1. 1 Passenger Traffic 2000 2020 Road + 67 % m/s - 7% (60%) Rail + 23% m/s - 2% (8%) Air + 133% m/s =1% (4%) Growth Total 65% ( Int 66%) GDP108% CEC 12 source TENSTAC study

2. 2 Freight traffic Road +136% ms + 10%(58%) Rail +89% ms -11% (39%) IW+157% ms +1% (3%) Total +95% GDP+ 108%

3. 3 The Current state of TENs Need for change: Failure to make progress on the priority projects. Entry of new Member States. Widen the geographical coverage but Concentrate on a limited number of major routes.

4. 4 Priority projects – 30 located on major axes and covering the 25 m/s plus Bulgaria and Rumania. The 30 projects represent an investment of 225 B € up to 2020. The complete network would require 600 B € up to 2020. Focus on rail and maritime transport including the new concept of the Motorways of the Sea.

5. 5 Guidelines revised to allow up to 20% to be given in financial support- notably for cross- border sections. Designation of ‘European Coordinators for certain major cross- border projects. Funding problems : EU 15 in the past devoted 1.5% of GDP now less than 1% when traffic is increasing.

6. 6 30 PRIOIRTY PROJECTS

7. 7 For the future Better links to the EU’s new neighbours Improvement of planning arrangements. Funding. Less than 1% of GDP is invested in infrastructure. EU support programmes : CARDS – Western Balkans. TACIS –Eastern Europe and Central Asia. MEDA – Euro- Mediterranean Pertnership.

8. 8 Conclusions Identified a number of major trans- national axes. 3O specific projects on these axes. High level group established to identify jointly priority projects linking to neighbouring countries.