Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (C4- 0423/95 - 94/0098(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading)



Official Journal C 017 , 22/01/1996 P. 0058



A4-0292/95 Decision on the common position established by the Council with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Decision on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (C4-0423/95 - 94/0098(COD)) (Codecision procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, - having regard to the common position of the Council, C4-0423/95 - 94/0098(COD), - having regard to its opinion at first reading ((OJ C 151, 19.6.1995, p. 234.)) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council, COM(94)0106 ((OJ C 220, 8.8.1994, p. 1.)), and the amended Commission proposal, COM(95)0048 - 94/0098(COD) ((OJ C 97, 20.4.1995, p. 1.)), - having regard to the amended proposal for a decision, COM(95)0298, - having regard to Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty, - having regard to Rule 72 of its Rules of Procedure, - having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A4-0292/95), 1. Amends the common position as follows; 2. Calls on the Commission to support Parliament's amendments in the opinion it is required to deliver pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty; 3. Calls on the Council to approve all Parliament's amendments, amend its common position accordingly and definitively adopt the act; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission. Common position of the Council Amendments by Parliament (Amendment 1) Recital -1 (new) >Text following EP vote> Whereas the trans-European networks should be developed in such a way that traffic volumes and related infrastructure take account of the objective of protecting nature and the landscape and ensuring that economical use is made of the public budget resources provided by the taxpayer; (Amendment 2) Recital 3 >Original text> Whereas the Commission's White Paper on the development of a common transport policy calls for optimum use to be made of existing capacities and for the integration of 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 passengers and goods and for combined transport; >Text following EP vote> Whereas the Commission's White Paper on the development of a common transport policy calls for optimum use to be made of existing capacities and for the integration of 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 passengers and goods and for combined transport, in order in particular to improve environmental protection; (Amendment 3) Recital 3a (new) >Text following EP vote> Whereas, in accordance with Article 130r of the Treaty, the trans-European transport network should be designed in such a way as to give every encouragement to access to and the use of the means of transport least harmful to the environment, such as railways, inland waterways, sea transport and combined transport; whereas the diversity of the situations which exist within the Member States of the European Union must be taken into account in this respect; (Amendment 4) Recital 6 >Original text> Whereas it is necessary to identify projects of common interest which contribute to the achievement of these objectives and which correspond to the priorities of the action which have thus been established; whereas only projects which are potentially economically viable should be taken into account; >Text following EP vote> Whereas it is necessary to identify projects of common interest which contribute to the achievement of these objectives and which correspond to the priorities of the action which have thus been established; whereas only projects which are potentially economically viable should be taken into account; whereas projects shall be evaluated against alternatives for the infrastructure concerned as well as for the transport mode; (Amendment 5) Recital 6a (new) >Text following EP vote> Whereas the investment planned for the trans-European transport networks should be in reasonable proportion to the jobs to be created for the regions concerned, as announced in the 'Delors White Paper'; (Amendment 6) Recital 9 >Original text> Whereas the Commission should submit every two years a report on the implementation of this Decision and every five years a report indicating whether the guidelines require revision; >Text following EP vote> Deleted (Amendment 7) Recital 10 >Original text> Whereas a Committee should be set up at the Commission with tasks which include assisting the Commission when it examines the implementation and development of these guidelines, >Text following EP vote> Whereas in order to identify precisely the projects of common interest the Commission requires the assistance of the committee in the field of transport infrastructure set up pursuant to Council Decision 78/174/EEC, (Amendment 8) Article 2(2) (a) to (e) >Original text> (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; >Text following EP vote> (a) ensure the sustainable mobility of persons and goods within an area without internal frontiers under the best possible social and safety conditions, while contributing to the Community's objectives, particularly in regard to the environment and competition, in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty, and contribute to strengthening economic and social cohesion; >Original text> (b) offer users high-quality infrastructure on the best possible economic terms; >Text following EP vote> (b) offer users good quality infrastructure and associated services on acceptable economic terms; >Original text> (c) include all modes of transport, taking account of their respective advantages; >Text following EP vote> (c) include all modes of transport, taking account of their comparative advantages, in particular the environmental advantage; >Original text> (d) allow the optimal use of existing capacities; >Text following EP vote> (d) allow the optimal use of existing capacities; >Original text> (e) be, insofar as possible, interoperable; >Text following EP vote> (e) be interoperable within and between modes of transport; (Amendment 9) Article 3(2) and (3) >Original text> 2. The transport infrastructure shall comprise road, rail and inland waterway networks, seaports, airports and interconnection points, such as inland ports and transhipment centres. >Text following EP vote> 2. The transport infrastructure shall comprise road, rail and inland waterway networks, inland ports, seaports, airports and other interconnection points