Zakon o ratifikaciji Garancijske pogodbe med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko za obveznosti iz kredita Ekološko razvojnega sklada Republike Slovenije (MGPEBES) (mgpebes)

1. člen

Ratificira se Garancijska pogodba med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko za obveznosti iz kredita Ekološko razvojnega sklada Republike Slovenije, sklenjena v Luxembourgu 4. aprila 2002.

1. ČLEN

Finančna pogodba

1.01 Garant izjavlja, da je dobro seznanjen s pogoji in

določili finančne pogodbe, katere verodostojen izvod, tak

kot sta ga pogodbenici podpisali, je banka dostavila

garantu.

2. člen

Garancijska pogodba se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in slovenskem prevodu glasi

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK FI N° 21.427

SLOVENIA – ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

FRAMEWORK LOAN

G U A R A N T E E A G R E E M E N T BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

Ljubljana, 27 March 2002

Luxembourg, 4 April 2002

THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE BETWEEN

The Republic of Slovenia, acting through the Ministry of Finance, represented by Mr. Anton Rop, Minister of finance

hereinafter called: “the Guarantor“

of the first part, and

European Investment Bank having its Head Office at 100, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented, by Ms. Grammatiki Tsingou, Associate Director and Mr.Gerhard Hütz, Head of Division

hereinafter called: “the Bank“

of the second part.

WHEREAS

– The Council of the European Union, pursuant to Council Decision 2000/24/EC of 22 December 1999, invited the Bank to propose a substantial pre-accession support facility to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which have applied, to the European Union.

– The Board of Governors of the Bank has taken note of this decision and authorised the granting of loans from its own resources to these countries.

– A Framework Agreement concerning the financial cooperation between the Bank and the Guarantor (hereinafter the Framework Agreement) was signed by the Guarantor on 1 December 1997 and by the Bank on 15 December 1997.

– By an agreement (hereinafter called “the Finance Contract“) dated 21 December 2001 between the Bank and Ekološko razvojni sklad Republike Slovenije, javni sklad, (hereinafter called ”the Borrower”), the Bank has agreed to establish in favour of the Borrower a credit in an amount equivalent to EUR 10 000 000 (ten million euro) to be used to finance, by loans or directly, projects eligible for the financing by the Bank in the sector of upgrading, improvement, modernisation and expansion of water distribution and wastewater systems and other environmental projects (hereinafter called “the Projects“ or individually “the Project”).

– The obligations of the Bank under the Finance Contract are conditional upon the prior or simultaneous execution and delivery by the Guarantor of a guarantee of performance by the Borrower of its financial obligations under the Finance Contract and the delivery of a favourable legal opinion thereon.

– The Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the financing under the Finance Contract falls within the scope of the application of the Framework Agreement.

– the Attorney-General of the Guarantor will issue an opinion in the form satisfactory to the Bank.

– Execution of this Guarantee Agreement has been authorised by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia (Annex I).

NOW THEREFORE it is hereby agreed as follows

ARTICLE 1

Finance Contract

1.01 The Guarantor declares that it is well acquainted with the

terms, conditions and clauses of the Finance Contract, a

true copy of which as signed by the parties, is delivered

to the Guarantor by the Bank.

ARTICLE 2

Undertakings by the Guarantor

2.01 The Guarantor, as primary obligor and not merely as

surety, guarantees entirely the full and punctual

performance of all the monetary obligations of the

Borrower to the Bank under the Finance Contract,

including all payments of interest without any

limitation, commissions, incidental charges and other

expenses and all the sums being due by the Borrower to

the Bank under any provision of the Finance Contract,

when the guarantee is enforced.

2.02 If the Guarantor should hereafter grant to any third

party security for the performance of any of its

external debt obligations or any preference or priority

in respect thereof, the Guarantor shall so inform the

Bank and shall, if so required by the Bank, provide to

the Bank equivalent security for the performance of its

obligations hereunder or grant to the Bank equivalent

preference or priority. The Guarantor represents that no

such security, preference or priority presently exists.

