Transcript new guidelines and financial rules Proposals of the Commission

European Commission
The trans-European
transport network:
new guidelines and
financial rules
Proposals of the
Commission
23rd October 2003
Directorate general for Energy and Transport
Policy context
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Enlargement as from 1st May 2004
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Higher requirements for modal rebalancing and
intermodality
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Growth initiatives to stimulate economy
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Strengthen the internal market dynamics
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Evaluation of the past
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Progress mainly on domestic sections
50 % of the rail network not completed in 2010
36 % of investments decided in 1994 in Essen
are done
Delays affect primarily transnational links and
their cross-border sections
Main problems : opening up to competition of
networks longer than expected, difficult crossborder co-ordination, scarce funding
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Investments in transport
infrastructure in % GDP
3.00
2.50
2.00
1980-86
1987-93
1994-2001
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
UK
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Ireland
Greece
Germany
France
Finland
Denmark
Belgium
Austria
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Commission’s proposals
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To modify Decision 1692/96/EC on the TEN-T
guidelines
To modify EC Regulation 2236/95 laying down
rules for granting aids to TEN
Based on the report of the High Level group
Part of a comprehensive strategy : growth
initiative, financial perspectives
Supplement – not substitute – proposals done in
2001
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Three building blocks
Priority projects (article 19)
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Process to identify
priority projects
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Organisational
means to facilitate
their co-ordination
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Financial framework
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Six criteria to be met
Prior examination
required
Those to start before
2010 identified in
Annex III with
sections and dates
Revision planned in
2010
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General Map
of Priority Projects
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