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1. The expenditure resulting from the execution of the “MAROTS” Programme by the Organisation under this Arrangement shall be met by the Participants, in accordance with the detailed provisions set out in Annex B to this Arrangement, and within the limits of the firm financial envelope mentioned in paragraph 2 of the present Article.
2. The Participants agree to contribute to the financing of the “MAROTS” Programme on the basis of a firm financial envelope of 75 million accounting units (at mid-1973 price levels), which includes a share of the Organisation's common and support costs currently estimated as 12.1 million accounting units.
3. The annual budgets relating to the “MAROTS” Programme shall be subject to the approval of the Programme Board by a two-thirds majority of the Participants within the firm financial envelope.
4. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall guarantee the payment of sums, shown under the heading “Other Countries” in the table of Annex B, paragraph 2, until such time as they are otherwise covered.