Nothing in this Article 2.02 shall apply to any vendor’s

lien or to any charge, which secures only the purchase

price of any land or goods.

2.03 The Guarantor undertakes to furnish information on

legislation or regulatory framework affecting the

Borrower which may have an impact on the implementation

of the Project.

ARTICLE 3

Enforcement of guarantee

3.01 Demand may be made under this Agreement as soon as the

Borrower has not performed all or part of the obligations

guaranteed pursuant to Article 2.01 of this Agreement.

3.02 The Guarantor hereby waives irrevocably any objection or

exception in law to the total or partial enforcement of

this guarantee. It undertakes to perform its obligations

upon request in writing or by telegram by the Bank

whenever demand is made and to pay the sums due without

any limitation, retention or condition, without the Bank

having to furnish any special evidence in support of its

request other than the reason for the demand under this

guarantee. In particular, the Bank is not bound to prove

that it has taken any action against the Borrower; it is

not obliged, prior to the enforcement of this guarantee,

to realise securities or to enforce any other security

that the Borrower or a third party may have constituted.

3.03 The payment by the Guarantor shall fall due on the

fifteenth day following that on which demand is made.

3.04 In the event of the Bank making demand, the Guarantor

shall have the right to discharge immediately, under the

conditions set out in the Finance Contract, all the

monetary obligations of the Borrower under the Finance

Contract which are still outstanding at the time of such

discharge.

ARTICLE 4

Subrogation

4.01 When the Guarantor has made a payment to the Bank, it is

subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to the rights

and actions relating to the said payment that the Bank has

against the Borrower; this right of subrogation shall not

be invoked to the detriment of the Bank.

ARTICLE 5

Information

5.01 The Bank shall inform the Guarantor of any fact or event

of which it becomes aware which is likely to jeopardise

the payment or repayment by the Borrower of the sums

hereby guaranteed. Provided however that the Bank is not

bound to seek any such information and shall incur no

liability by reason of this provision.

5.02 The Guarantor shall inform the Bank forthwith of any fact

or event likely to jeopardise the performance of its

obligations under this Agreement.

5.03 The Guarantor shall inform the Bank of any security given

to a third party for the purpose of Article 2.02.

5.04 The Guarantor shall notify the Bank of the completion of

the procedures necessary in the Republic of Slovenia to

the entry into force of the Guarantee Agreement.

ARTICLE 6

Modification of the Finance Contract

6.01 The Bank shall inform the Guarantor of changes, which do

not increase the obligations of the Guarantor, made to

the Finance Contract by the Bank for the purpose of

improving or strengthening the position of the Bank

towards the Borrower.

The Bank shall have the right to grant to the Borrower

extensions of time of up to three months in respect of

each repayment of principal or payment of interest and

any other incidental expenses as it sees fit, without

being bound to submit its decision to the Guarantor.

Any modifications in the Finance Contract other than

those referred to in the above paragraphs of this

Article 6 shall be submitted for approval to the

Guarantor. The latter may refuse its approval only if

the proposed modifications are likely to be prejudicial

to it in its capacity as Guarantor.

ARTICLE 7

Taxes, Charges and Expenses

7.01 Taxes or fiscal charges, legal costs and other expenses

incurred in the execution or implementation of this

Guarantee Agreement shall be borne by the Guarantor. The

Guarantor shall make payments hereunder without

withholding or deduction on account of tax or fiscal

charges.

ARTICLE 8

Legal regime of the Agreement

8.01 Applicable Law

The legal relations between the parties to this Agreement,

its formation and validity shall be governed by the laws

of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

8.02 Performance

The place of performance of this Agreement is the head

office of the Bank.

8.03 Jurisdiction

The parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of

the Court of Justice of the European Communities and all

disputes concerning the Guarantee Agreement shall be

submitted to such court.

