Amended proposal for a European Parliament and of the Council on Community Guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network
Date: 1996-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common transport policy, environmental protection, trans-European network, transport infrastructure, transport network

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 

N* 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

SUMMARY TABLE 

Amendment 

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. 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications  (recital  2 a) 

Partially 
accepted 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications  (recital  3) 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Recital  6 
Add  at the end  of  recital  6 a reference  to the need  of evaluation  of 
alternatives  for  projects 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Recital  6a 
Add  a new recital  related  to job  creation  and  Delors  White  Paper 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

See Amendment  28 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Rejected 

See Amendment  27 

Rejected 

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 

9 

N' 

8 

Article  2(2) 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

a)  Precise  that  the network  shall  contribute  to  Community 

objectives  and add  a reference  to  competition 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

b)  Replace  "high quality"  by  "good  quality" 

infrastructure 

Add  reference  to  services.  Replace  "best"  economic  terms  by 
"acceptable" 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

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" 

9 

Article  3 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

(2)  Add  in the description  of  the  network  "inland  ports"  and 

Rewording  inappropriate 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted 

Partially 
accepted 

Rejected 

"navigation  aids" 

(3a)  Add  a new  paragraph 

stating  that basic  requirements  for  interoperability  shall  be  laid 
down  separately 

Included  in Article  1 paragraph  3 

Rejected 

N" 

10 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Article  4 
(e)  Add  reference  to  "near  large  urban  areas"  when  creating 

interconnection  centres 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

(ja)  Add  a new paragraph  including  in the broad  lines  of  measures 

Included  in amended  proposal 

"any  other  necessary  measures" 

(jb)  Add  a new paragraph  related  to  analysis  on cost/benefit  and job 

creation  for  the  regions  concerned 

Impact  analysis  for  the  regions  concerned 
incumbant  on the Member  States 

11 

Article  5 

(a)  Add  "establishment"  (and  development  of  connections) 

Included  in amended  proposal 

(b)  Replace  "development"  (of  access)  by  "improvement" 

Included  in amended  proposal 

(c)  Reference  to  incorporation  of  modes  of  transport  and 

improvement  of  transfer  points 

These  references  are  already  comprised  in 
Article  5  indent c)  and  f) 

(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 

12 

Article  6  : New  title  "Links  with  third  countries" 
Add  a specific  reference  to Article  228 

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 

¥ 

N° 

13 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Article  7 
(1)  Replace  "socio-economic"  costs  and benefits  by  costs  and 

benefits  to  "the economy  as  a whole" 

Formulation  in common position  more 
accurate 

(2a) 

New  paragraph  refering  to projects  listed  in annex  III 

Included  in amended  proposal 

(2b)  New paragraph  asking  M.S  to  implement  outline  plans  and 

Included  in amended  proposal 

projects 

(2c)  New  paragraph  stating  that  any  Community  funding  shall  be 
conditional  upon  respect  of  environment  and  EU  legislation 

Inappropriate,  subject  to regulation  on 
financial grants 

Rejected 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted 

Rejected 

14 

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) 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Accepted  in 
essence 

15 

Article  10 
(4)  Inclusion  of  a paragraph  related  to  information  and  traffic 

management  system 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications  in Annex  II  section  4 

Accepted  in 
essence 

16 

Section  5 
New  title  of  section  5  "Seaports  and  maritime  traffic  infrastructure" 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Accepted  in 
essence 

|| 

8 

N° 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

Amendment 

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  l ib 
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 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Included  in amended  proposal  with 
modifications 

Included  in amended  prpposal  with 
modifications  (Article  11,  paragraph  2) 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Accepted  in 
essence 

Restructuring,  more  accurate  structure  and 
definition  in Article  14 and  Annex II  section 
8  of  the common  position 

Rejected 

Section  6 
New title of  section  6  "Air  transport  infrastructure  network" 

Suggested  title does  not  reflect  content  of 
Article  which  relates  only  to  airports 

Article  12a 
New  article  on air  traffic  control 

More  accurate  structure  and definition  in 
Article  15 and  Annex  II  Section  9 of  common 
position 

