COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 24.01.1996 
COM(96) 16 final 
94/0098 (COD) 
OPINION OF THE COMMISSION 
pursuant to Article 189 b (2) (d) of the EC Treaty, 
on the European Parliament's amendments 
to the Council's common position regarding the 
proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION 
on Community Guidelines for the Development of the 
Trans-European Transport Network 
AMENDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION 
pursuant to Article 189 a (2) of the EC Treaty 

Explanatory memorandum 
1. The objective of this proposal is to implement, in the transport infrastructure 
sector, the provisions of Article 129c(l), first indent, of the EC Treaty by 
establishing Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European 
transport network. 
2. On 28 September 1995, the Council adopted common position (EC) No 22(95) 
with a view to adopting the decision of the European Parliament and of the 
Council on Community guidelines for the development of the Trans-European 
Transport Network. The Commission accepted this common position with certain 
reservations and communicated its opinion to the European Parliament on 
15 October 1995 (SEC(95)1429). 
At its plenary part-session on 13 December 1995, Parliament proposed 
111 amendments to the common position. The text thus amended reached the 
Commission on 3 January 1996. 
3. In accordance with Article 189b(2)(d) of the Treaty, the Commission is delivering 
an opinion on those amendments. In respect of the amendments for which it 
delivers a favourable opinion, it is presenting an amended proposal pursuant to 
Article 189a(2) of the Treaty. 
4. The Commission has delivered a favourable opinion on 39 of the 
111 amendments adopted by Parliament at its plenary part-session and a negative 
opinion on the remaining 72. In particular, the Commission has accepted the 
amendments which coincide with a reservation expressed by the Commission on 
the Council's common position and which supplement or improve that common 
position. It has rejected, in particular, those amendments which tend to alter the 
common position as it had been accepted by the Commission and which, in the 
Commission's judgment, represents a genuine improvement on the initial 
proposal. 
For the sake of clarity, this opinion is set out in the form of a summary table (I). 
5. The amendments which the Commission has accepted in whole, in part or in 
principle have been suitably included in the amended proposal (II). 
In the case of amendments accepted in part or in principle (20), the Commission 
has reworded the text in such a way as to either clarify the wording of 
Parliament's amendments or to preserve their structure together with a consistent 
drafting of the proposal. 
In those cases where the Commission accepts the amendments while making some 
changes to them, it does so on the basis of the amended proposal of 22 February 
1995 (COM(95)48) and of 19 June 1995 (COM(95)298). This relates in particular 
to alterations made to the text of the proposal, to Annex I (maps of the networks) 
and to Annex III (list of priority projects). 
In Annex III, in the light of new information and on its own initiative, the 
Commission has altered the description of two priority projects. 
Opinion of the Commission 
on the amendments of the European Parliament 
to the common position (EC) N ' 22/95 
adopted by the Council on 28 September 1995 
with a view to adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on Community Guidelines 
for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network 
4 
SUMMARY TABLE 
Amendment 
N* 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 Place 
Recital 1 
Add a new recital stressing that development of TEN should take 
into account environmental aspects and economical use of public 
resources 
Recital 3 
Add at the end of recital 3 a specific reference to environmental 
protection 
Recital 3a 
Add a new recital aiming at encouraging less harmful means of 
transport, with respect to situation of each M.S. 
Recital 6 
Add at the end of recital 6 a reference to the need of evaluation of 
alternatives for projects 
Recital 6a 
Add a new recital related to job creation and Delors White Paper 
Recital 9 
Delete recital 9 related to reports by the Commission on the 
implementation of the guidelines 
Recital 10 
New formulation of recital 10 requiring the assistance of the 
infrastructure committee to determine projects of common interest Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications (recital 2 a) 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications (recital 3) 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
See Amendment 28 
See Amendment 27 Partially 
accepted 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Rejected 
Rejected 
9 
Amendment 
N' 
8 
9 Place 
Article 2(2) 
a) Precise that the network shall contribute to Community 
objectives and add a reference to competition 
b) Replace "high quality" by "good quality" infrastructure 
Add reference to services. Replace "best" economic terms by 
"acceptable" 
c) Add a specific reference to environmental advantages 
e) Delete "insofar as possible" and precise that the network shall be 
interoperable "within and between modes" 
Article 3 
(2) Add in the description of the network "inland ports" and 
"navigation aids" 
(3a) Add a new paragraph 
stating that basic requirements for interoperability shall be laid 
down separately Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Rewording inappropriate 
Included in Article 1 paragraph 3 Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted 
Partially 
accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Amendment 
N" 
10 
11 
12 Place 
Article 4 
(e) Add reference to "near large urban areas" when creating 
interconnection centres 
