Na podlagi druge alinee prvega odstavka 107. člena in prvega odstavka 91. člena Ustave Republike Slovenije izdajam

Razglašam Zakon o ratifikaciji Garancijske pogodbe med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko za projekt gradnje slovenskih avtocest/C (MGPEIAC), ki ga je sprejel Državni zbor Republike Slovenije na seji dne 19. februarja 1997.

Ratificira se Garancijska pogodba med Republiko Slovenijo in Evropsko investicijsko banko za projekt gradnje slovenskih avtocest/C, sklenjena v Luksemburgu dne 24. septembra 1996.

Garancijska pogodba se v angleškem izvirniku in slovenskem prevodu glasi:*
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
SLOVENIA HIGHWAYS PROJECT/C

This Agreement is made between:
The Republic of Slovenia, represented by Mr. Mitja Gaspari, 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 Luxemburg, represented by Mr. Panagiotis Gennimatas, Vice President,
hereinafter called: “THE BANK”, of the second part.
Whereas:
– Within the framework of the Protocol (hereinafter called the “Protocol”) relating to financial cooperation and the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community (now European Community) (hereinafter called “THE EC”) and the Republic of Slovenia, signed in Luxembourg on 5th April 1993, THE GUARANTOR has requested THE BANK to grant a credit to Druzba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji, DARS d.d. (hereinafter called “THE BORROWER”) for the purpose of financing a project which consists in the design, construction and commissioning of 3 motorway sections on the European itinerary E57.
– By an agreement (hereinafter called “THE FINANCE CONTRACT”) which shall be entered into between THE BANK and THE BORROWER, THE BANK has agreed to establish in favour of THE BORROWER a credit in an amount equivalent to 30 000 000 (thirty million) ECUs (defined in Schedule A to this Agreement).
– The obligations of THE BANK under THE FINANCE CONTRACT are conditional upon the prior execution and delivery by the Republic of Slovenia 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.
– By Article 12 of the Protocol THE GUARANTOR undertook to make available to debtors, being beneficiaries of loans granted pursuant to the Protocol, or to guarantors of such loans, the currency necessary for the payment of interest and commission and for the amortisation of such loans.
– By Article 10 of the Protocol THE GUARANTOR agreed to grant exemption from all national or local duties or fiscal charges on the interest and all other payments due in respect of loans granted by THE BANK pursuant to the financial cooperation.
– The European Council took decisions at the Madrid Summit of 15th and 16th December 1995 relating to the change of name of the European monetary unit from “ECU” to “EURO” with effects from the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union (EMU).
– Execution of this Guarantee Agreement has been authorised by the Parliament of Slovenia (Annex I).
Now therefore it is hereby agreed as follows:

1.01 THE GUARANTOR declares that it is well acquainted with the terms, conditions and clauses of THE FINANCE CONTRACT. A copy of the final draft of THE FINANCE CONTRACT is enclosed hereto (Annex II) and a true copy of it as signed by the parties, substantially in the form of the draft enclosed hereto, shall be delivered to THE GUARANTOR by THE BANK.

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:
a) to take all necessary measures to ensure the timely completion of THE PROJECT;
b) to furnish information on legislation or regulatory framework affecting THE BORROWER which may have an impact on the implementation of THE PROJECT.

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 of this Guarantee 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.

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.

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 Guarantee Agreement.
5.03 THE GUARANTOR shall inform THE BANK of any security given to a third party for the purpose of Article 2.02.

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.

7.01 This Guarantee is independent of guarantees given to THE BANK by the EC. THE GUARANTOR hereby waives any right to contribution or indemnity from the EC. If payment is made to THE BANK by the EC on account of any guaranteed sum, the EC may recover from THE GUARANTOR the amount so paid by it.

8.01 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.