and navigation aids. >Original text> 3. The traffic management systems and the positioning and navigation systems shall include the necessary technical installations and information and telecommunications systems to ensure harmonious operation of the network and efficient traffic management. >Text following EP vote> 3. The traffic management systems and the positioning and navigation systems shall include the necessary technical installations and information and telecommunications systems to ensure harmonious operation of the network and efficient traffic management. >Text following EP vote> 3a. The basic requirements for interoperability of the trans-European transport network including the relevant services and for the transport telecommunication systems shall be laid down separately. (Amendment 10) Article 4(e) to (j) >Original text> (e) the optimum combination of modes of transport, in particular by creating interconnection centres; >Text following EP vote> (e) the optimum combination of modes of transport with a view to sustainable mobility, inter alia by creating interconnection centres near large urban areas; >Original text> (f) the pursuit of consistency and complementarity of financial aid in line with the rules applicable to each financial instrument; >Text following EP vote> (f) the pursuit of consistency and complementarity of financial aid in line with the rules applicable to each financial instrument; >Original text> (g) research and development; >Text following EP vote> (g) research and development; >Original text> (h) cooperation with third countries concerned by development of the network and the conclusion of suitable agreements with them; >Text following EP vote> (h) cooperation with third countries concerned by development of the network and the conclusion of suitable agreements with them; >Original text> (i) incentives for Member States and international organizations to further the objectives pursued by the Community; >Text following EP vote> (i) incentives for Member States and international organizations to further the objectives pursued by the Community; >Original text> (j) promotion of continuous cooperation between interested parties; >Text following EP vote> (j) promotion of continuous cooperation between interested parties; >Text following EP vote> (ja) any other measures which prove necessary for the achievement of the objectives referred to in Article 2; >Text following EP vote> (jb) cost-benefit analyses for the regions concerned and the creation of lasting jobs, which shall be in reasonable proportion to the investment volume; (Amendment 11) Article 5(a) to (h) >Original text> (a) development of the connections, key links and interconnections needed to eliminate bottlenecks, fill in missing sections and complete major routes; >Text following EP vote> (a) establishment or development of the connections, key links and interconnections needed to eliminate bottlenecks, fill in missing sections and complete major routes; >Original text> (b) development of access to the network, making it possible to link island, landlocked and peripheral regions with the central regions of the Community; >Text following EP vote> (b) improvement of access to the network, making it possible to link island, landlocked and peripheral regions with the central regions of the Community; >Original text> (c) the optimum combination and integration of the various modes of transport; >Text following EP vote> (c) systematic incorporation of modes of transport, their key links and interconnections into the network and improvement of interconnection nodes, transfer points and transhipment facilities; >Text following EP vote> (ca) the carrying out of projects of particular economic interest, in the light of a cost-benefit analysis which takes into account the assessment of environmental impact and the contribution the projects may make to economic and social cohesion within the Community; >Original text> (d) gradual achievement of interoperability of network components; >Text following EP vote> (d) gradual achievement of interoperability of network components; >Original text> (e) optimization of the capacity and efficiency of existing infrastructure; >Text following EP vote> (e) optimization of the capacity and efficiency of existing infrastructure; >Original text> (f) establishment of and improvement of interconnection points and intermodal platforms; >Text following EP vote> (f) establishment of and improvement of interconnection points and intermodal platforms; >Original text> (g) improved safety and network reliability; >Text following EP vote> (g) improved safety and network reliability; >Original text> (h) integration of environmental concerns into the design and development of the network; >Text following EP vote> (h) provision of the technical and computerized installations to convey the information needed by users; (Amendment 12) Article 6 >Original text> Third-country networks >Text following EP vote> Links with third countries >Original text> Promotion by the Community of projects of common interest and network interconnection and interoperability in order to ensure the compatibility of third-country networks with the trans-European transport network shall be determined by the Council on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the appropriate procedures in the Treaty. >Text following EP vote> Decisions concerning the compatibility of third-country networks with the trans- European transport network shall be taken in each case by the Council in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 228 of the Treaty, with a view to facilitating the carrying-out of projects of common interest and promoting network interoperability. (Amendment 13) Article 7(1), 4th indent and (2) >Original text> - is potentially economically viable, account being taken of the socio- economic costs and benefits. >Text following EP vote> - is potentially economically viable, account being taken of the costs and benefits to the economy as a whole. >Original text> 2. Projects shall relate to an element of the network described in Articles 8 to 16 and shall in particular: >Text following EP vote> 2. Projects shall relate to an element of the network described in Articles 8 to 16 and shall in particular: >Original text> - relate to the routes identified on the maps in Annex I and/or >Text following EP vote> - relate to the routes identified on the maps in Annex I and/or >Original text> - correspond to the specifications