Zakon o ratifikaciji Poroštvene pogodbe med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko (avtoceste IX) (MPEIBAC)

Ratificira se Poroštvena pogodba med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko (avtoceste IX), sklenjena v Ljubljani 18. aprila 2016.

Poroštvena pogodba se v izvirniku v angleškem jeziku ter prevodu v slovenskem jeziku glasi*: * Obrazec 1 (Obrazec zahtevka) ter priloga I (Sodno overjen prevod ustreznih določb slovenskega zakona o poroštvu v angleški jezik) in priloga II (Predloga pravnega mnenja o tej poroštveni pogodbi, ki ga izda ustrezno pooblaščena oseba porokovega državnega pravobranilstva) so na vpogled v Sektorju za mednarodno pravo Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve in Sektorju za mednarodne finančne odnose Ministrstva za finance. FI N° 84.510 (SL) SERAPIS N° 2014-0595 Highways IX Guarantee Agreement (Acte de cautionnement solidaire) between the Republic of Slovenia and the European Investment Bank Luxembourg, 21 March 2016 Ljubljana, 18 April 2016 THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE BETWEEN: The Republic of Slovenia, acting through the Ministry of Finance, represented by the Minister of Finance, Mr Dušan Mramor, (the “Guarantor") of the first part, and European Investment Bank having its Head Office at 100, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg, L-2950 Luxembourg, represented by the Head of Division, Mr Massimo Novo, and the Deputy Head of Division, Mr Jean-Marc Martin, (the “Bank", and together with the Bank, hereinafter the “Parties” and each the “Party”) of the second part. WHEREAS: 1) By an agreement (hereinafter called the "Finance Contract") signed in Ljubljana on 12 June 2015 between the Bank and Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji d.d. (the Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia, the “Borrower”), the Bank has agreed to establish in favour of the Borrower a credit in a principal amount of EUR 145,000,000.00 (one hundred and forty five million euros) to be used to finance a project for (i) the construction of a new motorway section between Draženci and Gruškovje on the A4 / E59 motorway, (ii) the upgrading of the Šmarje – Sap interchange on the A2 motorway, and (iii) investment in electro-mechanical equipment, intelligent transport systems, control centres and measures for the increase in road safety across the motorway network (the "Project"). The Project is more particularly described in the Technical Description set out in Schedule A.1 of the Finance Contract. 2) The obligations of the Bank under the Finance Contract are conditional, inter alia, upon (i) the execution, delivery by the Guarantor and continuing operation of a guarantee of performance by the Borrower of its financial obligations under the Finance Contract under this joint and several guarantee (acte de cautionnement solidaire) (hereinafter this “Guarantee Agreement”) and (ii) the delivery of a legal opinion issued by the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Slovenia, as mentioned below. 3) The Guarantor hereby grants a joint and several guarantee under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement. 4) Execution of this Guarantee Agreement has been authorised by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia and a certified English translation of the relevant provisions of the relevant law is attached hereto as Annex I. 5) A duly authorised officer of the Attorney General’s Office of the Guarantor will issue a legal opinion on this Guarantee Agreement in the form and substance satisfactory to the Bank (as set out in Annex II), as a condition to disbursement by the Bank under the Finance Contract. 6) The Guarantor has ensured that the Guarantee provided under this Guarantee Agreement is in compliance with the European Union (“EU”) Treaty provisions on state aid and the secondary legislation relating thereto. 7) The Parties hereby expressly acknowledge and agree that the Guarantee is a joint and several guarantee (cautionnement solidaire) governed by articles 2011 et seq. of the Civil Code (as defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions set out below. 8) The Guarantor hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that the Guarantee is of a commercial nature (cautionnement commercial), as opposed to a guarantee of a civil nature (cautionnement civil). 9) Terms used in this Guarantee Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Finance Contract. NOW THEREFORE it is hereby agreed as follows: When the Guarantor has made a payment to the Bank and provided the Guarantor has exercised its rights under Article 3.03, 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. The Guarantor hereby undertakes not to take any action of any kind against the Borrower as long as the Bank still has a claim against the Borrower. 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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Guarantee Agreement to be executed in 4 (four) originals in the English language. This Guarantee Agreement has been initialled on behalf of the Guarantor by Mr Andrej Kavčič, and on behalf of the Bank by Mr Alessandro Cagnato. Avtoceste IX Poroštvena pogodba (Acte de cautionnement solidaire) med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko Luxembourg, 21. marec 2016 Ljubljana,18. april 2016 TA POGODBA SE SKLENE MED: Republiko Slovenijo, ki nastopa prek Ministrstva za finance, ki ga zastopa minister za finance, g. Dušan Mramor, (v nadaljevanju »porok«), na eni strani in Evropsko investicijsko banko s sedežem na naslovu 100, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg, ki jo zastopata vodja oddelka, g. Massimo Novo, in namestnik vodje oddelka, g. Jean-Marc Martin, (v nadaljevanju »banka«, obe skupaj »pogodbenici« oziroma posamezno »pogodbenica«) na drugi strani. GLEDE NA TO, DA: 1) s pogodbo (v nadaljevanju »finančna pogodba«), sklenjeno v Ljubljani dne 12. junija 2015 med banko in Družbo za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji d.d. (v nadaljevanju »kreditojemalka«), banka soglaša, da bo kreditojemalki dala kredit v vrednosti 145.000.000,00 EUR (sto petinštirideset milijonov evrov) za (i) izvedbo projekta novogradnje avtocestnega odseka med Draženci in Gruškovjem na avtocesti A4/E59, (ii) dograditev priključka Šmarje–Sap na avtocesti A2 ter (iii) investicije v elektromehansko opremo, pametne transportne sisteme, nadzorne sisteme in ukrepe za izboljšanje prometne varnosti na celotnem avtocestnem omrežju (»projekt«). Projekt je podrobneje opisan v tehničnem opisu v Prilogi A.1 k finančni pogodbi; 2) da so obveznosti banke po finančni pogodbi med drugim pogojene s tem, da (i) porok podpiše in predloži jamstvo za neprekinjeno učinkovanje poroštva in izpolnjevanje finančnih obveznosti kreditojemalke iz finančne pogodbe na podlagi tega solidarnega poroštva (acte de cautionnement solidaire) (v nadaljevanju »poroštvena pogodba«) ter (ii) predloži pravno mnenje Državnega pravobranilstva Republike Slovenije, kot je navedeno spodaj; 3) porok zagotavlja solidarno poroštvo skladno s pogoji te poroštvene pogodbe; 4) je sklenitev te poroštvene pogodbe odobril Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, v Prilogi I pa je sodno overjen prevod ustreznih določb zadevnega zakona v angleški jezik; 5) bo ustrezno pooblaščena uradna oseba porokovega državnega pravobranilstva izdala pravno mnenje o tej poroštveni pogodbi v obliki in po vsebini, sprejemljivi za banko (kot je določeno v Prilogi II), kot pogoj za izplačilo banke po finančni pogodbi; 6) porok jamči, da je poroštvo v tej poroštveni pogodbi skladno z določbami Pogodbe o Evropski uniji (»EU«) o državnih pomočeh in s tem povezane sekundarne zakonodaje; 7) pogodbenici izrecno sprejemata in se strinjata, da je poroštvo solidarno (cautionnement solidaire), urejeno z 2011. in naslednjimi členi Civilnega zakonika (kot opredeljeno v nadaljevanju), ter z določbami in pogoji, navedenimi v nadaljevanju; 8) porok izrecno sprejema in se strinja, da je poroštvo komercialne (cautionnement commercial) in ne civilne narave (cautionnement civil); 9) imajo izrazi, ki so uporabljeni v tej poroštveni pogodbi in ki niso drugače opredeljeni, pomen, ki je zanje določen v finančni pogodbi, je dogovorjeno:

