Trans-European Networks: 1997 annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions pursuant to Article 16 of the TEN financial assistance Regulation No 2236/95
Date: 1998-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: activity report, energy grid, trans-European network, transmission network, transport network

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 02.10.1998 
COM(1998) 391  final 

TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS 

1997 ANNUAL REPORT 

from the Commission to the European Parliament, 
the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and 
the Committee of Regions 

Pursuant to Article 16 of the 
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: AN OVERVIEW OF TEN IN  1997 

2. PROGRESS ACHIEVED  ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS 

2.1 Energy 

2.2 Telecommunications 

2.3 Transport 

3. TEN-RELATED LEGISLATION AND COMMITTEES 

3.1 Treaty, Guidelines and related legislation 

3.1.1 Modification  of Article  129 c (1) and  129 d of the Treaty 

3.1.2 Adoption of the TEN Telecommunications Guidelines 

3.1.3 Amendment  to the TEN Energy Guidelines 

3.1.4 Modification  of the TEN Transport Guidelines 

3.1.5 IDA-II proposals 

3.1.6 Road transport telematics 

3.2 TEN Guidelines committees 

3.2.1 Energy 

3.2.2 Telecommunications 

3.2.3 Transport 

3.3 TEN financial  assistance committee 

4. FINANCING THE TEN 

4.1 TEN financial  assistance Committee 

4.1.1 Energy 

4.1.2 Telecommunications 

4.1.3 Transport 

4.2 IDA 

4.3ERDF 

4.4 Cohesion Fund 

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4.5 EIB loans 

4.6 EIF guarantees 

4.7 ESCS Loans 

4.8 EEA Financial Mechanism 

4.9 Member States'  financing 

4.10 Financing infrastructure  in third countries 

5. FINANCING THE TEN: OTHER ISSUES 

5.1 Giving impetus to the "Essen" projects 

5.2 Agenda 2000 and the future  financial  perspectives 

5.3 Promoting Public / private partnerships (PPP) 

5.3.1  Kinnock High-Level  Group and follow-up 

5.3.1.1 Public procurement 

5.3.1.2 Competition policy. 

5.3.1.3 Development of financing instruments 

5.3.1.4 Innovative and proactive support 

5.3.1.5 Network  and trans-European benefits  and a PPP database 

5.4 Improving coordination 

5.5 SEM 2000 and Evaluation 

6. EXTERNAL  RELATIONS 

6.1 Enlargement  and the pre-accession strategy 

6.2  Structured dialogue 

7. THE TEN AS A SOURCE  OF EMPLOYMENT 

8. OTHER UNION POLICIES WITH A TEN DIMENSION 

8.1 European company  statute 

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8.2 Environment 

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1.  LIST OF TABLES IN THE TEXT 

UNION FINANCING OF THE TEN 

TEN - ENERGY: COMMITMENTS 

TRANSPORT: PROJECT CATEGORIES 

TRANSPORT: FORMS OF INTERVENTION 

TRANSPORT MODES 

TOTAL ERDF ENERGY SECTOR 1997 

TOTAL ERDF TRANSPORT SECTOR 1997 

COHESION FUND TEN FINANCING. TOTAL BY MEMBER STATES 

COHESION FUND TEN FINANCING: TOTAL BY MODES 

EIB LENDING FOR TEN 

EIF LOAN GUARANTEES FOR TEN 

PHARE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING 

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15 

15 

16 

16 

17 

18 

19 

21 

21 

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1.  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:  AN OVERVIEW OF TEN  IN 1997 

The  Commission  is  submitting  the  "Trans-European  Networks  1997  Annual  Report"  to  the 
European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of 
Regions pursuant to Article  16 of the TEN Financial Assistance Regulation n° 2236/95. 

The year under review was rich in developments concerning TEN: 

•  Concrete progress on individual projects of common interest: 

Steady progress was made on many TEN projects in all three sectors. 

•  Legal aspects: 

(1) 

modification  of Article  129c (1) and  129d in the Amsterdam Treaty; 

(2) 

adoption of the telecommunications  Guidelines; 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

updating  of  the  list  of  TEN  energy  projects  of  common  interest  and  of  their 
specifications; 

Commission  proposals  for  the  extension  of  the  Interchange  of  Data  between 
Administrations (IDA-2) programme based on Article  129 D of the Treaty; 

Commission  proposals  for  modifying  the  TEN  transport  Guidelines  to  include 
seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals; 

•  Financing 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

Publication  of the Commission's  "Agenda  2000" confirming  the  financing  of TEN  in 
the European Union  15 as a priority in the next  financial  period  and calling  for  closer 
coordination of the TEN financial instruments; 

Publication  of  the  recommendations  of  the  High-level  group  of  government  and 
private sector representatives on how public/private partnerships could be facilitated  in 
transport projects; 

Publication  by  the  Commission  of  two  communications  on  how  it  proposed  to 
implement  in  general  the  recommendations  addressed  to  it  and  on  the  competition 
aspects; 

Review  of  EIB's  operations  in  favour  of  TEN  leading  to  new  measures  in  its 
"Amsterdam special action programme"; 

(10)  Recommendation  by  the  Luxemburg  European  Council  on  Employment  that  each  of 
the  transport  "priority"  projects  henceforth  follow  a  timetable  together  with  an 
appropriate financing plan. 

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•  Enlargement and external  relations 

(11) 

"Agenda  2000" underlined  the  important  role  of  TEN  in  creating  new  links  with  the 
Central and Eastern European candidate countries. 

(12)  The  Third  Pan-European  Transport  Conference  in  Helsinki  in  June  adjusted  the 
Corridor  concept  by  the  inclusion  of  one  new  corridor,  four  Transport  Areas,  the 
reinforcement  of  multimodality  and  the  importance  of  Intelligent  Transport  Systems 
(ITS) in the transport  infrastructure. 

(13)  Publication  of two  Commission  communications  on connecting  the Union's  transport 

and energy networks with those of its neighbours; 

(14)  The Transport Infrastructure  Needs Assessment (TINA) achieved its full  speed with 

the establishment of the technical secretariat in Vienna. 

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2.  PROGRESS ACHIEVED ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS 

2.1  Energy 

As regards the  10 priority projects  identified  by the Essen European Council the situation 
by end  1997 is as follows: 

•  All the natural gas priority projects have progressed well: 

For  the  Iberian  gas projects, the Algeria-Morocco-Spain  main pipeline  up  to  Cordoba 
(project h4), the interconnecting pipeline to Portugal (f6) and the North-South pipeline in 
Portugal (e5) are operational. Construction works are very advanced on the other sections 
in Northern  Portugal  and in  Galicia.  Construction  work  for  the "Gasoducto  Occidental" 
(pipeline from Extremadura to Asturias) has started on some sections of this pipeline and 
commissioning of the overall project is planned for  1999. 

-  For  the  Greek  gas  project  (e6),  the  main  gas  pipeline  is  operational  and  the  high 

pressure branches and the LNG terminal are under construction. 

-  For 

the  Russia-Belarus-Poland-European  Union  gas  project 

the 
interconnecting pipeline between the Eastern part of Germany and the Western part of 
Poland  is  operational  and  other  sections  in  Germany  and  in  Belarus  are  under 
construction. 

(h7), 

•  The  majority  of  the  electricity  priority  projects  are/have  been  facing  authorization 
problems.  These  problems  generally  arise  from 
local 
environmental  protection  bodies,  which  is  reflected  by  the  local  and  national 
administrations; this is still the case for: 

the  opposition  of  the 

- 

the France - Italy project (b6); 

- 

the France - Spain (Cazaril-Aragon) project (b7); 

The  state  of  advancement  of  all  74  projects  of  common  interest  of  the  Community 
Guidelines is to be found  in Annex I. 

2.2  Telecommunications 

Most  of  the  28  Euro-ISDN  projects  funded  in  1995  and  1996  are  progressing 
satisfactorily  and  10  of  them  are  due  to  be  completed  by  the  end  of  1997  (see 
annex  II). A technical  review  of these projects  was made between  20-23  October 
with  the help  of  independent  experts; it was based  on the technical  evaluation  of 
the intermediate or final results (deliverables) produced by each project. 

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2.3  Transport 

Progress  on  some  of  the  14 "specific"  transport  projects  identified  by  the  Essen 
European Council, which require substantial public sector grant support, has been 
significant.  Annex III gives a full  picture of the situation.  Special mention  should 
be made of the following positive developments: 

(1) 

HST/combined transport North-South 

(a)  Work has started on a further  section of the new line Leipzig/Halle 

-  Erfurt; 

(b) 

(c) 

the  design  studies  for  the  Austrian  Inn  Valley  section  are 
progressing according to plan so that initial work can start in  1998; 

progress has also been made in the decision-making process for the 
Brenner base tunnel. 

(2) 

Noticeable progress has been made on all sections of the PBKAL: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

the  Western  branch  of  the  Belgian  section  was  opened  for 
operation  in  December  1997,  which  led  to  a  reduction  of  20 
minutes  in  the  travelling  time  between  Brussels  and  Paris  and 
Brussels and London; 

work has also started on the Eastern branch from Brussels  towards 
the German border; 

on  the  Kôln-Frankfurt  section,  work  is  proceeding  faster  than 
originally  planned  and  the  opening  for  operation  is  now  planned 
for spring 2001. 

for  the  UK  part?  final  technical  studies  have  been  undertaken 
which would enable construction work to begin as planned in  1998 
though  LCR's  financing  difficulties  will  need  to  be  resolved  for 
this project to go ahead on schedule; 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

HST  South:  work  has  been  launched  on  several  sub-sections  of  the 
Madrid-Barcelona section: Catalayud - Ricla and Zaragoza - Lleida. 

HST East:  the French government has decided to launch the final studies 
(APD)  and  to  build  a  new  line  between  Vaires  and  Vandières  which 
should start early 2000. 

On  1 June work began on the port line section of the Betuwe Line  in the 
Netherlands, a high-capacity dedicated freight  railway. 

On the Lyon-Trieste project,  studies are on-going; on 3 October  1997 the 
French  and  Italian  governments  agreed  an  ECU  55  million  three-year 
study programme for the international  section: 

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(7) 

(8) 

Greek Motorways:  (a)  On  PATHE  (North-South  axis),  work  has  been 
accelerated  on  several  sections.  For  the  Public  Private  Partnership 
projects  ESSI  (Elefsina-Stavros-Spata-Immitos/Ring  of  Athens)  and  the 
Rio  Antirio  bridge  the  financial  arrangements  are  near  completion  and 
preparatory work is progressing well, (b) 
As  regards  Egnatia  (East-
West axis), new sections have been put  out for tender. 

Following  the  official  launch  of  the  Dublin-Belfast  "Enterprise"  Rail 
Service on 21st October, with a consequent  reduction  of travelling  time to 
lh55  minutes,  the  whole  Cork  -  Dublin  -  Belfast  -  Larne  -  Stranraer 
project  is now nearly complete; 

(9) 

On  Malpensa  airport,  work  is  progressing  according  to  schedule;  it  is 
planned to open the new airport (first phase) in October 1998. 

(10)  The  construction  of  the  Ôresund  fixed  link  is  progressing  according  to 
plan  and  will  be  completed  by  2000;  the  Danish  access  routes  will  be 
1998. 
completed 

by 

(11) 

Nordic Triangle Multimodal  Corridor. 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

El8  road  upgrading  projects  near  Turku  and  on  the  Helsinki 
ring  are  nearing  completion,  and  work  has  begun  on  the  E6 
Sunninge Sound crossing in Western  Sweden. 

In  the  rail  sector,  work  continues  on  the  Finnish  southern 
mainline  and  the  Swedish  southern  mainline  and  west  coast 
line. 

Progress  has been  made  with  the  geological  work  for  the  new 
runway at Stockholm-Arlanda airport  and with the  construction 
of new Schengen facilities  at Helsinki  Vantaa. 

(12)  The  study  of  the  Newry-Dundalk  corridor  (part  of  the  Ireland-UK-
Benelux road project) has been completed  and a decision on the next steps 
is  expected  shortly.  Studies  of  the  English  and  Welsh  sections,  and 
construction  work on the Scottish  section,  should  lead  to  improved  traffic 
management  over the whole route. 

Studies  for  the  West  Coast  Main  Line  have  evaluated  the  options  for  enhancing  the 
command  and  control  systems  of  the  route  to  achieve  Europe-wide  interoperability  and 
construction work has begun to modernise the line itself. 