(1)  The  network  shall  include  the  infrastructure  needed  for  air  traffic 

Rejected 

Rejected 

control 

(2) 

(3)  Projects  shall  be compatible  with  a european  ATM  system  and 

run by  a European  organization 

9 

N* 

22 

23 

26 

27 

28 

29 

Amendment 

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 

Rejected 

Restructuring,  see  Amendment  21 

Rejected 

In view  of  Article  155 of  the  Treaty  this 
assignment  of  competence  is not  necessary 

Rejected 

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 

Rejected 

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 

Rejected 

Already  included  in Article  18 of  common 
position  with  modifications. 

Rejected 

" f* 

N' 

30 

31 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Article  18b 
Add a new  article  stipulating  the  Commission  to propose  minimum 
environmental  standards  and  pipelines  network  within  the 
next 2 years. 

The  decision  is  addressed  to the  Member 
States.  The  provision  would  affect  the  right  of 
proposal  by  the  Commission. 

Rejected 

Article  19 
Delete  article  refering  to  the  repeal  of  the  Council  Decision 
78/174/EEC 

See Amendment  No 27. 

Rejected 

44 

ANNEX  I 
Road  Network 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Add  : Limoges-  Perigueux-  Agen-Auch-  Tarbes-  (RN  21)-  Somport-
Huesca-  Zaragossa-  Valencia 

Parallel  to two  main  axis,  risk  of  increase 
traffic  on  Somport  corridor 

Rejected 

Add  : Limerick-  Tralee-
Killarney-  Cork 

Important  for  economic  and  social  cohesion  of 
peripheral  region 

Accepted 

Add  : link  with  multimodal  centre  (Nijmegen)  to  A73  motorway 

The  guidelines  do  not  identify  traffic  centers 

Rejected 

Add:  Weert-Roermond 

Local  importance 

Add  : M180  linking  Grimsby  and  Immingham  to  Ml8  and  Al 

Links  to  sea  ports 

Delete  Birmingham  Northern  Relief 

Add  : A  120  from 
Stansted  Airport  to Harwich  -
Parkeston  Quay 

Add  by-pass  Giessen 

Removal  of  an  important  bottleneck  on N-S 
axis  (Essen  priority  project) 

Included  from  Stansted  Airport  to  Harwich; 
link  to  sea port  and  airport 

Accepted 

Important  bypass 

Add  A252  Hafenquerspange-Hambourg-A7-A24 

Cannot  be  shown  on map because  of  scale 

Add  Ochtrup-Enschede 

Add  Trikala-Larissa 

Local  importance 

Not  approved  by  Member  State  concerned 

>C2_ 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Rejected 

No. 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

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 

Local  importance  only 

Accepted 

Inclusion  approved  by  Member  State 
concerned 

Parallel  to existing  main  N-S axis 

Inclusion  approved  by  Member  State 
concerned 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Deletion  required  by Member  State  concerned 

Rejected 

Inclusion  required  by  Member  State 
concerned 

Rejected 

i) 

Important  for  economic  and  social 
cohesion  of peripheral  region 

Rejected 

ii)  Parallel  to  another  East-West  axis 

Accepted 

Accepted 

55 

Delete:  R45 Gôteborg-Karesuando  (Sweden) 

Parallel  to existing  main N-S axis 

43 

ANNEX  I 

Rail  Network 

No. 

Amendment 

Place 

56 

Delete  Magnetschwebebahn 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Inclusion  required  by  Member  State 
concerned 

Add  :Cuxhaven-Stade-  Hamburg  : conventional  line 

Link  to sea  ports 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Add  : Frankfurt-  Hildesheim-  Braunschweig-  Wolfsburg  - Berlin 
(H.S.  line) 

Bypass  to circumvent  the area  of  Hannover 

Accepted 

Add  : New  conventional  link Elmshorn-  Bremen/  Hamburg  line 
(western  Elbe  crossing) 