(ja) Add a new paragraph including in the broad lines of measures 
"any other necessary measures" 
(jb) Add a new paragraph related to analysis on cost/benefit and job 
creation for the regions concerned 
Article 5 
(a) Add "establishment" (and development of connections) 
(b) Replace "development" (of access) by "improvement" 
(c) Reference to incorporation of modes of transport and 
improvement of transfer points 
(ca) New paragraph refering to projects of particular economic 
interest 
(h) Replace paragraph on environment by a paragraph on technical 
installations necessary for information to users 
Article 6 : New title "Links with third countries" 
Add a specific reference to Article 228 Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal 
Impact analysis for the regions concerned 
incumbant on the Member States 
Included in amended proposal 
Included in amended proposal 
These references are already comprised in 
Article 5 indent c) and f) 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Reference to technical installations for 
information is already comprised in Article 5 
indent i) 
Formulation in Article 6 more accurate; 
reference to Article 228 is implicitly 
comprised Partially 
accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
¥ 
Amendment 
N° 
13 
14 
15 
16 Place 
Article 7 
(1) Replace "socio-economic" costs and benefits by costs and 
benefits to "the economy as a whole" 
(2a) New paragraph refering to projects listed in annex III 
(2b) New paragraph asking M.S to implement outline plans and 
projects 
(2c) New paragraph stating that any Community funding shall be 
conditional upon respect of environment and EU legislation 
Article 7a 
New article on environmental requirements 
a) at Communitv level 
- method for evaluation of the whole network 
- corridor analysis 
b) at national level 
- evaluation of possible dangers of projects 
- application of habitat directive 
- EIA (Directive 85/337) 
Article 10 
(4) Inclusion of a paragraph related to information and traffic 
management system 
Section 5 
New title of section 5 "Seaports and maritime traffic infrastructure" Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Formulation in common position more 
accurate 
Included in amended proposal 
Included in amended proposal 
Inappropriate, subject to regulation on 
financial grants 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications in Annex II section 4 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications Rejected 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence || 
8 
Amendment 
N° 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 Place 
Article 11 
New drafting of article related to ports 
Article 11a 
New article on sea ports and coastal shipping 
(description of short-sea-shipping) 
» 
Article lib 
New article on sea transport safety and information systems for 
European waters 
Paragraph 1 
Paragraph 2 : Reference to the need for the system to comply with 
international rules 
Section 6 
New title of section 6 "Air transport infrastructure network" 
Article 12a 
New article on air traffic control 
(1) The network shall include the infrastructure needed for air traffic 
control 
(2) 
(3) Projects shall be compatible with a european ATM system and 
run by a European organization Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Included in amended proposal with 
modifications 
Included in amended prpposal with 
modifications (Article 11, paragraph 2) 
Restructuring, more accurate structure and 
definition in Article 14 and Annex II section 
8 of the common position 
Suggested title does not reflect content of 
Article which relates only to airports 
More accurate structure and definition in 
Article 15 and Annex II Section 9 of common 
position Accepted in 
essence 
Accepted in 
essence 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
9 
Amendment 
N* 
22 
23 
26 
27 
28 
29 Place 
Section 8 
delete section 8 on the trans-european shipping management and 
information system 
Section 9 
Delete section 9 on Air traffic control network and article 15 
Article 17 
Article on "identification of common interest" 
Upon request, the Commission may determine that a project is of 
common interest 
Article 17a 
Add a new article on advisory committee requesting the assistance of 
the Infrastructure Committee (decision 78/174) for implementation 
and update of guidelines 
Article 18 
New drafting of the article related to report on the implementation of 
the guidelines 
Annual report including specific monitoring for job creation and 
income growth by region 
Article 18a 
New article stipulating that Commission shall make a report every 
five years on the implementation of the guidelines with indication of 
the follow up of the SEA Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Restructuring, see Amendment 19 
Restructuring, see Amendment 21 
In view of Article 155 of the Treaty this 
assignment of competence is not necessary 
Definition of advisory committee in 
Article 17 more accurate. 
The Infrastructure Committee created by 
Council Decision of 20.2.1978 does not 
comply with the new requirements of the 
establishment of trans-European networks 
Given the long time-scale for major 
infrastructure building an annual report on job 
creation and income growth effects broken 
down by region would be inadequate 
Already included in Article 18 of common 
position with modifications. Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
"f* 
Amendment 
N' 
30 
31 Place 
Article 18b 
Add a new article stipulating the Commission to propose minimum 
environmental standards and pipelines network within the 
next 2 years. 
Article 19 
Delete article refering to the repeal of the Council Decision 
78/174/EEC Commission opinion 
Remarks 
The decision is addressed to the Member 
States. The provision would affect the right of 
proposal by the Commission. 
