De Minimis Cases | 13849-(06/108) | |
| Establishment of General Policy to Condition Decisions in the General Resources Account on Accuracy of Information Regarding Implementation of Prior Actions | 12250-(00/77) | |
| Establishment of General Policy to Condition Waiver Decisions in the General Resources Account on Accuracy of Information Regarding Performance Criteria | 12251-(00/77) | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman on Strengthening Safeguards on the Use of Fund Resources and Misreporting of Information to the Fund-Policies, Procedures, and Remedies-Preliminary Considerations | EBM/00/32 | |
| Failure to Meet a Repurchase Expectation and Use of Fund's General Resources | EBM/85/26 | |
| Overdue Financial Obligations-Amended Decisions | 12548-(01/84) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Safeguards Assessments-Review of Experience and Next Steps | EBM/02/26 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Emergency Financing Mechanism | EBM/95/85 | |
| Post-Program Monitoring | 13454-(05/26) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Conclusions of the Task Force on Prolonged Use of Fund Resources | EBM/03/28 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Review of Ex Post Assessments and Issues Related to the Policy on Longer-Term Program Engagement | EBM/06/46 | |
| Credit Tranche Policies, Stand-By Arrangements, Extended Fund Facility, and Extended Arrangements | Document Number | |
| Stand-By Arrangements | 12865-(02/102) | |
| General Policies on Use of the Fund's Resources: Tranche Policies | DN7 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Lessons from the Real-Time Assessments of Structural Conditionality | EBM/02/36 | |
| Relationship Between Performance Criteria and Phasing of Purchases Under Fund Arrangements-Operational Guidelines | 7925-(85/38) | |
| Guidelines on Performance Criteria with Respect to External Debt in Fund Arrangements | 6230-(79/140) | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up on External Debt Management Policies | EBM/79/121 | |
| Guidelines on Performance Criteria with Respect to Foreign Borrowing-Change in Implementation of Revised Guidelines | 11248-(96/38) | |
| Extended Fund Facility | 4377-(74/114) | |
| Stand-By and Extended Arrangements-Standard Forms | 10464-(93/130) | |
| Completion of Reviews Under Stand-By and Extended Arrangements | 12278-(00/86) | |
| Reviews Under Fund Arrangements-Lapse of Time Procedure | 14003-(07/107) | |
| A New Facility for Market Access Countries-The Short-Term Liquidity Facility (Repealed) | 14184-(08/93) | |
| Flexible Credit Line (FCL) Arrangements | 14283-(09/29) | |
| Emergency Assistance | Document Number | |
| Conversion of Emergency Assistance into a Special Policy | 12341-(00/117) | |
| Concluding Remarks by the Chairman-Emergency Assistance-Natural Disasters | EBM/82/16 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Fund Involvement in Post-Conflict Countries | EBM/95/82 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Fund Assistance to Post-Conflict Countries | EBM/99/38 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-The Fund's Role in Low-Income Member Countries-Considerations on Instruments and Financing | EBM/04/32 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up-The Role of the Fund in Low-Income Countries | EBM/08/6 | |
| Arrears to Creditors and Debt Strategy | Document Number | |
| Arrears to Creditors and Debt Strategy | 3153-(70/95) | |
| Review of Fund Policies and Procedure on Payments Arrears | EBM/80/154 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up-Fund Involvement in Debt Strategy | EBM/89/61 | |
| The Acting Chairman's Summing Up on Fund Policy on Arrears to Private Creditors-Further Considerations | EBM/99/64 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Fund Policy on Lending into Arrears to Private Creditors-Further Consideration of the Good Faith Criterion | EBM/02/92 | |
| Fund's Policy on Lending into Arrears | 14036-(08/01) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Management of the Debt Situation | EBM/91/48 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Settlement of Disputes Between Members Relating to External Financial Obligations-Role of the Fund | EBM/84/99 | |
| Access Policy | Document Number | |