9.01 Applicable Law
The legal relations between the parties to this Guarantee Agreement, its formation and validity shall be governed by the French law.
9.02 Performance
The place of performance of this Guarantee Agreement is the head office of THE BANK.
9.03 Jurisdiction
The parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Communities and all disputes concerning this 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.
9.04 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.
9.05 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.
9.06 Entry into effect
This Guarantee Agreement shall enter into effect after its ratification by the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia.

10.01 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
61000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
2) Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia
179, Avenue Louise
B-1050 Brussels
– 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 EC.
10.02 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.
10.03 Recitals, Schedule and Annexes
The Recitals and Schedule A (Definition of the ECU) form part of this Guarantee Agreement.
The following Annexes are attached hereto:
Annex I – Authority of Signatory
Annex II – Draft Finance Contract
In witness whereof the parties hereto have caused this Guarantee Agreement to be executed in three originals in the English language.
This Guarantee Agreement has been initialled on behalf of THE GUARANTOR by Mr Andrej Kavčič and Ms. Meta Bole and on behalf of THE BANK by Mr. Alfredo Panarella.
Signed for and on behalf of Signed for and on behalf of

this 13th day of September 1996, at Ljubljana
this 24th day of September 1996, at Luxembourg

The ECU is the same as the ECU that is used as the unit of account of the European Communities, and which is at present comprised of the specific amounts of the currencies of 12 of the Member States of the European Community shown below.
Pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No. 3320/94 of 22nd December 1994, the composition of the ECU basket is as follows:

German mark            0.6242
pound Sterling        0.08784
French franc            1.332
Italian lira            151.8
Dutch guilder          0.2198
Belgian franc           3.301
Luxembourg franc        0.130
Danish krone           0.1976
Irish pound          0.008552
Greek drachma           1.440
Spanish peseta          6.885
Portuguese escudo       1.393

Changes to the ECU may be made by the European Communities, in which event references to the ECU shall be read accordingly (see Information).
If THE BANK should consider that the ECU (see Payment in EUROs and Information, hereafter) has ceased to be used as the unit of account of the European Communities and as the single currency of the European Union, it shall so notifly THE GUARANTOR. As from the date of such notification, the ECU shall be replaced by the currencies of which it was comprised – or their countervalue in one or more of those currencies – as at the time of its most recent use as the unit of account of the European Communities.

Upon substitution of the ECU by the EURO, all payments due in ECUs under this Contract shall be made in EUROs at the rate of one EURO for one ECU. The substitution of the ECU by the EURO shall not have the effect of bringing about the payment in component currencies referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 109G of the EC Treaty, as introduced by the Treaty on European Union, provides that the currency composition of the ECU basket shall not be changed. From the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union, the value of the ECU as against the currencies of the Member States participating in the third stage will be irrevocably fixed and the ECU will become a currency in its own right.
The European Council at the Madrid Summit in December 1995 decided that the name of that new currency will be the EURO. Consequently, references to the ECU shall apply to the EURO. In the case of contracts denominated by reference to the official ECU basket of the European Community, in accordance with the Treaty as confirmed by the European Council at the Madrid Summit in December 1995, substitution of the ECU by the EURO will be made at the rate of one to one.
EVROPSKA INVESTICIJSKA BANKA
PROJEKT SLOVENSKIH AVTOCEST/C