or criteria in Annex II. >Text following EP vote> - correspond to the specifications or criteria in Annex II. >Text following EP vote> 2a. The projects listed in Annex III shall be begun within the next five years. The list is not exhaustive. >Text following EP vote> 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. >Text following EP vote> 2c. All types of Community financing of trans-European networks shall be conditional upon the projects being compatible with the environmental requirements of this Decision and other EU legislation and policies. (Amendment 14) Article 7a (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 7a Environmental requirements >Text following EP vote> Account shall be taken of environmental protection requirements during planning, building and further development of the network by means of: >Text following EP vote> (a) at Community level: >Text following EP vote> - developing methods of analysis to evaluate strategically the environmental impact of the whole network, >Text following EP vote> - carrying out corridor analyses covering several transport modes in the affected areas, with an indication of the variant least harmful to the environment, >Text following EP vote> (b) at national level: >Text following EP vote> - evaluating the possible dangers to the environment of the projects of common interest defined in Article 7, >Text following EP vote> - the strict application of the habitat Directive, >Text following EP vote> - environmental impact assessments pursuant to Council Directive 85/337/EEC when projects of common interest are implemented. (Amendment 15) Article 10(4) >Original text> 4. The network shall include the traffic management infrastructure. >Text following EP vote> 4. The trans-European information and traffic management system for inland shipping shall comprise: >Text following EP vote> - a reporting and management system for vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods; >Text following EP vote> - communications systems for emergencies and inland waterway safety in order to promote a high standard of safety and performance by shipping and of environmental protection on inland waterways. (Amendment 16) Section 5, title >Original text> Seaports >Text following EP vote> Seaports and maritime traffic infrastructure (Amendment 17) Article 11 >Original text> Ports shall permit the development of sea transport and shall constitute shipping links for islands and the points of interconnection between sea transport and other modes of transport. They shall provide equipment and services to transport operators. Their infrastructure 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 the Community and to and from third countries. >Text following EP vote> Ports shall constitute points of interconnection between land and sea transport in the trans-European transport network and shall play a decisive role in freight and/or passenger transport within the Community, including short- and long-distance ferry and maritime transport services within the European Union and abroad, and in economic relations with third countries. (Amendment 18) Article 11a (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 11a Seaports and coastal shipping 'Short sea shipping' >Text following EP vote> 1. Port and port-related infrastructure shall also support 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 purely maritime and river-borne sea shipping links and include links along and between coasts and to and from islands. >Text following EP vote> 2. Short sea shipping may help to ease the burden on land transport infrastructure. With the other components of the trans-European transport networks, short sea shipping enables the change to be made to environmentally more benign modes of transport and strengthens social and economic cohesion. (Amendment 19) Article 11b (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 11b Sea transport safety and information system for European waters >Text following EP vote> The trans-European sea transport safety and information system shall comprise: >Text following EP vote> - safety systems for coastal and port traffic, >Text following EP vote> - shipping location systems, >Text following EP vote> - reporting systems for vessels carrying dangerous or polluting goods, >Text following EP vote> - marine emergency and rescue systems. >Text following EP vote> The purpose of these measures shall be to ensure safety and efficiency in sea transport and environmental protection in European waters. >Text following EP vote> The trans-European sea transport safety and information system shall take into account measures taken by the European Union and other appropriate international organizations (the International Maritime Organization, the Maritime Safety Committee, Marpol Convention 73/78, etc.), in order to ensure coordination of all relevant measures and improve the effectiveness of and compliance with the applicable rules. (Amendment 20) Section 6, Title >Original text> Airports >Text following EP vote> Air transport infrastructure network (Amendment 21) Article 12a (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 12a Air traffic control >Text following EP vote> 1. The trans-European air transport network shall include the infrastructure needed for air traffic control. >Text following EP vote> 2. The trans-European air traffic management network shall comprise the aviation plan (airspace reserved for general aviation, aviation routes and aviation aids), the traffic management system and the air traffic control system (control centres, surveillance and communications facilities) that are necessary for safe and efficient aviation in European airspace. >Text following EP vote> 3. Projects of common interest for the air traffic control system shall be compatible with the harmonization and integration programme for a European air traffic management system and shall be run by a European organization. (Amendment 22) Section 8 >Original text> Section 8 >Text following EP vote> Deleted >Original text> Article 14 Characteristics The trans-European shipping management and information network shall concern: >Original text> - coastal and port shipping management systems; >Original text> - vessel positioning systems; >Original text> - reporting systems for vessels transporting dangerous or polluting goods; >Original text> - communications systems for distress and safety at sea, >Original text> so as to guarantee a high level of safety and efficiency of