Transport and TEN policy (JS) Berlin 061006 · Cohesion fund, ISPA and Structural Funds on the projects declared of European Interest by asking Member States to give an appropriate

Information and communicationDirectorate general for Energy and Transport

European Commission

EU transport policyand

infrastructure development

Jan Scherp, DG TRENBerlin, October 2006

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Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)Maastricht Treaty 1993

Christophersen (Essen Projects) 1994

TINA (Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment) 1995

Guidelines (incl. Revision 2001) 1996Van Miert (Priority Projects) 2003

Revision of Guidelines 2004

Pan European Corridors 1994and supporting studies

High Level Group II „Wider Europe“ 2004

European Transport Planning and Policy


Essen priorityprojects


The concept of the Corridors was defined at the 2nd Pan-European Transport Conference in Crete in 1994; 9 Corridors have been established.

At the 3rd Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki in 1997, Corridor X, which serves the Balkan Area was added

Towards a Pan-European Transport Network

Information and communicationDirectorate general for Energy and Transport 5Pan European Corridors


The objective of the TINA process

Definition of the future Trans-European Transport Infrastructure Network in the enlarged European Union, using the criteria of the decision 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the TEN

This includes the following tasks:

§ to define the outline of the multi-modal TINA Network;

§ to estimate construction costs per mode, section and country;

§ to monitor the network development through an assessment of the reported possible investment measures, fine-tuning them into concrete projects.


Decisions of the European Council and the European Parliament

New trans-European transport network (TEN-T) guidelines and financial rules

Decision of April 2004

adopted the guidelines 1692/96


Policy context

Ø Enlargement as from 1st May 2004

Ø Higher requirements for modal rebalancing and intermodality

Ø Growth initiatives to stimulate economy

Ø Strengthen the internal market dynamics


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Investments in transport per investor in 2002 – 2003 in %

National budget & private sources80,8%

EIB11,5%

Cohesion Fund3,7%

TEN-T budget1,4% ERDF

1,2%

ISPA1,3% EU-15


Evaluation of past TEN-T policy

Ø Progress mainly on domestic sectionsØ 50 % of the rail network not completed in 2010Ø Only 36 % of investments decided in 1994 in

Essen are doneØ Delays affect primarily transnational links and

their cross-border sectionsØ Main problems : opening up to competition of

networks longer than expected, difficult cross-border co-ordination, scarce funding


Commission’s proposals The new TEN-T policy

Ø To modify Decision 1692/96/EC on the TEN-T guidelines

Ø To modify EC Regulation 2236/95 laying down rules for granting aids to TEN

Ø Define Priority Axis/Projects, based on the report of the High Level group Van Miert

Ø Part of a comprehensive strategy : growth initiative, financial perspectives


Objectives for the new TEN-T

l European priorities targeted by focussing investments on 30 priority projects on main trans-national axes

l Sustainability addressed by giving priority to rail, intermodality and Motorways of the Sea

l Organisational means improved to facilitate co-ordination of funding and implementation of projects along the major axes

l Financial framework adapted to enable concentration and target bottlenecks at border crossings



New organisational means

l European Co-ordinators to advise project promoters on financing and evaluation methods and dialogue with operators and other stakeholders

l Declaration of European Interest –Integrated, even joint evaluation procedures for cross-border projects, concentrated and combined financing etc.


Financing the TEN-T:

l Costs of realisation of full network is € 600 billion to be completed by 2020

l € 250 billion of which for the priority projects (80% for Railway and Inland waterway Projects)

l Sources of funding:Ø National fundingØ European funding (TEN-budget, ERDF, Cohesion

Fund)Ø EIB loansØ Private sectorØ Direct user contribution - charging - important


Community budget

The article 19a of the Guidelines Decision proposes to concentrate TEN budget, Cohesion fund, ISPA and Structural Funds on the projects declared of European Interest by asking Member States to give an appropriate priority in their application for funding.


