Transcript FINANCING THE EU TRANSPORT POLICY AND TRANS

FINANCING THE EU TRANSPORT
POLICY AND TRANS-EUROPEAN
NETWORKS.
Hugh Rees.
BELGRADE APRIL 2012.
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FUNDING QUESTIONS FOR THE CTP
• TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS.
• MARCO-POLO
• USER AND SOCIAL CHARGES.
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• GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT LARGE SECTIONS OF
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
• NOTABLY ROADS, RAILWAYS SOME PORTS AND
AIRPORTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTERMS.
• THE EU IS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE
PROVISION OF OPERATING COSTS BUT MAKES
A CONTRIBUTION TO FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE OF COMMON INTEREST
AND TO SUPPORT NEW MEASURES TO
CHANGE MODAL SPLIT ( THE MARCO POLO
PROGRAMME) PLUS TECHNICAL STANDARDS
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TRANS EUROPEAN NETWORKS;
• TEN-T originated in the Maastricht treaty .
• IMPLEMENTED BY THE TEN-T GUIDELINES
DECISION OF 1996.
• THIS DECISION ESTABLISHED OBJECTIVES
PRIORITIES AND ESPECIALLY A TEN-T
NETWORK.
• INCLUDED ITS , ERTMS, GALILEO .
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• THE AIM OF THE GUIDELINES WAS TO
PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR
ROUTES OF EUROPEAN INTEREST. BENEFITS
TO EXTERNAL USERS.
• UNFORTUNATELY THE NETWORK WAS
ENLARGED TO INCLUDE MANY ROUTES OF
VERY LITTTLE REAL INTEREST TO THE
COMMUNITY.
• THIS IMPLIED THAT THE EFFECTIVE SUPPORT
WAS VERY LIMITED.
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• TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM OF LACK OF
FOCUS DUE TO THE LARGE NETWORK THE
CONCEPT OF PRIORITY PROJECTS WAS
DEVELOPED.
• THESE PROJECTS NOW NUMBERING 30
ABSORB THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET.
• THE PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO NON-ROAD MODES
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• ALTHOUGH TRAFFIC IS GROWING
INVESTMENT IS NOT.
• IN THE 1980s THE MS INVESTED AN AVERAGE
OF 1.5% OF GDP ON TRANSPORT
INFRASTRCUTURE.
• IN 2004-5 INVESTMENT IN TEN-T IN EU 27
WAS DOWN TO 0.45% OF GDP.
• CURRENT CRISIS IN PUBLIC SECTOR
EXPENDITURE CREATES FURTHER PROBLEMS.
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TEN-T BUDGET
INVESTMENT
2000-2006
2007-2013
BASIC NETWORK
302
390
GRANTS ten t etc
29.53
51
OTHER
41.4
65
NATIONAL
RESOURCES
231.1 (76.5%)
274 (70.3%)
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TEN-T BUDGET
INVESTMENT
2000-2006
2007-2013
GRANTS ten t etc
14.6
22.4
OTHER
16.1
25
NATIONAL
RESOURCES
63 (67.2%)
106.6 (69.2%)
93 (40.2%)
154 ( 56.2%)
PRIORITY PROJECTS
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• NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS 2011- STILL
UNDER DISCUSSION.
• CREATE A CORE NETWORK OF REALLY KEY
INTERNATIONAL ROUTES.
• THIS WILL BE BASED ON 10 IMPLEMENTING
CORRIDORS –AT LEAST 3 MODES 3 COUNTRIES
AND 2 BORDER COSSINGS.
• PLUS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK.
• CORE NETWORK TO BE COMPLETED BY 2030.
• COMREHENSIVE 2050
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• NEXT PROPOSAL FOR THE MULTIANNUAL
FINANCE FRAMEWORK (2014-2020)
INCLUDES 31.6 b € FOR THE CORE NETWORK10B € FROM THE COHESION FUND –
EARMARKED FOR THEM.
• EU MONEY IS INTENDED TO BE SEEDCORNPRACTICE HAS SHOWN THAT 1€ OF eu MONEY
CAN ATTRACT UP TO 5€ FROM OTHER
SOURCES.
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INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING.
• THE EU PROPOSES INFRASTRUCTURE
CHARGES THAT REFLECT EXTERNAL COSTS LIKE
POLLUTION AND ACCIDENTS.
• DIFFICULT POLITICALLY BUT SOME PROGRESS
HAS BEEN MADE IN RELATION TO HEAVY
VEHICLE CHARGES. RECALL THAT MANY
COUNTRIES ALREADY HAVE TOLL ROADS.
• CONSIDER RINGFENCING MONEY FROM
CHARGES TO SUPPORT INVESTMENT.
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MARCO POLO PROGRAMME
• Marco Polo aims to free Europe's roads of an
annual volume of 20 billion tonne-kilometres
of freight.
• co-funds direct modal-shift or traffic
avoidance projects and projects providing
supporting services which enable freight to
switch from road to other modes.
• The current programme runs until 2013 with
an annual grant budget of about €60 million.