See Amendment No 27. Rejected 
Rejected 
44 
ANNEX I 
Road Network 
Amendment 
No. 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
40 
41 
42 
43 Place 
Add : Limoges- Perigueux- Agen-Auch- Tarbes- (RN 21)- Somport-
Huesca- Zaragossa- Valencia 
Add : Limerick- Tralee-
Killarney- Cork 
Add : link with multimodal centre (Nijmegen) to A73 motorway 
Add: Weert-Roermond 
Add : M180 linking Grimsby and Immingham to Ml8 and Al 
Delete Birmingham Northern Relief 
Add : A 120 from 
Stansted Airport to Harwich -
Parkeston Quay 
Add by-pass Giessen 
Add A252 Hafenquerspange-Hambourg-A7-A24 
Add Ochtrup-Enschede 
Add Trikala-Larissa Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Parallel to two main axis, risk of increase 
traffic on Somport corridor 
Important for economic and social cohesion of 
peripheral region 
The guidelines do not identify traffic centers 
Local importance 
Links to sea ports 
Removal of an important bottleneck on N-S 
axis (Essen priority project) 
Included from Stansted Airport to Harwich; 
link to sea port and airport 
Important bypass 
Cannot be shown on map because of scale 
Local importance 
Not approved by Member State concerned Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
>C2_ 
44 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 Delete : 
i) Lamia-Agrinio 
Tripoli- Pirgos 
Megalopoli- Sparti- Githio 
Iraklio - Aggi Deka- Ierapetra 
ii) Farsala-Volos 
Delete E63 (Finland) 
Delete St-Etienne Toulouse 
Add : 
Sestri - Tortona 
Verona -Ferrara - Ravenna 
Lucca- Modena 
Cremona -Milano 
Delete : Voltri - Alessandria 
Vercelli -Arona 
Brescia - Piacenza 
Delete : 
i) Braga - Viana do Castelo 
Porto - Leixoes 
Sines - Grandola - Beja V.V Ficalho 
Faro connection 
ii) Braga -Chaves 
Delete: R45 Gôteborg-Karesuando (Sweden) Local importance only 
Inclusion approved by Member State 
concerned 
Parallel to existing main N-S axis 
Inclusion approved by Member State 
concerned 
Deletion required by Member State concerned 
Inclusion required by Member State 
concerned 
i) Important for economic and social 
cohesion of peripheral region 
ii) Parallel to another East-West axis 
Parallel to existing main N-S axis Accepted 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
43 
ANNEX I 
Rail Network 
Amendment 
No. 
56 
57 
58 
59 
61 
62 
64 
66 
67 Place 
Delete Magnetschwebebahn 
Add :Cuxhaven-Stade- Hamburg : conventional line 
Add : Frankfurt- Hildesheim- Braunschweig- Wolfsburg - Berlin 
(H.S. line) 
Add : New conventional link Elmshorn- Bremen/ Hamburg line 
(western Elbe crossing) 
Add H.S line 
Hamburg - Berlin 
Downgrade Berlin-Rostock as conventional line 
Add : Freiburg - Colmar (conventional line) 
Add : upgraded H.S line Amsterdam- (via Hengelo - Osnabruck) 
Hannover 
Add .Zaragoza- Canfranc- Pau Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Inclusion required by Member State 
concerned 
Link to sea ports 
Bypass to circumvent the area of Hannover 
Bypass of Hamburg on direct axis to 
Scandinavian countries 
Conventional line required by Member State 
concerned. See Amendment 56 
Important link of peripheral region (port) to 
central region of Berlin 
Re-establishment of border crossing between 
Germany and France 
Additional Wes-East axis between NL and D 
Cost/benefit ratio probably negative, 
topographical + gauge problems | Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
^ 
Amendment 
No. 
68 
69 
70 
71 
72 
76 Place 
Add :01oron- Canfranc 
Add : Rosslare-Dublin (upgraded H.S. line) 
Add: 
a) Inverness- Kyle 
b) Glasgow- Fort William- Mallaig 
c) Glasgow Airport- Glasgow Upgrading to H.S. lines : 
Liverpool- Warrington- Manchester- Hull 
Crewe to Holyhead 
London- Leicester- Sheffield 
Add H.S line Glasgow-Edinburgh 
Add H.S. line: Penzance - London via Bristol Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Same as above 
No obvious need forecast for upgrading to 
H.S. 
a) Inclusion requested by Member State 
concerned 
b) Inclusion requested by Member State 
concerned 
c) Link to airport 
Conventional line already included, no needs 
for H.S. 
Conventional line already included, no needs 
for H.S. 
Link to improve spatial cohesion of 
peripheral region Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
45 
Amendment 
No. 
77 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 Place 
Downgrade as conventional line Salzburg-Bischofshofen Villach -
Italian border 
Wien - Bruck a.d. Mur-Villach 
Linz - Selzthal - Bruck a.d. 
Mur 
Parndorf - Slovak border 
Downgrade as conventional line : Gàvle - Ange - Ôstersund 
Delete H.S line 
Gavle - Sundsvall and Ange Sundsvall 
Add H.S. line Roma-Napoli-Bari 
Add H.S. line Roma-Napoli-Reggio Calabria 
Add: Berlin-Moscow 
Atlantic Arc 
Ports 
Inclusion map of ports, ferries lines and inland waterways from 
COM 106 Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Upgrading to HS lines required by Member 
State concerned 
Upgrading to HS line required by Member 
State concerned 
Same as above 
Rome-Napoli : already included as planned 
H.S. line; Napoli-Bari included as upgrading 
to H.S. line 
Roma-Napoli (Battiplaglia) included as 
planned H.S. line; Battipaglia-Regio di 
Calabria included as upgrading to H.S. line 
Out of scope of TEN guidelines 
Out of scope of TEN guidelines 
Since it is impossible to show all ports on a 
map, a selective indication of ports would be 
discriminatory and could create competition 
problems. Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
J6 
Amendment 
No. 
