Directorate general for Energy and Transport European Commission 2 June 2004 Development of trans-European transport network in the enlarged EU Edgar Thielmann,

Directorate general for Energy and Transport

European Commission

2 June 2004

Development of trans-European transport

network in the enlarged EU

Edgar Thielmann, DG TREN“Trans-European Networks and

technological development”,

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What is the trans-European transport network?

The lifeblood of the Union’s transport system

The trans-European transport network (TEN-T) comprises roads, railways, airports, seaports, inland waterways and ports, and traffic management systems which:

serve the entire continentcarry international traffic bring the geographical and economic areas of the Union closer together

The trans-European network «label» is assigned to existing or planned transport routes. These sections can then be built with EU financial support to harmonised standards.

Community financial support

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Why a trans-European transport network?

An instrument to channel investment into European projects

>The guidelines provides a common reference framework which enables coordinated Community and national investments.

>It helps to channel Community funding (TEN budget, cohesion funs, ERDF) into projects with high European added value.

>The network serves a reference for other Community legislation (rail interoperability directives, week end bans).

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TEN-T guidelines and financing

New TEN-T guidelines (Decision 1692/96/EC) adopted on 21 April

TEN-T financing rules (EC Regulation 2236/95) modified and due to enter into force in the coming months

Based on the report of the High Level Group Part of a comprehensive strategy:

growth initiative, financial perspectives White Paper on European transport policy for

2010: time to decide

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Policy context of the TEN-T revision

Enlargement 1st May 2004

Higher requirements for modal rebalancing and intermodality

Sustainable mobility

Growth initiatives to stimulate economy

Strengthen the internal market dynamics

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Evaluation of the past

Progress mainly on domestic sections 50 % of the rail network not completed in 2010 36 % of investments decided in 1994 in Essen

are carried out Delays primarily affect trans-national links and

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

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

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Enlargement

Traffic volumes and share of international traffic to grow rapidly

By 2020:EU15 70%

EU10+2 95%

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Three building blocks

Priority projects

Organisational means to facilitate co-ordination

Financial framework

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Consolidated list of projects of special interest for Central and East Europe”

Project 6: Rail Axis Lyon–Trieste/ Koper– Ljubljana–Budapest- Ukrainian border

Project 7: Motorway axis Igoumenitsa/Patra-Athina-Sofia–Budapest

Project 15: European GNSS (Galileo/EGNOS)

Project 17: Rail axis Paris–Strasbourg–Stuttgart–Wien–Bratislava

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Consolidated list of projects of special interest for Central and East Europe”

Project 18: Rhine-Main-Danube inland waterway routeProject 22: Rail axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Vienna-Bratislava

Project 23: Rail axis Gdansk-Warshaw-Brno/Bratislava-Vienna

Project 25: Gdansk-Brno/Bratislava-Vienna

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Organisational means

Two new instruments:

Declaration of European Interest (Article 19a)

European Co-ordinators (Article 17a)

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The Declaration of European interest

Concentration of TEN budget and financial structural instruments as far as possible

Obligation for Member States to co-ordinate evaluation procedures before planning permission and to carry out one trans-national enquiry for cross-border sections

Obligation for Member States to carry out ex-post evaluation

Possibility of losing the status in the case of unjustified delays

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European Co-ordinators

Advise project promoters on financing and evaluation methods

Report on an annual basis on progress and obstacles

Dialogue with operators and users, including network operation issues

Are appointed, according to the needs, for individual project or group of projects

Are appointed by the Commission after consultation with the Member States concerned

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Three sources of financing

National budget

Community budget

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Financial framework: investment needs € 225 billion until 2020

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Project 18: Rhine-Main-Danube inland waterway route

The Rhine-Main-Danube corridor is a major freight route connecting the North Sea (port of Rotterdam) to the Black Sea (in particular the port of Constanta).

Several sections of this waterway pose navigability problems.

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The main sections where works are necessary are:Rhine-Meuse with a lock to Lanay (2019)Vilshofen-Straubing (2013)

Wien-Bratislava (2015)Palkovicovo-Mohacs (in Hungary-2014)Bottlenecks in Romania and Bulgaria (2011)

Total estimated cost: 1. 910 m€Remaining investments: 1. 770 m€

Project 18: Rhine-Main-Danube inland waterway route

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Project 18: Expected Results

The project will:

improve the competitiveness of the waterway in the long term increase the overall capacity of the route

by around 30% (5 billion tonnes-kilometres of freight could be transferred, each year, to waterways)

may significantly reduce transport costs per tonne of freight, in the order of 20-30%.

The joint development of technology such as the RIS (River Information System) is also a priority. This systemmay improve the management of inland waterway trafficthe services offered to transport operators.

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Further information

DG Energy and Transporthttp://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/

White Paper on Transporthttp://europa.eu.int/comm/energy_transport/en/lb_en.html

TENshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/ten/index_en.html