3.  TEN-RELATED  LEGISLATION  AND COMMITTEES 

3.1  Treaty, Guidelines and related legislation 

3.1.1  Modification  of Article  129 c (1) and 129 d of the Treaty 

Upon the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, the third  section of paragraph 
one  of  Article  129 c  will  be  amended  to  facilitate  further  the  financing  by  the 
Union  of  projects  from  the  private  sector.  The  text  will  read:  "...  may  support 
projects  of common  interest supported by Member  States, which  are identified  in 
the framework  of the guidelines referred  to in the first  indent, particularly  through 
feasability  studies, loan guarantees or interest-rate  subsidies." 

In  addition,  article  129  d  will  be  modified  so  that  all  legislative  proposals 
concerning  TEN  will be  subject  to the co-decision  procedure, whereas  at  present 
only the guidelines are subject to co-decision. 

3.1.2  Adoption  of the TEN Telecommunications Guidelines 

After  a prolonged conciliation procedure these were adopted on  17 June1. 

3.1.3  Amendment  to the TEN Energy Guidelines 

The  Guidelines  were  modified  on  29  May  to  update  the  list  of  projects  of 
common  interest2.  On  11 July  the  Commission  adopted  the  specifications  of  the 
projects of common  interest3. 

3.1.4  Modification  of the  TEN Transport Guidelines 

On  17  December  the  Commission  published  proposals  to  extend  the  TEN 
transport  Guidelines  to  include  seaports,  inland  ports  and  intermodal  terminals 
and  to  amend  the  title  of  "Essen"  specific  project  no.  8  ("Multimodal  links 
Portugal - Spain / Europe")4. 

1 Decision  1336/97 of  17 June  1997; OJ  L183/12 

2  Decision  1047/97 of 29 May  1997; OJ  LI52/12 

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3.1.5  IDA -  IIproposals 

The  current  IDA  programme  coming  to  a  close  at  the  end  of  1997,  the 
Commission  adopted  on  12 December  proposals  for  new  programme.  It  defines 
guidelines  and  projects  of  common  interest  for  trans-European  networks  in  the 
field of telematic exchange of information  between administrations  together with 
a  programme  of  measures  to  ensure  the  interoperability  of  these  networks  and 
access to them5. These proposals are based on Article  129 D of the Treaty. 

3.1.6  Road transport  telematics 

The  Commission  adopted  on 20 May  1997  a communication  to  the  Council  and 
the  European  Parliament  proposing  a strategy  for  the  application  of  telematics  to 
road  transport  in  Europe  and  a  list  of  initial  actions.6  On  17  June  the  Council 
declared  that  it  considered  the  communication  as  an  appropriate  basis  for  future 
action. 

3.2  TEN Guidelines  committees 

3.2.1  Energy 

The  energy  Guidelines  committee  met  on  30  April  1997. The  main  point  on  its 
agenda  was  a  Commission  proposal  on  the  technical  specifications  for  the 
projects  of common  interest. The committee approved  the proposal  unanimously. 
The committee  also discussed  a working paper  from  the  Commission  on possible 
solutions to problems of authorisation  for energy projects. 

3.2.2  Telecommunications 

Following  the  adoption  of  the  telecommunications  Guidelines,  the  Guidelines 
Committee  met  for  the  first  time  on  12  November.  The  Committee  gave 
unanimously  a favourable  opinion on the draft  Commission  decision  adopting the 
TEN-Telecom  multiannual  Work  Programme  and  the  contents  of  the  open  calls 
for proposals  for the  1998 TEN-Telecoms projects. 

3.2.3  Transport 

The  transport  Guidelines  committee  met  on 28  and  29  April.  The  main  point  on 
the  agenda  was  the  preparation  of  the  "implementation  report"  foreseen  by 
Article  18.3 of the Guidelines and of the "Guidelines  revision report" required by 
Article  21.1.  The  committee  also  discussed  the  setting  up  of  a  geographic 
information  system  (GIS), the inclusion  of ports and  other  interconnection  points 
in the transport  TEN and strategic environment  assessment. 

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3.3  TEN financial assistance  committee 

The TEN financial  assistance committee met five times in  1997. In its 
"horizontal" composition the committee met once, in November, to discuss, 
among other matters, the Commission's annual report to the Luxemburg 
European Council and the annual report pursuant to Article  16 of the TEN 
financial  assistance regulation. The work of the committee in its sectorial forms  is 
described in section 4 below. 

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Table  1 : COMMUNITY FINANCING OF THE TEN IN  1997 (million ECU) 

Sector 

Type of assistance 

instrument 

1993-1994  7 

1995  7 

1996  ? 

1997  ? 

TOTAL  to date 

I 

TRANSPORT 

Loans 

Loan  guarantees 

Grants 

interest 

Grants, 
subsidies, 
loan  guarantees  and  co-financing 
of  studies 

rate 

ENERGY 

Loans 

Guarantees 

Grants 

n i B89 

(of  which  14 specific 
projects) 

E I F8* 

ERDF  q  l0 

Cohesion  Fund 

TEN  budget  line  B5-700 

(of  which  14 specific  projects) 

E I BS" 

E 1 F89 

E R D Fg'° 

Co-financing  of studies 

TEN  budget  line  B5-710 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Loans 

Guarantees 

Grants 

Co-financing  of 
validation  studies 

E I B89 

EIF  "" 

E R D F9 10 

feasibility  and 

TF.N  budget  line  B5-720 

3  847 
2  483 

75,9 

884,0 

1  887,0 

385 

180 

1  082 

207,7 

675,7 

0 

3 105 

156,1 

294,7 

21,9 

3 8 19 
1  603 

85,2 

115,0 

1  108 

240 

181,5 

910 

11,90 

87,8 

12,2 

839 

19,40 

0 

22,6 

3  504 
1  189 

4  943 
1  601 

303 

2  639 

1  088 

280 

211 

1  415 

270 

I  265 

8,9 

55 

527,4 

1  901 

352 

211 

854 

3,75 

277,3 

24,2 

1  602 

1  880 

9 

173 

16,1 

276 

0 

26,6 

TELEMATIC  NETWORKS 
. 

, 

' 

' 

Grants 

TEN  budget  line  B5-721 

71,8 

47,36 

44 

46,7 

Moneys committed; 

Signed contracts. 

'TEN and TEN-related projects. 

Usually  includes appropriations committed  for the period  1996-1999. 

13 

1 6 1 13 
6  876 

519,1 

4  165,4 

5  984 

1  257 

783,5 

4  262 

493,35 

2  305,8 

45,3 

7  426 

460,5 

467,7 

87,2 

210,06 

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Table  1 above gives an overall picture of Union financing  of the TEN. 

4.1  TEN financial assistance  Committee 

4.1.1  Energy 

The  Committee  met  on  19  September  and  approved  16  feasibility  and  other 
studies  in  the  field  of  energy  for  which  the  Commission  is  proposing  grant  aid 
totalling  ECU  18 million. Further details are to be  found  in Annex  IV.  Including 
commitments  made earlier  in the year, on the basis  of proposals  approved  by  the 
Committee  in  1996, total commitments for  1997 come to around ECU 24 million. 

Table 2: TEN energy - Commitments 

1995 

1996 

1997 

MECU 

% 

MECU 

% 

MECU 

% 

6.5 

5.7 

53% 

47% 

3.7 

5.2 

42% 

58% 

9.2 

38% 

15.0 

62% 

l,£»M-m 

;  100% 

$.9 

100% 

242 

ioo% 

: 

ELECTRICITY 

GAS 

TOTAL 

4.1.2  Telecommunications 

The  Committee  met  in  its  telecommunications  composition  on  25  July  and 
adopted  a  favourable  opinion  on  granting  Community  financial  aid  for  projects 
selected  in  1997.  On  the  basis  of  this  opinion  40  projects  were  selected  for 
support. These projects were the result of three separate calls for proposals. 

The  first  call  was  made  in  March  1997  and  was  based  on  the  1995  Euro-ISDN 
Decision, but  it also took account, as far  as possible, of the new context set by the 
Guidelines  which  were  adopted  subsequently.  Twelve  projects  of  common 
interest  were  selected  for  Community  financial  support  concerning  generic 
services,  services  for  SMEs  and  telecommunications  applications  in  the  health 
sector. 

A series  of  13 projects  of common  interest was selected  on the basis  of  a second 
joint  call  for  proposals  on  Educational  Multimedia,  published  end  1996.  These 
projects  are  in  areas  such  as  distance  training  and  learning  and  the  provision  of 
multimedia communication platforms  for school networks. 

Finally,  15 regional  projects  in  11 Member  states  were  selected  for  Community 
financial  support  concerning  the promotion  of electronic  commerce  for  SMEs  in 
the  tourism  sector.  This  selection  was  based  on  a  call  for  proposals  published 
mid-1996. 

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The total Community  financial  support  for the 40 projects  amounts to 21 MECU. 
A list of all these projects may be found  in annex V. 

4.1.3  Transport 

As regards  transport,  the TEN  financial  assistance  committee  held  two  meetings 
in  1997 and  gave  a favourable  opinion  on  125 projects  and  studies  for  which  the 
Commission  proposed  financial  assistance  totalling  ECU  352  million.  Some  50 
of  the  actions  chosen  were  a  continuation  of  (or  complementary  to)  actions 
previously  supported; Annex VI gives full  details. 

The  Commission  received  no  less  than  311  requests  for  financial  assistance, 
many  of  them  for  relatively  minor  sums.  In  view  of  the  heavy  administrative 
burden  that  their processing  and management  entails, the Commission  persuaded 
the  Committee  to  limit  requests  for  financial  assistance  for  transport  projects  in 
the  future  to a minimum  of ECU 500.000. However,  in duly justified  exceptional 
cases this limit may be lowered. 

As  can  be  seen  from  Table  3, the  Commission  has  continued  to  concentrate  the 
greater  part  of  its  available  resources  (60%)  on  the  14 specific  "Essen"  projects 
(including  rail  traffic  management).  The  proportion  given  over  to  other  projects 
of common  interest (25%) has increased  substantially  as compared to  1996. 

Transport:  Table 3: Project  categories 

14  specific  projects  confirmed  by  the  Essen 
European  Council  (includes  9  MECU  for  rail 
traffic  management) 
Traffic  management  (all modes except rail) 
Other 
(other than the  14 specific  projects) 

important  projects  of  common 

interest 

Support 97 
(MECU) 

2.11 

% 

'97 
60 

'96 
75 

52 
89 

15 
25 

18 
7 

TOTAL 

352 

100 

100 

From  the  point  of  view  of  the  forms  of  intervention,  table  4  shows  that  in  1997 
the  share  of  direct  grants  and  interest  rebate  subsidies  increased  by  major 
proportions  - 53% and 66% respectively  - while  feasability  studies declined by a 
substantial 36%. 

Transport:  Table 4: Forms  of  Intervention 

Feasibility  studies/Technical  support measures 
Direct  grants 
Interest  rebates 

TOTAL 

15 

Support 97 
(MECU) 

% 

'97 

'96 

175 
140 
37 
352 

50 
40 
10 
100 

68 
26 
6 
100 

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As  can  be  seen  from  Table  5,  by  far  the  greater  part  of  Union  spending  on 
transport  under Regulation 2236/95 goes to rail projects  (58%), with roads (18%) 
and  traffic  management  (15%)  in  second  and  third  places.  The  support  for 
airports this year (6%) shows an important increase over last year. 

Table 5: Transport  modes 

Rail (including traffic  management) 
Road 
Inland  waterways 
Sea/Ports 
Airports 
Traffic  management  (all modes except rail) 

TOTAL 

Support 97 
(MECU) 

204 
62 
4 
9 
21 
52 
352 

% 

1997 
58 
18 
1 
2 
6 
15 
100 

1996 
62 
13 
1 
1 
1 
22 
100 

4.2  IDA 

4.3  ERDF 

IDA projects  (E-mail  and  horizontal  actions, support  for  European  Agencies  and 
sectorial  actions)  are  financed  independently  of  the  TEN  financial  assistance 
regulation  but  mention  is  made  of  them  here  for  the  sake  of  completeness.  In 
1997  the  Commission  approved  financial  contributions  of  ECU  37,5  million  for 
the various actions supported by IDA; details are to be found  in Annex VII. 

The European Regional  Development  Fund and the Cohesion  Fund  are by  far  the 
main  sources  of  Union  grants  for  TEN  projects,  as  table  1 above  clearly  brings 
out. The two  tables below  detail  total  ERDF  funding  in  the  energy  and  transport 
sectors in  1997: details are to be found  in Annex IX. 

