Cap. 616 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Contribution Agreement" means the Contribution Agreement which may be entered into between the Government of Malta and the European Investment Bank in respect of the Pan-European Guarantee Fund in response to COVID-19, reproduced in the Second Schedule;

"First Demand Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement that may be entered into between the Original Guarantors, including the Government of Malta, and the Acceding Guarantors acceding from time to time and the European Investment Bank in relation to transactions entered into by the Bank for the account of the Fund, reproduced in the First Schedule;

"Fund" means the EU COVID-19 Guarantee Fund to be established by the European Investment Bank under its Partnership Platform for Funds;

"Malta" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it by article 124 of the Constitution of Malta;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for finance.