1. 5th Regional TAF TSI Workshop SK, CZ, HU
The TEN-T policy & The Connecting Europe Facility
Linos Voskarides
Policy officer for TSI TAF
DG MOVE Unit B2

2. TEN-T framework Strategic framework Policy framework Funding framework
White Paper for Transport - goals for 2030 and 2050
Policy framework
Revised TEN-T Guidelines (Regulation No 1315/2013)
Funding framework
Connecting Europe Facility (Regulation No 1316/2013)
European Structural and Investment Funds
International Financial Institutions
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance

3. Key elements of the TEN-T policy
Support implementation of Transport White Paper through new infrastructure policy
Common deadlines to achieve network
More emphasis on innovation & new technologies
New Funding & financing instruments
Focus on
Multimodal interconnections
Open access terminal
Class IV access
Implementation of River Information Services
Implementation of the Clean Fuel for Transport Directive

4. Connecting Europe Facility
One instrument – three sectors
Connecting Europe Facility
Transport Guidelines
Energy Guidelines
Telecom Guidelines
The "European Infrastructure Package"
Financing framework 4

5. The Connecting Europe Facility
The funding framework for
Europe 2020 Strategy, Strategy for Growth & Jobs
A dedicated fund for infrastructure financing covering all EU Member States
CEF financial support mainly in the form of grants
Increase use of innovative financial instruments to attract private financing towards infrastructure financing (through Project Bonds, guarantees, dedicated investment funds…) 5

6. Projects financed by CEF for transport
Grant focus on cross-border sections and bottlenecks for the cleaner modes of transports (Railways, Inland Waterways)
Focus on projects located on the 9 trans-European Corridors
Support to the deployment of European traffic management systems for a more efficient use of the existing infrastructure (SESAR, ERTMS…)
Support to the deployment of new technologies and innovation for decarbonisation of transport (Electrification, LNG… & intelligent transport systems)

7. 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, inland waterways
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

8. 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
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

9. Thank you for your attention!9