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2) Švicarska vlada obvesti vse države podpisnice konvencije ali pristopnice k njej in generalnega direktorja Eumetsata o podpisih, deponiranju listin o ratifikaciji, sprejetju, odobritvi ali pristopu, začetku veljavnosti tega protokola, njegovi morebitni odpovedi in njegovem prenehanju veljavnosti. Ko ta protokol začne veljati, ga depozitar registrira pri generalnem sekretarju Združenih narodov v skladu s 102. členom Ustanovne listine Združenih narodov. 6) Če država članica v skladu z 19. členom konvencije odpove konvencijo, to pomeni tudi samodejno odpoved protokola. The Government of the Republic of Slovenia (hereinafter referred to as “Slovenia”) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, established by the Convention opened for signature in Geneva on 24 May 1983 and entered into force on 19 June 1986 (hereinafter referred to as "EUMETSAT"), TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that the EUMETSAT Council at its 15th meeting on 4 and 5 June 1991 recommended the Members States to accept Amendments to the Convention as proposed in the "Amending Protocol", attached to Resolution EUM/C/Res. XXXVI, and that these Amendments entered into force on 19 November 2000, CONSIDERING that, according to Article 16 of the EUMETSAT Convention, any State may accede to the said Convention following a decision of the Council taken in conformity with the provisions of Article 5.2(a), CONSIDERING further that the EUMETSAT Council, at its 34th meeting on 24-26 June 1997, has defined the “Cooperating State” status as an intermediate step for European countries wishing to become full EUMETSAT Member States, CONSIDERING that Slovenia and EUMETSAT signed a Cooperating State Agreement on 9 July 2003, BEARING IN MIND that Article 7 of the above-mentioned Agreement establishes that the Agreement shall remain in force for a period of 5 years and that it requires, during the third year following the entry into force of the Agreement, a formal review of the cooperation in view of a possible accession by Slovenia to EUMETSAT as a full Member State, FOLLOWING the wish expressed by Slovenia to become a EUMETSAT Member State within the framework conditions established by the EUMETSAT Convention, expressed through a letter from the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia dated 23 August 2006, RECALLING that the EUMETSAT Council at its 60th meeting on 30 November-1 December 2006 agreed to welcome Slovenia as a Member State through adoption of Council Resolution EUM/C/60/06/Res. I, CONVINCED that this accession will contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in the EUMETSAT Convention, HAVING REGARD to Articles 16 and 17 of the EUMETSAT Convention, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Slovenia accedes to the EUMETSAT Convention in accordance with Article 16.3 of the EUMETSAT Convention. 1. As from the date of accession, the provisions of the EUMETSAT Convention and all EUMETSAT rules, together with all decisions taken by the Council, including all EUMETSAT programmes (General Budget, Meteosat Transition Programme, Meteosat Second Generation Programme and its Extension, EUMETSAT Polar System Programme, Meteosat Third Generation Preparatory Programme, and the Optional EUMETSAT Jason-2 Altimetry Programme) shall be binding for Slovenia. 2. As from the date of accession, Slovenia shall be placed in the same situation as the other Member States with regard to decisions, rulings, resolutions or any other acts made by the Council or by any subordinate body and with regard to any Agreement concluded by EUMETSAT. Therefore, Slovenia shall abide by the principles and policies stemming therefrom, and shall whenever necessary take appropriate measures to ensure their full implementation. 3. Slovenia shall at the same time as the accession to the EUMETSAT Convention also accede to the Amending Protocol to the EUMETSAT Convention attached to Resolution EUM/C/Res. XXXVI. 4. Slovenia shall accede to the EUMETSAT Protocol on Privileges and Immunities, which was opened for signature on 1 December 1986 and entered into force on 5 January 1989, at the same time as the accession to the EUMETSAT Convention. This accession to the EUMETSAT Protocol on Privileges and Immunities shall include the editorial amendments as notified to all Member States on 3 December 2002, and which entered into force on 1 January 2004. In accordance with Article 16.5 of the EUMETSAT Convention, Slovenia shall make a special payment to EUMETSAT of 619,000 EUR. This special payment comprises 594,000 € towards the investments already made for the mandatory programmes, and 25,000 € towards the investments made to the Optional EUMETSAT Jason-2 Altimetry Programme. This payment shall be made no later than 30 days after the date of deposit of its instrument of accession, but not earlier than 31 January 2008. 1. Slovenia shall, with regard to the provision of Article 3 above, start to contribute to the EUMETSAT annual budgets as from 1 January 2008. The rate of contribution by Slovenia to the mandatory programme budgets shall be calculated in accordance with Articles 10.2 and 16.5 of the EUMETSAT Convention. The rate of contribution to the Optional EUMETSAT Jason-2 Altimetry Programme budgets shall be 0.2343%. 2. Slovenia shall acquire full voting rights at the EUMETSAT Council from the date of deposit of its instrument of accession. 1. The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date of deposit of the Slovenian instrument of accession with the Depositary of the EUMETSAT Convention, the Government of the Swiss Confederation. 2. In accordance with its Article 17.4, the EUMETSAT Convention shall become effective for Slovenia on the date referred to in Article 5.1 above. 3. In accordance with its Article 24.4, the EUMETSAT Protocol on Privileges and Immunities shall become effective for Slovenia thirty days after the date referred to in Article 5.1 above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorised, have signed this Agreement. Done in Ljubljana, on 9 March 2007 in two originals, in the Slovenian and English languages, both texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence in interpretation, the English text shall prevail. For the Government of The Republic of Slovenia Janez Podobnik (s) Minister for Environment and Spatial Planning For the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) pp Angiolo Rolli (s)