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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.22


                             ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF
                         NOTARIAL CERTIFICATE AND LEASE


FIFTEENTH  NOTARIAL OFFICES OF THE CITY OF LISBON

NOTARY RESPONSIBLE

Attorney JOSE MANUEL CABRAL DE MATOS OLIVEIRA

Avenida Duque de Loule 104 - Basement - 1050-092 LISBON

TELEPHONE: 21333904 or 213534669   FAX: 213546743


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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

I made this photocopy that is equal to the original of the Deed issued by this
Notarial Office and recorded in the Book of Miscellaneous Deeds number 245 "I",
page 9 through 11, and of the complementary Document issued according to the
terms of item 2 of article 64 of the Notarial Code.

Lisbon, Fifteenth Notarial Offices  on June 29 2000

ASSISTANT, SUPERIOR CLERK

BILL
Art. 8 # 1   1,000,500
"    " # 2     800,500
Total        1,800,500

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Checked and recorded under number 3750



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                                      LEASE


_____ On the twenty first day of June of the year two thousand, the following
principals did appear before me, Jose Manuel Cabral de Matos Oliveira, attorney
and Notary with the Fifteenth Notarial Offices of the municipality of Lisbon:

_____ FIRST - a) Dr. PEDRO NEUPARTH DE SARREA GAIVAO, married, born in the
district of S. Sebastiao da Pedreira, municipality of Lisbon, domiciled in this
city at Rua Marques da Fronteira, # 72/74, 9th floor right;

              b) Dr. EDUARDO MANUEL MILHEIRICO DE CARVALHO CHAVES, born in
Mozambique, domiciled at Rua Costa Pinto # 163, 2nd floor A, in Paco de Arcos,
Oeiras, as acting managers and representatives of "MC-IMOVEST, SOCIEDADE GESTORA
DE FUNDOS DE INVESTIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS, S.A.", previously known as "SOCIEDADE
GESTORA DE IMOVEST - FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS, S.A.", a corporation
with its main offices in this city, at Avenida da Republica number forty three,
first floor, tax number NIPC 501 845 755, with a registered share capital of one
hundred and fifty million Escudos, registered in the Lisbon Commercial Registry
under number SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE, and this
corporation, in its capacity as the managing entity and legal representative of

"IMOVEST - FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS", and responsible for its
management under the terms of the Administrative Ruling issued by the State
Treasury Secretariat and published in the Diario da Republica (Official
Gazette), Series Two, number eighty nine, on April sixteen, nineteen hundred and
eighty seven, the terms of which I have verified by means of a Certificate
issued by the Lisbon Commercial Registry office, and filed as an integral part
of the deed issued and recorded on page ninety eight of Book number two hundred
and twenty eight - I.

_____ SECOND - JOSE JAVIER GONZALES SOLANO, born in Spain, married, domiciled at
Rua Genaro Parlade # 8, Seville, Spain, who appears in the quality of
representative of

     "CARRIERHOUSE, S.A.", a corporation with its main offices at Isabel
Colbrand, number eight, in Fuencarral, Madrid, Spain, registered in the Madrid
Registry Office in volume thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety one, of
Book eighty one, section eight A, page two hundred and twenty seven thousand
three hundred and seventy, first registry, qualifications and powers that I
checked, in view of the Power of Attorney that I hereby file.

_____ I have personal knowledge of the first principals and thereby verified
their identity, the identity of the remaining principal was checked against i.d.
number 80.116.735, issued on January 4 1991 in Seville by the Police Authority
of that city, and that was presented to me.

