The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Republic agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it or its properties, assets or revenue with respect to the Bonds (a “Related Proceeding”) shall be brought exclusively in the courts of England that sit in London; in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York; in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

 Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Immunity The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Bonds are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Republic agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it or its properties, assets or revenue with respect to the Bonds (a “Related Proceeding”) shall be brought exclusively in the courts of England that sit in London; in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York; in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; or in the courts of the Republic that sit in Caracas, as the person bringing such Related Proceeding may elect in its sole discretion, provided that if none of the courts specified above located in the country in which such person has elected to bring such Related Proceeding is a court that has jurisdiction of the subject matter or is otherwise competent under applicable law to hear and determine such proceeding, such Related Proceeding may be brought in such other court located in such country as shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter or be otherwise competent under applicable law to hear and determine such Related Proceedings, or if such Related Proceeding seeks relief or a judgment that is enforceable only against any of its properties, assets or revenues that are subject to the jurisdiction of any other court located in the countries listed above and is limited to the value of such properties, assets or revenues, such Related Proceeding may be brought in any such court (all such courts described in this sentence being referred to as “Specified Courts”). The Republic also agrees that any judgment obtained in any of the Specified Courts arising out of any Related Proceeding may be enforced or executed in any Specified Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction whatsoever, and any judgment obtained in any such other court as a result of such enforcement or execution may be enforced or executed in any such other court of competent jurisdiction (all courts other than Specified Courts being referred to as “Other Courts”), by means of a suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. The Republic hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each of the Specified Courts for the purpose of any Related Proceeding and, solely for the purpose of enforcing or executing any judgment referred to in the preceding sentence (a “Related Judgment”), of each Specified Court and each Other Court. The agreement made by the Republic in this Section with respect to jurisdiction is made solely with respect to Related Proceedings and the enforcement or execution of Related Judgments and under no circumstances shall it be interpreted as a general agreement by the Republic with respect to proceedings unrelated to the Bonds. The Republic agrees that service of all writs, process and summonses in any Related Proceeding or any suit, action or proceeding to enforce or execute any Related Judgment brought against it in England may be made upon the officer in charge of the department of consular affairs at the Embassy of the Republic, presently located at One Cromwell Road, London SW7 2HW, England (the “London Process Agent”) and service of all writs, process and summonses in any Related Proceeding or any suit, action or proceeding to enforce or execute any Related Judgment brought against it in the State of New York may be made upon the Consul General of the Republic or, in his or her absence or incapacity, any official of the Consulate of the Republic, presently located at 7 East 51st Street, New York, New York 10022, U.S.A. (the “New York Process Agent” and, together with the London Process Agent, the “Process Agents”), and the Republic appoints each Process Agent as its agent to receive such service of any and all such writs, process and summonses, and agrees that the failure of any of the Process Agents to give any notice to it of any such service of process shall not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment based thereon. The Republic agrees to maintain at all times an agent with offices in London to act as its London Process Agent, and an agent with offices in New York to act as its New York Process Agent as aforesaid (each such agent to be appointed by a power of attorney granted before a Venezuelan notary public, and the Republic hereby agrees that each such power of attorney shall provide that it may not be revoked unless an alternative agent for service of process with an office in New York or London, as the case may be, shall have been appointed and the holders shall have been given notice thereof). Nothing in the Bonds shall in any way be deemed to limit the ability to serve any such writs, process or summonses in any other manner permitted by applicable law. The Republic irrevocably consents to and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding brought in any of the Specified Courts or to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought solely for the purpose of enforcing or executing any Related Judgment in any of the Specified