Bypass  of  Hamburg  on direct  axis  to 
Scandinavian  countries 

Accepted 

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 

67 

Add  .Zaragoza-  Canfranc-  Pau 

^ 

Conventional  line  required  by  Member  State 
concerned.  See Amendment  56 

Rejected 

Important  link  of peripheral  region  (port)  to 
central  region  of  Berlin 

Rejected 

Re-establishment  of border  crossing  between 
Germany  and  France 

Accepted 

Additional  Wes-East  axis  between  NL  and  D 

Accepted 

Cost/benefit  ratio probably  negative, 
topographical  +  gauge problems 

Rejected 

| 

57 

58 

59 

61 

62 

64 

66 

No. 

68 

69 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Add  :01oron-  Canfranc 

Same  as  above 

Add  : Rosslare-Dublin  (upgraded  H.S.  line) 

No  obvious  need  forecast  for  upgrading  to 
H.S. 

Rejected 

Rejected 

70 

Add: 

a) 

Inverness-  Kyle 

b)  Glasgow-  Fort  William-  Mallaig 

71 

c)  Glasgow  Airport-  Glasgow 
Upgrading  to H.S.  lines  : 
Liverpool-  Warrington-  Manchester-  Hull 
Crewe  to  Holyhead 
London-  Leicester-  Sheffield 

72 

Add  H.S  line  Glasgow-Edinburgh 

76 

Add  H.S.  line:  Penzance  - London  via  Bristol 

a) 

b) 

Inclusion  requested  by  Member  State 
concerned 

Accepted 

Inclusion  requested  by Member  State 
concerned 

Accepted 

c)  Link  to  airport 

Conventional  line  already  included,  no  needs 
for  H.S. 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Conventional  line  already  included,  no  needs 
for  H.S. 

Rejected 

Link  to  improve  spatial  cohesion of 
peripheral  region 

Accepted 

45 

No. 

77 

81 

82 

Amendment 

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 

83 

Add  H.S.  line Roma-Napoli-Bari 

84 

Add  H.S.  line Roma-Napoli-Reggio  Calabria 

85 

86 

Add:  Berlin-Moscow 

Atlantic  Arc 

Ports 

87 

Inclusion  map  of ports,  ferries  lines  and  inland  waterways  from 
COM  106 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Upgrading  to HS  lines  required  by  Member 
State  concerned 

Rejected 

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 

Accepted 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

J6 

No. 

88 

89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

98 

Amendment 

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 

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 

Name  the port  of  Newhaven  on UK  maps 

Add:  Port  of  Antwerp  (Maritime  +  inside  port) 

Same as  above 

Same as  above 

49-

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

No. 

99 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Add  main ports  of  peripheral  regions  and  ports  of  Canaries,  Acores 
and  Madeira  Islands 

Same  as  above 

100 

Add  Great  Yarmouth/Ilmulden 
Ramsgate/Oostende 

101 

Add  : Igoumenitsa-Patras-Cyprius-NorthAfrica 

Airports 

102 

Add:  Salamanca 

103 

Add:  Skive 

Combined  Transport 

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 

104 

Add  :Oviedo-Pajares-Leon  (CT) 

Not  enough  traffic  forecast 

105 

i) 

Add  CT  rail  line Munich-Verona-Bologna-Ravenna-Ancona-
Brindisi-Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-North  Africa 

i) 

Guidelines  do  not  identify  maritime 
links.  CT  line Miinchen-Verona-
Bologna-Brindisi  already  included 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Accepted 

ii) 

Tyrrhenian  Sea-Rome-Orte-Falconara-Ancona-Split/Sarajevo-
Durazzo/Tirana-Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-Cyprus/Malta-
North  Africa 

ii) 

Guidelines  do not  identify  maritime 
links/services 

Rejected 

106 

Add  : Cardiff-Fishguard  (CT) 

Not  enough traffic  forecast 

Rejected 

AZ 

No. 