Ta pogodba se sklene med:
Republiko Slovenijo, ki jo zastopa g. Mitja Gaspari, minister za finance,
v nadaljevanju imenovano: “GARANT”, na eni strani in
Evropsko investicijsko banko z glavnim sedežem na 100 Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ki jo zastopa g. Panagiotis Gennimatas, podpredsednik,
v nadaljevanju imenovano: “BANKA”, na drugi strani.
Glede na to:
– da je v okviru Protokola (v nadaljevanju imenovanega “Protokol”) o finančnem sodelovanju in Sporazuma o sodelovanju med Evropsko gospodarsko skupnostjo (zdaj Evropsko skupnostjo) (v nadaljevanju imenovano “ES”) in Republiko Slovenijo, podpisanima v Luksemburgu 5. aprila 1993, GARANT zaprosil BANKO za odobritev kredita Družbi za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji, DARS d.d (v nadaljevanju “POSOJILOJEMALEC”) za financiranje projekta, ki obsega projektiranje, gradnjo in dajanje v uporabo treh odsekov avtoceste na evropski magistralni cestni povezavi E57;
– da bo s pogodbo (v nadaljevanju “FINANČNA POGODBA”), ki bo sklenjena med BANKO in POSOJILOJEMALCEM, BANKA odobrila v korist POSOJILOJEMALCA kredit v znesku, ki ustreza 30.000.000 (tridesetim milijonom) ECU-jev (ECU je opredeljen v Prilogi A k tej garancijski pogodbi);
– da so obveznosti BANKE po FINANČNI POGODBI pogojene s tem, da Republika Slovenija predhodno podpiše in predloži garancijo za ustrezno izpolnjevanje finančnih obveznosti POSOJILOJEMALCA po FINANČNI POGODBI in ugodno pravno mnenje o tem;
– da se je GARANT z 12. členom Protokola obvezal, da bo dal dolžnikom, ki so uporabniki posojil, odobrenih na podlagi Protokola, ali garantom za taka posojila, na razpolago valuto, ki je potrebna za plačilo obresti in provizije ter za odplačilo takih posojil;
– da je GARANT z 10. členom Protokola pristal, da bo zapadle obresti in vsa druga plačila v zvezi s posojili, ki jih odobri BANKA na podlagi finančnega sodelovanja, oprostil plačevanja vseh državnih ali lokalnih dajatev in davčnih obremenitev;
– da je Evropski svet na svojem srečanju v Madridu 15. in 16. decembra 1995 odločil, da sprememba imena evropske denarne enote iz “ECU” v “EURO” začne veljati s pričetkom tretje faze Evropske gospodarske in denarne unije (EMU) in
– da je podpis te Garancijske pogodbe odobril parlament Slovenije (Dodatek I);
je sklenjen naslednji dogovor:

1.01 GARANT izjavlja, da je dobro seznanjen s pogoji in določili FINANČNE POGODBE. Izvod končnega osnutka FINANČNE POGODBE je priložen (Dodatek II), njen verodostojni izvod, ki ga bosta vsebinsko v obliki tu priloženega osnutka podpisali pogodbenici, pa bo BANKA vročila GARANTU.

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, in vseh zneskov, ki jih POSOJILOJEMALEC dolguje BANKI na podlagi določb FINANČNE POGODBE.
2.02 Če bi naknadno kaki tretji stranki zagotovil jamstvo za izpolnitev kakšnih njenih obveznosti v zvezi z zunanjim dolgom ali s tem povezano ugodnejšo ali prednostno obravnavo, bo GARANT o tem obvestil BANKO in bo, če BANKA tako zahteva, BANKI dal enakovredno jamstvo za izpolnjevanje svojih obveznosti po tej pogodbi ali ji zagotovil 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 prodajalčevo pravico do zaplembe ali provizije, s katero se zavaruje zgolj nabavna cena zemljišča ali blaga.
2.03 GARANT se obvezuje:
(a) da bo sprejel vse potrebne ukrepe za zagotovitev pravočasnega dokončanja PROJEKTA;
(b) da bo preskrbel podatke o zakonodaji oziroma regulativnem okviru, ki zadevata POSOJILOJEMALCA in bi lahko vplivala na izvedbo PROJEKTA.

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 z 2. členom te garancijske 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 preskrbeti 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 varščin ali uveljavljati kakega drugega jamstva, ki jih je morebiti zagotovil POSOJILOJEMALEC ali kaka tretja stranka.
3.03 GARANTOVO plačilo zapade petnajsti dan po datumu zahtevka.
3.04 Če BANKA poda ustrezen 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 neporavnane.

