1. Transit infrastructure development: EATL, TEM and TER Projects Artur Bouten Legal officer UNECE TIR secretariat

2. 2 EURO-ASIAN TRANSPORT LINKS

3. EATL OBJECTIVES To make the Europe-Asia overland transport links more efficient, fast, safe, secure and competitive  To address growing trade between Asia and Europe and congestion of major ports  To address infrastructure and border crossing obstacles  To foster integration and cooperation in the region towards more sustainable transport 28 countries, including Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

4. EATL Phase 1 (2002-07) Main Achievements Selection of main Euro-Asian road, rail and inland water transport routes, transshipment points and ports Prioritization of projects First analysis of physical and non-physical obstacles Establishment of database and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps Joint ECE-ESCAP study with results, conclusions and recommendations on the way how to proceed

5. Phase 2 - Report Identified 9 road and 9 rail EATL routes for priority development, investment and cooperation, including EATL ports, transshipment points and terminals 311 priority overland transport projects - total cost $215 billion Study of transport statistics, flows and trends showed a rapid growth of Europe-Asian trade and increasing inter-Asian trade trends Comparison study of Euro-Asian maritime routes with selected rail routes is a part of the EATL Phase 2 Report Compared nine door-to-door transport scenarios: Time-wise Cost-wise In five out of the nine scenarios, rail transport performs better than maritime for both the cost and time! In all nine scenarios, rail transport performs better than the maritime in terms of time Identified non-physical obstacles to transport along the EATL routes: Long waiting times at BCP, sometimes a whole day; hardly 24/7, long delays for veterinary, phyto-sanitary, passport, transit, visa and other controls

6. 6 Door-to-door comparison

7. Average border crossing times for selected BCP, 2013 Source: CAREC, CARECCPMM Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Annual Report, 2013

8. EATL Phase 2 – Final Report Report (600 pages) is freely available in English and Russian http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp5/eatl_phase_2_final_report.html

9. EATL Phase 3 (2013-15) The principal objective for EATL in Phase 3 is to make the identified overland EATL rail and road routes operational International Financial Institutions and the relevant national infrastructure development bodies will be encouraged to direct their activities to coordinate infrastructure investment plans, as well as to attract private investment Promote coordination and facilitation of financing of infrastructural projects Facilitation of transport by removing physical and administrative bottlenecks when crossing borders Further improve GIS internet free-access application and develop a web tool to compare inland transport options and maritime Funding – sponsors and hosts are welcome EATL Phase 3

10. UNECE ACTIVITIES

12. TEM and TER The Trans-European North-South Motorway (TEM) and Trans-European Railway (TER) projects are unique Pan- European transport infrastructure projects bringing together countries of the European Union (EU), EU candidate countries as well as other United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Member States in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. 21 countries participate, among which Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

13. The TEM and TER Master Plans show the backbone for road and rail networks with a realistic investment strategy for gradual development. As many as 491 projects with an aggregate estimated cost of EUR 102 billion have been evaluated and prioritized. Implementation will contribute to the economic growth of the countries concerned and to the wellbeing of their populations, as well as assisting the integration and harmonization of transport within Europe and beyond Success will depend on the political will of countries as well as on the availability of national and international funding Project is supported by efforts to established a single Unified Railway Law (UNECE Working on Rail Transport (SC.2)

14. Legal Framework: the example of Railways

17. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee Sustainable Transport Division  Regulatory work  Analytical work  Technical assistance capacity bldg accession implementation International platform

18. Artur Bouten UNECE TIR SECRETARIAT Sustainable Transport Division 8-14, Avenue de la Paix CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland Phone: +41 22 917 2433 Fax: +41 22 917 0614 Email: artur.bouten@unece.org THANK YOU! http://www.unece.org/trans/welcome.html United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Sustainable Transport Division