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

Uradni list RS (mednarodne) 22-70/2002 objava 11. 10. 2002

Veljavnost
velja od 12. 10. 2002 stanje na dan18. 10. 2026
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kraticaMGPEBES SOP2002-02-0070 EPA0603-III EVA2002-1811-0053
Sprejel
Državni zbor Republike Slovenije
Garancijska pogodba se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku in slovenskem prevodu glasi:
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK                                      FI N° 21.427
SLOVENIA – ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
FRAMEWORK LOAN
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
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:
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
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.
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.
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.
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