4.01 Ko GARANT izplača BANKI kako plačilo, prevzame nase v obsegu takega plačila pravice in sodne postopke, ki jih lahko BANKA uveljavlja proti POSOJILOJEMALCU v zvezi s tem plačilom. Na pravico do subrogacije se ni mogoče sklicevati v škodo BANKE.

5.01 BANKA bo obvestila 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, ni pa dolžna iskati takih podatkov in na podlagi te določbe ne bo nosila nobene odgovornosti.
5.02 GARANT bo takoj obvestil BANKO o vsakem dejstvu ali dogodku, ki bi lahko ogrozil izpolnjevanje njegovih obveznosti po tej pogodbi.
5.03 GARANT bo obvestil BANKO o vsakem jamstvu, ki bi ga dal kaki tretji stranki z namenom, ki je naveden v členu 2.02.

6.01 BANKA bo obvestila GARANTA o spremembah, ki ne povečujejo obveznosti GARANTA in jih bo BANKA naredila v FINANČNI POGODBI zaradi izboljšanja oziroma 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 nepredvidenih stroškov, ne da bi bila dolžna tako svojo odločitev predložiti GARANTU.
Razen sprememb iz predhodnih odstavkov tega 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.

7.01 Ta garancija ni odvisna od garancij, ki jih da BANKI ES. GARANT se odpoveduje vsakršni pravici do kakega prispevka ali odškodnine s strani ES. Če izplača BANKI kak znesek, za katerega velja garancija, lahko ES povračilo tako plačanega zneska zahteva od GARANTA.

8.01 Davki ali takse, sodni stroški in drugi stroški, ki nastanejo pri sklepanju in izvajanju te garancijske pogodbe, bremenijo GARANTA. GARANT bo plačila po tej pogodbi opravljal brez vsakršnega zadrževanja ali odbitkov zaradi davkov ali taks.

9.01 Veljavna zakonodaja
Pravna razmerja med pogodbenicama in oblikovanje in veljavnost te garancijske pogodbe ureja francoska zakonodaja.
9.02 Izpolnitveni kraj
Kraj izpolnitve te garancijske pogodbe je glavni urad BANKE.
9.03 Sodna pristojnost
Ker je za pogodbenici sodno pristojno izključno Sodišče Evropskih skupnosti, je treba vse spore v zvezi s to garancijsko pogodbo posredovati temu sodišču.
Odločba Sodišča Evropskih skupnosti je dokončna in jo bosta kot tako stranki sprejeli brez vsakršnih omejitev ali zadržkov.
9.04 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 katerikoli državi v zvezi s sodno pristojnostjo Sodišča Evropskih skupnosti.
9.05 Dokazila o zapadlih vsotah
V vsakršnem sodnem postopku v zvezi s to Garancijsko pogodbo bo potrdilo BANKE o kakem dolžnem znesku, ki pripada BANKI po tej Garancijski pogodbi, dokaz prima facie o takem znesku.
9.06 Začetek veljavnosti
Ta pogodba začne veljati, ko jo ratificira parlament Republike Slovenije.