THE FIRST PRINCIPLES HEREBY STATE AND WARRANT THAT:

_____ through this deed, "IMOVEST - FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTOS IMOBILIARIOS", the
corporation by them represented, leases to the second principal, the self
contained premises described below:

_____ The unit identified by the letter "A", corresponding to ground floor unit
A, to be used as a warehouse, said lease to include the basement where the
garage assigned unit A is located;

_____ The unit identified by the letter "B" , corresponding to ground floor unit
B, to be used as a warehouse, said lease to include the basement where the
garage assigned unit B is located; and

_____ The unit identified by the letter "C", corresponding to the first floor,
to be used as a warehouse. All of the premises described are contained in an
urban condominium building located at Avenida Severiano Falcao number fourteen,
district of Prior Velho, municipality of Loures, described in the Second
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Registry of Loures, under number TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, in that district,
where it is registered as a condominium under registration F one, dated August
30 1999, and purchased through a deed issued today, and registered in this same
Book of Deeds on page six.

_____ Said building is registered in the Land Registry under article number
seven hundred and ninety six.

____ This lease is entered into according to the terms and covenants contained
in the complementary Document drawn up according to the terms of item two of
article sixty four of the Notarial Code. Said Document is considered an integral
part of this deed and the parties hereby state they have read and accept its
terms and covenants therein.

_____ The term of the lease is seven years, said term being renewable for
successive one year periods. The effective date is the twenty first day of June
of the year in course. The leased premises shall be used by the lessee as a
warehouse

_____ The monthly aggregate lease fee shall be SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY ESCUDOS, of which two million five
hundred and fifteen thousand and fifty Escudos for unit "A", two million five
hundred and eleven thousand Escudos for unit "B" and two million two hundred and
eight thousand six hundred Escudos for unit "C".


THE SECOND PRINCIPAL HEREBY STATES AND WARRANTS THAT:

_____ He accepts the terms of the lease for the corporation he represents.

____ I hereby file the complementary Document referred to above.

_____ Exhibits:

a) A Certificate issued by the above mentioned Land Registry on February 28
last, whereby I was able to verify the number of registration of the leased
premises, their description and confirmation that the building is a condominium;

b) Three photocopies in lieu of the respective Property Certificates, issued by
the Fourth Financial Office of Loures, initialed on March 31 last, through which
I checked the Registration Number; and

c) A photocopy made by the Oeiras Notary Office on April 21 1998, of Use Permit
215/98, issued by the Loures Municipal Board on April 7 1998, stating that the
premises located in the building in question are suitable for use as warehouses.

This deed was read to the Principals and the content was explained out loud,
with all principals present simultaneously. The value of the transaction is five
hundred and seventy five million eight hundred and eleven thousand Escudos, and
the agreement is scheduled to be executed at seventeen hundred hours and thirty
minutes.


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Book # 245 I Page 9

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COMPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF ARTICLE SIXTY FOUR OF
THE NOTARIAL CODE, THIS DOCUMENT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DEED RECORDED IN
PAGE 6 OF BOOK 245 I OF THE 15TH Notarial Office of the City of Lisbon.


                                       ONE


1. This lease shall be governed by the "free income regime" according to the
terms of the Urban Lease Regime, and shall be in effect for a period of seven
years, starting on the date of signature of the public deed.

2. The contract shall be automatically renewed for successive one year periods.
The lessee may only terminate this contract by submitting written notice no
later than ninety days before the end of the first seven year period or before
the end of each renewal period.


                                       TWO


1. The aggregate monthly lease shall be seven million two hundred and thirty
four thousand six hundred and fifty Escudos, of which two million five hundred
and fifteen thousand and fifty Escudos for unit "A", two million five hundred
and eleven thousand Escudos for unit "B" and two million two hundred and eight
thousand six hundred Escudos for unit "C".

Section one: Given that the units must be altered to adapt them to the
activities of the lessee, the lease for the first year shall be:

a) For Unit "A", for the first six months the monthly lease shall be five
hundred and sixty thousand Escudos, for the following six months it shall be one
million one hundred and twenty thousand Escudos.

b) For Units "B" and "C", for the first five months the monthly lease shall be
two million three hundred and fifty nine thousand eight hundred Escudos, of
which one million two hundred and fifty five thousand five hundred Escudos for
unit "B" and one million four hundred and four thousand and thirteen Escudos for
unit "C". For the remaining seven months of the year the monthly lease for these
two units shall be the amount described in item 1 of this clause.