Table 6. Total ERDF energy sector  1997 

Member  States 

SPAIN: 
GREECE: 
ITAL Y. 
PORTUGAL: 

TOTAL 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 

Commitments 
up to 1997 
(MECU) 

Commit 
ments in 
1997 
(MECU) 

period  1994-99 

1997 

92,7 
203,0 
55,8 
304,0 

655,5 

75,1 
189,5 
16,2 
123,0 

403,8 

174,8 
80,5 
-
22,0 

277,3 

Ref./Obs. 

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Table 7. Total ERDF transport  sector 1997 

TOTAL 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 

Commitments 
up to 1997 
(MECU) 

Commit 
ments in 1997 
(MECU) 

Ref./Obs. 

GREECE: 
IRELAND: 
ITALY: 
PORTUGAL: 
UK: 
FINLAND: 

period  1994 - 99 
1163,2 
364,5 
1045,0 
213,0 
123,8 
7,4 

640,1 
133,0 
384,5 
-
-
3,7 

1997 

358,4 
52,5 
33,8 
72,6 
6,4 
3,7 

TOTAL TRANSPORT 

2916,9 

1161,3 

527,4 

(1!) 

In  1997  the  following  programmes  and  projects  were  the  main  beneficiaries  of 
commitments  for  ERDF  funding. 

Energy 

•  The introduction  of natural gas into Greece; 

•  The  introduction  of  natural  gas  into  Portugal  and  the  interconnection  of  the 

Portuguese  grid to the Spanish networks under INTERREG II; 

•  The  Spanish  section  of the  Algeria-Morocco-EU gas pipelines  and  extensions 

to some Andalusian cities; 

•  The  introduction  of  natural  gas  into  new  Spanish  regions  (Western  pipeline 

project  and the Valencia-Orihuela-Cartagena  project); 

•  Upgrading of the existing LNG terminal at Huelva and Cartagena. 

Transport: 

.  PATHE and VIA EGNATIA motorways in Greece; 

•  Athens - Thessaloniki  railway; 

•  Trunk roads in Italy; 

•  Trunk roads in Ireland; 

•  Rail projects  in Portugal. 

1 '  The total only includes those Member  States where there are estimated figures  for  TEN 

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4.4  Cohesion  Fund 

Table  8  below  gives  the  annual  commitments  made  by  the  Cohesion  Fund  in 
favour  of TENs transport  projects  since  1993 in each  of  the beneficiary  Member 
States.  These  figures  include  commitments  for  projects  adopted  in  the  year  in 
question as well as new annual instalments for projects  adopted previously. 

Table 8: Cohesion  Fund TEN financing: Total by Member States. 

MEMBER STATES 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

1993-1997 

SPAIN 

606.4 

498.9 

610.2 

678.8 

665.7 

3059.5 

PORTUGAL 

160.8 

200.2 

240.5 

221.5 

190.9 

1  10134 

GREECE 

IRELAND 

TOTAL 

105.1 

134 

159.7 

202.4 

28.3.0 

86 

96 

97.2 

121.8 

111.5 

9v^*"» 

512*4 

95&3 

"2"»x 

1107,6 

M****** A. 

|  1251.1 

!  S47&2 

Table 9 below provides a breakdown of annual commitments by transport  sector. 
This  illustrates  the  continuing  predominance  of  roads  in  Cohesion  Fund 
financing,  reflecting  the  needs  and  priorities  of  the  Member  States  concerned. 
However,  in  terms  of  absolute  figures,  the  financing  of  other  transport  modes 
such as railways and ports is nevertheless  important. 

Annex  IX gives  the  latest position  regarding  assistance  from  the Cohesion  Fund 
for  the  five  specific  projects  which  directly  concern  the  cohesion  countries, 
namely:  High-speed  train  south,  Greek  motorways,  Portugal/Spain-rest  of  the 
EU  multimodal  connections,  Cork-Dublin-Belfast  rail  link  and  the  Ireland-UK-
Benelux road  corridor. 

Project  n°  8 (Multimodal  link  Portugal-Spain/Europe)  has  changed  in  scope  in 
1997  in  line  with  the  agreement  reached  at  the  Dublin  European  Council  in 
December  1996,  the  priority  project  is  now  the  "Portugal-Spain-rest  of  Europe 
multi-modal corridor". In the light of the enlargement of the scope of the project, 
the  amount  of  Cohesion  Fund  assistance  committed  in  1997  and  later  years  is 
considerably  larger than in the  1993-1996 period. 

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Table 9: Cohesion Fund Ten Financing: Total by Modes. 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

Total 
1993-
1997 

% 

% 

% 

% 

% 

672.6 

70 

619.6 

66 

832.5 

75 

959.5 

78 

707.6 

57 

3791.8 

Sector 

Roads  & 
motorways 

Railways 

162.2 

16 

278.5 

29 

178.4 

16 

222 

18 

407.7 

33 

1248.8 

Ports 

Airports 

Vessel 
Traffic 
Systems 

Total 

16.1 

91.7 

15.6 

1 

9 

1 

31 

0 

0 

3 

0 

0 

67.4 

23.7 

5.5 

6 

2 

1 

23 

15.7 

4 

2 

1 

0 

21.3 

110.3 

4.2 

2 

9 

158.8 

241.4 

29.3 

ma 

100 

m,t 

too 

urns 

100 

WA& 

100 

12514 

xm 

$470*1 

% 

"W 

££ 

* 

4 

1 

r w 

4.5  EIB loans 

The  development  of  Trans-European  networks  remains  one  of  the  EIB's  top 
priorities.  This was reflected  again  in the Bank's  lending  activity  during  the  year 
1997, with total new loan approvals by the EIB's Board of Directors of ECU 9 318 
million  and  finance  contract  signatures  of  ECU  7  677  million,  representing  one 
third  of  the  Bank's  activity  in  the  Member  States.  Since  1993,  the  Bank  has 
approved  loans  in  favours  of  TENs  and  related  projects  for  a  total  of  ECU 
42  141 million (a  28% increase since last year) and  signed  finance  contracts  for a 
cumulated ECU  27 801 million (38% more than at the end of last year).  The total 
investment  cost  of  corresponding  projects  is  estimated  at  ECU  132  000  million. 
See annex X. 

Loans  approved  by  the  EIB in  1997 for  TENs  in  the  transport  sector  amount  to 
ECU  7  033  million  (ECU  7  542  million  in  1996),  resulting  in  a  total  of  ECU 
28  023  million  of  loans  approved  for  that  sector  to  date.  Finance  contract 
signatures  reached  ECU  4  943  million  in  1997  (ECU  3  504  million  in  1996), 
which brings the cumulated amount to ECU  16 113 million. 

For  the  14 transport  projects  that  were  given  top  priority  at  the  Essen  European 
Council, new loan approvals reached ECU 2 708 million in  1997, for  a cumulated 
total  of  ECU  11  157  million.  Finance  contracts  for  ECU  1  601  million  were 
signed  in  1997  (ECU  1  189  million  in  1996), which  brings  the  total  amount  of 
signatures  to  date  to  ECU  6  876  million.  New  loans  approved  and  signed  were 

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mainly  for the first  and second phases of the PBKAL high-speed  train, the Nordic 
Triangle and Greek motorways. 

In  the  energy  sector,  ECU  670  million  of new  loans  were  approved  in  1997  for 
gas  and  electricity  TENs  (ECU  875  million  in  1996), for  a cumulated  amount  to 
date  of  ECU  5  559  million.  With  ECU  854  million  of  new  loan  signatures  in 
1997 (ECU  1 415 million  in  1996), their  cumulated  amount  now  reaches  ECU  4 
262 million.  With an ECU 300 million new loan approved  and signed in  1997 for 
one  of  the  10  Essen  priority  projects  in  the  energy  sector,  cumulated  loan 
approvals  stand  at  ECU  2 548 million  and  finance  contract  signatures  at  ECU  2 
040 million. 

In  1997,  the  EIB  also  provided  new  loans  for  European  telecommunication 
networks, but  not  covered  by  the  TEN  telecommunication  Guidelines,  with  ECU 
1  616 million  of  approvals  (ECU  1 373 million  in  1996)  and  ECU  1 880  million 
of  signatures  (ECU  1 602  million  in  1996).  A  total  of  ECU  8  559  million  of 
loans  has  thus  been  approved  to  date.  Finance  contracts  signed  to  date  reach  a 
total  of  ECU  7 426  million.  About  74% of  new  loans  signed  and  85% of  those 
approved in  1997 were for mobile telephony projects. 

the  June  1997  European  Council  "Resolution  on  growth  and 
Following 
employment",  which  urged  the  EIB  "to  step  up  its  interventions  in  the  area  of 
large  infrastructure  networks",  the  Bank's  commitment  to  support  the  TENs  was 
renewed  and  reinforced  with  the  approval  by  its  Board  of  Governors  of  an 
"Amsterdam  Special  Action  Programme" which,  among  other  things,  includes 
measures in favour of TENs and related  infrastructure: 

• 
• 
• 

• 

• 

To support project  preparation, 
To provide loans with longer maturities and grace periods, 
To raise the ceiling of lending to 75% (instead of 50%) of 
project cost (on an exceptional case-by-case basis, when it is 
deemed  appropriate), 
To  prepare  tailor-made  packages  for  priority  projects  when 
necessary and 
To  co-operate  with  the  Commission,  the  EIF  and  the  member 
states  in  designing  new  financial  instruments  and  encouraging 
the establishment of PPPs. 

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Table 10: EIB lending for TEN  (MECU) 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

Total  1993-97 

Transport 
(Essen projects) 
Energy 
(Essen  projects) 
Telecoms12 
TOTAL 

1908 
1346 
367 
207 
1005 
Mm 

1939 
1137 
715 
315 
2100 
4754 

3819 
1603 
910 
523 
839 
5568 

3504 
1189 
1415 
695 
1602 
6521 

4943 
1 601 
854 
300 
1 880 
7677 

16 113 
6$76 
s  4m 
2040 
7426 
27 $01 

4.6  EIF guarantees 

At  the  end  of  1997  the  total  EIF  portfolio  of  approved  operations  since  its 
inception  stood  at  ECU  3  000  million  of  which  ECU  2  200  million  had  been 
signed. Of this, TEN projects accounted  for ECU  1 548 million, corresponding to 
67% of the total (transport 37%, energy 30% and telecommunications 33%). 

Overall  signatures  for  1997  were  769  million  (guarantees)  and  33.5  million 
(equity).  Of  the  total  of  guarantees,  ECU  336  million  (82%)  were  for  TEN 
projects,  including  278  million  in  telephone  projects,  all  for  mobile  telephone 
networks13,  in  Belgium,  France,  Ireland,  Italy  and  Hungary.  One  operation  was 
signed  in  energy  (Portugal,  4  million)  and  transport  (Greece,  55  million), 
respectively. 

Since  the  creation  of  the  EIF,  TEN  operations  have  been  guaranteed  in  nine 
member  states  (Belgium,  France,  Greece,  Ireland,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Portugal, 
Spain, UK)  and  outside  the  EU, in  Hungary,  Slovakia  ans  the Norwegian  sector 
of  the North  Sea. 

Details of these operations are to be found  in Annex XI. 

Table  11: EIF loan guarantees  for  TEN 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

Transport 
Energy 
Telecoms 
TOTAL 

75.9 
207.7 
156.1 
r 4mf 

85.2 
11.9 
19.4 
ll&S 

303 
270 
9 
582 

55 
3.75 
276 
334.75 

Total 
1994-97 

•J7JL3''** 

493,35 
4&X5 

1472M 

12 The telecommunication  projects  do not come within the TEN-Telecom Guidelines 

13 Idem 

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4.7  ESCS Loans 

In  1997 the Commission  signed  and disbursed two ECSC  loans for  a total of  130 
ECU  million  for  the  benefit  of  TEN  projects.  These  loans  concern  two 
Portuguese  projects  on  transport  (a  new  bridge  over  the  Tagus)  and  energy 
(natural gas network). 

4.8  EEA Financial  Mechanism 

The  European  Economic  Area  Financial  Mechanism  gave  a  grant  of  ECU  7 
million  for  the  upgrading  and  expansion  of  Lanzarote  airport  (Spain).  It  also 
approved  interest rebates on a loan of ECU  156.5 million  for the Athens  ringroad 
(part  of PATHE), on  a loan of ECU  40 million  for  Irish road  improvements  and 
on  a  loan  of  ECU  68  million  for  extensions  at  Lanzarote,  Tenerife  and 
Fuerteventura  airports (Spain). 