shipping and environmental protection in shipping zones belonging to Community Member States. (Amendment 23) Section 9 >Original text> Section 9 >Text following EP vote> Deleted >Original text> Air traffic management network >Original text> Article 15 Characteristics >Original text> The trans-European air traffic management network shall comprise the airspace reserved for general aviation, airways, aviation aids, the traffic planning and management systems and the air traffic control system (control centres, surveillance and communications facilities) that are necessary for safe and efficient aviation in European airspace. (Amendment 26) Article 17 >Original text> Committee, exchange of information and report >Text following EP vote> Identification of common interest >Original text> 1. Member States shall regularly notify the Commission of the national plans and programmes which they have drawn up for the development of the trans- European transport network, in particular as regards the projects of common interest identified by this Decision. 2. A Committee on the Trans-European Transport Network, hereinafter called 'the Committee', is hereby set up at the Commission; it shall be composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission. The Committee shall exchange information on the plans and programmes notified by Member States and may consider any question relating to the development of the trans-European transport network. >Text following EP vote> Upon request, the Commission may determine that a project complies with the conditions laid down in Article 7 and is therefore a project of common interest. Such a designation shall not confer any entitlement to Community financing. The Commission shall adopt a decision laying down details of the application procedure and the procedure for processing applications. >Original text> 3. The Commission shall report every two years to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the guidelines described in this Decision. >Original text> The Committee referred to in paragraph 2 shall assist the Commission in the preparation of its report. (Amendment 27) Article 17a (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 17a The Commission shall be advised on the implementation and updating of the guidelines by the Transport Infrastructure Committee set up pursuant to Article 4 of Council Decision 78/174/EEC. That Committee shall be composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. >Text following EP vote> The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time-limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote. >Text following EP vote> The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. >Text following EP vote> The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. (Amendment 28) Article 18 >Original text> 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. >Text following EP vote> The Commission shall report to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the guidelines described in this Decision two years after its entry into force and annually thereafter, including specific monitoring for job creation and income growth effects broken down by region. >Original text> In drawing up the report, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee referred to in Article 17. >Original text> 2. Further to the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals. (Amendment 29) Article 18a (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 18a Every five years following the entry into force of this Decision, and for the first time before 1 July 1998, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report stating whether the guidelines should be brought into line with economic and transport developments and the conclusions of the strategic assessment of the environmental impact of the global network. If necessary, the report shall include appropriate proposals to be adopted pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 189b of the Treaty. (Amendment 30) Article 18b (new) >Text following EP vote> Article 18b Minimum environmental standards and pipelines >Text following EP vote> Within two years of the adoption of this Decision, the Commission shall propose: >Text following EP vote> (a) minimum environmental standards for each mode of transport which limit environmental nuisance, particularly in terms of sight, noise, vibration, air and water pollution; >Text following EP vote> (b) a Community pipeline network intended particularly for the transport of fuel and other substances which have to be transported in liquid form or in batches, to form part of the European transport network. (Amendment 31) Article 19 >Original text> Article 19 Repeal Council Decision 78/174/EEC of 20 February 1978 instituting a consultation procedure and setting up a committee in the field of transport infrastructure1 is hereby repealed. 1 OJ L 54, 25.2.1978, p. 16. >Text following EP vote> Deleted (Amendment 32) Annex I, road network, France and Spain >Text following EP vote> Add: Limoges - Périgueux - Agen - Auch - Tarbes (RN21) - Somport - Huesca - Zaragoza - Valencia (Amendment 33) Annex I, road network, Ireland >Text following EP vote> Add: >Text following EP vote> Limerick - Tralee - Killarney - Cork (Amendment 34) Annex I, road network, Netherlands >Text following EP vote> Add: >Text following EP vote> A link between the A73 motorway and the future multimodal goods transport centre near Nijmegen (Amendment 35) Annex I, road network, Netherlands >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: >Text following EP vote> Weert - Roermond (Amendment 36) Annex I, road network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Add: >Text following EP vote> M180 linking Grimsby and Immingham to the M18 and A1 (Amendment 37) Annex I, road network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Delete: Birmingham northern relief road (Amendment 38) Annex I, road network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: A120 from Stansted Airport to Harwich-Parkeston Quay (Amendment 40) Annex I, road network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: Giessen bypass (Amendment 41) Annex I, road network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: Hamburg cross-port link motorway A252 (east-west link A7 (E45) - A24 (E26) in south Hamburg) (Amendment 42) Annex I, road network, Germany - Netherlands >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: Ochtrup - Enschede (Amendment 43) Annex I, road