88 
89 
90 
91 
92 
93 
94 
95 
96 
97 
98 Place 
Insert port of Thessaloniki 
Add: Port of Aalborg 
Add: Port of Fredericia 
Add: Port of Esbjerg 
Add: Ports of Wilhemshaven Cuxhaven 
Nordenham 
Brake 
Add: Port of Mukran 
Add: Port of Brunsbuttel 
Add: Ports of Immingham 
Grimsby 
Add: King's Lynn 
Great Yarmouth 
The Haven ports (Ipswich, Harwich, Felixstowe) Tilbury Sheerness 
Ramsgate 
Dover 
Folkstone 
Thamesport 
Name the port of Newhaven on UK maps 
Add: Port of Antwerp (Maritime + inside port) Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above 
Same as above Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
49-
Amendment 
No. 
99 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 Place 
Add main ports of peripheral regions and ports of Canaries, Acores 
and Madeira Islands 
Add Great Yarmouth/Ilmulden 
Ramsgate/Oostende 
Add : Igoumenitsa-Patras-Cyprius-NorthAfrica 
Airports 
Add: Salamanca 
Add: Skive 
Combined Transport 
Add :Oviedo-Pajares-Leon (CT) 
i) Add CT rail line Munich-Verona-Bologna-Ravenna-Ancona-
Brindisi-Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-North Africa 
ii) Tyrrhenian Sea-Rome-Orte-Falconara-Ancona-Split/Sarajevo-
Durazzo/Tirana-Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-Cyprus/Malta-
North Africa 
Add : Cardiff-Fishguard (CT) Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Same as above 
Guidelines do not identify maritime 
links/services 
Guidelines do not identify maritime 
links/services 
Deletion requested by Member State 
concerned 
Deletion requested by Member State 
concerned 
Not enough traffic forecast 
i) Guidelines do not identify maritime 
links. CT line Miinchen-Verona-
Bologna-Brindisi already included 
ii) Guidelines do not identify maritime 
links/services 
Not enough traffic forecast Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
AZ 
Amendment 
No. 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 Place 
Add :Cuxhaven-Stade-Hamburg (CT) 
Add :Iron Rhine (Antwerpen- Ruhrgebiet) towards Rotterdam and 
Zeebrugge 
Include rail-port-sea connection in 
Rotterdam-Antwerp-Zeebrugge and Rhine rail connection in 
Duisburg. 
Include rail-ports-
waterways connecting points : 
Liibeck-Rostock-
Stettin. 
Include Oloron 
Ste Marie/ Canfranc/ Estacion 
as connecting points 
Add : Traversée centrale des Pyrénées 
Add port of Dunkerque and link with the Tunnel 
Add (CT): Liibeck via Rostock to Sczecin 
Add :01oron-Canfranc (CT) 
Add: London-Gatwick-Lewes-Newhaven (combined transport) Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Not enough traffic forecast 
Included in CT corridors 
Included in CT. corridors, but the 
guidelines do not identify interconnection 
points 
Guidelines do not identify interconnection 
points 
Guidelines do not identify interconnection 
points 
Needs further studies 
No interest forecast for CT line, Dunkerque 
is well served by ferry lines. 
Economically not justified 
Not economically justified. Topographical 
and gauge problems 
Not enough traffic forecast Rejected 
Accepted 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
M 
Amendment 
No. 
119 
121 
122 
123 
125 
126 
139 
140 
143 Place 
Add CT : Paris - Rouen -Dieppe - Newhaven - Lewes - Gatwick -
London 
CT: show the Sicily channel crossing 
Add: Twente-Mittellandkanal 
Trieste-Ravenna 
Ancona-Brindisi 
Igoumenitsa-Patras-Cyprius-Malta-North Africa 
Barcelona-Marseille-Genova 
Livorno-Civitavecchia .. 
Inland waterway maps 
Add: Rhein - Maas, 
Van Harigsma - Kanal 
Inland waterway: 
Add to Po: Milano - Cremona 
Add H.S line Oporto - Vigo 
Add H.S lines Eisenach - Kassel; Stuttgart - Wiirzburg 
Add road : La Coruna - Central Asturias - Santander Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Not enough traffic forecast 
Already included in map 
Deletion required by M.S. concerned, 
studies show that the projet is not 
economically viable 
Guidelines do not identify maritime links 
Deletion required by M.S. concerned, no 
interest for inland navigation 
Po extension Milano-Pizzighettone 
(Cremona) planned in the next years 
Conventional traffic well served, no needs 
forecast for H.S 
No needs forecast for H.S 
Parallel to La Coruna - Oviedo - Santander 
route Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
Rejected 
*> 
145 Add (rail ) : 
i) Channel route n' 1 
ii) Channel route n°2 
iii) Thamesport to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link i) Already included in initial proposal 
ii) Parallel to Channel route n° 1 
iii) Local importance Accepted 
Rejected 
Rejected 
*4 
ANNEX II 
Amendment 
No. 
127 Place 
Deletion of sections 2 to 10 of criteria and specifications for 
projects of common interest. Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Detailed description in Annex II sections 2 to 
10 of common position represents an 
improvement upon the original proposal. Rejected 
X. 
Annex III 
Amendment 
No. 