4.9  Member States'  financing 

Union  financing  of TEN represents  in most  cases  a  small  proportion  of  the  total 
cost, except  for  some projects  in the "cohesion" countries. The greater part of the 
funding  comes  either  from  the  public  authorities  of  the  Member  States  or, 
especially in the  energy  and telecommunications  sectors,  from  the private  sector. 
The  Member  States'  administrations,  however,  have  not  so  far  been  able  to 
provide the Commission with statistics of their TEN spending. 

4.10  Financing infrastructure  in third countries 

and  Mediterranean  Basin 

With the opening  of enlargement negotiations, the linking  of the Union's  Eastern 
transport, 
European 
telecommunications  and  energy  TEN  is  more  than  ever  important  and  urgent. 
Given  the  relative  poverty  of  these  countries,  however,  substantial  financial 
assistance  from  the  international  community  at  large  and  from  the  Union  in 
particular  is  needed.  In  "Agenda  2000" the  Commission  argued  that  it  was  the 
trans-European  nature  of  the  benefits  from  these  projects  which  justified 
continued substantial contributions at the Union level towards their realisation.14. 

neighbours 

its 

to 

In  1997, the EIB approved ECU 509 million of lending for new transport  network 
projects  in  Central  and  Eastern  Europe  and  signed  ECU  427  million  of  finance 
contracts.  New  loan approvals and signatures for  telecommunications  projects  in 
the same group  of countries reached respectively  ECU  667 million  and ECU  357 
million. 

In January  1997 the Ecofin  Council  agreed new  lending  mandates  for  the EIB  in 
Central  and  Eastern  European  countries  and  in  the  Mediterranean  Basin.  At  the 
invitation  of  the  Council  the  EIB  has  established  a pre-accession  facility  for  an 
overall amount of up to ECU 3 500 million for the period up to 31 January 2000. 

14 "Agenda  2000" I, pages  11 and 56-5" 

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In  1997,  the  EIB  approved  a  new  loan  for  the  Spanish  component  of  the 
Morocco-Spain  electrical interconnection  for which it had  financed  the  Moroccan 
component  in  1994.  A  loan  was  also  approved  and  signed  for  the  GR2  gas 
pipeline  in  Algeria,  which  feeds  into  the  two  gas  pipelines  connecting  North 
Africa to Europe through Italy and Spain. 

In the spring of  1997 the Commission reorganised  PHARE's  investment  strategy 
in  the  Central  and  Eastern  Europe  countries;  this  will  result  in  an  increase  in 
spending  on  infrastructure  extending  TEN  in  that  region  in  particular  the 
candidate  countries.  Commitments  of  new  funds  in  1997  were  approximately 
ECU  159  million  of  which  the  vast  majority  was  allocated  to  transport 
infrastructure  projects.  Included  in  these  commitments  are  ECU  100  million 
which  the  EP  requested  to be  allotted  to  infrastructure  projects  specifically  for 
extension  of  TEN-Transport  along  the  Crete/Helsinki  corridors  in  Central  and 
Eastern Europe. 

Table  12 below analyses these commitments by country and sector: 

Table  12: Phare infrastructure  financing  1997 

Country 

TRANSPORT 
(MECU) 

ENERGY 
(MECU) 

TELECOM 
(MECU) 

Bulgaria 

Czech Republic 

Estonia 

Hungary 
Latvia 
Lithuania 

Poland 
Romania 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Multicountry 
Border-Crossings 

TOTAL 

0 

4.16 

5 

33.7 
4.1 

4.5 

91 

0 

0 

6.3 
9.1 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 

0.8 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

157*86 

0.8 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 
0 
0 

* 

Improving  infrastructure  links  with  the New  Independent  States  (NIS)  is  one  of 
the  objectives  of  the  Tacis  programme,  which  can  now  spend  up  to  10%  of  its 
annual budget  on  investment,  including  small-scale  infrastructure  projects,  in the 
context  of  cross  border  co-operation.  In  1997  Tacis  committed  around  ECU  50 
million on such projects  in the transport  and energy  fields. 

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Spending  by  the  MEDA  programme  to  link  better  the  countries  of  the 
Mediterranean Basin to the Union is at present marginal (but very useful),  being 
limited to a small number of  feasibility studies. 

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5.  FINANCING THE TEN:  OTHER ISSUES 

5.1  Giving impetus to the "Essen" projects 

In view of the financing  difficulties  faced by the  14 projects  selected by the Essen 
European  Council,  the  Commission  recommended  in  its  submission  to  the 
Luxemburg  European  Council  on  Employment15  that,  for  each  of  the  "Essen 
projects",  the Member  States concerned,  in liaison  with  the  Commission,  should 
establish  a  firm  timetable  and  financing  plan  to  provide  the  demonstration  of 
political  commitment  to  implementation  that  is  essential  to  create  the  necessary 
momentum  for  decisive  action  on  individual  projects,  and  to  create  confidence 
that  networks  benefits  will  be  captured.  This  was  endorsed  by  the  European 
Council in its conclusions16. 

5.2  Agenda 2000 and the future financial  perspectives 

"Agenda  2000"  makes  a  number  of  important  statements  about  the  future 
development  of TEN: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

"Agenda  2000"  states  that  the  development  of  internal  policies  is  a  first 
priority.17  Elsewhere  it  specifies  that  TEN  have  a  special  place  as  a  key 
theme in the context of internal policies18. 

The  document  argues that  TEN have a particularly  important  role to  play 
in  creating  new  links  with  the  Central  and  Eastern  European  candidate 
countries.19 

for  additional 

identified  beyond  present 
It  calls 
appropriations.20  The  budgetary  resources  for  TEN  should  grow  faster 
than  GNP21  and  more  than  proportionately  to  the  enlarged  Community 
GDP22. 

funding 

to  be 

15SEC(97)2168,p.  12 

16 Presidency  Conclusions,  SN300/97 

17 For a stronger  and  wider  Union, Part  1, Beyond  2000. p. 17 

1S For a stronger and  wider Union, Part  3, Section  III, sub-section  3, p. 68 

1°> Fora  stronger and  wider Union, Pan  1, Section  I, sub-section  1, p. 18 

20 "Agenda 2000" I, page  11 

2 '. For a stronger and  wider  Union.  Vav:  3, Section  11, sub-section  3, p. 64 

22  Impact Study, Part  III, Section  3, p.  134 

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(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

The  document  declares  that  effective  coordination  of  the  various  sources 
of finance  for TENs, including development of public/private  financing,  is 
essential.23 

As regards  selection criteria, "Agenda 2000" urges that concentration  on a 
small  number  of  key  projects  of high  quality  and  proven  Union  interest, 
thus  ensuring  significant  impact,  is  to  be  the  guiding  principle  for  the 
future24  25. 

Finally,  the  report  reaffirms  that  greater  use  must  be  made  of  forms  of 
assistance  other  than  grants  -  interest-rate  subsidies,  guarantees,  venture 
capital holdings and other holdings26. The document  also mentions several 
times  the  need  to  involve  private  capital  and  expertise  through  public  / 
private partnerships 27. 

5.3  Promoting Public / private partnerships (PPP) 

5.3.1  Kinnock High-Level  Group and follow-up 

The High-level  Group  on public / private partnership  financing  of TEN  transport 
projects  was  set  up  by  the  Commission,  with  the  agreement  of  the  Transport 
Council,  in  September  1996.  The  group  comprised  individuals  representing  all 
parts  of  the  private  sector  having  an  interest  in  the  provision  of  transport 
infrastructure,  as  well  as  representatives  of  the  public  sector  nominated  by  their 
Ministers of Transport. The Group adopted its final report in May  199728. 

The  Commission  endorsed  fully  the  recommendations  of  the  Group.  It  adopted 
on  10 September  a communication to the Council, to the European Parliament, to 
the Economic  and Social Committee and to the Committee  of Regions setting out 
how  it  intended  to  implement  the  recommendations  which  the  Group  had 
addressed specifically  to it29. 

The EIB, which  participated  actively  in the work  of the  High-Level  Group,  gave 
its  full  support  to  the  Group's  recommendations  and  decided  to  step  up  its  co 
operation  with  the  EIF  and  the  Commission  in  order  to  better  combine  existing 
funding  sources,  to  further  develop  existing  financial  instalments  (including 

23 Impact Study, Part III, Section  3, p.  134 

24 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 3, Section  III, sub-section  3, p. 68 

25 Impact Study, Part III, Section 3, p.  134 

26 For a stronger and wider Union, Part  1, Section II, sub-section 5, p. 26 

27 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 3, Section II, sub-section 2, p. 63 

23 Finn! report  of the  High-level  Group  or,  public  • private  partnership  financing  of TFN transport  projects  (VII/321/97) 

2S)C0M(97)453 

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loans  with  long  maturities  and  grace  periods)  and,  if  necessary,  to  develop  new 
instruments. 

The  Commission  presented  the  group's  report  to  the  June  meeting  of  the 
Transport  Council,  and  the  communication  to  its  October  meeting  as  well  as  to 
the Ecofin  October meeting. The Transport  Council adopted unanimously  a set of 
conclusions  calling  for  Member  States  to  use  all  appropriate  means  wherever 
possible to develop PPP's. 

5.3.1.1  Public procurement 

The  Group  recommended 
that  the  Commission  should  elaborate  specific 
Guidelines which would provide greater clarity with regard to public  procurement 
procedures to be followed  for the award of transport infrastructure  contracts. 

Private  sector  concerns  and  specific  points  in  EU  procurement  rules  have  been 
examined in order to promote a regulatory framework  where  flexibility,  publicity, 
negotiation  and  call  for  tender  would  be  key  issues.  The  High-Level  Group 
conclusions provide a major  contribution to the consultation process on the Green 
Paper on Public  Procurement. 

intends 

to  present  soon  a  Communication  on  Public 
The  Commission 
Procurement,  forming  the  framework  for  guidelines  on  the  application  of  the 
public procurement  legislation to infrastructure  projects, covering the relationship 
between the Public Works (97/37/EEC)  and the Utilities  (93/38/EEC)  Directives, 
the technical  dialogue  during  the conception  phase  and  other  contractual  aspects 
ofPPP. 

5.3.1.2  Competition  policy 

The  Group  found 
that  prospective  PPP  partners  were  uncertain  of  the 
implications  of  EU  competition  legislation.  Accordingly  the  Commission  issued 
its  recommendations  on  the 
on  30  September  a  communication  clarifying 
application of the competition rules to new transport infrastructure  projects30. 

As  in  the  case  of  public  procurement,  it  is  impossible  for  the  Commission  to 
propose general  rules on exemption  from  Union competition  legislation  for large-
scale  transport  infrastructure  projects.  The  Commission  therefore  urges  all 
interested  parties  to  contact  its  services  as  early  as  possible  to  discuss  the 
competition  issues raised by these projects with a view to solving them. 

5.3.1.3  Development of financing  instruments 

The  Group  concluded  that  structurally  subordinated  loans  and  early  operational 
stage  loans  offered  a  means  to  alleviate  risks  caused  by  uncertainties  in  early 
operational  stage  cash-flow  generation.  In  its  communication,  the  Commission 
emphasised  that  these  instruments  already  exist  on  a  limited  scale.  It  suggested 

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therefore  that  their  availability  should be  developed  within  the  framework  of  the 
Union's  financial  institutions  with  support  from  Union  resources,  if  necessary 
and  appropriate,  to  help  the  emergence  of  a  genuine  market.  The  Commission 
also announced  its intention, in consultation  with the EIB  and  EIF, of  examining 
the  setting  up  of  a  mezzanine  fund  focused  on  TEN  projects.  The  Commission 
began exploratory discussions with the financial  markets about such a  fund. 

5.3.1.4  Innovative and proactive support 

As recommended  by the Group, the Commission  intends to take a certain  number 
of initiatives, with the technical support of the EIB and the EIF, in order to ensure 
the  optimal  and  coordinated  use  of  the  public  resources  provided  by  the  TEN 
budget  line  and  the  Union's  financial  institutions.  Such  initiatives  would  clearly 
need  to be  supported  by the Member  States concerned.  The  Commission  intends 
to  encourage  and  facilitate  the  early  involvement  of  the  private  sector  in  project 
design,  and  to  ensure  that  support  from  the  range  of  Union-level  financial 
instruments is provided  in a co-ordinated  way most suited  to individual  projects. 