Amendment 

Place 

107 

Add  :Cuxhaven-Stade-Hamburg  (CT) 

108 

Add  :Iron  Rhine  (Antwerpen-  Ruhrgebiet)  towards  Rotterdam  and 
Zeebrugge 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Not enough  traffic  forecast 

Included  in CT  corridors 

Include  rail-port-sea  connection  in 
Rotterdam-Antwerp-Zeebrugge  and  Rhine  rail  connection  in 
Duisburg. 

Included  in  C T.  corridors,  but  the 
guidelines  do  not  identify  interconnection 
points 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Accepted 

Include  rail-ports-
waterways  connecting  points  : 
Liibeck-Rostock-
Stettin. 

Include  Oloron 
Ste Marie/  Canfranc/  Estacion 
as  connecting  points 

Guidelines  do  not  identify  interconnection 
points 

Rejected 

Guidelines  do  not  identify  interconnection 
points 

Rejected 

Add  : Traversée  centrale  des  Pyrénées 

Needs  further  studies 

Add  port  of  Dunkerque  and  link  with  the  Tunnel 

No  interest  forecast  for  CT  line,  Dunkerque 
is  well  served  by  ferry  lines. 

Add  (CT):  Liibeck  via  Rostock  to  Sczecin 

Economically  not  justified 

Add  :01oron-Canfranc  (CT) 

Not economically  justified.  Topographical 
and  gauge  problems 

Add:  London-Gatwick-Lewes-Newhaven  (combined  transport) 

Not  enough  traffic  forecast 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

M 

109 

110 

111 

112 

113 

114 

115 

116 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Add  CT  : Paris  - Rouen  -Dieppe  - Newhaven  - Lewes  - Gatwick  -
London 

Not  enough  traffic  forecast 

C T:  show  the  Sicily  channel  crossing 

Already  included  in  map 

No. 

119 

121 

122 

123 

Add:  Twente-Mittellandkanal 

Trieste-Ravenna 
Ancona-Brindisi 
Igoumenitsa-Patras-Cyprius-Malta-North  Africa 

Barcelona-Marseille-Genova 
Livorno-Civitavecchia  .. 

125 

Inland  waterway  maps 
Add:  Rhein  - Maas, 
Van Harigsma  - Kanal 

126 

Inland  waterway: 
Add  to Po:  Milano  -  Cremona 

139 

Add  H.S  line  Oporto  - Vigo 

Deletion  required  by  M.S.  concerned, 
studies  show  that  the  projet  is  not 
economically  viable 

Guidelines  do  not  identify  maritime  links 

Rejected 

Deletion  required  by  M.S.  concerned,  no 
interest  for  inland  navigation 

Rejected 

Po  extension  Milano-Pizzighettone 
(Cremona)  planned  in the  next  years 

Conventional  traffic  well  served,  no  needs 
forecast  for  H.S 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Accepted 

Rejected 

Rejected 

Rejected 

140 

143 

Add  H.S  lines  Eisenach  - Kassel;  Stuttgart  - Wiirzburg 

No needs  forecast  for  H.S 

Add  road  : La  Coruna  - Central  Asturias  -  Santander 

Parallel  to  La  Coruna  - Oviedo  -  Santander 
route 

*> 

145  Add  (rail  ) : 

i) Channel  route  n' 1 

ii)  Channel  route  n°2 

i) Already  included  in initial  proposal 

Accepted 

ii) Parallel  to  Channel  route  n° 1 

Rejected 

Rejected 

iii)  Thamesport  to  the  Channel  Tunnel  Rail  Link 

iii)  Local  importance 

*4 

ANNEX  II 

No. 

127 

Amendment 

Place 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

Deletion  of  sections  2 to  10 of  criteria  and  specifications  for 
projects  of  common  interest. 

Detailed  description  in Annex  II  sections  2 to 
10 of  common  position  represents  an 
improvement  upon  the original  proposal. 

Rejected 

X. 

No. 