128 Description 
Selection criteria 
- Project within TEN, 
- Missing link, interconnection node with reference for international 
traffic, 
- to begin within the next 5 years, 
- total cost of all projects shall not exceed the funds available 
- Investment allocation: 
Rail: min 40% 
Road: max 25% 
CT: min 15% 
taking account of particular interest of the cohesion countries. 
a) Malpensa-Linate airport system: Rail and underground links, 
airport facilities for combined transport 
b) Add extension of the HST East to Stuttgart-Ulm-Augsburg-
Miinchen and Wien Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Included in amended proposal 
Included in amended proposal 
Included in amended proposal 
Precise figures on costs and funds (national, 
community) of all projects are unknown 
Included in amended proposal with 
qualification that the figures are only 
indicative 
This amendment emphasises links to airport 
system but would seem to exclude Malpensa 
airport (Essen project) itself 
Re-establishment of the former west-east rail 
connection Paris-Wien(-Budapest). The main 
sections are already in planning or under 
construction accepted 
accepted 
accepted 
rejected 
accepted 
rejected 
accepted 
& 
Amendment 
No. Description 
c) Add extension of the HST Lyon-Torino to Genova 
d) Add combined transport north-south : Munchen - (Wien) -
Bologna - Verona - Ravenna - Ancona - Igoumenitsa -Patras -
eastern Mediterranean and north Africa 
e) Elimination of Cattolica bottleneck, improvement of the 
Adriatic railway line, international traffic centres and 
organization of waterway routes from Cremona to the 
Adriatic. 
f) Multimodal links and infrastructures for Adriatic and inland 
ports. 
g ) Deletion : Motorway corridor Valencia - Saragossa - Le 
Somport; 
h) Add rail to road link Ireland/UK/Benelux 
i) Short sea combined transport terminal Rotterdam 
j) Drafting of transport concept for the Po Valley Commission opinion 
Remarks 
Extension not considered by Essen Council as 
a priority project 
Features of this project have still to be studied 
before being considered as a priority project. 
Features of this project are not precise enough 
to be considered as a priority project 
Same as above 
Project endorsed by Essen Council 
Amendment aims at multimodal trans-
European corridor linking the periphery to the 
central regions 
The guidelines do not identify individual 
interconnection points 
Out of scope of proposal rejected 
rejected 
rejected 
rejected 
accepted 
rejected 
rejected 
# 
k) Improving navigability of the Elbe between 
Magdeburg and the Czech border 
1) Combined road/rail crossing of the Elbe west of Hamburg 
m) Combined coastal route Barcelona-Marseille-Genova-Livorno-
Civitavecchia-Rome-Orta-Palermo 
n) Multimodal link across Strait of Messina 
o) Rail Corridor Tyrrhenian Sea-Adriatic-Rome-Ancona-
Sarajevo-Durriës/Tirana/Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-
Cyprus/Malta-North Africa 
p) Combined transport links projects n*38-41 Environmental requirements to be solved rejected 
before detemined as priority project 
Crossing not considered by Essen Council as rejected 
a priority project 
Guidelines do not identify maritime routes rejected 
Definition of project not yet mature rejected 
Not considered by the Essen Council as a rejected 
priority project; guidelines do not identify 
maritime routes 
Definition of combined transport projects not rejected 
yet mature 
25 
II 
Amended proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION 
on Community Guidelines for the Development of the 
Trans-European Transport Network 
(presented by the Commission in accordance with Article 189a(2) of the EC Treaty) 
l<> c\ 
Common position Amended proposal 
(Amendment 1, 2) 
After Recital 2, new recital 
(2a) 
Whereas the trans-European networks 
take into account the objective of 
protecting nature and the countryside. 
(Amendment 3) 
Recital 3 (new) 
Whereas, as advocated in the 
Commission's White Paper on the 
development of a common transport 
policy, environmental protection should 
be improved: 
- by making optimum use of existing 
capacities, by integrating all networks 
relating to the various modes of 
transport into a trans-European network 
for the road, rail, inland waterway, sea 
and air transport of goods and 
passengers: 
- by using the means of transport least 
harmful to the environment, such as 
railways, inland waterways, transport by 
sea - in particular short distance coastal 
transport - and combined transport, 
taking into account the diversity of the 
situations which exist within the Member 
States. 
(Amendment 4) 
Recital 6 
Whereas it is also necessary to identify 
Whereas it is necessary to identify projects of common interest which 
projects of common interest which contribute to the achievement of these 
contribute to the achievement of these objectives and which correspond to the 
objectives and which correspond to the priorities established; whereas only 
priorities of the action which have thus projects which are potentially 
been established; whereas only projects economically viable should be taken into 
25-H 
Common position Amended proposal 
which are potentially economically 
viable should be taken into account; account; whereas projects shall be 
evaluated against possible alternatives 
for the infrastructure concerned. 
(Amendment 5) 
Recital 6a (new) 
Whereas the investment planned for the 
trans-European transport networks 
should also have an impact on 
employment, in accordance with the 
White Paper on "Growth. 
Competitiveness, Employment". 
