1. STATE POLICY AND PERSPECTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Anita Angelova Head of Department in National Transport Policy Directorate 21 January 2015 Sofia

2. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA National Transport Policy Priorities  Sustainable and coherent transport policy  Efficient maintenance and modernization of the transport infrastructure  Transport infrastructure development through concession  Safety and security of the transport system  Accessible and environmentally friendly transport

3. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TEN-T Policy  TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013  TEN-T planning on 2 layers: Core network – includes the most important international links in EU Comprehensive network – feeds into and distributes from the core network  2 of 9 TEN-T Priority Corridors pass through Bulgaria Corridor Orient/East-Mediterranean Corridor Rhine-Danube

4. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TEN-T Railway map

5. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Railway Infrastructure Requirements  Full electrification of the line tracks  Freight lines of the core network: at least 22,5 t axle load, 100 km/h line speed and the possibility of running trains with a length of 740 m  Full deployment of ERTMS  Nominal track gauge for new railway lines: 1 435 mm except in cases where the new line is an extension on a network the track gauge of which is different and detached from the main rail lines in the Union

6. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)  CEF Regulation 1316/2013  Total financial resources in transport sector – € 26,2 billion, including € 11,3 billion from the Cohesion fund  Accessible resources for Bulgaria under the Cohesion fund – € 350 million  Centralized approach of the application process  Multiannual and Annual Work Programmes  First Call for Proposals – open until 26 February 2015  List of Pre-Identified Projects on the core network

7. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Integrated Transport Strategy  A new strategic document until 2030  Ex Ante Conditionality included in the Partnership Agreement  A National Transport Model shall be a part of the Strategy  The document shall comprise all modes of transport  The Integrated Transport Strategy should be elaborated and approved by the end of 2016

8. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Railway Infrastructure Projects under Implementation  The following projects are still under implementation: Reconstruction and electrification of Plovdiv – Svilengrad railway line: Phase 2, Parvomay – Svilengrad section Rehabilitation of railway sections along Plovdiv – Burgas railway line Modernization of the railway section Septemvri – Plovdiv Rehabilitation of the railway stations in Sofia and Burgas  Financial sources under OP Transport 2007 – 2013

9. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Programming Period 2014 – 2020  OP Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014 – 2020  Elaborated in a close cooperation with EC  EU budget – 1.604 billion Euro  Balanced financing in the field of road and railway infrastructure – 572 M Euro for each  Commission Implementing Decision from 19 th December 2014 on the approval of OPTTI 2014 – 2020

10. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Railway Infrastructure Projects 2014 – 2020 (1)  OPTTI financing: Modernization of Plovdiv – Burgas railway line, Phase II (railway junctions in Plovdiv and Burgas included) – € 320 M (VAT excl.) Modernization of the railway sections Elin Pelin – Ihtiman and Ihtiman – Septemvri along Sofia – Plovdiv railway line – € 740 M (VAT excl.)  CEF financing: Railway sections Dragoman – Sofia and Sofia – Elin Pelin, and Sofia railway junction along Dragoman – Sofia – Elin Pelin railway line – € 200 M (VAT excl.) Railway section Vidin – Medkovets – € 375 M (VAT excl.)

11. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Railway Infrastructure Priority Projects 2014 – 2020 1.Plovdiv – Burgas – Phase ІІ (OPTTI 2014-2020) 2.Elin Pelin – Septemvri (OPTTI 2014-2020) 3.Dragoman – Sofia – Elin Pelin (CEF) 4.Vidin – Medkovets (CEF)

12. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA State and NRIC Contract (1)  In accordance with the requirements of Art. 25 (1) of the Railway Transport Act  5-year period framework  Annual and 5-year programmes for the development and exploration of the railway infrastructure Elaborated under the Contract provisions Updated and approved on an annual basis  Financial resources provided by the State according to a schedule approved by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications and the Minister of Finance

13. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA State and NRIC Contract (2)  State financial resources for the period 2011 – 2015:

14. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Railway Infrastructure Charging Scheme  First adopted in 2001 (Decree No 302 of the Council of Ministers)  New Methodology for Calculating of the Track Access Charges Collected by the Infrastructure Manager adopted by Ministers’ Decree No 92 of 4 May 2012 (in force since 1 st January 2013)  Infringement Procedure against Bulgaria related to the railway infrastructure charging scheme  Decision of the Court of Justice  Bulgaria has amended the Methodology in order to perform the Decision’ provisions – Decree No 159 of 12 June 2014

15. MTITC – REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! www.mtitc.government.bg 21 January 2015 Sofia