| Access Policy and Limits in the Credit Tranches and Under the Extended Fund Facility and on Overall Access to the Fund's General Resources, and Exceptional Access Policy-Review and Modification | 14064-(08/18) | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Access Policy in Capital Account Crises | DN8 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Review of Access Policy Under the Credit Tranches and the Extended Fund Facility, and Access Policy in Capital Account Crises-Modifications to the Supplemental Reserve Facility and Follow-Up Issues Related to Exceptional Access Policy | EBM/03/16 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chair-Review of Exceptional Access Policy | EBM/04/36 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up-Crisis Prevention and Precautionary Arrangements-Status Report | EBM/04/90 | |
| Trade-Related Balance of Payments Adjustment-Fund Support | Document Number | |
| Trade Integration Mechanism | 13229-(04/33) | |
| Supplemental Reserve Facility | Document Number | |
| Supplemental Reserve Facility | 11627-(97/123) | |
| Compensatory Financing Facility | Document Number | |
| Compensatory Financing Facility (Repealed) | 8955-(88/126) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Compensatory Financing Facility-Overcompensation | EBM/82/1 | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 3(d) AND (f) | ||
| Media of Payment | Document Number | |
| (A) Assessment of Strength of Member's Balance of Payments and Gross Reserve Position for the Purposes of Designation Plans, Operational Budgets and Repurchases Under Article V, Section 7(b) | 6273-(79/158) | |
| (B) Specification of Currencies by the Fund | DN10 | |
| (C) Transfers of SDRs Under Article V, Section 3(f) | 6275-(79/158) | |
| Procedures for the Sale of Currencies at the Request of Members with Outstanding Purchases | 6352-(79/183) | |
| Operational Budget-Review of Guidelines for Allocation of Currencies | 11837-(98/121) | |
| Selection of Currencies by the Fund | 6774-(81/35) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 5 | ||
| Ineligibility to Use the Fund's General Resources | Document Number | |
| Use of Fund's Resources: Limitation and Ineligibility Under Article V, Section 5 | 284-3 | |
| Use of Fund's Resources: Postponement and Limitation Under Article V, Section 5 | 286-1 | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 6 | ||
| Sales of SDRs by the Fund | Document Number | |
| Sales of SDRs by the Fund | 6663-(80/160) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 7 | ||
| Repurchases | Document Number | |
| Guidelines for Early Repurchase | 6172-(79/101) | |
| Repurchase | 5703-(78/39) | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Review of Fund Facilities-Proposed Decisions and Implementation Guidelines | EBM/00/113 | |
| Attribution of Reductions in Fund's Holdings of Currencies | 6831-(81/65) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTIONS 8 AND 9 | ||
| Charges and Remuneration | Document Number | |
| Charges: Future Changes in Charges on Fund's Holdings of Members' Currencies in Excess of Quota | 4239-(74/67) | |
| Surcharge on Purchases in Credit Tranches and Under Extended Fund Facility | 12346-(00/117) | |
| Charges: Media of Payment in General Resources Account | 5702-(78/39) | |
| Charges: Accounting for Charges from Members with Overdue Obligations | 8433-(86/175) | |
| Charges: Special Charges on Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund | 8165-(85/189) | |
| Charges: Setoff in Connection with a Retroactive Reduction of Charges Due by Members in Arrears | 8271-(86/74) | |
| Burden Sharing | Document Number | |
| Income Position-Burden Sharing-Implementation in FY 2000 | 11945-(99/49) | |
| Implementation of Burden Sharing in FY 2001 | 12189-(00/45) | |
| Burden Sharing-Implementation in FY 2007 | 13707-(06/40) | |
| Rate of Charge on Use of Fund Resources for FY 2008 | 13908-(07/35) | |
| MDRI-I Trust Reimbursement for FY 2008 | DN11 | |
| The Rate of Charge on the Use of the Fund Resources for FY 2009 | 14100-(08/36) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTIONS 10 AND 11 | ||
| Rates for Computations and Maintenance of Value | Document Number | |
| Rates for Computations and Maintenance of Value | 5590-(77/163) | |
ARTICLE V, SECTION 12(f) | ||
| Special Disbursement Account | Document Number | |
| Trust Fund: Termination and Transfer of Resources to Special Disbursement Account | 6704-(80/185) | |
| Special Disbursement Account: Investment | 12152-(00/21) | |
| Structural Adjustment Facility-Use of Resources of Special Disbursement Account | DN12 | |
| I. Income from Investment and Loans-Availability for Use | DN13 | |
| II. Regulations for Administration | 8238-(86/56) | |
| III. Use of SDRs in Operations | DN14 | |
| IV. List of Eligible Members and Amounts of Assistance | 8240-(86/56) | |
| V. Review of Operation of Facility | 8241-(86/56) | |
| Special Disbursement Account: Review of Structural Adjustment Facility and Establishment of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility | 8757-(87/176) | |
| Special Disbursement Account: Transfer of Resources from the Special Disbursement Account to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust and Retransfer to the Special Disbursement Account | 8760-(87/176) | |
| Special Disbursement Account: Review of Structural Adjustment Facility (SAF), Termination of Authority to Make Commitments to Provide Assistance from SAF in Conjunction with Loans from ESAF Trust, and Transfer of Resources from SDA to ESAF Trust | 10531-(93/170) | |
| Modalities of Gold Pledge for Use of PRGF Trust Resources Under Rights Approach | 10286-(93/23) | |
| Cost of Administering PRGF Trust-FY 2008 | 13909-(07/35) | |
| Annual Reimbursement of General Resources Account in Respect of Expenses of Conducting Business of PRGF-ESF Trust | 14093-(08/32) | |
ARTICLE VI, SECTION 1 | ||
| Use of Fund's Resources for Capital Transfers | Document Number | |
| Use of Fund's Resources for Capital Transfers | DN15 | |
ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3 | ||
| Controls on Capital Transfers | Document Number | |
| Controls on Capital Transfers | 541-(56/39) | |
ARTICLE VII | ||
| Borrowing | Document Number | |
| General Arrangements to Borrow | 1289-(62/1) | |
| General Arrangements to Borrow-Transferability of Claims | 7628-(84/25) | |
| New Arrangements to Borrow | 11428-(97/6) | |
| New Arrangements to Borrow-Transferability of Claims | 11429-(97/6) | |
| Establishment of the Borrowed Resources Suspense Accounts | 6844-(81/75) | |
| Investment by the Fund of the Currencies Held in the Borrowed Resources Suspense Accounts | 6845-(81/75) | |
| Guidelines for Borrowing by the Fund | 9862-(91/156) | |
ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 2(b) | ||
| Unenforceability of Exchange Contracts | Document Number | |
| Unenforceability of Exchange Contracts: Fund's Interpretation of Article VIII, Section 2(b) | 446-4 | |
ARTICLE VIII AND ARTICLE XIV | ||
| Payments Restrictions | Document Number | |
| Payments Restrictions for Security Reasons: Fund Jurisdiction | 144-(52/51) | |
| Bilateralism and Convertibility | 433-(55/42) | |
| Official Clearing and Payments Arrangements-Temporary Exemption from Three-Month Rule | 10749-(94/67) | |
| Retention Quotas: Decision and Letter of Transmittal | 201-(53/29) | |
| Discrimination for Balance of Payments Reasons | 955-(59/45) | |
| Article VIII and Article XIV | 1034-(60/27) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Biennial Review of the Fund's Surveillance Policy | EBM/93/15 | |
| Payments Arrears | 3153-(70/95) | |
| Payments Policies | Document Number | |
| Consultations on Members' Policies in Present Circumstances | 4134-(74/4) | |
| Multiple Currency Practices | Document Number | |
| Statement to Members Transmitting Fund's Decisions on Multiple Currency Practices | 237-2 | |
| Multiple Currency Practices | 649-(57/33) | |
| Policy on Multiple Currency Practices | 6790-(81/43) | |
| Multiple Currency Practices Applicable Solely to Capital Transactions | 8648-(87/104) | |
ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 5 | ||
| Furnishing of Information | Document Number | |
| Strengthening the Effectiveness of Article VIII, Section 5 | 13183-(04/10) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Review of Data Provision to the Fund for Surveillance Purposes | EBM/08/38 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Standards for the Dissemination of Economic and Financial Statistics to the Public by Member Countries and Implementation of the SDDS | EBM/96/36 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-General Data Dissemination System | EBM/97/125 | |
ARTICLE IX, SECTION 5 | ||
| Archives | Document Number | |
| Opening of Fund Archives | 11192-(96/2) | |
| Policy on Access to Fund's Archives-Review | 12981-(03/34) | |
| Cooperation with Investigations on Fund Activities by Auditing Institutions of Members-Procedures | 12424-(01/13) | |
ARTICLE IX, SECTION 7 | ||
| Privilege for Communications | Document Number | |
| Interpretation of Article IX, Section 7 | 534-3 | |
ARTICLE IX, SECTION 8 | ||
| Immunities and Privileges of Officers and Employees | Document Number | |
| Managing Director's Policy Statement on Immunity of Fund Officials | DN16 | |
ARTICLE X | ||
| Relations with Other International Organizations | Document Number | |
| Arrangement for Consultation and Cooperation with the Contracting Parties of GATT | 363-1 | |
| The IMF-World Bank Concordat (SM/89/54, Rev. 1) | DN17 | |
| Fund/Bank Collaboration: Invitation to the Bank to Send a Staff Member as an Observer | DN18 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up at the Conclusion of the Discussion on Fund-Bank Collaboration and the Adjustment Process-Issues for Consideration | EBM/84/171 | |
| Concluding Remarks by the Acting Chairman-Bank-Fund Collaboration-Report of the Managing Director and the President; and Review of Collaboration in Strengthening Financial Systems | EBM/98/102 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Strengthening IMF-World Bank Collaboration on Country Programs and Conditionality-Progress Report | EBM/04/26 | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-Operational Framework for Debt Sustainability Assessments in Low-Income Countries-Further Considerations | EBM/05/34 | |
| European Central Bank-Observer Status | 12925-(03/1) | |
| Guidelines/Framework for Fund Staff Collaboration with the New World Trade Organization | 10968-(95/43) | |
| Exchange of Documents with Other International Agencies | 9786-(93/20) | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Policy Orientation and Balance of Payments Assistance of Bilateral and Multilateral Aid Agencies | EBM/90/106 | |
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 3 | ||
| Executive Directors | Document Number | |
| Interpretation of Article XII, Sections 3(b)(i) and 3(f) | 2-1 | |
| Executive Directors: Article XII, Section 3(c) | 574-2 | |
| Additional Appointed Directors | 597-4 | |
| Adjustment of Quota and Voting Power | 180-5 | |
| Code of Conduct for the Members of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund | 12239-(00/71) | |
| Executive Board Meetings--Procedural Guidelines | EBM/75/12 | |
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 4 | ||
| Managing Director and Staff | Document Number | |
| Authorized Signatories | 9605-(90/170) | |
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 6 | ||
| Reserves, Distribution of Net Income, and Investment | Document Number | |
| The Investment Account-Establishment | 13710-(06/40) | |
| Investment Account-Adoption of Rules and Regulations | 13711-(06/40) | |
| Investment Account-Transfer of Currencies | 13712-(06/40) | |
| Transfer of Investment Income for FY 2008 to General Resources Account | 14097-(08/36) | |
| Proposed Amendment of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund to Expand the Investment Authority of the International Monetary Fund | DN19 | |
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 7 | ||
| Publication of Reports | Document Number | |
| Transparency and Fund Policies-Publication Policies | 13564-(05/85) | |
| The Acting Chair's Summing Up-The Fund's Transparency Policy-Issues and Next Steps | EBM/03/87 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Review of Fund Facilities-Proposed Decisions and Implementation Guidelines | EBM/00/113 | |
| Overdue Financial Obligations-Policy to Publish Information on Missed Repurchase Expectations (Repealed) | 12547-(01/84) | |
| Publicity upon Suspension of Voting Rights and Termination of Suspension | 10305-(93/32) | |
| Concluding Remarks by the Acting Chairman-Strengthening the Application of the Guidelines on Misreporting | EBM/00/77 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Transparency and Use of Fund Resources | EBM/99/135 | |
| Public Information Notices-Release | 11493-(97/45) | |
| Summings Up for Internal Purposes on Use of Fund Resources | 12663-(02/6) | |
| External Audit Firm Mandatory Rotation and Limits on Provision of Audit-Related Services and Non-Audit-Related Services | 13323-(04/78) | |
ARTICLE XIV | ||
| Restrictions on Payments and Transfers: Withdrawal | Document Number | |
| Meaning of "Exceptional Circumstances" in Article XIV, Section 4 | 117-1 | |
ARTICLE XV, SECTION 2 | ||
| Valuation of the Special Drawing Right | Document Number | |
| SDR Valuation Basket-Revised Guidelines for Calculation of Currency Amounts | 12281-(00/98) | |
| SDR Valuation Basket-Guidelines for the Calculation of Currency Amounts | 8160-(85/186) | |
| Method of Collecting Exchange Rates for the Calculation of the Value of the SDR for the Purposes of Rule O-2(a) | 6709-(80/189) | |
ARTICLE XVII, SECTION 3 | ||
| Special Drawing Rights: Other Holders | Document Number | |
| Special Drawing Rights: Other Holders | 6467-(80/71) | |
| Bank for International Settlements (BIS): Change in Terms and Conditions of Prescription as Holder of SDRs | 6484-(80/77) | |
| Andean Reserve Fund-Holder of SDRs | 6486-(80/77) | |
| Use of SDRs in Payment of Trust Fund Obligations | 8642-(87/101) | |
| Use of SDRs in Payment of Subsidy | 8186-(86/9) | |
| Use of SDRs in Operations Under the Structural Adjustment Facility | 8239-(86/56) | |
| Use of SDRs in Financial Operations Under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust or Under an Administered Account | 8937-(88/118) | |
| Use of SDRs in Financial Operations Under the PRGF-HIPC Trust or Under an Administered Account | 12062-(99/130) | |
ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION 2 | ||
| Allocation of Special Drawing Rights | Document Number | |
| Allocation of Special Drawing Rights for the First Basic Period | 24-12 | |
| Allocation of Special Drawing Rights for the Third Basic Period | DN20 | |
ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 2 | ||
| Special Drawing Rights: Additional Uses | Document Number | |
| Use of SDRs in Settlement of Financial Obligations | 6000-(79/1) | |
| Use of SDRs in Loans | 6001-(79/1) | |
| Use of SDRs in Pledges | 6053-(79/34) | |
| Use of SDRs in Transfers as Security for the Performance of Financial Obligations | 6054-(79/34) | |
| Use of SDRs in Swap Operations | 6336-(79/178) | |
| Use of SDRs in Forward Operations | 6337-(79/178) | |
| Use of SDRs in Donations | 6437-(80/37) | |
ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 5 | ||
| Designation of Participants to Provide Currency | Document Number | |
| Review of Rules for Designation and Method of Calculating Designation Amounts | 6209-(79/124) | |
| Rules for Designation-Revision | 11976-(99/59) | |
ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 6 | ||
| Reconstitution | Document Number | |
| Abrogation of Rules for Reconstitution | 6832-(81/65) | |
ARTICLE XX, SECTION 2 | ||
| Charges | Document Number | |
| Payment of Net Charges and Assessment in the SDR Department for the Financial Year Ended April 30, 1982 | 7116-(82/68) | |
ARTICLE XX, SECTION 4 | ||
| Assessments | Document Number | |
| Assessment Under Article XX, Section 4 for FY 2008 | DN21 | |
ARTICLE XXVI | ||
| Remedial Measures on Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund | Document Number | |
| Overdue Payments to the Fund-Purchases from Fund | 7908-(85/26) | |
| Overdue Payments to the Fund-Discussions on Use of Fund Resources | EBM/84/54 | |
| The Chairman's Summing Up at the Conclusion of the Discussion on Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund | EBM/85/170 | |
| The Acting Chairman's Concluding Remarks at the Discussion on Additions to the Special Contingent Account | EBM/88/12 | |
| The Acting Chairman's Summing Up at the Conclusion of the Discussion on Overdue Financial Obligations-Six-Monthly Report | EBM/88/19 | |
| Procedures for Dealing with Members with Overdue Financial Obligations to the General Department and the SDR Department | EBM/89/101 | |
| Statement by the Managing Director on the Strengthened Cooperative Strategy on Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund | EBM/90/38 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Operational Modalities of the Rights Approach | EBM/90/97 | |