5.3.1.5  Network and trans-European benefits  and a PPP database 

The  Group  recommended  that  trans-European  and  network  benefits  should  be 
taken  into account  when assessing projects  and that  a European-wide  database  of 
PPP  projects  should  be  set  up.  The  Commission  intends  to  step  up  its  research 
into common methodologies, in co-operation  with Member  States, and to explore 
the possibilities  for the establishment of a PPP database. 

5.4  Improving  coordination 

In parallel  with  its communication  on the  implementation  of  the  PPP  High-level 
Group's recommendations, the Commission  took  a number  of steps in  September 
to  improve  internal  coordination  among  its  services  (and  with  the  EIB,  the  EIF 
and other international  financial  institutions)  involved  in  financing  TEN  projects. 
These  steps  aim  at  reinforcing  strategic  priority  setting,  at  encouraging  and 
facilitating  the  pro-active  funding  coordination  on  individual  projects  and  at 
achieving  a  better  exchange  of  information  between  the  various  financial 
instruments. 

5.5  SEM 2000 and  Evaluation 

In the context  of  its "SEM  (Sound  and  efficient  management)  2000" programme 
the Commission  attaches  high priority  to evaluating  its  actions. In November  the 
Commission  accordingly  discussed  with  the TEN  financial  assistance  committee 
its  plans  for  mid-term  evaluation  in  1998  of  its  financial  support  for  TEN 
transport  projects.  It  also  launched  an  evaluation  study  on  Euro-ISDN  with  a 
view to reporting to the Parliament  and Council by mid-1998, in accordance with 
Article  10 of Decision 2717/9531 

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6.  EXTERNAL  RELATIONS 

6.1  Enlargement and the pre-accession  strategy 

By  way  of  preparing  for  enlargement, 
two 
communications  to  the  Council  and  Parliament  on  the  external  dimensions  of 
TEN in the energy32 and transport sectors.33 

the  Commission  submitted 

The  "Energy  Networks"  conference  in  Berlin  in  December  highlighted  the 
importance  of network  development  not  only  for  the Union's  energy  supply,  but 
also for international cooperation and development  generally 

A  meeting  in  December  in  Bucarest  between  the  Union  and  the  Black  Sea 
Region countries  approved a memorandum  identifying  priority energy projects  of 
common  interest  in  the  Balkans  which  would  interconnect  the  Union's  energy 
networks with those of the Black Sea Region. 

The  Commission  played  a  major  role  in  the  organisation  and  successful 
conclusion  of  the  Third  Pan-European  Transport  Conference  in  Helsinki  in 
June  1997, gathering more than  1000 transport decision-makers  and experts.  The 
Conference  recommended  the  adjustment  of the  corridor  concept  initiated  in  the 
previous  Conference  in Crete by  a  few  extensions  to  the  nine  existing  corridors, 
the  creation  of  a new  tenth  corridor  crossing  the  territory  of  the  former  Federal 
Republic  of  Yugoslavia,  and  the  inclusion  of  the  concept  of  "Pan-European 
Transport  Areas".  It  also  reinforced  the  multimodal  character  of  these  concepts 
through  the  inclusion  of  aviation  (international  airports)  and  water  transport 
(important  maritime  and  river  ports),  and  highlighted 
the  importance  of 
telematics  and  other  intelligent  applications  in the  development  of  pan-European 
transport  infrastructure. 

in  November  and  took  note  of  the 

The Senior Officials  Group of the Transport  Infrastructure  Needs  Assessment 
interim  report  on  the 
(TINA)  met 
developments  so  far.  The  regional  groups  have  already  done  substantial  work  in 
collecting  and  analysing 
infrastructure,  and 
methodology  for  the TINA  analysis has been developed.  Studies  on traffic  flows 
and infrastructure  unit costs are under way. The technical secretariat was set up in 
Vienna,  financed  by the Phare  programme,  and  the  whole  process  is now  in  full 
swing; the first  results will be available in  1998. 

information  on 

the  existing 

Given the administrative problems of the Central and Eastern European countries, 
they  stand  to benefit  particularly  from  participation  in  IDA  and  other  European-
level  telematic  programmes.  The  Commission  held  discussions  in  the  course  of 
relevant  Central  and  Eastern  European  countries' 
the  year  with 
administrations. 

the 

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As  regards  telecommunications  the  Commission  intends  to  extend  the  TEN-
Telecom  to  Central  and  Eastern  European  countries,  NIS  and  Mediterranean 
countries 
the  PHARE,  TACIS  and  MEDA 
programmes, along the following  lines: 

through  joint  actions  with 

• 

involvement  of  Central  and  Eastern  European  countries  and  Mediterranean 
countries  in  TEN-Telecom  projects  with  emphasis  in  pre-accession  countries 
on TEN-Telecom projects reflecting  accession priorities; 

•  extension  of  successful  TEN  projects  with  complementary  support  on  the 
investment  cost, e.g., in the infrastructure  network,  coming  from  other  sources 
than TEN-Telecom  funding; 

•  development  of  interconnectivity/interoperability  projects  for  fixed,  satellite 

and mobile communication networks; 

•  awareness actions among potential user communities. 

To this purpose a working paper is being prepared by the  Commission. 

On  4  December  1996  the  Commission  adopted  a  report  to  the  Council34  on 
cooperation  between  the  EU  and  the  Central  European  Initiative.  The  report 
mentions  TEN  as  one  of  several  priority  sectors  where  the  Union  would  be 
willing  to  cooperate  with  the  Central  European  countries  involved  in  the 
Initiative. 

With  a view  to  increasing  infrastructure  investments  in  the  countries  of  Central 
and  Eastern  Europe  related  to  its  pre-accession  strategy,  the  Commission  has 
identified  its coordination  efforts  with  EIB, EBRD  and IBRD. In October  1997 it 
launched  a  working  group  to  develop  a  framework  contingency  agreement  and 
the  identification  of  suitable  projects  to  be  financed  by  them  and  its  Phare  aid 
programme. 

6.2  Structured  dialogue 

On  27  May  1997  a joint  ministerial  meeting  with  the  countries  of  Central  and 
Eastern  Europe  took  place  in the  field  of  energy  at  which  various  aspects  of  the 
external dimension  of energy networks were discussed. 

On  9  October  the  Union  Transport  Ministers  and  their  CEEC  counterparts 
discussed,  among  other  things,  the  results  of  the  Helsinki  Pan-European 
Transport  Conference  and  progress  being  made  in  the  "Transport  Infrastructure 
Needs  Assessment". 

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7. 

T HE  TEN  AS A SOURCE OF  EMPLOYMENT 

As  set  out  in  the  Commission  Communication  "Community  policies  in  support  of 
employment"35 to the Luxemburg European Council on Employment,  TEN have an  important 
role  in  a  medium  term  employment  strategy.  Efficient  transport,  telecommunications  and 
energy  infrastructures  are  vital  for  EU  competitiveness,  and  thus  for  long-term  growth  and 
sustainable jobs.  EU industry needs efficient  transport systems, telecommunication  networks, 
and energy supply both to keep costs down and to allow it to provide better service. 

Though  it  is  their  medium  term  impact  on  competitiveness  that  is  crucial  in job  creation 
terms,  the  TEN  also  create  significant  numbers  of  temporary  jobs  during  the  construction 
phase. 

Having  regard  to  the provisions  on  employment  in  the  Amsterdam  Treaty,  and  in  particular 
Article  127.2 thereof, and using statistical information  on the implementation  of the TEN, the 
Commission  will  pursue  its  work  in  assessing  and  reporting  on  the  employment  and  other 
outcomes of the different  projects. 

More  specifically,  for  the  information  society,  there  is  a  need  for  sustained  effort  by  the 
private and public  sectors to broaden the market, in particular  in areas of public  interest.  It is 
also urgent to  enhance the quality  of Internet-based  generic  services, supporting  in  particular 
the development of multimedia satellite services. 

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8.  OTHER UNION POLICIES WITH A TEN  DIMENSION 

8.1 

European company statute 

The  existence  of  a  European  Company  Status  would  facilitate  the  creation  of 
"project  entities"  to  organise  and  implement  major  infrastructure  projects  and 
would  allow  their  development  into  profit-making  bodies  once  construction 
level,  thus 
starts.  At  present  no  suitable  legal  vehicle  exists  at  Union 
unnecessarily increasing project costs and hampering development. Following the 
publication  of  the  "Davignon  report"  in  the  spring,  the  Social  Affairs  Council 
discussed  the  question  on  15  December  and  deliberations  will  continue  during 
1998. 

8.2 

Environment 

The  Commission  continued  throughout  the  year  its  work  on  developing  a 
methodology  for  the  strategic  environmental  assessment  of  TEN  networks  and 
corridors  as  a  whole,  as  opposed  to  individual  projects.  It  is  expected  that  this 
research will be completed in 71998. 

"Agenda  2000"  underlined  that  the  expansion  of  TEN  would  serve  to  enhance 
sustainable  development  and  should  be  accompanied  by  a  move  to  sounder 
transport  systems, drawing  fully  on new  technology,  to  address  the problems  of 
congestion, pollution and climate change. 

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1. ANNEX I: PROGRESS MADE 0>N TEN ENERGY NETWORKS 

2 

2.  ANNEX  II:  PROGRESS  MADE  ON  TEN  TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

PROJECTS 

3.  ANNEX  III:  PROGRESS  MADE  ON  THE  14  SPECIFIC  "ESSEN" 

PROJECTS 

4.  ANNEX  IV:  ENERGY  PROJECTS  FINANCED  IN  1997  UNDER 

REGULATION 2236/95 

5. ANNEX V: TEN-TELECOM PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 

6.  ANNEX  VI:  TRANSPORT  PROJECTS  FINANCED  IN  1997  UNDER 

REGULATION 2236/95 

7. ANNEX VII: IDAPROJECTS FINANCED IN  1997 

8.  ANNEX  VIII:  MAJOR  TEN  PROJECTS  FINANCED  BY  THE  ERDF  IN 

1997 

9.  ANNEX  IX:  MAJOR  TEN  PROJECTS  FINANCED  BY  THE  REGIONAL 

AND  COHESION FUND UP TO END  1997 

10. ANNEX X  : EIB LOANS FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS  IN 

1997 

11.  ANNEX  XI:  EIF  GUARANTEES  FOR  TEN  AND  TEN-RELATED 

PROJECTS IN 1997 

10 

11 

13 

17 

19 

24 

26 

29 

30 

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Short  indication  of the  stage  reached  by  the  projects  of  common  interest 
included  in the  Guidelines  by  end  1997 

ELECTRICITY  NETWORK  PROJECTS 

PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST 

SPECIFICATION 
orcuinuMiiun 

T 

STAGE REACHED AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

Island Magee - Coylton link. 

Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 
2000. 
CSF: 81  MECU. 

44 

GREECE * ITALY: 

Connection  by  submarine  cable  of  Greek  network, to  Italian 
network through North-Western Greece and South-Eastern Italy. 

Ipiros - Puglia link. 

Project declared as "priority projecf'at the 
Essen Summit (December 1994). 
Authorisation procedures. 
Commissioning: 2000 
REGEN (35 MECU); 
INTERREG II (78,5 MECU); 
EIB loan (100 MECU). 

a? 

UNITED KINGDOM; 

Connection by submarine cable of the tsle of Man, 

North-West England - Isle of Man link. 

Feasibility studies and seabed survey. 
Commissioning: 1999. 
TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

b1 

OERMANY* DENMARK: 

Connection  by  submarine  cable  between  the  German  network 
(UCPTE) and Denmark's Eastern network (NORDEL). 

• 

Bjaeverskov-Bentwisch link 

In operation since 1996. 

b4 

'  -  FRANCS -BELGIUM: 

Completion of  connection  between the  two  countries' networks 

- through North-Eastern France and Southern Belgium, 

Moulaine - Aubange line 

Authorisation procedures. 

Commissioning: 1999. 

M 

FRANCE * GERMANY- Strengthening of the connections between the two countries. 

Vigy (FR) - Marlenheim (FR) - Uchtelfangen (DE) line. 

Authorisation procedures. 

^ ^^ 

PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST 

SPECIFICATION 
orcuirioMi IUIM 

S T A GE  R E A C H ED  A ND 

E[J  F | N A N C | AL  INTERVENTION 

Commissioning: 1999. 

be 

FRANCE - ITALY: 

Connection between the two countries' networks through South* 
Eastern France and North-Western Italy, 

Grand Tie - Piossasco line. 