(Amendment 8) 
Article 2(2) 
Objectives 
2. The network must: 
(a) ensure the sustainable mobility of 
persons and goods within an area 
without internal frontiers under the 
best possible social and safety 
conditions, while taking account of 
the Community's objectives, 
particularly in regard to the 
environment, and contribute to 
strengthening economic and social 
cohesion; 
(b) offer users high-quality 
infrastructure on the best possible 
economic terms; 
(c) include all modes of transport, 
taking account of their respective 
advantages; 
(e) be, in so far as possible, 
interoperable, 2. The network must: 
(a) ensure the sustainable mobility of 
persons and goods within an area 
without internal frontiers under the 
best possible social and safety 
conditions, while helping to achieve 
the Community's objectives, 
particularly in regard to 
environmental protection and 
competition, in accordance with 
Article 2 of the Treaty, and 
contribute to strengthening economic 
and social cohesion; 
(b) offer users good quality 
infrastructure on acceptable 
economic terms: 
(c) include all modes of transport, 
taking account of their comparative 
advantages, in particular the 
environmental advantage; 
(e) be interoperable within and between 
modes of transport in so far as 
possible, 
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Common position Amended proposal 
(Amendment 10) 
Article 4 
Main lines of action 
(e) the optimum combination of modes 
of transport, in particular by 
creating interconnection centres, ... (e) 
near large urban areas. 
(ja) any other measures which prove 
necessary for achieving the 
objectives referred to in Article 2: 
Amendment 11 
Article 5 
Priorities 
In view of the objectives set out in 
Article 2, priority for action should be 
given to: 
(a) development of the connections, key 
links and interconnections needed to 
eliminate bottlenecks, fill in missing 
sections and complete major routes; 
(b) development of access to the 
network, making it possible to link 
island, landlocked and peripheral 
regions with the central regions of 
the Community; In view of the objectives set out in 
Article 2, priority for action should be 
given to: 
(a) the creation or development of the 
connections, key links and 
interconnections needed to eliminate 
bottlenecks, fill in missing sections 
and complete major routes; 
(b) improvement of access to the 
network, making it possible to link 
island, landlocked and peripheral 
regions with the central regions of 
the Community; 
(ca) the carrying out of projects of 
particular economic interest, in the 
light of a cost-benefit analysis 
which takes into account the 
environmental impact of these 
projects and their usefulness in 
contributing to economic and social 
cohesion within the Community: 
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Common position Amended proposal 
(Amendment 13) 
Article 7 
Projects of common interest 
(2a) the projects listed in Annex III 
should be begun within the next 
five years. The list is not 
exhaustive. 
(2b) the Member States shall take the 
necessary measures to implement 
the outline plans, particularly to 
ensure that projects of common 
interest are completed more simply 
and quickly. 
(Amendment 14) 
Article 7a (new) 
Environmental requirements 
When planning, developing and 
completing the network, environmental 
protection requirements must be taken 
into account: 
(a) at Community level: 
by developing methods of analysis 
for strategically evaluating the 
environmental impact of the whole 
network; 
by carrying out, where appropriate 
in the affected areas. trans-
European corridor analyses: 
(b) at national level: 
by evaluating the possible dangers 
to the environment of the projects 
of common interest defined in 
Article 7; 
bv carrying out environmental 
impact assessment pursuant to 
Council Directive 85/337/EEC and 
complying with Community 
legislation on nature conservation 
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Common position Amended proposal 
when projects of common interest 
are implemented. 
(Amendment 16) 
Section 5, Title 
SEAPORTS SEAPORTS AND MARITIME 
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 
(Amendment 18) 
Article 11 (new) paragraph 2 
Furthermore, port and port-related 
infrastructure shall support, in 
particular, the development of 
short sea shipping. Short sea 
shipping shall include national 
coastal shipping in the European 
Union, links between the Member 
States and links with third 
countries in the Baltic. North. 
Barents, Black and Mediterranean 
Seas. Short sea shipping shall 
comprise both maritime and 
river-borne shipping links and 
include links along and between 
coasts and to and from islands. 
(Amendment 29) 
Article 18 
1. Every five years after the entry 
into force of this Decision, and for 
the first time before 1 July 1999, 
the Commission shall submit a 
report to the European Parliament 
and the Council indicating whether 
the guidelines should be adapted to 
take account of economic 
developments and technological 
developments in the transport field, 
in particular in rail transport. 1. Every five years after the entry 
into force of this Decision, and for 
the first time before 1 July 1999, 
the Commission shall submit a 
report to the European Parliament 
and the Council indicating whether 
the guidelines should be adapted to 
take account of economic 
developments, environmental 
requirements and technological 
developments in the transport field, 
in particular in rail transport. 
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Common position Amended proposal 
In drawing up the report, the 
Commission shall be assisted by the 
Committee referred to in Article 17. In drawing up the report, the 
Commission shall be assisted by the 
Committee referred to in Article 17. 
Further to the report referred to in 
paragraph 1, the Commission 
shall, if necessary, submit 
appropriate proposals. Further to the report referred to in 
paragraph 1, the Commission 
shall, if necessary, submit 
appropriate proposals. 
