European Commission

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European Commission
Trans-European transport network (TEN) Policy
Sanna KUUKKA
22 November 2006
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Content

• The logic of the extension of the trans-European
  transport network 3 phases from 1992 to 2006
• European Union of 15 Member states
• Enlargement of the EU to 27 Member states
• Extension of the network to countries
  neighbouring the EU

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Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)

• White paper of Jacques Delors - Growth,
  competitiveness and employment launches the
  debate in 1992
• Chapter on TENs was introduced to EU Treaty in
  1993 (Maastricht treaty)
• The TEN Guidelines were first adopted in 1996
  aiming at
• Integrating national networks and modes of
  transport
• Linking peripheral regions of the Union to the
  centre
• Improving safety and efficiency of the networks
• 14 priority Essen projects identified by the EU
  Heads of State and Government in 1994 were
  included in the TEN Guidelines

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1st revision of the Guidelines

• Decision 1346/2001/EC of 2/7/2001
• Introduction of seaports, inland ports and
  intermodal terminals
• Defining the characteristics and criteria for
  specific projects and projects of common interest

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2nd revision of the Guidelines

• Background the new context was analysed in the
  White paper on European transport policy 2001
• Forthcoming enlargement in May 2004
• Slow progress of priority projects, particularly
  as regards rail and cross-border sections
• Scarce EU funds distributed thinly over a vast
  network
• Increases in demand imbalanced
• Slow progress of priority projects particularly
  regarding rail and border crossings
• Investments in MSs insufficient (1? 0.8 of GDP)
• Co-financing of EU budget not sufficiently
  concentrated on the priorities

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New elements for the TEN policy

• European priorities targeted by focussing
  investments on priority projects on 30 major
  trans-national axes
• Enlargement facilitated by integrating the
  networks of the 10 new and 2 future Member
  countries
• Sustainability addressed by giving priority to
  rail, intermodality and Motorways of the sea
• Organisational means improved to facilitate
  co-ordination of funding and implementation of
  projects along the major axes
• Financial framework adapted to enable
  concentration and target bottlenecks at border
  crossings

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Extent of the TEN Network

• TEN-T network (EU25, existing and planned)
  consists approximately of
• 90 000 km of roads,
• 100 000 km of rail tracks,
• 12 000 km of inland waterways,
• 400 airports,
• 400 international sea ports,
• 300 inland ports and
• traffic management systems.

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Cost and financing of the TENs

• Costs of completing the full network is 600
  billion, of which 250 billion for the priority
  projects, by 2020
• Sources of funding
• National funding remains crucial
• European funding (TEN-budget, ERDF, Cohesion
  Fund, EIB)
• Private sector, direct user contribution
  infrastructure charging (railway packages,
  Eurovignette)

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Extension of the TENs to the neighbouring
countries

• Aim To integrate regional exercises
• Pan-European Corridors
• TRACECA (Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia)
• Euro Mediterranean regional programme
• Western Balkan core network
• Tool European Neighbourhood Policy
• Methodology High Level Group chaired by Ms de
  Palacio and including the EU27, 26 neighbouring
  countries and 3 banks

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The High Level Group

• Chair of the Group - Ms Loyola de Palacio
• Neighbouring countries Albania, Algeria,
  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia
  Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, former Yugoslav
  Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Israel, Jordan,
  Lebanon, Libya (as observer), Morocco, Moldova,
  Norway, Palestinian Authority, Russia, Serbia
  Montenegro, Kosovo, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia,
  Turkey and Ukraine
• EU Member States as well as Bulgaria and Romania
  (EU27)
• EIB, EBRD and World Bank

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The Groups methodology

• Key for success agreement upon a clear and
  rigorous methodology from the outset of the work
• Step 1 Criteria for identifying major axes
  International trade and traffic flows, existing
  international agreements, regional cooperation
  and integration
• Step 2 Criteria for selecting priority projects
  Political and financial commitment of country,
  economic profitability and environmental
  sustainability

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Liste of horizontal measures

• The Group analysed in detail 10 horizontal and
  cross-cutting themes
• Border control and customs procedures
• Satellite radio navigation systems
• Maritime transport and Motorways of the Seas
• Rail transport and interoperability
• Inland waterways
• Road safety and vehicle dimensions
• Air transport
• Security
• Environment
• Financing and public private partnerships (PPP)

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3rd revision in 2010?

• Need to integrate the regional exercises into a
  coherent framework
• TEN of EU27, motorways of the sea
• Croatia, Turkey, etc?
• Euro-Med
• Commission is preparing a Communication to the
  Council and the European Parliament before end
  2006
• Tool TEN Guidelines

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Further information

• DG Energy and Transport
• http//ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en
  .html
• Trans-European Transport Networks
• http//ec.europa.eu/ten/index_en.html
• sanna.kuukka_at_ec.europa.eu