NoC282/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.92
ProposalforaCouncilDecisionconcerningtheestablishmentofacombinedtransportnetwork
intheCommunity
(92/C282/05)
COM(92)230final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon2July1992)
Whereasanetworkofrailandinlandwaterwayroutes
adoptedastheCommunitynetworkshouldbebrought
intoservicebytheyear2005andshouldbedesignedto
permitthepassageofstandardloadingunitsauthorized
fortheCommunity ;
WhereasthecreationofCommunitynetworkswill
requireaseriesofworkstobeundertakentoensure
theirrapidintroductionandfullmarketoperation;
Whereassomeoftheseworksareparticularlyurgentand
thereforerequirethelaunchingassoonaspossibleofthe
firststageofthenetwork,whilstcontinuingtheworkon
thefollowingphases;
WhereastherailwaysystemincertainMemberStates
cannotquicklyacceptstandardrailwagonsandfinancial
assistanceshouldbeprovidedtoensurethatappropriate
railwagonsareprovidedtoservetheseStates,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle75and
Article84(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ,
Whereasthedevelopmentofacombinedtransport
systemintheCommunitywouldmateriallycontributeto
thesuccessoftheSingleMarketandtheimproved
accessibilityofperipheralregions;
Whereasitisnecessary,toestablishtheCommunity
combinedtransportnetwork,topromotetheintercon­
nectionandinteroperability ofnationalnetworks;
Whereasthegreateruseofcombinedtransportwould
servetoreduceenvironmental pollutioningeneraland
theglobalwarmingcreatedbythegreenhousegasesand
conservetheuseofscarceenergyresources;
Whereasastabilizationintheyear2000at1990levelsof
theemissionofC02andothergreenhousegasesis
neededandwillrequireatransportsystemwiththe
lowestpossibleemissions;
Whereasthedevelopmentofcombinedtransportshould
besetinthewidercontextofthedevelopmentof
multi-modaltransportthattakesaccountofthepossi­
bilitiesofferedbyinlandwaterwaysandseatransport;
Whereastheguideplansofthetransportinfrastructure
networksareofanindicativenatureandmaybe
changed,andaimatachievingamulti-modaltransport
system;
Whereastheeconomicsituationofthecombined
transportsectorissuchastojustifyaCommunity
programmetoensuretheestablishmentofacompre­
hensivenetwork;Article1
1.TheCommunitycombinedtransportnetworkshall
consistofrailandinlandwaterwayroutes,togetherwith
theirinitialandfinalroadhaulagelegs,ofmajor
importanceintermsoflong-distancefreighttransport
andwhichprovideconnectionstoallMemberStates.
Thenetworkshallconsistoftherailwayroutesthatare
showninMap1,andofthewaterwaysshowninMap2
annexedtothisDecision.Forcertainregionsofthe
Community,notablyGreece,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,facilitiestoprovidethetransferbetweenrail,
roadandseatransportshallbeconsideredtobepartof
thenetwork.
2.TheprojectslistedunderArticle2(1),andthe
inlandwaterwayprojectsincludedinArticle2ofCouncil
Decision...of...(concerningthedevelopmentofa
Europeannetworkofinlandwaterways)shouldbegiven
priorityattentionandshallbecompletedbytheendof
1997asfaraspossible.
3.TheprojectslistedunderArticle2(2)shallbe
completedbytheendof2005asfaraspossible.

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Article2
1.Priorityattentionshouldbegiventothecompletion
ofprojectsonthefollowingrailwayaxesdesignedto
providesufficientclearancefortherangeofcontainers
andswapbodiescompatiblewithCouncilDirective
85/3/EEC(l):
1.Frankfurt—Wiirzburg
2.Brussels—Luxembourg
Antwerp—Aachen
3.PortBou—Barcelona/Valencia
4.Madrid—Almeria/Algeciras
5.LeHavre—Paris
6.Dijon—Modane
7.Paris—Strasbourg
8.Kehl—Dijon
9.Nancy—Avignon
Marseille—Genova
10.Avignon—Narbonne
11.Paris—Dijon2.Inordertocompletethenetworkbytheyear2005
atthelatest,furtherworksneedtobeevaluatedand
projectsundertakenonthefollowingroutes(shownon
Map3annexedhereto):
1.Lisbon—Madrid
Lisbon—Burgos
2.Madrid—Irun—France
3.Bologna—Bari/Brindisi—Greece
Igoumenitsa—Patras—Athens—Volos—Thessaloniki
—northernborder
Igoumenitsa—Volos
Igoumenitsa—Thessaloniki
4.Bologna—Naples
5.Antwerp—Ruhr.
Article3
InadditiontotheprojectsreferredtoinArticle2(1)
priorityshouldalsobegiventotheprovisionoffixed
equipmentincludingterminalinstallationsandtoappro­
priaterailwayrollingstockthatwillbeneededtoensure
therapiddevelopmentofcombinedtransportlinks
servingGreece,Ireland,Portugal,SpainandtheUnited
Kingdom.
Article4
Theguideplanforthenetworkisofanindicativenature
topromotemeasuresbytheMemberStatesand,as
appropriate,bytheCommunitywiththeaimofrealizing
projectsthatarepartofthenetwork.ThisDecisiondoes
notinvolveanyfinancialobligationfromaMember
StateorfromtheCommunity .
Article5
TheCommissionshallmakeareporttotheCouncil
everytwoyearsontheprogressincompletingthe
network.Thisreportshouldinparticularindicatethe
resultsoftheanalysesdonebytheCommissionon
includingfurtherlinksinthenetwork.
Article612.Aulnoye—Metz
13.Tarvisio—Udine-Bologna
14.Brenner—Axis—Bologna
15.Udine—Trieste
16.Iselle—Turin/Milan—Bologna
17.Modane—Turin—Milan
18.Chiasso—Milan
19.Verona—Trieste
20.LaSpezia—Fidenza
21Livorno—Firenze. TheDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
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