The decision of the Court of Justice of the European

Communities shall be conclusive and shall be accepted as

such by the parties without restriction or reservation.

8.04 Waiver

The parties hereto agree that this Guarantee Agreement is

of a commercial nature and hereby undertake to waive any

immunities, which they may now or hereafter enjoy in any

country from the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of

the European Communities.

8.05 Evidence of Sums due

In any legal action arising out of this Guarantee

Agreement the certificate of the Bank as to any amount due

to the Bank under this Guarantee Agreement shall be prima

facie evidence of such amount.

8.06 Entry into force

This Agreement shall enter into force upon the completion

of the procedures necessary to this effect in the Republic

of Slovenia and the notification thereof in accordance

Paragraph 5.04 of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 9

Final Clauses

9.01 Notices

Notices and other communications given hereunder shall

be sent to the respective address set out below except

that notices to the Guarantor relating to litigation

whether pending or threatened shall be sent to the

address mentioned under 2) below where the Guarantor

elects domicile

– for the Guarantor: 1) Ministry of Finance

Zupanciceva, 3

1502 Ljubljana

Slovenia

2) Embassy of the

Republic of Slovenia

179, Avenue Louise

B – 1050 Bruxelles

– for the Bank: 100 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-2950 Luxembourg-Kirchberg.

Each party may, by notice to the other, change its addresses

as set out above, provided that the address in 2) above may

only be changed to another address within the European

Community.

9.02 Form of Notice

Notices and other communications, for which fixed periods are

laid down in this Contract or which themselves fix periods

binding on the addressee, shall be served by hand delivery,

registered letter, telegram, telex, confirmed fax or any other

means of transmission which affords evidence of receipt by the

addressee. The date of registration or, as the case may be,

the stated date of receipt of transmission shall be conclusive

for the determination of a period.

9.03 Recitals, Schedule and Annexes

The Recitals forms part of this Guarantee Agreement.

The following Annexes are attached hereto

Annex I – Authorisation by the Parliament of the

Republic of Slovenia

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in three originals in the English language.

This Guarantee Agreement has been initialled on behalf of THE GUARANTOR by Mrs. Maja Košak, Advisor to the Government and on behalf of THE BANK by Mr. Richard Schnopfhagen, Counsel.

Ljubljana, 27 March 2002

Signed for and on behalf of REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA A. Rop (s)

Luxembourg, 4 April 2002

Signed for and on behalf of EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK G. Tsingou (s) G. Hütz (s)

EVROPSKA INVESTICIJSKA BANKA FI N° 21.427

SLOVENIJA – OKVIRNO POSOJILO

ZA PODROČJE OKOLJA

G A R A N C I J S K A P O G O D B A MED REPUBLIKO SLOVENIJO IN EVROPSKO INVESTICIJSKO BANKO

Ljubljana, 27. marec 2002

Luxembourg, 4. april 2002

TA POGODBA SE SKLENE MED

Republiko Slovenijo, ki nastopa prek Ministrstva za finance, ki ga zastopa g. Anton Rop, minister za finance,

v nadaljevanju: “garant”,

na eni strani in

Evropsko investicijsko banko z upravo na 100, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Veliko vojvodstvo Luksemburg, ki jo zastopata ga. Grammatiki Tsingou, pomočnica direktorja, in g. Gerhard Hütz, vodja oddelka,

v nadaljevanju: “banka”,

na drugi strani.