128 

Selection  criteria 

Amendment 

Description 

Annex III 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

-  Project  within  TEN, 

Included  in  amended  proposal 

-  Missing  link,  interconnection  node  with  reference  for  international 

Included  in  amended  proposal 

traffic, 

-  to  begin  within  the  next  5 years, 

Included  in  amended  proposal 

-  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) 

b) 

Malpensa-Linate  airport  system:  Rail  and  underground  links, 
airport  facilities  for  combined  transport 

Add  extension  of  the  HST  East  to  Stuttgart-Ulm-Augsburg-
Miinchen  and  Wien 

& 

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 

rejected 

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 

accepted 

rejected 

accepted 

No. 

Amendment 

Description 

Commission  opinion 

Remarks 

c) 

Add  extension  of  the  HST  Lyon-Torino  to  Genova 

Extension  not  considered  by  Essen  Council  as 
a priority  project 

rejected 

d) 

e) 

f) 

Add  combined  transport  north-south  : Munchen  -  (Wien)  -
Bologna  - Verona  - Ravenna  -  Ancona  - Igoumenitsa  -Patras  -
eastern  Mediterranean  and  north  Africa 

Features  of  this  project  have  still  to be  studied 
before  being  considered  as  a priority  project. 

rejected 

Elimination  of  Cattolica  bottleneck,  improvement  of  the 
Adriatic  railway  line,  international  traffic  centres  and 
organization  of  waterway  routes  from  Cremona  to  the 
Adriatic. 

Features  of  this  project  are  not  precise  enough 
to  be  considered  as  a priority  project 

rejected 

Multimodal  links  and  infrastructures  for  Adriatic  and  inland 
ports. 

Same  as  above 

g  )  Deletion  :  Motorway  corridor  Valencia  -  Saragossa  -  Le 

Project  endorsed  by  Essen  Council 

rejected 

Somport; 

h) 

Add  rail  to  road  link  Ireland/UK/Benelux 

Amendment  aims  at  multimodal  trans-
European  corridor  linking  the periphery  to  the 
central  regions 

accepted 

i) 

Short  sea  combined  transport  terminal  Rotterdam 

The  guidelines  do  not  identify  individual 
interconnection  points 

j) 

Drafting  of  transport  concept  for  the  Po  Valley 

Out  of  scope  of  proposal 

rejected 

rejected 

# 

k) 

Improving  navigability  of the Elbe between 
Magdeburg  and the Czech border 

Environmental  requirements  to be solved 
before  detemined  as priority  project 

rejected 

1) 

Combined  road/rail  crossing  of the Elbe west of Hamburg 

m) 

Combined coastal  route  Barcelona-Marseille-Genova-Livorno-
Civitavecchia-Rome-Orta-Palermo 

Crossing  not considered  by Essen  Council as 
a priority  project 

rejected 

Guidelines do not identify  maritime  routes 

rejected 

n)  Multimodal  link across  Strait  of Messina 

Definition  of project  not yet mature 

o) 

Rail Corridor  Tyrrhenian  Sea-Adriatic-Rome-Ancona-
Sarajevo-Durriës/Tirana/Igoumenitsa-Larissa-Patras-
Cyprus/Malta-North  Africa 

Not considered  by the Essen  Council as a 
priority  project;  guidelines do not  identify 
maritime  routes 

rejected 

rejected 

p) 

Combined  transport  links projects  n*38-41 

Definition  of combined transport  projects  not 
yet mature 

rejected 

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 
the  objective  of 
protecting  nature and the countryside. 

into  account 

(Amendment 3) 
Recital 3 (new) 

in 

as 

advocated 

Whereas, 
the 
Commission's  White  Paper  on  the 
development  of  a  common  transport 
policy, environmental  protection  should 
be improved: 

to 

-  by  making  optimum  use  of  existing 
capacities,  by  integrating  all  networks 
relating 
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  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 

Whereas  it  is also  necessary  to  identify 
projects  of  common 
interest  which 
contribute  to  the  achievement  of  these 
objectives  and  which correspond  to the 
priorities  established;  whereas  only 
projects  which 
potentially 
economically viable should be taken into 

are 

25-H 

Common  position 

Amended  proposal 

which  are  potentially 
viable  should  be  taken  into  account; 

economically 

account;  whereas  projects  shall  be 
evaluated  against  possible  alternatives 
for  the  infrastructure  concerned. 