Ko porok izvede plačilo banki in če je uveljavil svoje pravice iz člena 3.03, nanj v obsegu takega plačila preidejo pravice in ukrepi, ki jih ima banka do kreditojemalke v zvezi s tem plačilom; pravice do subrogacije ni mogoče uveljavljati v škodo banke. Porok se zavezuje, da ne bo kakor koli ukrepal proti kreditojemalki, dokler ima banka terjatev do nje.

Davki ali druge dajatve ter sodni in drugi stroški, ki nastanejo pri sklepanju ali izvajanju te poroštvene pogodbe, bremenijo poroka. Porok plačila po tej pogodbi izvaja brez vsakršnega odbitka ali zmanjšanja zaradi davkov ali drugih dajatev.

V DOKAZ NAVEDENEGA sta pogodbenici podpisali to poroštveno pogodbo v 4 (štirih) izvirnikih v angleškem jeziku. To poroštveno pogodbo je v imenu poroka parafiral g. Andrej Kavčič, v imenu banke pa g. Alessandro Cagnato.

Za izvajanje poroštvene pogodbe skrbi ministrstvo, pristojno za finance.

Ta zakon začne veljati naslednji dan po objavi v Uradnem listu Republike Slovenije – Mednarodne pogodbe. Št. 440-04/16-1/9 Ljubljana, dne 19. maja 2016 EPA 1214-VII Državni zbor Republike Slovenije dr. Milan Brglez l.r. Predsednik