GLEDE NA TO

– da je Svet Evropske unije na podlagi Sklepa Sveta 2000/24/ES z dne 22. decembra 1999 povabil banko, da predlaga večjo predpristopno posojilno pomoč državam Srednje in Vzhodne Evrope, ki so zaprosile za vstop v Evropsko unijo;

– da je Odbor guvernerjev banke upošteval ta sklep in odobril dodelitev posojil tem državam iz svojih lastnih finančnih sredstev;

– da je Okvirni sporazum o finančnem sodelovanju med banko in garantom (v nadaljevanju: “okvirni sporazum”) garant podpisal 1. decembra 1997 in banka 15. decembra 1997;

– da se je s pogodbo (v nadaljevanju: “finančna pogodba”) z dne 21. decembra 2001 med banko in Ekološko razvojnim skladom Republike Slovenije, javnim skladom (v nadaljevanju: “posojilojemalec”), banka strinjala, da v korist posojilojemalca odobri kredit v znesku, enakem 10 000 000 evrov (deset milijonov evrov), za financiranje projektov, s posojili ali neposredno, na področju prenavljanja, izboljševanja, posodabljanja in razširjanja sistemov za oskrbo z vodo in ravnanje z odpadnimi vodami ter drugih okoljskih projektov (v nadaljevanju “projekti” ali posamično “projekt”), ki izpolnjujejo pogoje za finančno pomoč banke;

– da so obveznosti banke po finančni pogodbi pogojene s tem, da garant predhodno ali hkrati podpiše in predloži garancijo za izpolnjevanje finančnih obveznosti posojilojemalca po finančni pogodbi in ugodno pravno mnenje o tem;

– da garant potrjuje, da financiranje po finančni pogodbi spada v področje uporabe okvirnega sporazuma;

– da bo garantov generalni državni pravobranilec izdal mnenje v obliki, ki je sprejemljiva za banko;

– da je sklenitev te garancijske pogodbe odobril Državni zbor Republike Slovenije (Priloga I),

JE DOGOVORJENO naslednje

2. ČLEN

Obveznosti garanta

2.01 Garant kot prvi zavezanec in ne le kot porok ob

uveljavljanju garancije v celoti jamči za popolno in

pravočasno izpolnjevanje vseh denarnih obveznosti

posojilojemalca do banke po finančni pogodbi skupaj z

vsemi plačili obresti brez vsakršnih omejitev, provizij,

nepredvidenih stroškov in drugih izdatkov ter vseh

zneskov, ki jih posojilojemalec dolguje banki na podlagi

določb finančne pogodbe.

2.02 Če bi garant pozneje kaki tretji strani odobril jamstvo za

izpolnitev kakšnih njenih obveznosti v zvezi z zunanjim

dolgom ali s tem povezano ugodnejšo ali prednostno

obravnavo, bo o tem obvestil banko in bo, če bo banka tako

zahtevala, banki dal enakovredno jamstvo za izpolnjevanje

svojih obveznosti po tej pogodbi ali ji odobril ugodnejšo

ali prednostno obravnavo, ki bo enakovredna. Garant

izjavlja, da trenutno ne obstaja nobeno tako jamstvo ali

ugodnejša ali prednostna obravnava.

Člen 2.02 se ne nanaša na zavarovanje katerih koli

prodajalčevih terjatev ali katerih koli obremenitev, s

katerimi se zavaruje zgolj nabavna cena zemljišča ali

blaga.

2.03 Garant se obvezuje, da bo priskrbel informacije o

zakonodaji oziroma pravnem okviru, ki zadevajo

posojilojemalca in bi lahko vplivale na izvedbo projekta.

3. ČLEN

Uveljavitev garancije

3.01 Zahtevek na podlagi te pogodbe je mogoče dati, kakor hitro

posojilojemalec ne izpolni vseh obveznosti ali dela

obveznosti, za katere velja garancija v skladu s členom

2.01 te pogodbe.