(Amendment  5) 
Recital  6a  (new) 

transport 

Whereas  the  investment  planned  for  the 
trans-European 
networks 
impact  on 
should 
employment,  in  accordance  with  the 
W h i te 
Competitiveness,  Employment". 

also  have 

" G r o w t h. 

P a p er 

on 

an 

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 
objectives, 
the  Community's 
the 
particularly 
to 
environment, 
to 
strengthening  economic  and  social 
cohesion; 

and  contribute 

regard 

in 

(b)  o f f er 

u s e rs 

h i g h - q u a l i ty 
infrastructure  on  the  best  possible 
economic  terms; 

(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 helping  to achieve 
objectives, 
the  Community's 
to 
particularly 
environmental 
and 
in  accordance  with 
competition, 
Article  2  of 
and 
contribute to strengthening economic 
and  social  cohesion; 

in 
regard 
protection 

the  Treaty, 

(b)  offer 

users 
infrastructure 
economic  terms: 

good 
on 

quality 
acceptable 

(c)  include  all  modes  of 

transport, 
taking  account  of  their  respective 
advantages; 

(c)  include  all  modes  of 

transport, 
taking  account  of  their  comparative 
advantages, 
the 
environmental  advantage; 

particular 

in 

(e)  be, 

so 
in 
interoperable, 

far 

as 

possible, 

(e)  be interoperable  within and between 
modes  of  transport  in  so  far  as 
possible, 

26 

Common position 

Amended proposal 

(Amendment  10) 
Article 4 
Main lines of action 

(e)  the optimum combination of modes 
in  particular  by 
of 
creating interconnection centres,  ... 

transport, 

(e) 

near large urban areas. 

(ja)  any  other  measures  which  prove 
necessary 
the 
objectives  referred  to in Article 2: 

achieving 

for 

Amendment 11 
Article 5 
Priorities 

In  view  of  the  objectives  set  out  in 
Article 2,  priority  for  action  should be 
given to: 

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; 

(a)  the creation  or development  of the 
connections, 
and 
key 
interconnections needed to eliminate 
bottlenecks,  fill  in missing sections 
and complete major  routes; 

links 

to 

(b)  development  of  access 

the 
network,  making it possible to link 
island,  landlocked  and  peripheral 
regions  with the central  regions of 
the Community; 

to 

(b)  improvement  of  access 

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 
the 
which 
takes 
environmental 
these 
in 
projects  and  their  usefulness 
contributing to economic and social 
cohesion within the Community: 

into  account 
impact  of 

27 

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. 
is  not 
The 
exhaustive. 

list 

(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 

planning, 

developing 

When 
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 
trans-
European  corridor  analyses: 

the  affected 

areas. 

(b)  at national  level: 

interest  defined 

by  evaluating  the possible  dangers 
to  the  environment  of  the  projects 
in 
of  common 
Article  7; 
bv  carrying  out  environmental 
to 
impact  assessment  pursuant 
Council Directive 85/337/EEC  and 
complying  with  Community 
legislation  on  nature  conservation 

28 

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 
in 
shall  support, 
infrastructure 
the  development  of 
particular, 
short  sea  shipping. 
Short  sea 
include  national 
shipping  shall 
coastal  shipping  in  the  European 
Union,  links  between  the  Member 
States 
third 
in  the  Baltic.  North. 
countries 
Barents,  Black  and  Mediterranean 
Short  sea  shipping  shall 
Seas. 
and 
comprise 
river-borne 
links  and 
shipping 
include  links  along  and  between 
coasts  and  to  and  from  islands. 

both  maritime 

links  with 

and 

(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 
economic 
take 
developments  and 
technological 
developments in the transport  field, 
in particular  in rail  transport. 

account 

of 

1. 