Community budgeta) Modification of Regulation 2236/95Ø allows financing rate up to 20 % of the cost for the

cross-border sections of any of the projects declared of European Interest

Ø introduces pluriannual budget commitments, which will guarantee support to investors, as currently practised by other financial instruments

b) Commission proposalØ Considerable increase of the TEN-T budget to 20,35 billion

for the period 2007-2013 was proposed by TREN - but the parliament and council only accepted about 8 billion


Total budget for 2007-2013: 308,04 Billion Euro

Community budget for TEN-Tcontribution of EU regional funds


.251,2 bill. = 81,5%

177,1 bill. = 70,5%

12,5 bill. = 5,0%

61,6 bill. = 24,5%

Community budget for TEN-Tcontribution of EU regional funds


Ø Ministerial meeting “Wider Europe for Transport” in Santiago de Compostella in June 2004, organised by the Commission and European Parliament

Ø European Neighbourhood and Partnership Policy launched in preparation of the financial perspectives 2007-2013

The High Level Group II “Wider Europe” - Background


New political and geographical context:§ On 29 April 2004, adoption of the guidelines for TEN-T

networks for the EU15 with a strong link to the territory of EU27

§ Accession of 10 new Member states on 1 May 2004

Need to integrate regional exercises into a coherent framework:§ Pan-European Corridors and Areas mostly in EU

territory§ TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia)§ Euro Mediterranean regional transport programme§ South East European MoU signed in 2004

The High Level Group Background


The Group’s methodology

Key for success: agreement upon a clear and rigorous methodology from the outset of the work

l Step 1: Criteria for identifying major axes International trade and traffic flows (current and forecast), existing international agreements, regional cooperation and integration

l Step 2: Criteria for selecting priority projectsPolitical and financial commitment of country, economic profitability and environmental sustainability


The Group’s recommendations

• 5 major axes identified that contribute most to international exchanges and regional integration;

• Almost 100 infrastructure projects put forward along the 5 axes;

• > 20 “horizontal” measures were proposed to remove technical, organisational and other barriers along the axes;

• Total cost of measures approximately 45 bill. €, of which 35 bill. € needed by 2020

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Way ahead for the links towards the TEN-T network

After the Public consultation on 28 March 2006, which was open December-March,

Ø Commission will prepare a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament before end of 2006

Ø In parallel, the implementation of the recommendations, especially on the horizontal measures can already start

Ø Commission will assist and provide technical assistance under the existing instruments e.g. Tacis, Meda etc.


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Annex


1. High speed train/combined transport north-south (Berlin-Verona) - 2015

2. High-speed train (Paris-Bruxelles/Brussel-Köln-Amsterdam-London) - 2007

3. High-speed railway lines of south (Madrid-Montpellier and Madrid- Dax) - 2010

4. High-speed railway line east (Paris-Karlsruhe) - 2007

5. Rail/combined transprort (Betuwe line: Rotterdam-NL/D border) - 2007

6. High speed train/combined transport (Lyon- Turin and Turin-Trieste) - 2015

7. Greek motorways (Pathe and Via Egnatia) - 2008

8. Motorway (Lisboa-Valladolid) - 2010

9. Conventional rail link (Cork-Dublin and Belfast-Stranraer)

10. Malpensa airport

11. Fixed rail/road link between Denmark and Sweden (Öresund)

12. Nordic triangle rail/road - 2010

13. Ireland /UK /Benelux road link - 2010

14. West coast main line -rail - 2007

Christophersen - Essen Projects


1. Railway axis Berlin-Verona/Milano-Bologna-Napoli-Messina-Palermo

2. High-speed railway axis Paris-Bruxelles/Brussel-Köln-Amsterdam-London

3. High-speed railway axis of south-west Europe 4. High-speed railway axis east 5. Betuwe line 6. Railway axis Lyon-Trieste-Diva•a/Koper-Diva•a-Ljubljana-

Budapest-Ukrainian border7. Motorway axis Igoumenitsa/Patra-Athina-Sofia-Budapest8. Multimodal axis Portugal/Spain-rest of Europe9. Railway axis Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Stranraer10. Malpensa

Priority projects (article 19)(80% of proposed projects are rail projects)


11. Öresund fixed link 12. Nordic triangle railway/road axis 13. UK/Ireland/Benelux road axis 14. West coast main line 15. Galileo 16. Freight railway axis Sines-Madrid-Paris 17. Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava 18. Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube inland waterway axis19. High-speed rail interoperability on the Iberian peninsula 20. Fehmarn Belt railway axis (incl. Hannover-Hamburg)



21. Motorways of the sea in 4 sea areas22. Railway axis Athina-Sofia-Budapest-Wien-Praha-

Nürnberg/Dresden23. Railway axis Gdansk-Warszawa-Brno/Bratislava-Wien24. Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen25. Motorway axis Gdansk-Brno/Bratislava-Wien26. Railway/road axis Ireland/United Kingdom/continental Europe 27. "Rail Baltica" axis Warsaw-Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki 28. "Eurocaprail" on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway

axis 29. Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor 30. Inland waterway Seine-Scheldt


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