Project declared as "priority project" at the 
Essen Summit. (December 1994). 
Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 
2000. 
TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

b7 

FRANCE - SPAIN; 

Land  connection  between  the  two  countries'  networks  through 
South-Western France and Northern Spain 

Cazaril - Arag6n line or alternative route/layout, 
including connection to the Sallente - Sentmenat 
line. 

Project declared as "priority project" at the 
Essen Summit (December 1994). 
75% of the Spanish line built. Project 
suspended. 
Feasibility studies on new routes ongoing. 
Commissioning: (1998) postponed. 
TEN line: 1995, 1996 and 1997 decisions for 
co-financing of studies 

b9 

BELGIUM«LUXEMBOURG:  Connection between the two countries* networks, 

Aubange - Bertrange 

Authorisation procedures. 
Commissioning: 2000. 

b10  SPAIN-PORTUGAL: 

Strengthening  and  completion  of  connections  between  the  two 
countries  through the  regions  of  Northern  Portugal  and  North 
western Spain 

^~ 

Mes6n - Lindoso line. 

Project declared as "priority project" at the 
Essen Summit (December 1994). 
In operation since 1996. 
CSF (Spain): 3 MECU 
ElBloan:  26 MECU 

Aldeadavila - Douro International line 

Pre-feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. 

b10(a)  SPAIN ^PORTUGAL; 

New connection between the two countries through the Southern 
region of Portugal and the South-West of Spain 

Balboa - Sines line. 

Pre-feasibility studies. 
Commissioning: after 2000. 
TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

SPECIFICATION 
o 

,U 

A 

i 

S T A GE  R E A C H ED  A ND 

E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

b11 

FINLAND - SWEDEN: 

Strengthening interconnections North of the Gulf of Bothnia 

Petajaskoski (FIN) - Letsi (S) line. 
Pikkarala (FIN) - Keminmaa (FIN) - Svartbyn (S) line. 

Increasing of the transmission capacity of 
these lines through the installation of 
compensation devices. 
Studies under finalisation. Commissioning: 
1997. 
TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

b12  AUSTRIA -ITALY:: 

Strengthening  connections  between  the  North  of  Italy  and  the 
Austrian network. 

Lienz - Cordignano line. 

Authorisation  procedures.  Commissioning: 
2004. 
TEN  line:  1995  decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies. 

b13 

IRELAND - UNITED KINGDOM (N. IRELAND): Strengthening of connections between Ireland and 

Northern Ireland* 

Specification not yet defined. 

Feasibility studies. Commissioning : after 2000. 
TEN  line:  1997  decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies. 

b14  AUSTRIA»GERMANY: Strengthening of the connections between the two countries 

St Peter - Isar line. 

Pre-feasibility  studies.  Commissioning:  after 
2000. 

bl£ 

THE NETHERLANDS-UNITED KINGDOM:  Connection  by  submarine  cable  between  South* 

Eastern England and Central Netherlands, 

Rotterdam area - South-Eastem England link 

Feasibility studies. Seabed survey in 1998. 
Commissioning: after 2000. 
TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of 
studies 

c2  *  DENMARK: 

Connections by submarine  cable between the country's  Western 
(UCPTE) and Eastern (NORDEL) networks. 

Fyn - Sjaelland 

Project  declared  as  "priority  project"  at  the 
Essen Summit (December 1994) 

Project  decided.  Financing  of  the  project  not 
finalized. 
Commissioning: (1997) postponed 

C3 

THE NETHERLANDS;  Strengthening connections in the North-East of the country. 

Zwolle - Meeden - Eemshaven line. 

In operation since 1996. 

PROJECT OF COMMON  INTEREST 

Q P F P I F I P A T i nN 
o rc 

STAGE  REACHED  AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL  INTERVENTION 

c4 

FRANCS: 

Strengthening connections in the North-East of the country. 

Sierrentz - Mulbach line. 

Authorisation 
1999. 

procedures.  Commissioning: 

c& 

ITALY: 

Strengthening and developing connections on the East-West axes in the 
North of the country and on the North-South axis. 

Connections  on the East-West axis: 
- Vado  Ligure - Morigallo  line. 

- Caorso - San Damaso line. 
- Rondissone-Castelnuovo/Scrivia  line. 
-Turbigo  - Rho line. 
- Turbigo - Baggio line. 

- Gorlago - San  Fiorano line. 
- San Fiorano substation. 
- Turbigo - Piedilago  line. 

- Piedilago pumping station. 

Connections  on the  North-South  axis 

- Tavarnuzze  - Poggio a Caiano - Calenzano  line. 
- Pietrafitta - Santa  Barbara  line. 

- Santa Barbara - Tavarnuzze  line. 

- Tavarnuzze  substation. 
- Matera - Santa Sofia line. 
- Galatina - Taranto  Nord line 
- Pian della Speranza/Roma Nord - Montalto/Suvereto 

Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning: 
2004. 
TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing  of 
studies. 
In operation. 
In operation. 
Under construction. Commissioning: 1999. 
Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning: 
2000 
Under construction. Commissioning:  1997.. 
Under construction. Commissioning:  1997. 
Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning: 
2004. 
Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning: 
2004. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financrng 
of studies. 

Under construction. Commissioning:  1997 
Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning:  . 
after 2000. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-
financing of studies. 
Authorisation  procedures. Commissioning: 
2000. TEN line: 1995 decision for  co-financing 
of studies. 
Authorisation procedure. Commissioning: 1998. 
Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998. 
Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998 
Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998 

line. 

$5{a) 

ITALY: 

. 

.  . ' 

_ 

Strengthening and development  of connections  on the  Easi-W*st axis  in 
the  North-West  of the country  and  on the  North-South  axis In  the  Centre 
of the country 

Connections  on the  East-West axis; 
- Chivasso - Magenta line. 

_  . 

^ 

. 

.. 

- Colunga - Calenzano  line. 

Feasibility  studies. Commissioning:  between 
2000 and 2002. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-
financing of studies. 
Feasibility studies. Commissioning:  between 
2000 and 2002.TEN  line: 1997 decision for co-
financing of studies. 

Connections  on the  North-South  axis: 
- Pietrafitta - Villavalle line. 

Feasibility  studies. Commissioning:  between 
|  2000 and 2002. TEN line: 1997 decision for cor 

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artoiMUA M UN 

STAGE REACHED AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

financing of studies 

c$ 

SPAIN: 

Strengthening and developing connections in the regions in the North of 
the country and in the regions along the Mediterranean axis. 

Connections in the North; 
- Soto-Penagos-Guefies-ltxaso line. 

- Aguayo - "Penagos-Barcina" line. 

Connections on the Mediterranean axis; 
- Almeria - Rocamora line. 

- Pinar - Tajo line. 

- Caparacena - "Tajo-Almeria" line. 

- Sentmenat - Bescan6 line. 

- Bescan6 - "Vic - Baixas" line. 

Authorisation procedures. Some sections are 
under construction. Commissioning: 2000. 
TEN line: 1995 and 1997 decisions for co-
financing of studies. 
In operation since January 1997. 

Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. 

Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. 
EIB loan: 25 MECU. 
In °Pe r a t i on  s i n ce  J a n u a rv  1 "7" 

Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. 
TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 
Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. 
TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of 
studies 

c7 

PORTUGAL; 

Strengthening connections necessary for interconnections with Spain \n 
the North and Centre of the country. 

Pego - Rio Maior II line. 

Recarei-Douro International line. 

Authorisation  procedures.  Commissioning: 
1998. 
Feasibility  studies.  Commissioning:  2001. 
TEN  line:  1995 decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies 

c8 

GREECE: 

. 

. 

Strengthening  connections  on  the  East-West  axis  in  the  North  of  the 
country 

Arachthos - Ptolemai's line. 

Pre-feasibility  studies.  Commissioning:  after 
2000. 

c» 

IRELAND: 

Strengthening of connections in the North-West of the country 

Connections in the county of Donegal. 

Feasibility  studies. Commissioning: after 2000. 
TEN  line:  1997  decision  for  co-financing  o fl 
I 
studies. 

1 

I 

PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST 

SPECIFICATION 

STAGE REACHED AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

c10 

SPAIN: 

Strengthening  and  development  of  connections  in  the  North-East  and 
West of the country, in  particular to connect to tbfc network  production 
capacities of electricity generated from wind-power. 

Connections in the North-East: 
- in Alava, Aragon and Navarra. 

Connections in the West; 
- in Galicia. 

Feasibility  studies. Commissioning: after 2000. 
TEN  line:  1997  decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies. 

Feasibility  studies. Commissioning: after 2000. 
TEN  line:  1997  decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies 

C11 

SWEDEN: 

Strengthening and development of internal connections 

Connections in Northern Sweden 
Connections in Central Sweden 
Connections in Southern Sweden. 

Feasibility studies. 
Feasibility studies. 

c12  GERMANY: 

Development of connections in the North of the country 

Lubeck/Siems - Gorries - Gustrow line. 
Lubeck/Siems - Krummel line. 

Authorisation procedures. Some sections 
under construction 
Gorries-Gustrow: commissioned in 1996. 
Commissioning of the complete lines: 1998 

d2 

GERMANY - POLAND; Strengthening of the connections between the two countries 

Hagenwerder - Mikulowa line. 
Neuenhagen (DE) - Vierraden (DE) - 
Krajnik (PL) line. 

Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 1998 
Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2000. 

d3 

GERMANY  » NORWAY:  Connection by  submarine  cable  between  Northern Germany  (UCPTE) 

and Southern Norway (NORDEL) 

Brunsbuttel - Southern Norway link. 

Authorisation 
studies. Commissioning: 2003. 

procedures 

and 

feasibility 

dS 

ITALY-SWITZERLAND: 

Strengthening  connections  between  Northern 
Switzerland 

Italy  and 

S. Fiorano-Robbia line. 

Piedilago - Airolo line. 

Under construction. Commissioning: 1998. 

Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 
2004 

PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST 

SPECIFICATION 

STAGE REACHED AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

m 

GREECE» BALKAN COUNTRIES: 

Strengthening  of  connections  between  Greece  and, 
respectively, 
former^ 
YugosiaviaJncluding  the  restoration  of  the  connections 
with  the  North  of  former-^Yugosiavia  and  the  UCPTE 
network 

Bulgaria 

Albania* 

and 

Philippi (GR) - Plovdiv or Maritsa 3 (Bulgaria) line. 

Amintaio (GR) - Bitola (FYROM) line. 

Thessaloniki (GR) - Mostar (Bosnia) - Melina (Croatia) 
line. 

Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision for 
co-financing of studies. 
Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision for 
co-financing of studies 
Pre-feasibility studies. 

d9 

GREECE -TURKEY:  Connections between the two countries through North-Eastern Greece 

Section in Greece: 
- Thessaloniki - Philippi line. 
- Philippi - GR/TU border line. 
Section in Turkey. 

Under construction. Commissioning: 1998. 
Pre-feasibility studies. 
Pre-feasibility studies 

dIOUNITED KINGDOM - NORWAY:  Connection 

the 
North/Eastern/Eastern England Ana Southern Norway (NORDEL). 

submarine 

between 

cable 

by 

Specification not yet defined. 

Feasibility studies. Seabed survey in 1998. 
Commissioning: 2004. 
TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

d11 

THE NETHERLANDS - NORWAY:  Connection by submarine cable between the North-Eastern 

Netherlands {UCPTE) and Southern Norway {NORDEL}, 

Eemshaven - Lista link. 

The "NorNed cable" project. 
Feasibility studies and seabed survey. 
Commissioning: 2001. 
TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 

d!3 

SPAIN « MOROCCO:  Connection  by  submarine  cable  between  Southern  Spain  and  the 

Moroccan network. 

Pinar - Tetouan link. 

Under  construction.  Commissioning:  1997. 
TEN  line:  1995  decision  for  co-financing  of 
studies. 
INTERREG: 12.5 MECU. 

d14 S3AUTK? RING; GERMANY ~ PQUWP  -  RUSSIA  «  ESTONIA  ~ LATVIA  -  LITHUANIA  -  SWEP5N ~ 

Strengthening and developing connections between these countries* networks by overground 
and/or submarine cables 

OPACIFICATION 

STAGE REACHED AND 
E.U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION 

Southern Finland - Vyborg (Russia) 
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) link. 

Sweden - Finland link 
(through submarine cable) 

Sweden - Poland link 
(through submarine cable). 

Germany - Poland - Lithuania - Belarus 
- Russia (East-West High Power Link). 

