Directorate general for Energy and Transport

European Commission

23rd October 2003

The trans-European transport network: new guidelines and

financial rulesProposals of the

Commission

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Policy context

Enlargement as from 1st May 2004

Higher requirements for modal rebalancing and intermodality

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 done Delays affect primarily transnational links and

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

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

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Investments in transport infrastructure in % GDP

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0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

Austria

Belgium

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ark

Finland

France

Germ

any

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

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eden

UK

1980-861987-931994-2001

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Commission’s proposals

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)

Process to identify priority projects

Organisational means to facilitate their co-ordination

Financial framework

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