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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">OFFICIAL USE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) wishes to express its support for the views of other IGOs, including those contained in the comments of the OECD submitted on 24 July 2019 and the World Bank submitted on 15 August
2019. We therefore urge the Working Group to reconsider its recommendations. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Andrei Gheorghe</span></b><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Principal Counsel</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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