Uredba o ratifikaciji Finančnega sporazuma med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Organizacijo severnoatlantskega pakta o sodelovanju Republike Slovenije v KFOR

ORGANISATION DU TRAITÉ                            NORTH ATLANTIC
DE L’ATLANTIQUE NORD                         TREATY ORGANIZATION
LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL                      BOULEVARD LÉOPOLD III
SECRETARY GENERAL                              B - 110 BRUXELLES
SG(99)1178.slovenpa                               26 August 1999

Dear Ambassador,
    I have the honour to refer to your acceptance that your country participates in the KFOR.
    The financial responsibilities for the participation of your country in the KFOR will lie as follows.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall be responsible for the transportation of the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, their weapons and equipment, without cost to NATO, from the designated point of departure to their station in the theatre area of operations and return, in accordance with the mutually established rotation schedule.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall be responsible for the provision of food, lodging, utilities (gas, electricity, water), petroleum, oil, lubricants and medical care to the Slovenian personnel in the theatre area of operations as well as basic support, without cost to NATO. Similarly, NATO shall neither provide nor maintain the equipment to be utilized by the Slovenian contingent in the performance of its mission.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall remain responsible for the payment to the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, without cost to NATO, of the salaries, special pay, benefits, per diem reimbursements, allowances, and other payments which would normally be paid such personnel when stationed in the theatre of operations.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall provide the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, without cost to NATO, the weapons and other equipment required to perform their mission.
    NATO shall provide no payments or reimbursements to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the provisions of forces to KFOR.
    National representation at any NATO Headquarters will be at the expense of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.
    NATO nations and other troop contributing nations have agreed among themselves to waive all claims against each other and other non-NATO contributing nations for damage to property owned and used by, and injury to personnel belonging to, their contingents in the KFOR. Troop contributing nations and other constituent elements of the KFOR shall be responsible for claims for damages arising out of their acts and omissions and made by third parties from the nation in which the damage in question occurred. All third party claims shall be processed in accordance with the procedures to be promulgated by COMKFOR and submitted for settlement by the nation responsible for the damage. By accepting this financial agreement, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia obligates itself to accept the similar commitment.
    Any financial issues not covered in the present letter remain the responsibility of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and will not entail any responsibility of NATO.
    I have the honour to propose that this letter and your reply confirming the agreement of your Government to the terms thereof, shall constitute an Agreement which shall enter into force on the date of your reply.

MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC
    OF SLOVENIA TO NATO AND WEU
    MISSION DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE
    SLOVENIE AUPRES DE L’OTAN ET DE L’UEO
    STALNA MISIJA REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE
    PRI NATO IN ZEU

No.: 26/99                            Brussels, 29 November 1999

Dear Lord Robertson,
    I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 26 August 1999 which reads as follows:
    »I have the honour to refer to your acceptance that your country participates in the KFOR.
    The financial responsibilities for the participation of your country in the KFOR will lie as follows.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall be responsible for the transportation of the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, their weapons and equipment, without cost to NATO, from the designated point of departure to their station in the theatre area of operations and return, in accordance with the mutually established rotation schedule.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall be responsible for the provision of food, lodging, utilities (gas, electricity, water), petroleum, oil, lubricants and medical care to the Slovenian personnel in the theatre area of operations as well as basic support, without cost to NATO. Similarly, NATO shall neither provide nor maintain the equipment to be utilized by the Slovenian contingent in the performance of its mission.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall remain responsible for the payment to the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, without cost to NATO, of the salaries, special pay, benefits, per diem reimbursements, allowances, and other payments which would normally be paid such personnel when stationed in the theatre of operations.
    The Government of the Republic of Slovenia shall provide the personnel of the Slovenian contingent, without cost to NATO, the weapons and other equipment required to perform their mission.
    NATO shall provide no payments or reimbursements to the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the provisions of forces to KFOR.
    National representation at any NATO Headquarters will be at the expense of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.
    NATO nations and other troop contributing nations have agreed among themselves to waive all claims against each other and other non-NATO contributing nations for damage to property owned and used by, and injury to personnel belonging to, their contingents in the KFOR. Troop contributing nations and other constituent elements of the KFOR shall be responsible for claims for damages arising out of their acts and omissions and made by third parties from the nation in which the damage in question occurred. All third party claims shall be processed in accordance with the procedures to be promulgated by COMKFOR and submitted for settlement by the nation responsible for the damage. By accepting this financial agreement, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia obligates itself to accept the similar commitment.
    Any financial issues not covered in the present letter remain the responsibility of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and will not entail any responsibility of NATO.
    I have the honour to propose that this letter and your reply confirming the agreement of your Government to the terms thereof, shall constitute an Agreement which shall enter into force on the date of your reply.«
    I have the honour to confirm on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia that the above cited agreement is acceptable for the Republic of Slovenia with the exception of the last paragraph relating to its entering into force. In accordance with the Law on Foreign Affairs the agreement in the Republic of Slovenia will enter into force when all internal legal procedures, required for its entry into force, are fulfilled, however it will be applied from the date of this letter.
    Please accept, Lord Robertson, the expression of my highest consideration.