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Trans-European Transport Network and the Connecting Europe Facility Raluca Mitu Unit Connecting Europe – Infrastructure Investment Strategies DG MOVE, European Commission 26/11/2014, Brussels Transport Trans-European Transport Network Regulation EU No 1315/2013 – Objectives • Strengthen the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the Union • Contribute to the creation of a Single European Transport Area which is: • efficient • sustainable • increases benefits for users • supports inclusive growth Transport New TEN-T policy By 2030: a single European TEN-T core network By 2050: a TEN-T comprehensive network, as “ground layer”, to ensure accessibility TEN-T maps Transport Standards • Core network • Road: • express roads or motorways, parking areas, alternative clean fuels • Rail: • ERTMS, electrification, European track gauge • Rail freight lines: 22.5 t axle load, 740 m train length, 100 km/h line speed • Alternative clean fuels for ports, inland ports and airports Transport TEN-T Core Network Corridors Transport Core Network Corridors - implementation tools • European Coordinators and Core Network Corridors • Support the implementation of the core network • Synchronise investments in order to optimise network benefits • Multimodal, involving at least 3 Member States • Consultative Corridor Fora, with involvement of all stakeholders • Coordinators for ERTMS and Motorways of the Sea Transport Connecting Europe Facility - Transport • Budget: €26.2 billion for TEN-T • 14.9bn EUR for all Member States • 11.3bn EUR for "Cohesion" Member States Funding priorities: • Core Network Corridors: cross-border, bottlenecks • Pre-identified projects in the CEF Annex • Other cross-border sections and bottlenecks • Horizontal priorities: • ITS, ERTMS, interoperability, innovation&new technologies, safe and secure infrastructure • Core, but also the comprehensive TEN-T • More sustainable modes of transport (railways, IWW) • Innovative financial instruments • Connections with neighbouring countries Transport Complementarity CEF – ESI Funds CEF ESI Funds • High EU added-value on TENT Corridors and core network (as pre-identified in Annex I of the CEF Regulation) • High EU added-value projects to remove bottlenecks in transport networks, by supporting TEN-T infrastructure on both the core and comprehensive networks • More sustainable modes of transport: rail, IWW • All modes of transport • Regional mobility, through connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure • Network effect: strong coordination of investments in TEN-T needed • Common project pipeline for ESI Funds and CEF, to be included in the Operational Programmes • Corridors Work Plans • National Transport Master Plans Transport CEF Transport: Cohesion envelope €11.3 bn transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the CEF • Exclusively for transport projects of high EU added value in Member States eligible for the Cohesion Fund • National envelopes between 2014 – 2016, with higher cofunding rates • Over 1 billion EUR for Hungary • Pre-identified projects on the Corridors and other sections of the Core network: • rail and inland waterways • cross-border missing links, including road (max. 10% of the budget) • bottlenecks • Horizontal priorities: ERTMS, Motorways of the Sea etc. Transport How to give grant support to a project Work programme (Annual or Multiannual) EC and INEA: Evaluation (external and internal) Call for proposals Transport Financing decision (general and individualised) CEF: 2014 calls for proposals (GRANTS) • 11 September 2014 – 26 February 2015 • The Multi-annual Work Programme (MAP) • € 11 billion total, including €4bn from the Cohesion envelope • Only for projects pre-identified in Annex I of CEF (Corridors, other sections on the core network, horizontal priorities) • The Annual Work Programme (AP) • € 930 million • Other projects on the core network • Comprehensive network • Connections with neighbouring countries Transport Call 2014 for Cohesion Member States • Multi-annual Work Programme 2014 • Budget for the 2014 call for proposals: €4 billion • 35% of the €11.3bn of the CEF cohesion envelope • Funding priorities of the call for proposals: • Corridors of the Core Network • Other Sections of the Core Network • European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) • Innovation • Safe and Secure Infrastructure • Motorways of the Sea (MoS) Transport CEF 2014 Call for proposals • Check INEA website • http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/news__events/events/2014_cef _transport_info_day.htm • INEA helpdesk: • [email protected] • http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/apply_for_fun ding/cef_transport_call_for_proposals_2014.htm Transport Innovative Financing – Investment for growth Full eligibility • Whole TEN-T network, Core & Comprehensive • All modes of transport Projects with identifiable revenue streams or commercial benefits and long-term repayment • Motorways with tolls • High-Speed Rail • Airports, logistic platforms & Ports development • Alternative fuelling infrastructure and on-board equipment • Traffic Management Systems equipment (e.g. ERTMS) Partnership with financial institutions, such as EIB Transport TEN-T policy and macro-regional strategies Synergies and complementarity - Support the implementation of the TEN-T policy - Transport pillars in the macro-regional strategies Priorities: - - TEN-T Core Network Corridors Cross-border interconnectivity and interoperability, inter-modality, deployment of new technologies aimed at the decarbonisation of transport and its increased safety and security Macro-regional strategies, in-between the national and EU levels - Significant potential to reinforce the implementation of EU transport policy priorities - Enhanced coordination among stakeholders Transport Thank you for your attention! 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