3.02 Garant se nepreklicno odreka vsakršnemu ugovoru ali

zakonskim izjemam v zvezi s popolnim ali delnim

uveljavljanjem te garancije. Obvezuje se, da bo na pisno

ali telegramsko zahtevo banke izpolnjeval svoje obveznosti

ob vsakem zahtevku in plačeval zapadle zneske brez

vsakršnih omejitev, zadrževanj ali pogojev, ne da bi bilo

banki treba priskrbeti kaka druga posebna dokazila v

podporo njenemu zahtevku razen razloga za zahtevek, ki

izhaja iz te garancije. Še posebej banka ni dolžna

dokazovati, da je sprožila kak postopek proti

posojilojemalcu; pred uveljavljanjem te garancije ni

dolžna unovčiti vrednostnih papirjev ali uveljavljati

kakega drugega jamstva, ki ga je morebiti zagotovil

posojilojemalec ali kaka tretja stran.

3.03 Garantovo plačilo zapade petnajsti dan po datumu zahtevka.

3.04 Če banka poda zahtevek, ima garant pravico pod pogoji, ki

so navedeni v finančni pogodbi, takoj poravnati vse

denarne obveznosti posojilojemalca po finančni pogodbi, ki

so ob taki poravnavi še neplačane.

3. člen

Za izvajanje garancijske pogodbe skrbi Ministrstvo za finance Republike Slovenije.

4. ČLEN

Subrogacija (prenos pravic)

4.01 Ko garant izvrši plačilo banki, v obsegu takega plačila

prevzame nase pravice in terjatve, ki jih ima banka do

posojilojemalca v zvezi s tem plačilom; na pravico do

subrogacije se ni mogoče sklicevati v škodo banke.

4. člen

Ta zakon začne veljati naslednji dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe.

Št. 440-03/02-113/1

Ljubljana, dne 27. septembra 2002

Predsednik Državnega zbora Republike Slovenije Borut Pahor l. r.

5. ČLEN

Obveščanje

5.01 Banka obvesti garanta o vsakem dejstvu ali dogodku, s

katerim bo seznanjena in ki bi lahko ogrozil

posojilojemalčevo plačilo ali odplačilo zneskov, za katere

velja garancija po tej pogodbi. Banka pa ni dolžna iskati

takih podatkov in na podlagi te določbe ne nosi nobene

odgovornosti.

5.02 Garant takoj obvesti banko o vsakem dejstvu ali dogodku,

ki bi lahko ogrozil izpolnjevanje njegovih obveznosti po

tej pogodbi.

5.03 Garant obvesti banko o vsakem jamstvu, ki ga da kaki

tretji strani z namenom, ki je naveden v členu 2.02.

5.04 Garant uradno obvesti banko o dokončanju postopkov, ki so

v Republiki Sloveniji potrebni za začetek veljavnosti

garancijske pogodbe.

6. ČLEN

Spremembe finančne pogodbe

6.01 Banka obvesti garanta o spremembah, ki ne povečujejo

obveznosti garanta in jih banka opravi v finančni pogodbi

zaradi izboljšanja ali okrepitve položaja banke v odnosu do

posojilojemalca.

Banka ima pravico, da posojilojemalcu na njej ustrezen način

odobri do trimesečno podaljšanje roka za vsako odplačilo

glavnice ali plačilo obresti in drugih spremljajočih stroškov,

ne da bi bila dolžna tako svojo odločitev predložiti garantu.

Razen sprememb iz predhodnih odstavkov tega 6. člena je treba

vse druge spremembe v finančni pogodbi predložiti v odobritev

garantu. Ta lahko svojo odobritev odreče samo, če bi

predlagane spremembe škodljivo vplivale nanj kot garanta.

7. ČLEN

Davki, druge dajatve in stroški

7.01 Davki ali druge dajatve, sodni stroški in drugi stroški,

ki nastanejo pri sklepanju ali izvajanju te garancijske

pogodbe, bremenijo garanta. Garant bo plačila po tej

pogodbi opravljal brez vsakršnega odbitka ali zmanjšanja

zaradi davkov ali drugih dajatev.

8. ČLEN

Pravni režim pogodbe

8.01 Veljavno pravo

Pravna razmerja med pogodbenicama, oblikovanje in

veljavnost te pogodbe ureja zakonodaja Velikega

vojvodstva Luksemburg.

