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►B DECISION No 1346/2001/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 May 2001
amending Decision No 1692/96/EC as regards seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals as
well as project No 8 in Annex III
(OJ L 185, 6.7.2001, p. 1)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 288, 1.11.2001, p. 53 (2001/1346/EC)
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DECISION No 1346/2001/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIA-
MENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 22 May 2001
amending Decision No 1692/96/EC as regards seaports, inland ports
and intermodal terminals as well as project No 8 in Annex III
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
inparticular the first subparagraph of Article 156 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(3),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of
the Treaty(4), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation
Committee on13 March 2001,
Whereas:
(1)Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the devel-
opment of the trans-European transport network(5) constitutes a
general reference framework covering the objectives, prioritiesand broad thrust of the measures contemplated as well as theprojects of common interest in the area of the trans-European
transport network.
(2)Interconnection points including seaports, inland ports and inter-modal terminals are a pre-condition for the integration of the
different transport modes in a multimodal network.
(3)Seaports in the trans-European transport network are classifiedinto categories. These are defined on the basis of quantitativecriteria or their locationinislan d, peripheral or outermostregions. Only those ports in the highest category by volume oftraffic should be shown, by way of indication, on maps. Thespecifications which a seaport project is to meet to be deemed
of commonin terest should be set out.
(4)The criteria relating to inland ports should be supplemented by
criteria concerning either the nature of their equipment or thevolume of traffic and those ports should be shown, by way ofindication, on maps.
(5)The EuropeanCoun cil held inDublinin1996 decided thatproject No 8 inthe list from the EssenEuropeanCoun cil of1994 should become the Portugal/Spainmultimodal lin k withthe rest of Europe.
(6)DecisionNo 1692/96/EC should therefore be amen ded accord-ingly,2001D1346 — EN — 09.07.2001 — 000.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 120, 18. 4.1998, p. 14.
(2) OJ C 214, 10.7.1998, p. 40.
(3) OJ C 373, 2.12.1998, p. 20.
(4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 10 March 1999 (OJ C 175,
21.6.1999, p. 110), Council Common Position of 5 June 2000 (OJ C 228,
9.8.2000, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 3 October 2000
(not yet published in the Official Journal), Decision of the European Parlia-
ment of 5 April 2001 and Council Decision of 24 April 2001.
(5) OJ L 228, 9.9.1996, p. 1.
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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
DecisionNo 1692/96/EC is hereby amen ded as follows:
1. Article 11 shall be amended as follows:
(a) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:
‘3. Inland ports shall form part of the network, in particular
as points of interconnection between the waterwaysreferred to in paragraph 2 and Article 14 and other modes
of transport.’
(b) The following paragraph shall be inserted:
‘3a. The network shall include inland ports
(a) opento commercial traffic,
(b) located on the network of inland waterways as shown
in the outline in Annex I, Section 4,
(c) interconnected with other trans-European transport
routes as shown in Annex I, and
(d) equipped with transhipment facilities for intermodal
transport or with an annual freight traffic volume of atleast 500000 tonnes.’
2. Article 12 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 12
Characteristics1. Seaports shall permit the development of sea transport and
shall constitute shipping links for islands and the points of intercon-nection between sea transport and other modes of transport. Theyshall provide equipment and services to transport operators. Theirinfrastructure shall provide a range of services for passenger and
goods transport, including ferry services and short- and long-
distance shipping services, including coastal shipping, within theCommunity and between the latter and non-member countries.
2. The seaports included in the network shall correspond to one
of the categories, A, B or C, defined below:
A. international seaports: ports with a total annual traffic volume of
not less than 1,5 million tonnes of freight or 200000 passengerswhich, unless it is an impossibility, are connected with the over-land elements of the trans-European transport network andtherefore play a major role in international maritime transport;
B. Community seaports, not included in category A: these ports
have a total annual traffic volume of not less than 0,5 million
tonnes of freight or between 100000 and 199999 passengers,
are connected, unless it is an impossibility, with the overlandelements of the trans-European transport network and areequipped with the necessary transhipment facilities for short-distance sea shipping;
C. regional ports: these ports do not meet the criteria of categories A
and B but are situated in island, peripheral or outermost regions,
interconnecting such regions by sea and/or connecting them with
the central regions of the Community.
The seaports incategory A shall be shownonthe in dicative maps in
the outline plans in Section 5 of Annex I, on the basis of the mostrecent port data.
3. Inadditionto the criteria set out inArticle 7, seaport projects
of common interest related to seaports included in the trans-European seaport network shall comply with the criteria and specifi-cations in Annex II.’2001D1346 — EN — 09.07.2001 — 000.001 — 3
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3. Article 14 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 14
Characteristics
The trans-European combined transport network shall comprise:— railways and inland waterways which are suitable for combined
transport and shipping which, combined where appropriate withthe shortest possible initial and/or terminal road haulage, permitthe long-distance transport of goods,
— intermodal terminals equipped with installations permitting trans-
hipment between railways, inland waterways, shipping routesand roads,
— suitable rolling stock, on a provisional basis, where the charac-
teristics of the infrastructure, as yet unadapted, so require.’
