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Trans-European Transport Networkand the

Connecting Europe Facility

Raluca MituUnit Connecting Europe – Infrastructure Investment StrategiesDG MOVE, European Commission26/11/2014, Brussels

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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

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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

New TEN-T policy

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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

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TEN-T Core Network Corridors

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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

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• 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

Connecting Europe Facility - Transport

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Complementarity CEF – ESI FundsCEF ESI Funds

• High EU added-value on TEN-T Corridors and core network (as pre-identified in Annex I of the CEF Regulation)

• More sustainable modes of transport: rail, IWW

• High EU added-value projects to remove bottlenecks in transport networks, by supporting TEN-T infrastructure on both the core and comprehensive networks

• 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

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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 co-

funding 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.

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How to give grant support to a project

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• 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

CEF: 2014 calls for proposals (GRANTS)

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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)

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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:• INEA-CEF-transport-calls-2014@ec.europa.eu • http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/

apply_for_funding/cef_transport_call_for_proposals_2014.htm

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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

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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

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Thank you for your attention!