29 

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 
economic 
environmental 
developments, 
requirements 
technological 
and 
developments in the transport  field, 
in particular  in rail  transport. 

account 

of 

Common position 

Amended proposal 

In  drawing  up 
the 
Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the 
Committee referred  to in Article  17. 

report, 

the 

In  drawing  up 
the 
Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the 
Committee referred  to in Article  17. 

report, 

the 

Further to the report referred  to in 
the  Commission 
paragraph  1, 
shall, 
submit 
appropriate proposals. 

if  necessary, 

Further to the report referred  to in 
the  Commission 
paragraph  1, 
shall, 
submit 
appropriate proposals. 

if  necessary, 

30 

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: 

-  Pirgos/Megalopoli 

Lamia  -  Agrinio/Tripoli 
Githio/Iraklio  -Aggi  Deka  -  Ierapetra  (EL); 
E  63  (SF); 
Braga  -  Chaves  (P); 
R  45  Gothenburg  -  Karesuando  (S) 

-  Sparti  -

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: 
Amendment 66: 
Amendment 76: 
Amendments 83  & 84: 

Frankfurt  - Hildesheim  - Brunswick  -Wolfsburg  -  Berlin  (D); 
Amsterdam  - Hannover  (via  Hengelo/Osnabrùck  (NL/D); 
Penzance  - London  via Bristol  (UK); 

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 

N E T W O RK  OF 
WATERWAYS  AND PORTS 

I N L A ND 

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. 

Traffic  management 
All infrastructure  projects  relating to: 
= 

a  signalling  and  guidance  system 
for  vessels,  in  particular  those 
carrying  dangerous  or  polluting 
goods: 
communications 
for 
emergencies  and  inland  waterway 
safety: 

systems 

= 

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 
the 
trans-European  network: 

form  part  of 

-  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: 

minium 40% 
maximum 25 % 

rail: 
road: 
combined transport:  miminum 15% 
account  must be taken of the particular 
interests  of the cohesion countries. 

33 

I. 

Priority 
(total 
projects 
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: 
Rhine/Main 

-  Cologne 

(Aachen) 

-

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) 
I g o u m e n i t s a - T h e s s a l o n i k i-
A l e x a n d r o u p o l i s - O r m e n i o-

34 

(Greek/Bulgarian  border)-Kipi  (Turkish 
border) 

Lisbon-Valladolid  motorway 
(via Aveiro)2 

Conventional  rail 
Larne-(tjzndowterrvYStranraer 

link  Cork-Dublin-

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 
and  rail  link 

road 

West  Coast main  line  (rail: UK) 

II.  Further  projects  of  importance 
(total 
investment  ECU  49 
billion/23  billion  for  1995-1999) 

transport 

train/combined 

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 
Danube  axis  (1995-2010) 
Munich/Nuremberg-Vienna 
Bratislava) 
Nice-Cuneo  motorway  (1997-2010) 
Fehmarn  Belt: 
fixed 
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 
Rhine/Ruhr  (1998-2010) 

link  Denmark-

(Budapest-

Randstad-

link 

rail 

35 

road 

Florence-Rome-Naples 

Amsterdam-Arnhem  (-Cologne) 
Valencia-Zaragoza-Somport 
corridor (1995-2002) 
(Brenner-) 
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. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 

9. 

Taulov-North Jutland 
Hamburg-Padborg-Taulov-Copenhagen 
Hamburg-Berlin 
Hannover-Berlin 
Nuremberg-Berlin 
Berlin-Dresden 
Frankfurt-Wiirzburg 
Betuwe  line  (Rotterdam-Ruhr)  and  the 
links to Hengelo and Venlo 
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. 
31.  Modane-Turin-Milan 
32.  Chiasso-Milan 
33.  Verona-Trieste 

Iselle-Turin/Milan-Bologna 

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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.  E u r o p e - w i de 

p r o j e c ts 
(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 
the  use  of 
improve 
which  will 
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: 

traffic  management  and 

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 
information  services: 
a European ship reporting  system: 
system 
and 
navigation: 
development  and  implementation 
of  European  components  of  the 
global  navigation  satellite  system 
(GNSS): 
pilot  projects  for  a  rail 
management system: 
control  command  systems 
selected high-speed  rail links. 

positioning 

traffic 

for 

of 

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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