network, Greece >Text following EP vote> Add the following link: Trikala - Larissa (Amendment 44) Annex I, road network, Greece >Text following EP vote> Delete the following links: Lamia - Agrino Tripoli - Pirgos Megalopoli - Sparti - Githio Iraklio - Agii Deka - Ierapetra Farsala - Volos (Amendment 143) Annex I, road network, Spain >Text following EP vote> Replace the link 'La Coruña - Oviedo - Santander¨ by: La Coruña - Central Asturias - Santander (Amendment 51) Annex I, road network, France >Text following EP vote> Delete the following link: St Etienne - Toulouse (Amendment 52) Annex I, road network, Italy >Text following EP vote> Delete the following links: Voltri - Alessandria Vercelli - Arona Brescia - Piacenza (Amendment 53) Annex I, road network, Italy >Text following EP vote> Add the following links: Sestri - Tortona Verona - Ferrara - Ravenna Lucca - Modena Cremona - Milan (Amendment 54) Annex I, road network, Portugal >Text following EP vote> Delete the following links: Braga - Viana do Castelo Porto - Leixões Braga - Chaves Sines - Grândola - Beja-V.V. Ficalho Faro link (Amendment 50) Annex I, road network, Finland >Text following EP vote> Delete the following link: E63 (Amendment 55) Annex I, road network, Sweden >Text following EP vote> Delete the following link: R.45: Gothenburg - Karesuando (Amendment 56) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Delete: Magnetic levitation link between Hamburg and Berlin (Amendment 57) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Add the following: conventional network: >Text following EP vote> Cuxhaven - Stade - Hamburg (Amendment 58) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Add the following as a high-speed line: >Text following EP vote> Frankfurt - Hildesheim (Hildesheimer Kurve) - Brunswick - Wolfsburg - Berlin (Amendment 59) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Add as a conventional rail link: >Text following EP vote> Elmshorn - Bremen - Hamburg line (western Elbe crossing) by analogy with the planned A20 federal motorway (Amendment 61) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Classify the following as a high-speed line: Hamburg - Berlin (Amendment 62) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Classify the following as a conventional line: Berlin - Rostock (Amendment 140) Annex I, rail network, Germany >Text following EP vote> Replace the following conventional lines by high speed lines: Eisenach-Kassel Stuttgart-Würzburg (Amendment 64) Annex I, rail network, Germany and France >Text following EP vote> Add the following conventional rail link: >Text following EP vote> Freiburg (D) - Colmar (F) through the restoration of the Rhine crossing (Amendment 66) Annex I, rail network, Germany and Netherlands >Text following EP vote> Add the following as a high-speed line: Amsterdam - Hengelo - Rheine - Osnabrück - Hannover (Amendment 67) Annex I, rail network, Spain and France >Text following EP vote> Add the following conventional road link: Zaragoza - Canfranc - Pau (Railway infrastructure already exists on this route, but has been disused for a number of years, for no objective reason). (Amendment 68) Annex I, rail network, Spain and France >Text following EP vote> The Oloron (F) - Canfranc (E) rail link to be reopened and optimized (Amendment 69) Annex I, rail network, Ireland >Text following EP vote> Add to planned upgraded lines: Rosslare - Dublin (Amendment 70) Annex I, rail network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Add the conventional railway lines: Inverness - Kyle Glasgow - Fort William - Mallaig Glasgow Airport - Glasgow (Amendment 71) Annex I, rail network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> The following to be shown as high-speed lines: >Text following EP vote> Liverpool - Warrington - Manchester - Hull Crewe - Holyhead London - Leicester - Sheffield (Amendment 72) Annex I, rail network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Electrify and upgrade to a high-speed line: Glasgow - Edinburgh (Amendment 76) Annex I, rail network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Add the following high-speed line: >Text following EP vote> Penzance - London via Bristol (Amendment 145) Annex I, rail network, United Kingdom >Text following EP vote> Add Channel Tunnel Routes No 1 and No 2. Thamesport to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Amendment 77) Annex I, rail network, Austria >Text following EP vote> Reclassify the following as conventional lines: >Text following EP vote> Salzburg - Bischofshofen - Villach - Italian border >Text following EP vote> Vienna - Bruck a.d. Mur - Villach >Text following EP vote> Linz - Selzthal - Bruck a.d. Mur >Text following EP vote> Parndorf - Slovak border (Amendment 139) Annex I, rail network, Spain and Portugal >Text following EP vote> Add the following high-speed line: Oporto-Vigo as an extension to the high-speed line from Lisbon to Oporto (Amendment 81) Annex I, rail network, Sweden >Text following EP vote> Reclassify the following planned upgradings to a high-speed line as a conventional line: >Text following EP vote> Gävle - Ånge - Östersund (Amendment 82) Annex I, rail network, Sweden >Text following EP vote> Delete the following planned upgradings to high-speed lines: >Text following EP vote> Gävle - Sundsvall >Text following EP vote> Ånge - Sundsvall (Amendment 83) Annex I, rail network, Italy >Text following EP vote> Classify the following as a high-speed line: Rome - Naples - Bari (Amendment 84) Annex I, rail network, Italy >Text following EP vote> Classify the following as a high-speed line: Rome - Naples - Reggio Calabria (Amendment 85) Annex I, rail network, Europe >Text following EP vote> Upgrade the following conventional line: Berlin - Moscow (Amendment 86) Annex I, rail network, Europe >Text following EP vote> Links with the peripheral regions of the Atlantic seaboard must be taken into consideration so as not to exclude these regions from future projects. (Amendment 87) Annex I, after rail network >Text following EP vote> Reinstatement of the map of ports, ferry services and inland waterways in document COM(94)0106 (Amendment 88) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: >Text following EP vote> Thessaloniki (Amendment 89) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Aalborg Havn (Amendment 90) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Fredericia Havn (Amendment 91) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Esbjerg Havn (Amendment 92) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Wilhemshaven, Cuxhaven, Nordenham and Brake (Amendment 93) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Mukran (Rügen) (Amendment 94) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Brunsbüttel (Amendment 95) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Immingham and Grimsby (Amendment 96) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: King's Lynn Great Yarmouth The Haven Ports (Ipswich, Harwich, Felixstowe) Tilbury Sheerness (The Medway Ports) Ramsgate Folkestone Dover Thamesport (Amendment 97) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Newhaven (referred to in previous versions as Brighton) (Amendment 98) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> The map should make it clear that Antwerp has the status of a seaport. (Amendment 99) Annex I, ports >Text following EP vote> Include maps showing the main ports in the highly peripheral regions, particularly in the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira, which are linked to the continental network. (Amendment 100) Annex I, ferry links >Text following EP vote> Add: Great Yarmouth - Ijmuiden Ramsgate - Ostend (Amendment 101) Annex I, ferry links >Text following EP vote> Add: Igoumenitsa - Patras - Cyprus - North Africa (Amendment 102) Annex I, airports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Salamanca (E) (Amendment 103) Annex I, airports >Text following EP vote> Add the following: Skive (DK) (Amendment 104) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add: Oviedo - Pajares - León (Amendment 105) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add: - Munich/Vienna - Verona - Bologna - Ravenna - Ancona - Brindisi - Igoumenitsa - Larissa - Patras - North Africa >Text following EP vote> - Tyrrhenian Sea - Rome - Orte - Falconara - Ancona - Split/Sarajevo - Durrës/Tirana - Igoumenitsa - Larissa - Patras - Cyprus/Malta - North Africa (Amendment 106) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add: Cardiff - Fishguard (Amendment 107) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add: Cuxhaven - Stade - Hamburg (Amendment 108) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add: The conventional 'Iron Rhine' (Antwerp-Ruhr) railway with links to Rotterdam (NL) and Zeebrugge (B) (Amendment 109) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> The multimodal rail-port-sea links in Rotterdam, Antwerp and Zeebrugge and the Rhine-rail link in Duisburg are included in the TEN to optimize capacities for combined transport (Amendment 110) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Include the rail-port-waterway nodes Lübeck (D), Rostock (D) and Szczecin (PL) in the TEN for upgrading (Amendment 111) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Oloron Ste. Marie (F) and Canfranc/Estación Internacional (E) stations to be included in the TEN as combined transport nodes (Amendment 112) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add piggyback link through central Pyrenees (Amendment 113) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add the port of Dunkirk and the line between Dunkirk and the Channel Tunnel (Amendment 114) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add the following conventional line: Lübeck - Rostock towards Szczecin (Amendment 115) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> The Oloron (F) - Canfranc (E) rail link to be reopened and optimized (Amendment 116) Annex I, combined transport (rail) >Text following EP vote> Add the following conventional line: London - Gatwick - Lewes - Newhaven (Amendment 119) Annex I, combined transport (railway corridors) >Text following EP vote> Add the following lines: >Text following EP vote> Paris - Rouen - Dieppe - Channel Tunnel - Newhaven - Lewes - Gatwick - London (Amendment 121) Annex I, combined transport (railway corridors) >Text following EP vote> Include: Multimodal link across the Straits of Messina (Amendment 122) Annex I, combined transport (inland waterway) >Text following EP vote> Add: Twente Canal - Mittelland Canal (Amendment 123) Annex I, combined transport (inland waterway) >Text following EP vote> Add: inland waterway near the coast (cabotage) >Text following EP vote> Trieste-Ravenna-Ancona-Brindisi-Igoumenitsa-Patras-Cyprus/Malta-North Africa >Text following EP vote> Barcelona-Marseille-Genoa-Livorno-Civitavecchia/Rome-Orte/Palermo-North Africa (Amendment 125) Annex I, combined transport (inland waterways) >Text following EP vote> Add the following waterways: Rhine - Meuse Van Harinxsma Canal (Amendment 126) Annex I, Inland waterways >Text following EP vote> Add the Po (Cremona/Adriatic) in the primary network under the north-south (Greece), Adriatic-Mediterranean axis. Milan-Cremona Canal (Amendment 127) Annex II >Original text> II is deleted and replaced by the text in the right-hand column >Text following EP vote> II SPECIFICATIONS FOR INTERCONNECTION NODES >Text following EP vote> Section 1: Inland ports I. Inland ports as interconnection nodes of the trans-European transport network pursuant to Article 12 must fulfil the following requirements: >Text following EP vote> 1. position in the inland waterway network pursuant to the outline plan in Annex I; >Text following EP vote> 2. expected annual freight through-put: not less than 1 million tonnes in the next five years; >Text following EP vote> 3. links with other trans-European transport routes; >Text following EP vote> 4. availability of transhipment installations, particularly - transhipment centres - container terminals - roll-on/roll-off facilities. >Text following EP vote> II. Projects of common interest in or in connection with inland ports should fall into at least one of the following categories: >Text following EP vote> A. access to the port from inland waterways; >Text following EP vote> B. waterside infrastructure, including quay walls, within the port area; >Text following EP vote> C. other transport infrastructure within the port area; >Text following EP vote> D. other transport infrastructure links to sections of the trans-European transport network. >Text following EP vote> Section 2: Seaports >Text following EP vote> I. Ports as nodes in the trans-European transport network pursuant to Article 14 must meet the following requirements: >Text following EP vote> 1. position in the transport network pursuant to the outline plan in Annex I; >Text following EP vote> 2. expected annual freight through-put not less than 1.5 m tons; or expected annual passenger