1. 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

2. 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
Strategic framework White Paper for Transport
By 2030:
A fully functional multimodal TEN-T ‘core network’
Connect all core seaports to the rail freight network
30% of road freight over 300km shift to rail or waterborne transport
By 2050:
60% reduction of CO2 for transport sector
A European high-speed rail network
Most of medium-distance passenger transport by rail
Connect all core network airports to rail network 2

3. 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

4. Standards Core network Road: Rail:
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

5. TEN-T Core Network Corridors
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 5

6. 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

7. 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 7

8. Complementarity CEF – 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

9. 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.

10. How to give grant support to a project
Work programme (Annual or Multiannual)
EC and INEA:
Call for proposals
Evaluation (external and internal)
Financing decision (general and individualised)

11. 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 11 11

12. 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)

13. CEF 2014 Call for proposals Check INEA website INEA helpdesk:
INEA helpdesk:

14. 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 14 14

15. 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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