2. The lease shall be deposited in the account indicated by the landlord, in
advance, no later than the eighth day of the month immediately proceeding the
month in question. The lease fee is due as of the date of signature of the lease
deed.

3. Without prejudice of the provisions described below, the amount of the lease
shall be adjusted annually, based on the coefficient used to update
non-residential leases. The first adjustment shall be made on July first two
thousand and one, based on the amount described in item one of this clause, and
subsequent adjustments shall be made successfully at one year intervals.

4. To the lease fee shall be added the amounts paid in city sanitation taxes, as
well as the condominium fees and expenses for the leased units. These amounts
shall be paid within thirty days of receiving the receipt or proof of payment
thereof.



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                                      THREE


1. The leased premises shall be used by the lessee as a warehouse.

2. The lessee is hereby authorized to assign its contractual position and/or
sub-lease the premises in whole or in part, so long as said assignment or
sub-lease is to an affiliate company or to a corporation of which the lessee is
an affiliate.

3. The lessee is authorized to allow other companies of the ABENGOA group to use
a part of the premises, said use not being considered a sub-lease, contractual
assignment, transfer or conveyance of exploration rights.

4. The lessee may, within the scope of its activities as a provider of
outsourced services, install, keep and operate third party equipment on the
premises, without this being considered by the landlord to be a sub-lease,
contractual assignment, transfer or conveyance of exploration rights.

5. The rights granted in the preceding numbers shall not, under any
circumstance, result in any increase in the lease amount nor in any change in
the terms of the lease contract.


                                      FOUR


1. The premises are leased "as is", and the lessee hereby states that it is
fully aware of the conditions the premises are in.

2. The landlord agrees to allow the lessee to make whatever alterations are
required to adapt the premises for the purposes described in this lease, at the
expense of the lessee, as well as make any changes and alterations that may
become necessary in future or for maintenance purposes, so long as these in no
way impact the structure of the building or its common parts.

3. Upon termination of the lease contract, the lessee may remove any remaining
betterments or improvements made to the premises or common areas, without the
need for any indemnification, so long as said removal in no way causes a
deterioration of the premises or common areas.

4. Without prejudice of the provisions in number two of this clause, the lessee
must submit to the landlord the projects describing the implementation of the
betterments or alterations.

5. During the term of the lease contract, the landlord agrees to keep the common
areas in compliance with all applicable safety and fire prevention regulations.


                                      FIVE


1. The lessee may likewise, at its own expense and risk, install in the common
areas, specifically on the terrace or building roof, air conditioning units,
electrical installations, dish antennas and/or other communication devices. The
lessee may also place its logo or the logo of its clients on the inside and/or
the outside of the building so as to make its presence known.

2. The equipment installed must not cause acoustic perturbations, vibrations or
leaks and the lessee hereby agrees to take all measure required to avoid such
situations.

3. The installation and maintenance of the equipment listed above shall be the
exclusive responsibility of the lessee, and must respect the ducts already
existing on the roof; further. these installations shall not be such as to
impede any other facilities of a similar or different nature, at present or in
future.

4. Upon termination of the lease contract the lessee shall remove all equipment
from the roof, at its own expense, and return it to its original configuration.



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                                       SIX


All communications concerning this contract shall be made in writing, by telefax
or registered, return receipt letter, and shall be considered received on the
date of delivery.


                                      SEVEN


The lessee shall have a period of thirty days, from the date on which the
landlord informs the lessee, in writing, of the sale conditions, to exercise its
right of preference.


                                      EIGHT


The parties hereby elect the courts of the County of Lisbon as the venue to
resolve any dispute arising out of this contract, expressly renouncing all
others.



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