Poland - Lithuania link. 

Other connections: specification not yet defined. 

An  overall  feasibility  study  for  the  Baltic  Ring 
projects is ongoing. TEN line: 1995 decision for 
co-financing of studies. 

In operation. Feasibility studies for increasing 
the capacity. TEN line: 1996 decision for co-
financing of studies. EIF loan guarantee: 
requested. 
In operation. Feasibility studies for increasing 
the utilisation of the existing link. 
TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of 
studies. 
Feasibility studies. 
TEN line: 1995 and 1997 decisions for co-
financing of studies 
Feasibility studies. 
TEN line: 1996 and 1997 decisions for co-
financing of studies. 
Feasibility studies. 
TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of 

Grundfors - Narvik line 
Mid-Sweden - Mid Norway. 
South-West Sweden - Oslo region line. 

Authorisation procedures. 
Pre-feasibility studies. 
Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision. 
for co-financing of studies. 

d1$  EU - BELARUS » RUSSIA * UKRAINE; 

Development  of  connections  and  interface  between  the  (extended)  UCPTE  network  and  the 
networks of third countries in Eastern Europe, including th# relocation of the HVDC conversion 
stations operating previously between Austria and Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic and 
Germany and the Czech Republic 

Connections between the UCPTE and CENTREL 
systems. 

Connections between the UCPTE/CENTREL 
systems and the Balkan countries. 

In operation since December 1995. 
Feasibility studies for improving the stability 
of the interconnected operation of the two 
systems. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-
financing of studies. 
Feasibility studies. 
PHARE: financing of studies for the connection 
of Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. 
Feasibility studies. PHARE/TACIS: financing of 
interface study. 

Connections and interface between the extended 
UCPTE system and Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, 
including the relocation of existing HVDC conversion  TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of 
stations. 

studies concerning the relocation of conversion 
stations of Wien Sudost and Durnrohr. 

2. 

ANNEX  II:  PROGRESS  MADE ON TEN  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  PROJECTS 

Projects in bold font have been  completed 

Contract 

Title 

TI  1.1/95 
TI  1.2/95 
TI 2.51/95 

TI 2.52/95 
TI 2.8/95 
TI  1.71.3/96 
TI 2.31/95 

Euro labels  Profiles 
Euro-ISDN  migration 
Euro-ISDN platform  for 
teleworking 
TELTEST 
INFORMS 
TEN-TREND 
VIRTUE 

TI 2.32/95 
TI 2.33/95 
TI 2.71/95 
TI 2.72/95 

PLATO 
WIRE 
SENECA 
TARGET 

TI 1.31/96 

MOSAIC 

TI  1.31.1/96 

DCC 

TI  1.21.3/96 

PADEIA 

TI  1.3/95 
TI  1.51.1/96 
TI  1.51.2/96 
TI 1.51.3/96 

Euro-ISDN BB 
TAGIS 
NO PROBLEMS 
GTS 

TI  1.61.5/96 

DYP 

TI 2.1/95 

PH-NET 

TI 2.2/95 
TI 1.11.3/96 

Euro-Traficom 
MEDSALUS 

TI  1.41,2/96 

INFOCITIES 

TI  1.6/95 
TI 2.61/95 
TI 23.62/95 
TI 2.63/95 

EGL-EK 
IEMP 
PROTONET 
SPORTNET 

TI 2.64/95 

TELEBUSINESS 

Cost/ 

Total 
EU 
contribution 
(Kecu) 
740/740 
491/491 
315/158 

2058/1.029 
2118/1.126 
5.896/2.948 
1.366/678 

1.180/590 
1.260/630 
759/397 
977/488 

Contractural 
period start/end 

4.96/6.97 
4.96/4.97 
4.96/6.97 

4.96/7.97 
4.96/10.97 
2.97/8/98 
4/96/4.98 

4.96/4.98 
4.96/4.98 
4.96/1097 
4.96/12.97 

1.612/844 

5.97/5.98 

3.360/1.680 

1.97/1.98 

990/495 

2.97/2.99 

208/208 
3.600/1.700 
3.013/1507 
1.107/440 

4.96/4.97 
1.97/3.98 
1.97/7.98 
1.97/1.98 

2.515/1.258 

2.97/1.99 

1.500/750 

4.96/4.98 

2612/1.231 
1.026/513 

4.96/4.98 
2.97/11.97 

10.103/5.000 

2.97/2.99 

321/321 
530/264 
1.969/984 
1.529/764 

4.96/4.97 
4.96/2.98 
4.96/2.98 
4.96/2.98 

971/485 

4.96/2.98 

Main 
contractor 

FT Expcrtcl 
OVUM 
TELES 

di 

WRC 
IDATE 
Empirica 
EUROSPACE 
2000 
DT 
EADTU 
SEMA 
North  West 
Institute 
Banca 
Roma 
CSC Ploenzke 
AG 
Telecom 
Finland 
SSE 
Global One 
INFONOVA 
Eur. 
Dynamics 
Electronic 
Trade Center 
Commune  di 
Bologna 
ARS 
Telefonica  de 
Espana 
City  of  Den 
Haag 
FT Expcrtel 
OMP 
INTRASOFT 
INTERSPOR 
T 
PRODUTEC 

10 

3.  ANNEX ni: PROGRESS MADE ON THE 14 SPECIFIC "ESSEN" PROJECTS 

PROJECT 

LENGTH (km) 

1) High  Speed 
transport  North-South 

train/combined 

950 

COST 
(MECU) 
14802 

2) 
Paris 
Koln/Frankfurt- 
London  (PBKAL) 

-Brussels-
Amsterdam-

1176 

17 232 

3) High  Speed  Train  South 

1  601 

14  072 

4)  HST  Pahs  eastern  France-
south-western  Germany 
(TGV 
Est) 

551 

4777 

5) Betuwe  Line 

160 

4094 

AUTHORISATIONS/ 
TECHNICAL SITUATION 
permissions 
Building 
progressively 
for 
sections; technical studies to be 
launched 
for  Brenner  base 
tunnel 
Some  delays;  now  all  sections 
on track 

awarded 

Procedures completed for some 
sections; 
studies 
technical 
launched for others 
Permissions available for D part. 
Political decision taken to build a 
1s*  phase  between  Vaires-
Vandieres for F part. 
All  political  and  administrative 
decisions have been taken. 

6)  High  Speed 
/ 
Combined  Transport  -  Lyon-
Turin-Trieste 

Train 

734 

18 260 

7) Greek  Motorways 

1580 

9242 

8)  Multimodal 
Spain -  Europe 

link  Portugal-

5900 

Declaration  d'Utilite  Publique 
launched  for  Lyon-Montmelian 
administrative 
section; 
Authorisation procedures 
launched for Torino-Venezia 
Work  on-going  on  several 
sections; 
perm, 
awarded,  technical  studies  and 
tendering procedures under way 
for others 
Procedures 
for 
certain  sub-projects;  technical 
studies under way for others 

completed 

building 

FINANCING 

STAGE 

COMMENTS 

Partly 
some 
remain 

secured; 
difficulties 

Berlin-Leipzig: work  well  under way;  Leipzig-Nurnberg: 
work started on sections,  Brenner Tunnel still  at study 
stage 

Member States concerned intend to 
establish an EEIG for Brenner base 
tunnel to carry out the design 

secured; 
difficulties 
PPP 
for  NL 

Partly 
some 
remain. 
possible 
section 
Partly 
some 
remain 
Difficulties  remain 
with French part 

secured; 
difficulties 

Public  sector  will 
finance the  cons 
private 
truction, 
sector 
involve 
ment 
in  exploi 
tation foreseen 
Partly 
some 
remain 

secured; 
difficulties 

Construction  work  well  under  way  on  Belgian  and 
German sections; started on Dutch section 

Some delays, but most non-financial 
problems  resolved.  Brussels-Paris 
HSL completed 

Construction  work  under  way  on  2  sub-projects  of 
Madrid-Barcelona section. 

International  section  at  study  stage 
through an EEIG 

Final technical studies launched on French  part, works 
should  start  in  1999  on  the  section  Vaires-Vandieres, 
upgrading works started on German section 

High political priority 

Construction already started on Port-line. 
For  the  A-15  line  final  planning  procedures  are  near 
completion. Construction is planned to start mid 1998. 

Very  early  stage  of  construction, 
after delays. The project  is planned 
to be finished in year 2005. 

Works  started  in  some  key  nodes  in  Italy,  technical 
studies on-going on international section 

Franco-Italian summit on 3 October 
1997  launched  three  year  study 
programme for international section 

Three 
schemes 
PATHE 

PPP-
on 

Initial  work  under  way  for  three  PPP-schemes  on 
PATHE, and some others 

Substantial support from ERDF and 
Cohesion Fund 

Work  on sections of  Linha do  Norte,  Beira  Baixa (rail) 
and  Lisboa-Valladolid  (road)  under  way;  studies  on 
further projects 

Large 
range  of  separate  sub-
projects,  of  which  several  still  at 
study stage 

Subst. 
support 
from  ERDF  and 
F. 
Cohesion 
some 
expected; 
difficulties remain 

11 

9)  Conventional  rail  link  Cork-
Dublin-Belfast-Larne-Stranraer 

10) Malpensa  Airport 

road/rail 

11)  Oresund  Fixed 
Unk 
12)  Nordic  Triangle  Multimodal 
corridor 

Ireland-UK-Benelux 

13) 
link 
14) West  Coast  Main  Line 

road 

1530 

3  629 

502 

357 

All completed 

1047 

On track 

4158 

On track 

Some  difficulties 
remain 
in  Nl 
section 
Financing in place 

Financing in place 

Cork-Dublin-Belfast section completed; remainder to be 
completed by 2000 

Largely completed thanks to  ERDF 
and Cohesion Fund support 

Construction work well under way, to  be completed by 
2000 
Construction work on most of project 

To be opened in 1998 (first phase) 

On time, completion by 2000 

1  800 

10 070 

permissions 
being 
Building 
awarded 
for  one  section; 
technical  studies  under  way for 
others 
Studies  on  various  sections 
under way 

Partly 
some 
remain 

secured; 
difficulties 

Work  under way on E 18 and E 6 roads and main rail 
axes in Finland and Sweden 

Large  range  of  separate  sub-
projects 

Uncertainties 
remain 

Construction  work  nearing  completion 
uncertainty for the UK sections 

in 

Ireland, 

UK's  national  roads  programme 
subject of a strategic review 

Partnership 
infrastructure 
companies , with public subsidy 

between 
and 

private 
service 

850 

3000 

Studies under way 

Financing secured, 
PPP 

Construction work started to modernise line 

12 

4.  ANNEX IV: ENERGY PROJECTS  FINANCED  IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 

Commission decision C (97) 1867 of 24 June 1997 
(List of studies co-financed) 

WfflfflBÊfflk 

•tëiiîiiXiiiiiiiîiiih»: 

E36/96 

(c10) 

E37/96 

(c10) 

E39/96 

(d16) 

E42/96 

(b13) 

E43/96 

(a7) 

E44/96 

(b15) 

E45/96 

(d10) 

E47/96 

(d1S) 

E50/96 

(d16) 

E51/96 

(d16) 

E54/96 

(b13) 

E56/96 

(c5a) 

, 

(submarine 

interconnection 

SPAIN - Red Eléctrica de Es pa fi a 
Reinforcement  of  the  high  voltage  electricity  networks  in 
Aragon, Alava and Navarra in particular to cope with planned 
increase of wind generation capacity. 
Economic  feasibility,  environmental  impact  and  technical 
studies. 
SPAIN - Red Eléctrica de Espana 
Reinforcement  of  the  high  voltage  electricity  network  in 
Galicia  in  particular  to  cope  with  planned  increase  of  wind 
generation capacity. 
Economic  feasibility,  environmental  impact  and  technical 
studies. 
GERMANY - RWE Energie 
Inter  area  oscillations  in  the  UCPTE/CENTREL  electricity 
power system. 
Dynamic behaviour analysis and remedial studies. 
IRELAND - Electricity Supply Board 
Coordinated  development  of  the  electricity  transmission 
networks in the two parts of Ireland. 
Feasibility study : share of the Republic of Ireland. 
UNITED KINGDOM -The National Grid Company PLC 
Electricity interconnection (submarine cable) UK-Isle of Man. 
Economic feasibility  and engineering  studies  (excluding sea 
bed survey). 
UNITED KINDGOM -The National Grid Company PLC 
Electricity 
Netherlands. 
Economic feasibility and engineering studies 
(excluding sea bed survey). 
UNITED KINGDOM -The National Grid Company PLC 
Electricity interconnection (submarine cable)  UK-Norway. 
Economic feasiblity and engineering studies 
(excluding sea bed survey). 
SWEDEN - Svenska Kraftnat 
Increasing electricity transmission capacity between Sweden 
and South of Norway. 
Pre-feasibility, feasibility and technical specification studies. 
AUSTRIA 
Ôsterreichische  Elektrizitàtswirtschafts-AG 
Relocation of the high voltage AC-DC-AC conversion station 
ofWienSudost. 
Economic and technical feasibility study. 
AUSTRIA 
Ôsterreichische Elektrizitàtswirtschafts-AG 
Relocation of the high voltage AC-DC-AC conversion station 
of Dumrohr. 
Economic and technical feasibility study. 
UNITED KINGDOM - Northern Ireland Electricity PLC 
Coordinated  development  of  the  electricity  transmission 
networks in the two parts of  Ireland. 
Feasibility study : share of the United Kingdom. 
ITALY - ENEL S.p.A. 
Electricity connection Chirasso-Magenta (East-West axis). 
Preparatory  study 
environmental impact assessment. 