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Annex I 
Outlines of the networks illustrated by maps 
In Section 2 - Road network -
include the following links: 
Amendment 33: 
Amendment 36: 
Amendment 38: 
Amendment 40: 
Amendment 41: Limerick - Tralee - Killarney - Cork (Irl); 
M180 linking Grimsby and Immingham to the M18 and Al 
(UK); 
A120 Stansted airport - Harwich (UK); 
Giessen by-pass (D); 
A252 cross-port motorway link - Hamburg - A7 - A24 (D) 
In Section 2 - Road network -
delete the following links: 
Amendment 44: 
Amendment 50: 
Amendment 54: 
Amendment 55: Lamia - Agrinio/Tripoli - Pirgos/Megalopoli - Sparti -
Githio/Iraklio -Aggi Deka - Ierapetra (EL); 
E 63 (SF); 
Braga - Chaves (P); 
R 45 Gothenburg - Karesuando (S) 
In Section 3 - Rail network 
add the following links: 
Conventional lines: 
Amendment 57: 
Amendment 59: 
Amendment 64: 
Amendment 70: 
Amendment 145: Cuxhaven - Stade -Hamburg (D); 
Elmshorn - Bremen - Hamburg (D); 
Freiburg - Colmar (D/F) 
Inverness - Kyle/Glasgow - Fort WDliam - Mallaig/Glasgow 
airport - Glasgow (UK); 
Channel route No 1 (UK) 
Planned high-speed rail links: 
Amendment 58: Frankfurt - Hildesheim - Brunswick -Wolfsburg - Berlin (D); 
Amendment 66: Amsterdam - Hannover (via Hengelo/Osnabrùck (NL/D); 
Amendment 76: Penzance - London via Bristol (UK); 
Amendments 83 & 84: Rome - Naples (planned high-speed line) and Naples -
Bari and Naples - Reggio di Calabria (lines intended for 
conversion to high-speed) (I) 
l\ 
In Section 4 - Inland waterways -
add the following link: 
Amendment 126: Canal (planned) Pizzighettone - Milan (I) 
In Section 7.1 - Combined transport (rail) -
add the following link: 
Amendments 108 & 109: "Iron -Rhine" (Antwerp-Ruhr) railway line with links to 
Rotterdam and Zeebrugge (B/NL/D) 
IX 
Common position Amended proposal 
(Amendment 15) 
Annex II, Section 4 
Traffic management 
All infrastructure projects relating to 
technical facilities and computer systems 
for managing traffic on the network shall 
be regarded as projects of common 
interest. NETWORK OF INLAND 
WATERWAYS AND PORTS 
Traffic management 
All infrastructure projects relating to: 
= a signalling and guidance system 
for vessels, in particular those 
carrying dangerous or polluting 
goods: 
= communications systems for 
emergencies and inland waterway 
safety: 
shall be regarded as projects of common 
interest. 
Annex III 
Priority projects 
(Article 7, paragraph 3) 
Selection criteria: 
Projects included in the list of priorities 
must satisfy the following criteria: 
- the projects, including their access 
routes, must form part of the 
trans-European network: 
- the projects must complete missing 
links or create interconnection nodes, 
and thev must be assessed by reference 
to their share of international traffic: 
- work should begin within the next five 
years: 
- for' guidance, investment should be 
allocated as follows: 
rail: minium 40% 
road: maximum 25 % 
combined transport: miminum 15% 
account must be taken of the particular 
interests of the cohesion countries. 
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I. Priority projects (total 
investment ECU 91 billion/ 
40 billion for 1995-1999V 
High-speed train/combined transport 
North-South 
Nuremburg-Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig-Berlin 
Brenner axis Verona-Munich 
High-speed train (Paris) - Brussels/ 
Brussels-Colosne-Amsterdam-London 
Belgium: F/B border - Brussels/ 
Brussels - Liège - B/D border: 
Brussels - B/NL border 
United Kingdom: London - Channel 
Tunnel access 
Netherlands: B/NL border - Rotterdam 
- Amsterdam 
Germany: (Aachen) - Cologne -
Rhine/Main 
High-speed train South 
Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan -
Montpellier 
Madrid - Vitoria - Pax 
High-speed train East 
Paris - Metz - Strasbourg - Appenweier 
- (Karlsruhe) 
with links to Metz - Saarbrucken -
Mannheim and Metz - Luxembourg. 
and continuation from Stuttgart to 
Vienna via Ulm. Augsburg and 
Munich. 
Conventional rail/combined transport: 
Betuwe line 
Rotterdam - NL/D border -
(Rhine/Ruhr) 
High-speed train/combined transport 
France - Italy 
Lyon-Turin 
Turin-Milan-Venice-Trieste 
Greek motorways: Pathe and Via 
Egnatia 
Rio Antirio. Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki-
Prohamon-(Bulgarian border) 
Igoumenitsa-Thessaloniki-
Alexandroupolis-Ormenio-
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(Greek/Bulgarian border)-Kipi (Turkish 
border) 
Lisbon-Valladolid motorway 
(via Aveiro)2 
Conventional rail link Cork-Dublin-
Larne-(tjzndowterrvYStranraer 
Malpensa (Milan) Airport 
Fixed rail/road link between Denmark 
and Sweden 
(Ôresund fixed link) including access 
routes for road, rail and air transport 
Nordic triangle 
Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux road 
and rail link 
West Coast main line (rail: UK) 
II. Further projects of importance 
(total investment ECU 49 
billion/23 billion for 1995-1999) 
Spata Airport (Athens) (by the year 
2000)* 
Berlin Airport (1995-1998) 
Maurienne motorway (by 1998) 
Marateca-Elvas motorway (by 1997) 
High-speed train in Denmark 
Trans-Apenine motorway, Bologna-
Florence (1995-2001) 
High-speed train/combined transport 
Danube axis (1995-2010) 
Munich/Nuremberg-Vienna (Budapest-
Bratislava) 
Nice-Cuneo motorway (1997-2010) 
Fehmarn Belt: fixed link Denmark-
Germany (1998-2010) 
Bari-Otranto motorway (1998-2003) 
Rhine-Rhone Canal (1995-2007) 
Seine-Escaut Canal (1999-2006) 
Elba-Oder Canal (l999-20\O)Widening 
of the Danube between Straubing and 
Vilshofen (1999-2010) 
High-speed rail link Randstad-
Rhine/Ruhr (1998-2010) 
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Amsterdam-Arnhem (-Cologne) 
Valencia-Zaragoza-Somport road 
corridor (1995-2002) 
(Brenner-) Florence-Rome-Naples 
high-speed rail link (after 2000) 
Luxembourg-Brussels high-speed rail 
link (after 1999) 
Naples-Reggio Calabria road corridor 
(bv 2000) 
Coastal shipping and port infrastructure 
projects 
* the years given in brackets refer to 
the date on which work is expected to 
begin. 
Combined transport links: 
The following rail links will be adapted to 
combined transport within the next five years: 
1. Taulov-North Jutland 
2. Hamburg-Padborg-Taulov-Copenhagen 
3. Hamburg-Berlin 
4. Hannover-Berlin 
5. Nuremberg-Berlin 
6. Berlin-Dresden 
7. Frankfurt-Wiirzburg 
8. Betuwe line (Rotterdam-Ruhr) and the 
links to Hengelo and Venlo 
9. Rotterdam-Antwerp/Zeebrugge-Brussels-
Luxembourg-Bettembourg 
10. Antwerp-Aachen 
11. Rotterdam- Antwerp-Brussels-Aulnoye 
12. Aachen-Liege-Erquelinnes 
13. Oporto-Lisbon-Madrid-Barcelona 
14. Lisbon-Burgos-Irun-F/E border 
15. Port-Bou-Barcelona-Valencia-Murcia 
16. Madrid-Almeria/Algeciras 
17. Le Havre-Paris 
18. Diion-Modane 
19. Paris-Strasbourg 
20. Kehl-Diion 
21. Nancy-Avignon 
22. Marseilles-Genoa 
23. Avignon-Narbonne 
24. Paris-Diion 
25. Paris-Hendave 
26. Aulnove-Metz 
27. Tarvisio-Udine-Bologna 
28. Brenner corridor-Bologna 
29. Udine-Trieste 
30. Iselle-Turin/Milan-Bologna 
31. Modane-Turin-Milan 
32. Chiasso-Milan 
33. Verona-Trieste 
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34. La Spezia-Fidenza 
35. Livorno-Florence 
36. Patras-Athens 
37. Athens-Larissa (Volos) - Thessaloniki-
Northern border (former Yugoslavia and 
Bulgaria) 
III. Europe-wide projects 
(approximately ECU 50 billion 
total investment. ECU 10 billion 
until 1999) 
With regard to the projects dealing with 
the implementation of new technologies 
and relating to traffic management and 
which will improve the use of 
infrastructure for all modes of transport 
(land, sea, air) benefiting several 
Member States, the following have been 
identified as pilot schemes which should 
be implemented within the next five 
years: 
air traffic management: 
harmonization and integration of 
the national air traffic management 
systems within a unified system: 
road traffic management services: 
pilot schemes using traffic control 
centres and Radio Data System 
(RDS) - Traffic Message Channel 
(TMC): 
vessel traffic management and 
information services: 
a European ship reporting system: 
system of positioning and 
navigation: 
development and implementation 
of European components of the 
global navigation satellite system 
(GNSS): 
pilot projects for a rail traffic 
management system: 
control command systems for 
selected high-speed rail links. 
For these projects, the provisions of 
Article 16 are applicable. 
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IV. Projects connecting to third 
countries 
(These proiects are mentioned here for 
the sake of completeness, subiect to the 
specific decision-making procedures 
applicable). 
Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow 
(rail and road): 
Dresden-Prague (rail and road): 
Nuremberg-Prague (road): 
fixed link across the Danube (road 
and rail) between Bulgaria and 
Romania: 
Helsinki-St. Petersburg-Moscow 
(rail and road): 
Trieste-Liubliana-Budapest-Lvov-
Kiev (rail and road): 
Baltic Sea Telematic Platform. 
1 .The total investment figure for all projects is given for guidance only 
2. Modification to the annex III made by the Commission 
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included in this annex. 
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