8.02 Kraj izpolnitve pogodbe

Kraj izpolnitve te pogodbe je sedež banke.

8.03 Sodna pristojnost

Ker je za pogodbenici sodno pristojno izključno Sodišče

Evropskih skupnosti, se vsi spori v zvezi z garancijsko

pogodbo predložijo temu sodišču.

Odločba Sodišča Evropskih skupnosti je dokončna in jo

bosta kot tako pogodbenici sprejeli brez vsakršnih

omejitev ali pridržkov.

8.04 Odrekanje pravicam

Pogodbenici soglašata, da je ta garancijska pogodba

komercialne narave, in se obvezujeta, da se bosta

odpovedali vsem morebitnim imunitetam, ki jih zdaj uživata

ali bi jih lahko uživali v prihodnje v kateri koli državi

v zvezi s sodno pristojnostjo Sodišča Evropskih skupnosti.

8.05 Dokazila o dolgovanih zneskih

V katerem koli pravnem sporu v zvezi s to garancijsko

pogodbo je potrdilo banke o kakem znesku, dolgovanem banki

po tej garancijski pogodbi, dokaz prima facie o takem

znesku.

8.06 Začetek veljavnosti

Ta pogodba začne veljati, ko so končani postopki, ki so v

zvezi s tem potrebni v Republiki Sloveniji, in po uradnem

obvestilu o tem v skladu s členom 5.04 te pogodbe.

9. ČLEN

Končne določbe

9.01 Obvestila

Obvestila in druga sporočila po tej pogodbi se pošljejo na

ustrezen naslov, ki je naveden v nadaljevanju, izjema pa

so obvestila za garanta v zvezi s sodnimi spori, ki so

bodisi v teku ali grozijo, saj se pošljejo na naslov,

naveden v spodnji točki 2), ki si ga je garant izbral za

svoj domicil

– za garanta: 1) Ministrstvo za finance

Župančičeva 3

1502 Ljubljana

Slovenija

2) Veleposlaništvo

Republike Slovenije

179, Avenue Louise

B-1050 Bruselj

– za banko: 100 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-2950 Luxembourg-Kirchberg.

Vsaka pogodbenica lahko z obvestilom drugi pogodbenici

spremeni svoj zgornji naslov, vendar pa je mogoče naslov pod

točko 2) zamenjati samo z naslovom v okviru Evropske

skupnosti.

9.02 Oblika obvestil

Obvestila in druga sporočila, za katera so po tej pogodbi ali

v njih samih predvideni fiksni roki, ki so za naslovljenca

obvezujoči, je treba vročiti osebno ali poslati s priporočenim

pismom, telegramom, teleksom, potrjenim telefaksom ali kakim

drugim sredstvom obveščanja, s katerim je mogoče dokazati, da

je naslovljenec prejel obvestilo. Datum priporočenega

sporočila oziroma navedeni datum prejema oddanega sporočila bo

odločilen pri določanju takega roka.

9.03 Uvodne navedbe, dodatki in priloge

Uvodne navedbe so sestavni deli te garancijske pogodbe.

Pogodbi so priložene naslednje priloge

Priloga I – Pooblastilo Državnega zbora Republike

Slovenije

V POTRDITEV NAVEDENEGA sta pogodbenici sklenili to pogodbo v treh izvirnikih v angleškem jeziku.

To garancijsko pogodbo sta parafirala v imenu GARANTA ga. Maja Košak, svetovalka vlade, in v imenu BANKE g. Richard Schnopfhagen, svetovalec.

Ljubljana, 27. marec 2002

Za REPUBLIKO SLOVENIJO in v njenem imenu: A. Rop l. r.

Luxembourg, 4. april 2002

Za EVROPSKO INVESTCIJSKO BANKO in v njenem imenu: G. Tsingou l. r. G. Hütz l. r.