volume not less than 200 000 passenger movements; >Text following EP vote> 3. links with other trans-European transport routes; >Text following EP vote> 4. availability of transhipment installations, particularly - transhipment centres - container terminals - roll-on/roll-off facilities. >Text following EP vote> Projects of common interest in or related to ports should come under one of the following categories: >Text following EP vote> A. access to the port from the sea or an inland waterway; >Text following EP vote> B. waterside infrastructure, including quay walls, within the port area; >Text following EP vote> C. inland transport infrastructure inside the port area; >Text following EP vote> D. inland transport infrastructure links to sections of the trans-European transport network; >Text following EP vote> E. systems of marked lanes and canalized and/or dredged channels to facilitate the orderly passage of shipping to and from Community ports. >Text following EP vote> Section 3: Airports >Text following EP vote> 1. Eligibility criteria for airports of common interest >Text following EP vote> Airports of common interest must meet the criteria of one of the following connecting points: >Text following EP vote> (i) Community connecting points will include airports and airport systems with a total annual traffic volume of no less than: - 5 000 000 passenger movements minus 10%, or - 100 000 commercial aircraft movements, or - 150 000 tonnes freight throughput, or - 1 000 000 extra-Community passenger movements >Text following EP vote> as well as new airports constructed to replace existing Community connecting points which cannot be developed further on their sites. >Text following EP vote> (ii) Regional connecting points will include airports and airport systems with an annual traffic volume: >Text following EP vote> - between 1 000 000 minus 10% and 4 499 999 passenger movements, or >Text following EP vote> - between 50 000 and 149 999 tonnes freight throughput, or >Text following EP vote> - between 500 000 and 899 999 passenger movements, of which at least 30% are non-national, or >Text following EP vote> - between 300 000 and 899 999 passenger movements, and located off the European mainland at a distance of more than 500 km from the nearest Community connecting point. >Text following EP vote> (iii) Accessibility points will include all airports: >Text following EP vote> - with an annual traffic volume between 500 000 and 899 999 passenger movements, of which less than 30% are non-national, >Text following EP vote> - with an annual traffic volume between 250 000 minus 10% and 499 999 passenger movements, or >Text following EP vote> - with an annual traffic volume between 10 000 and 49 999 tonnes freight throughput, or >Text following EP vote> - located on an island of a Member State, or >Text following EP vote> - located in a remote area of the Community with commercial services operated by aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of no less than 10 tonnes. >Text following EP vote> An airport is located in a remote area if it is situated outside a radius of at least 100 km from the nearest Community or regional connecting point. This distance may, by way of exception, be reduced to 75 km in order to take account of difficult access due to the geographical situation or the poor quality of the inland transport infrastructure. >Text following EP vote> 2. Specifications for projects of common interest related to the airport network >Text following EP vote> Any project will qualify as a project of common interest if it meets the following specifications: >Text following EP vote> >TABLE> >TABLE> (Amendment 128) ANNEX III (new) >Text following EP vote> Main priorities >Text following EP vote> Projects included in the list of priorities shall satisfy the following criteria: >Text following EP vote> - The projects and their access routes shall be within the trans-European network. >Text following EP vote> - The projects shall fill in missing links or create interconnection nodes, and they shall be assessed by reference to their share of international traffic. >Text following EP vote> - It shall be possible for work to begin within the next five years. >Text following EP vote> - The total cost of all projects shall not exceed the funds available. >Text following EP vote> - Investment shall be allocated as follows: rail = min. 40%, road = max. 25%, combined transport = min. 15%. Account must be taken of the particular interests of the cohesion countries. >Text following EP vote> I. Priority projects (91 Becu total investment/40 Becu for 1995-1999) Total 95-99 BECU BECU High-Speed Train/Combined Transport 21.0 4.2 North-South Nuremberg-Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig-Berlin Brenner axis Verona-Munich >Text following EP vote> High-Speed Train (Paris)-Brussels- Cologne-Amsterdam - London 16.0 9.5 Belgium: F/B border - 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 >Text following EP vote> High-Speed Train South 13.0 3.2 Madrid-Barcelona-Perpignan-Montpellier Madrid-Vitoria-Dax >Text following EP vote> High-Speed Train West-East 4.5 3.0 Paris-Metz-Strasbourg-Appenweier- (Karlsruhe) with links to Metz- Saarbrücken-Mannheim and Metz- Luxembourg and continuation from Stuttgart via Ulm-Augsburg-Munich to Vienna >Text following EP vote> Conventional Rail/Combined Transport: Betuwe line 3.3 2.2 Rotterdam - NL/D border - (Rhine/Ruhr) >Text following EP vote> High-Speed Train/combined transport France-Italy 14.0 3.8 Lyon-Turin Turin-Genoa-Milan-Venice-Trieste >Text following EP vote> Greek Motorways: Pathe and Via Egnatia: 6.4 5.1 Rio Antirio, Patras-Athens- Thessaloniki-Prohamon-(Bulgarian border) Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis - Ormenio (Greek/ Bulgarian border) - Kipi (Turkish border) >Text following EP vote> Motorway Lisbon-Valladolid 1.1 0.7 Conventional Rail link Cork-Dublin-Belfast- Larne-Stranraer 0.3 0.1 >Text following EP vote> Combined transport: Munich/Vienna - Trieste - Venice - Bologna - Ravenna - Ancona - Brindisi - Igoumenitsa -Patras - Larissa (rail link) - Cyprus/Malta - North Africa Elimination of the Cattolica bottleneck, technological improvement of the Adriatic railway line, international traffic centres and the organization of waterway routes in the Po Valley (Po-Adriatic) >Text following EP vote> Multimodal links and infrastructure for the Adriatic and inland ports >Text following EP vote> Malpensa-Linate airport system Rail and underground links - airport facilities for combined and intermodal transport >Text following EP vote> Total investment (1995-1999) 2. 