10.01 Obvestila
Obvestila in druga sporočila po tej pogodbi je treba poslati 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 jih je treba poslati na naslov, naveden v spodnji točki 2), ki si ga je GARANT izbral za svoj domicil:
– za GARANTA:
1) Ministrstvo za finance
Župančičeva 3
61000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
2) Veleposlaništvo Republike Slovenije
179, Avenue Louise
B-1050 Brussels
– 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 ES.
10.02 Oblika obvestil
Obvestila in druga sporočila, za katera so predvideni po tej pogodbi ali v njih samih fiksni roki, ki so za naslovljenca obvezujoči, je treba vročiti osebno ali posredovati s priporočenim pismom, telegramom, teleksom, potrjenim telefaksom ali kakim drugim sredstvom obveščanja, ki omogoča dokazovanje prevzema s strani naslovljenca. Datum priporočenega sporočila oziroma navedeni datum sprejema oddanega sporočila bosta odločilna pri določanju takega roka.
10.03 Uvodne navedbe, priloga in dodatki
Uvodne navedbe in Priloga A (Opredelitev ECU) so sestavni deli te Garancijske pogodbe.
Pogodbi sta priložena naslednja dodatka:
Dodatek I - Pooblastilo podpisnika
Dodatek II – Osnutek Finančne pogodbe.
V potrditev navedenega sta pogodbenici podpisali to pogodbo v treh (3) izvirnikih v angleškem jeziku.
To Garancijsko pogodbo sta parafirala v imenu GARANTA ga. Meta Bole in g. Andrej Kavčič, v imenu BANKE g. Alfredo Panarella.

Ljubljana, 13. september 1996
Luksemburg, 24. september 1996

Vrednost ECU je enaka vrednosti ECU, ki se uporablja kot obračunska enota Evropskih skupnosti, pri čemer je ta sedaj sestavljena iz spodaj navedenih specifičnih zneskov valut 12 držav članic Evropske skupnosti.
V skladu z uredbo Sveta (EC) št. 3320/94 z dne 22. decembra 1994, je ECU opredeljen kot košarica naslednjih zneskov:

nemška marka              0,6242
funt šterling            0,08784
francoski frank            1,332
italijanska lira           151,8
nizozemski gulden         0,2198
belgijski frank            3,301
luksemburški frank         0,130
danska krona              0,1976
irski funt              0,008552
grška drahma               1,440
španska pezeta             6,885
portugalski eskudo         1,393

Spremembe v zvezi z ECU, ki jih lahko naredijo Evropske skupnosti, se smiselno uporabijo za vse tisto, kar se tu nanaša na ECU (glej Informacije).
Če bi Banka menila, da se bo ECU prenehal uporabljati kot obračunska enota Evropskih skupnosti in enotna valuta Evropske unije (glej Plačila v EURO in Informacije), bo o tem obvestila GARANTA. Z dnem takega obvestila bo ECU nadomeščen z valutami, iz katerih je bil sestavljen – ali njihovo protivrednostjo v eni ali več teh valut – nazadnje, ko se je uporabljal kot obračunska enota Evropskih skupnosti.

Z nadomestitvijo ECU z EURO bodo vsa zapadla plačila v ECU-jih iz te Pogodbe opravljena v EURO-jih po tečaju 1 EURO za 1 ECU. Nadomestitev ECU-ja z EURO-m ne bo povzročila zahteve po plačilu v sestavnih valutah, navedenih v predhodnem poglavju.

Člen 109G Pogodbe o ES, kot ga uvaja Pogodba o Evropski uniji, določa, da se valutna sestava košarice ECU-ja ne spreminja. Z začetkom tretje faze Evropske gospodarske in denarne unije bo vrednost ECU-ja do valut Držav članic nepreklicno določena, ECU pa bo postal samostojna valuta.
Evropski svet je na svojem srečanju v Madridu decembra 1995 odločil, da se bo nova valuta imenovala EURO. Posledično se bo vse tisto, kar se nanaša na ECU, nanašalo na EURO. V primeru sklenjenih pogodb, denominiranih v ECU-jih, katerih vrednost je opredeljena z uradno košarico Evropske skupnosti, bo v skladu s Pogodbo, potrjeno s strani Evropskega sveta na srečanju v Madridu decembra 1995, nadomestitev ECU-ja z EURO-m opravljena po tečaju ena proti ena.

Za izvajanje te garancijske pogodbe ter vseh pravic in obveznosti za Republiko Slovenijo, ki izhajajo iz pogodbe, skrbi Ministrstvo za finance.

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

* Dodatka I in II sta na vpogled v Sektorju za mednarodne zadeve Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve.