World Bank Office, Bqijirig OFICtAL-' IDOCUMEMT February 20, 2013 Mr. Johan Cauwenbergh Head of Operations Delegation of the European Ur ior to China and Mongolia Beijing, P.R. China Re: European Un ior Ad ninistration Agreement for Grant TF054 772 Changfiang aid Pearl River Watershed Rehabilitation Project Request. or the Approval of Payment Dear Mr. Cauwenbergh: We refer to our letter dEted December 5, 2012 (attached hereto for your ease of reference) in which we sought your approval to r troactively extend the end disbursement date for the above mentioned Grant by two mcnthE, from October 31, 2012 to December 31, 2012 in order to complete the processing of the 1wc per ding withdrawal applications under the Grant. You granted this approval by counte rsignin:; the letter on December 14, 2012 The withdrawal applical ior s ha ve now been both completed. However, while both withdrawal applications were com)letc d in December 2012, due to an unfortunate internal administrative delay, the payment 5or cne of them was released from the World Bank's Treasury on January 4, 2013, after the expiratior of the end disbursement date approved by you. The payment for the other ore was (uly rel-ased in December 2012. We are sending you this letter to inform you of what transpired, and to seek your approval of the payment made (,n JanuiLry 4, 2013. If you agree, we will consider the payment to have been duly made, w[thout having to further amend the end disbursement date. 16thFloor, China Wond Tower 2, No.1 Jianguoinenwal Avinue, Beiji ig 100004, China gm v;E l 1 & nR4E 2 A 165 (100004) Tel. *%: (86-10) 5861-7600; Fax. *A: (86-10) 5861-7800 Mr. Johan Cauwenbergh Page 2 February 20, 2013 Should you con,ur witi this c(urse of action, please confirm your approval on behalf of the ELiropean Union, represent .d by tl e European Commission, by signing, dating and returning to us a copy of this letter for o ir rcor Is. Thereafter we will send a countersigned original copy back to you for your records. We ipol )gize for the inconvenience to you and your staff due this internil Bank delay. Very truly yours, INTERNATIONAL BA NK FC R RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Kofi Awanyo Actir g Country Director, China east Asia and Pacific AGREED: EUROPEAN UNION represented by the European Conmission Authonzed Representative Name Johan Cauwenbergh Title: lead of operations Date: ff /p 2 Cfo