0 0.8 >Text following EP vote> Fixed Rail/Road link between 3.4 2.7 Denmark and Sweden (Øresund fixed link) including access routes for road, rail, air >Text following EP vote> Nordic Triangle 3.5 1.2 (Sweden-Finland) >Text following EP vote> Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux 4.0 2.1 Road/Rail Link >Text following EP vote> West Coast Main Line (rail) 0.9 0.7 >Text following EP vote> II. Further projects of importance >Text following EP vote> Total 95-99 BECU BECU Combined transport (1996-2005) 2.9 2.0 >Text following EP vote> Up to now projects identified in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom (see below), with priority given to transnational initiatives >Text following EP vote> Spata airport (Athens) (up to 2000) 2.0 2.0 >Text following EP vote> Berlin airport (1995-1998) 4.1 4.1 >Text following EP vote> Maurienne motorway (up to 1998) 1.1 1.1 >Text following EP vote> High-speed train in Denmark 0.4 0.4 >Text following EP vote> Trans-Appenine motorway, Bologna- Florence (1995-2001) 2.1 1.8 >Text following EP vote> High-speed train/ combined transport Danube axis (1995-2010) 3.1 2.6 >Text following EP vote> Munich/Nuremberg- Vienna (Budapest- Bratislava) >Text following EP vote> Nice-Cuneo motorway (1997-2010) 4. 7 2.0 >Text following EP vote> Projects requiring further study Fehmarn-Belt: fixed link Denmark-Germany (1998-2010) 4.5 0.7 >Text following EP vote> Bari-Otranto motorway (1998-2003) 0.3 0.1 >Text following EP vote> Rhine-Rhône canal (1995-2007) 2.5 0.9 Seine-Escaut canal (1999-2006) 1.4 0.2 >Text following EP vote> Elbe-Oder Canal (1996-2010) 0.7 >Text following EP vote> Widening of the Danube between Straubing and Vilshofen (1999-2010) 0.7 0.1 >Text following EP vote> High-speed link Randstad-Rhine-Ruhr (1998-2010) 1.6 0.7 >Text following EP vote> Amsterdam-Arnhem (Cologne) >Text following EP vote> Valencia-Zaragoza - Somport road corridor (1995-2002) 1.2 0.3 >Text following EP vote> (Brenner-)Florence- Rome-Naples high- speed link (after 2000) 8.3 0.3 >Text following EP vote> Luxembourg-Brussels high-speed link (after 1999) 0.5 >Text following EP vote> Naples-Reggio Calabria road corridor (to 2000) 3.2 3.2 >Text following EP vote> Short sea combined transport terminal Rotterdam (1995-2001) 0.2 0.2 >Text following EP vote> Coastal shipping, links between inland transport infrastruc- ture and ports, and port infrastructure projects 3.0 1.0 >Text following EP vote> Drafting of a comprehensive concept for the Po valley between Cremona and Turin, taking combined transport into account >Text following EP vote> Improving the navigability of the Elbe between Magdeburg and the Czech border (after 1999) 2.5 >Text following EP vote> Combined road/rail crossing of the Elbe west of Hamburg 2.2 >Text following EP vote> Combined coastal route Barcelona- Marseille-Genoa-Livorno-Civita- Vecchia/Rome-Orte/Palermo >Text following EP vote> Multimodal link across Straits of Messina 1.5 0.8 >Text following EP vote> Rail corridor Tyrrhenian Sea-Adriatic-Rome-Orte- Falconara-Ancona-Split/Sarajevo- Durrës/Tirana-Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-Cyprus/Malta-North Africa 1. 0 0.2 >Text following EP vote> Combined transport links incorporated in the above projects >Text following EP vote> The following links will be completed for combined transport in the next five years: 1. Taulov-North Jutland 2. Hamburg-Padborg-Taulov-Copenhagen 3. Hamburg-Berlin 4. Hanover-Berlin 5. Nuremberg-Berlin 6. Berlin-Dresden 7. Frankfurt-Würzburg 8. Betuwe Line (Rotterdam-Ruhr) and the Dutch links to Hengelo and Venlo 9. Rotterdam-Antwerp/Zeebrugge-Brussels- Luxembourg-Bettembourg 10. Antwerp-Aachen 11. Rotterdam-Antwerp-Brussels-Aulnoye 12. Aachen-Liège-Erquelinnes 13. Porto-Lisbon-Madrid-Barcelona 14. Lisbon-Burgos-Irun-F/E border 15. Port Bou-Barcelona-Valencia-Murcia >Text following EP vote> 16. Madrid-Almería/Algeciras 17. Le Havre-Paris 18. Dijon-Modane 19. Paris-Strasbourg 20. Kehl-Dijon 21. Nancy-Avignon 22. Marseille-Genoa 23. Avignon-Narbonne 24. Paris-Dijon 25. Paris-Hendaye 26. Aulnoye-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 34. La Spezia-Fidenza 35. Livorno-Florence 36. Patras-Athens 37. Athens-Larissa (Volos)-Thessaloniki- northern border (former Yugoslavia & Bulgaria) 38. Vigo-Orense-Madrid-Ferrol-La Coruña-Lugo- Madrid 39. Adriatic corridor: Trieste - Ravenna - Ancona - Brindisi - Igoumenitsa - Patras - Larissa - Cyprus/Malta - North Africa 40. Antwerp-Ruhr 41. Glasgow-Folkestone with links to Irish seaports (piggyback) and all the goods stations on that line >Text following EP vote> III. Europe-wide projects (ca. 50 Becu total investment, 10 Becu until 1999) >Text following EP vote> With regard to the projects which deal with the implementation of new technologies and relate 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 projects have been identified as pilot actions which should lead in the course of the next five years to full implementation: >Text following EP vote> COST ESTIMATES Becu Total 95-99 - air traffic management: 16 6.5 harmonization and integration of the national air traffic management systems into a unified system; >Text following EP vote> - road traffic management 31 2.6 services: pilot actions using traffic control centres and Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel (RDS-TMC); >Text following EP vote> - vessel traffic management and information services: 1.1 0.8 a European ship reporting system; >Text following EP vote> - system of positioning and navigation: 0.9 0.2 development and implementation of European components of the global navigation satellite system (GNSS); >Text following EP vote> - pilot projects for a rail traffic management system: 0.7 0.35 control command systems for selected high-speed rail links. >Text following EP vote> For these projects the provisions of Article 24 second paragraph of the proposal COM(94)0106 of 7 April 1994 apply. >Text following EP vote> IV. Projects connecting to third countries >Text following EP vote> (These projects are mentioned here for completeness, subject to the specific decision procedures applicable.) >Text following EP vote> - 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-Ljubljana-Budapest-Lvov-Kiev (rail and road); - Baltic Sea Telematic Platform. Elbe and Vltava (inland waterway - improved navigability from the German border to Prague)