State Expenses Clause Samples

State Expenses. If, in connection with Contractor’s performance of its obligations under this Contract or for the negotiation of this Contract prior to the Effective Date, or if circumstances emerged regarding this Contract other than as provided in this Section ‎6.23 of this Contract, any employee or official of the State, including the Ministry’s personnel and GEPetrol, is required to travel to any location outside the Republic of Equatorial Guinea or as set out in Section ‎6.8.3 above, and the State agrees, through the Ministry, to permit such employee or official to travel for such purposes, Contractor agrees, subject to the prior mutual agreement of the Parties to such travel, to pay the following amounts to the Ministry, on behalf of the State, for the travel expenses related to the participation of such employees or officials: (a) the actual expenses incurred for travel to the location outside of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and for travel to return to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and lodging of such employees or officials at the foreign location, and (b) to pay to the Ministry, on behalf of the State, for the per diem as provided in the 2017 Budget Law. amount equal to the following for each day such employee or official is out of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in accordance with the request of CONTRACTOR; As requested by the Ministry, for travel approved by Company in advance, Company agrees A. As a consequence of the payment of the per diems noted above, Company shall not make any payments to or on behalf of any Government of Equatorial Guinea travelers in relation to meals or other incidental or miscellaneous costs incurred by such travelers during such travel, and all such costs shall be for the sole account of such travelers. B. The Parties agree that all payments made pursuant to this Section ‎6.23 by Company to the Ministry, on behalf of the State, and to the provider of services, shall be recoverable expenses under the Contract as Petroleum Operations Costs. The Parties further agree that in relation to all payments made pursuant to this Section ‎6.23, Company is neither seeking nor shall it gain any business or business advantage from the Ministry or the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea as a result of making such payments. The amounts contemplated pursuant to this Section ‎6.23 shall be payable by Contractor by wire transfer or check made out to the Ministry in the resulting total amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with res...