| Summing Up by the Chairman-Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund-Six-Monthly Review; Progress Under the Strengthened Cooperative Strategy; and Special Charges-Annual Review | EBM/91/42 | |
| Summing Up by the Acting Chairman-Overdue Financial Obligations to the Fund-Six-Monthly Review; Further Progress Under the Strengthened Cooperative Strategy | EBM/92/58 | |
| The Acting Chairman's Summing Up-Overdue Financial Obligations-De-escalation of Remedial Measures Under the Strengthened Cooperative Strategy-Further Considerations | EBM/99/79 | |
| Overdue Financial Obligations-Review of the Fund Strategy | 14166-(08/76) | |
ARTICLE XXX(c) | ||
| Calculation of Reserve Tranche: Exclusion of Purchases and Holdings | Document Number | |
| Compensatory Financing Facility | 8955-(88/126) | |
| Exclusion of Purchases in the Credit Tranches and Under Extended Fund Facility | 6830-(81/65) | |
| Balances Held in Administrative Account | 7060-(82/23) | |
| Supplemental Reserve Facility | 11627-(97/123) | |
ARTICLE XXX(f) | ||
| Freely Usable Currencies | Document Number | |
| Freely Usable Currencies | 11857-(98/130) | |
GENERAL | ||
| Trust Fund | Document Number | |
| Trust Fund: Means of Payment of Interest by Members on Their Indebtedness Under Loan Agreements | 6358-(79/188) | |
| Trust Fund: Means of Repayment by Members on Their Indebtedness Under Loan Agreements | 7142-(82/85) | |
| Trust Fund: Special Charges on Overdue Financial Obligations | DN23 | |
| Trust Fund: Final Direct Distribution of Profits | 6540-(80/98) | |
| Trust Fund: Termination and Transfer of Resources to Special Disbursement Account | 6704-(80/185) | |
| Terms of Repayment of Final Loan Disbursement and Amendment of Trust Instrument | 6793-(81/45) | |
| Subsidy Account | Document Number | |
| Supplementary Financing Facility: Subsidy Account-Instrument | 6683-(80/185) | |
| Supplementary Financing Facility: Subsidy Account-Investment | 6854-(81/78) | |
| Supplementary Financing Facility: Subsidy Account-Suspension of Transfers and Re-Transfer of Surplus | 7989-(85/81) | |
| Supplementary Financing Facility: Subsidy Account-Means of Subsidy Payments | 8185-(86/9) | |
| Supplementary Financing Facility Subsidy Account-Exchange Rate for Payment of Subsidies | 13005-(03/39) | |
OTHER SELECTED RESOLUTIONS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS | ||
| Document Number | ||
| A. Request for Interpretation of the Articles of Agreement as to the Authority of the Fund to Use Its Resources | IM-6 | |
| B. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly 377(V) Entitled "Uniting for Peace" | 6-8 | |
| C. Composite Resolution on the Work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Reform of the International Monetary System and Related Issues and on a Program of Immediate Action | DN24 | |
| First Resolution (No. 29-7): | 29-7 | |
| Second Resolution (No. 29-8): | DN25 | |
| Resolution No. 54-9 | 54-9 | |
| Third Resolution (No. 29-9): | 29-9 | |
| Fourth Resolution (No. 29-10): | 29-10 | |
| Interim Committee: Rules of Procedure | DN26 | |
| Development Committee: Rules of Procedure | DN27 | |
| Development Committee: Changes in the Organization of Work and Structure of the Secretariat Function | DN28 | |
| D. Report of the Managing Director to the Board of Governors and to the Executive Board Pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 4(c) | DN29 | |
| E. Off-Market Transactions in Gold by the Fund | 54-10 | |
SELECTED DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE FUND, THE UNITED NATIONS, AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| A. Agreement Between the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund | DN30 | |
| B. United Nations Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies and Annex V | DN31 | |
| C. The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization | Document Number | |
| Relations with World Trade Organization (WTO)-Fund-WTO Cooperation Agreement | 11381-(96/105) | |
| Decision Adopted by the General Council Concerning Agreements Between the WTO and the IMF and the World Bank at Its Meeting on 7, 8, and 13 November 1996 (WT/L/194, 18 November 1996) | DN32 | |
| Agreement Between the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization | DN33 | |