4. Article 19 shall be replaced by the following:
‘Article 19
Specific projects
Annex III contains, by way of indication, the projects identified in
Annexes I and II and in the other provisions of this Decision, towhich the EuropeanCoun cils held inEssenin1994 an d inDublinin1996 attributed particular importan ce.’
5. Annex I shall be amended as follows:
(a) in the contents
— the title of Section 4 ‘Inland waterway network’ shall be
replaced by: ‘Inland waterway network and inland ports’,
— Section5 shall be replaced by the followin g:
‘Section 5: Seaports — Category A
5.0. Europe
5.1. Baltic Sea
5.2. North Sea5.3. Atlantic Ocean5.4. Mediterranean Sea — western part5.5. Mediterranean Sea — eastern part’,
— in Section 7 ‘Combined transport network’, point 7.2 shall
be deleted;
(b) as regards the maps corresponding to Sections 4 and 5:
— the map showing Section 4 shall be replaced by those
annexed to this Decision. These maps identify also inlandports which are equipped with transhipment facilities forcombined transport and shall replace the map showingpoint 7.2,
— the maps showing Section 5 as they appear in the Annex to
this Decisionshall be in serted.
6. Annex II shall be amended as follows:
(a) the part of Section 4 concerning inland ports shall be replaced
by the following:
‘Inland ports
Projects of common interest must relate solely to infrastructure
open to any user on a non-discriminatory basis.
In addition to projects relating to the connections and inland
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be deemed to include any infrastructure project corresponding to
one or more of the following categories:
1. access to the port from waterways;
2. port infrastructure inside the port area;
3. other transport infrastructures inside the port area;
4. other transport infrastructures linking the port to other
elements of the trans-European network.
Any project which concerns the following work will be deemed
to be of common interest: construction and maintenance of allelements of the transport system generally open to all transportusers within the port and of links with the national or interna-tional transport network; in particular, this includes the
development and maintenance of land for commercial and other
port-related purposes, the construction and maintenance of roadand rail connections, the construction and maintenance,including dredging, of access routes and of other areas of waterin the port, and the construction and maintenance of navigation
aids and traffic management, communication and information
systems inthe port an d onthe access routes.’
(b) Section5 shall be replaced by the followin g:
‘Section 5
Seaports1. Common conditions for projects of common interest relating to
seaports inthe n etwork
Projects of common interest must relate solely to infrastructure open
to any user on a non-discriminatory basis.
Any project which concerns the following work will be deemed to
be of common interest: construction and maintenance of all
elements of the transport system generally open to all transport userswithin the port and of links with the national or international trans-port network; in particular, this includes the development andmaintenance of land for commercial and other port-related purposes,
the construction and maintenance of road and rail connections, the
construction and maintenance, including dredging, of access routesand of other areas of water in the port, and the construction andmaintenance of navigation aids and traffic management, communi-cation and information systems in the port and on the access routes.
2. Specifications for projects of common interest relating to the seaport
network
Any project which meets the following specifications will be
deemed to be of commonin terest:
Project specifications Port category
I.Promotion of short-distance sea shipping
Infrastructure necessary for the development of
short-distance sea and sea-river shippingProjects relating to ports in category A
II.Access to ports
Access to ports from sea or inland waterway Projects relating to ports in categories A and B
Permanent accessibility of ports in the Baltic
Sea situated at approximately latitude 60º north
and beyond, including capital costs for ice-
breaking works during winterProjects relating to ports in categories A, B and
C
Creation or improvement of hinterland access
linking the port to other elements of the trans-
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Project specifications Port category
Development of existing hinterland access
linking the port to other elements of the trans-
European transport network through rail, road
and inland-waterway connectionsProjects relating to ports in categories A and B
III.Port infrastructure within the port area
Development of port infrastructure in order to
increase intermodal efficiencyProjects relating to ports in categories A and B
Upgrading of the port infrastructure, in parti-
cular in ports on islands and in peripheral and
outermost regionsProjects relating to ports in category C
Development and installation of management
and information systems such as EDI (elec-
tronic data interchange) or other systems of
intelligent management of goods and passenger
traffic using integrated technologiesProjects relating to ports in categories A, B and
C
Development of port installations to receive
wasteProjects relating to ports in categories A, B and
C’.
(c) The second and third indents of Section 7 shall be replaced by
the following:
‘— construction or development of centres for transfers between
inland types of transport, including the setting up within theterminal of transhipment equipment with the correspondinginfrastructure,
— adaptationof port areas, makin g it possible to develop or
improve combined transport between sea transport and rail,
inland waterway or road transport’.
7. Annex III shall be amended as follows:
(a) the title shall be replaced by the following:
‘List of the 14 projects adopted by the EuropeanCoun cils held
inEssenin1994 an d inDublinin1996’
(b) Item 8 (‘Motorway Lisbon— Valladolid’) shall be replaced by
the following:
‘8. Portugal/Spainmultimodal lin k with the rest of Europe
through developing rail, road, sea and air connections in the
following three Iberian corridors:
— Galicia (A Coruña)/Portugal (Lisbon)
— Irún/Portugal (Valladolid-Lisbon)— Southwest corridor (Lisbon-Seville).’
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publi-
cationinthe Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 3
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.2001D1346 — EN — 09.07.2001 — 000.001 — 6
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ANNEX
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