licensing  procedures  and 

cable)  UK-

for 

for 

13 

490 

50 

245 

700 

50 

350 

600 

50 

300 

348 

50 

174 

870 

50 

435 

1,000 

50 

500 

800 

50 

400 

1,000 

50 

500 

150 

50 

75 

150 

50 

75 

145 

50 

72.5 

175 

50 

87.5 

(c5a) 

E59/96 

(d8) 

E60/96 

(d8) 

G7/96 

(h14) 

G8/96 

(h3) 

ITALY - ENEL S.p.A. 
Reinforcement  of  North-South  and  East-West  axis 
Pietrafitta - Villavalle and Colunga - Calenzano lines. 
Environmental impact studies. 
GREECE - Public Power Corporation  (PPC) 
Upgrading  at  400  KV  of  the  existing  150  KV  electricity 
interconnection GREECE -
ex-Yugoslavia. 
Economic and technical feasibility and environmental impact 
studies. 
GREECE - Public Power Corporation (PPC) 
New electricity interconnection Greece-Bulgaria. 
Preparatory,  economical  and 
environmental impact studies. 
ITALY - Edison S.p.A. 
Italian  section  of  the  VOLTA  natural  gas  pipeline  :  from 
Slovenia/Italian border to Ostiglia. 
Detailed  route  design  and  wayleaves  and  preparation  of 
detailed  environmental 
impact  assessment  and  other 
documents required for authorisations. 
FINLAND-DENMARK-SWEDEN - Neste Group 
Nordic natural gas grid 
Overall feasibility study. 

feasibility 

technical 

and 

G11/96 

(g8(a))  SPAIN - ENAGAS 

G20/96 

(h13) 

G21/96 

(g13) 

G22/96 

(f12) 

Natural  gas  underground  storage  at  Jumilla  and  Reus 
(Mediterranean axis) 
Preliminary sismic survey. 
AUSTRIA - OMV  Aktiengesellschaft 
The PENTA Main (North-South) pipeline system. 
Technical  feasibility  study  of  alternative  routes,  including 
evaluation of costs and environmental impact. 
AUSTRIA - OMV  Aktiengesellschaft 
The Eurostorage Baumgarten (ESB) : project to install a new 
underground  storage  facility  at  the  cross  roads  of  three 
major transit pipelines in Baumgarten. 
Feasibility study. 
GREECE - Public Power Corporation  (PPC) 
Greece - Albania  : connection  between the gas networks of 
the two countries. 
Technical  and  economic  feasibility  study,  including  gas 
demand definition, pipeline routing and design and  financial 
viability  study  of  the  North  Western  Greece  Natural  Gas 
pipeline project. 

TOTAL 

250 

50 

125 

900 

50 

450 

3,340 

50 

1,670 

1,200 

1,178 

50 

50 

600 

589 

92 

50 

46 

1,000 

50 

500 

370 

50 

185 

14,958 

50 

7,479 

Same  reference  as  in  the  guidelines  Decision  (OJ 
guidelines (OJ L152,11.06.1996). 

L161,  29.06.1996)  and  in  the  Decision  amending  these 

14 

COMMISSION DECISION C (97) 3352 OF 10 NOVEMBER 1997 

(List of studies co-financed) 

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E64/97 

(b10(a))  SPAIN - Red Electrica de Espana S.A. 

250 

50 

125.0 

Balboa - Portuguese border 400 kV electricity line. 
Feasibility, environmental and basic engineering study. 

E65/97 

(b10(a))  PORTUGAL - Rede Electrica Nacional S.A. 

1077 

50 

538.5 

Sines-Alqueva-Spanish border 400 kV electricity line. 
Evaluation,  environmental,  topographic,  design  and  pegging 
study. 

E66/97 

(d14)  GERMANY  - Preussen Elektra AG 

2170 

50 

1085.0 

East-West  High  Power  Electricity Transmission  system  -  Baltic 
route. 
Study  (Phase  2)  including  technical,  economic,  financial,  legal 
and environmental aspects. 

E67/97 

(d16) 

GERMANY 

-  Bayemwerk  Aktiengesellschaft 

(BAG) 
Appropriate  sites  in  third  countries  of  Central  Eastern  and 
South-Eastern  Europe  for  the  relocation  of  the  HVDC  back-to-
back stations of Etzenricht and Vienna-South East. 
Technical and evaluation study of 8 different sites in 7 countries. 

900 

50 

450.0 

E68/97 

(b7)  FRANCE - Electricite de France 

200 

50 

100.0 

Installation  of  a 225  kV  phase  displacement  transformer  at  the 
Pragneres substation. 
Technical and feasibility study. 
(c9)  IRELAND - Electricity Supply Board 

Reinforcements  in the North and West of the ESB transmission 
system  and  their  interaction  with  ESB-NIE  interconnection. 
Technical feasibility and environmental studies. 
(a7)  UNITED KINGDOM - The National Grid Company Pic 

E69/97 

E71/97 

1370 

50 

685.0 

2030 

50 

1015.0 

United  Kingdom  - 
(submarine cable). 
Feasibility study (Phase 2) including sea-bed survey. 

Isle  of  Man  electricity 

interconnector 

E73/97 

(d10)  UNITED KINGDOM - The National Grid 

2700 

50 

1350.0 

Company Pic 
United  Kingdom  -  Norway  electricity  interconnector  (submarine 
cable). 
Feasibility study (Phase 2) including sea-bed survey. 

E74/97 

(d14)  SWEDEN - Vattenfall AB 

680 

50 

340.0 

Alternative  layout for the  Swedish-Polish  Link  (HVDC  electricity 
interconnection). 
Additional technical feasibility study including sea-bottom survey. 

E76/97 

(c6)  SPAIN - Red Electrica de Espafta SA 

110 

50 

55.0 

E77/97 

Additional  local  route  alternatives  for  the  electricity  line  Soto-
Penagos. 
Technical and environmental study. 
(b13)  UNITED KINGDOM - Northern Ireland 

Electricity Pic 
Coordinated transmission  network development  between  Ireland 
and Northern Ireland. 
Environmental impact study. 

795 

50 

397.5 

G23/97 

(fH)  AUSTRIA - Steirische Ferngas Aktiengesellschaft 

797 

50 

398.5 

The  Krift-Pyhrn-Liezen  gas  pipeline,  connecting  the  TAG  and 
WAG pipelines and reinforcing gas supply to upper Styria. 
Detailed 
tests, 
technical planning, surveying, blueprints and listings, documents 
for  authorization  application,  detailed  documents  for  tender, 
preparation for contracting of the location of the line. 

(investigations,  geological 

feasibility  study 

G25/97 

(h6)  AUSTRIA - OMV  Aktiengesellschaft 

3000 

50 

1500.0 

The TAG  III gas pipeline, from  Baumgarten to the  Italian  border 
along the routings of TAG I and TAG II. 
Technical, economical and environmental feasibility study. 

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2912 0 

feasibility  and 

Expansion of the  Puchkirchen  underground gas storage and its 
connection to the MEGAL gas pipeline. 
Detailed 
locating  and 
construction  of  wells,  facilities  and  pipeline  including  seismic, 
geological  and  reservoir  studies,  reservoir  simulation,  detailed 
technical planning, documents for authorisation, specification for 
tenders, right of way contracting. 

technical  study 

for 

G30/97 

(g1) 

IRELAND  -  Marathon 

International  Petroleum 

9900 

50 

4950.0 

Limited 
The Kinsale Area gas storage project. 
Feasibility study including seismic evaluation and drilling of a trial 
well. 

Ireland 
(MIPIL) 

G31/97 

(g8)  SPAIN - Enagas  S.A. 

4195 

50 

2097.5 

Underground gas storage at Huete. 
Detailed feasibility study (stages  1 and 2), including drilling  of a 
first  exploratory  well  and  geological  and  seismic  reservoir 
studies. 

TOTAL 

35,998 

17,999 

* 

Same  reference  as  in  the  guidelines  Decision  (OJ  L161,  29.06.1996)  and  in  the 
Decision amending these guidelines (OJ L152, 11.06.1997). 

16 

5. 

A N N EX  V:  T E N - T E L E C OM  PROJECTS FINANCED  IN  1997 

1996  Projects 
(Call for Proposals  OJ  C107  and  573 of  13.4.96; 
Decision E/2016/96  of  18/10/96) 

PROJECT 

! 

' 

I 

Total  I  EU 
Cost  Contribution 

INFOCITIES 
City Information Network 
TEN-TREND 
Teleworking Remote Enterprise Network Development 
PAIDEIA 
Education and training 
MOSAIC 
Methods and Tools to create and maintain virtual museums. 
TAGIS 
Transeuropean access to generic ISDN-based services 
MEDSALUS 
Euro-ISDN  professional 
network for healthcare sharing 
NO PROBLEMS 
Non proprietary reliable electronic mail systems 
DCC 
Common Digital platform for cultural content 
GTS 
Global Telecommunications Services - Generic Services 
DYP: Electronic Commerce for SMEs 

telecollaboration  Mediterranean 

10.103  5.000 

§ 

5.896  2.948 

990 

495 

1.613 

844 

3.600  1.700 

1.026 

513 

3.013  1.507 

3.360  1.680 

1.107 

440 

| 

2.515 |  1.258 

1997  Projects 
(Call for Proposals  O.J.  C84  of  15.03.1997) 

Project 

Total 
Cost 
TEN-TELEMED: Trans-European Network for telemedicine 
3.678 
TELE-REMEDY: Remote diagnosis management and education  4.285 
in congenital heart disease: a cost effective telemedicine solution 
MELIC: Multimedia health information for citizens 
2.659 
TELEPOLIS: Local income for content providers through billing  2.018 
and clearing services 
TEN-ICO-SAT-NET: Transeuropean networks via ICO Satellite  2.033 
network 
EURO^JOINT:  Trans-European  telematic  advisory  network  in  2.334 
joining technologies for SMEs in automative sector 
NABUCCO 
Network  for  access  to  business  connection  and  co-operation  for 
SMEs 
LOGICD? 
Logiciel  interactif  pour  la  co-operation  inter-enterprise  et  le 
partenariat 
HMS-STEADY: Hybrid Mail Service for Posts 
IBUT-ONE; ISDN Broadcasting Online TV. User Trial 
NITOURA: New Information technologies to open up rural areas 
AGR.EL.MA 
Online Transaction Databank of Agricultural  Wood & Breeding 
Products 

248 
346 
300 

1.723 

298 

581 

; 

: 

TEN 
Contribution 
1.400 
1.600 

. 

1.814 
1.009 

512 

1.167 

800 

290 

124 
150 
150 

149 

17 

1997 Projects 
(Call for Proposals OJ C381 of 17.12.1996; 
Decisions n°2018 of 17.10.1997 and 2289 of  13.11.1997) 

Total 
cost 
(Kecu) 
* 

EU 
Contribution 
(TEN-Telecom 
budget) 
(Kecu) 

teaching  and  evaluation 

EASI-ISAE 
Vocational  training  software  tools  to  assist  intellectual  and 
software developers in the production of multimedia 
VES The Virtual European School 
ETUDE European Trade Union Distance Education 
ASTEP  Advanced  software  for 
processes 
LILIENTHAL Multimedia off and on-line distance learning for 
European pilot training 
NETLOGO  The European educational interactive site 
EXE  Extranet  education;  effective  use  of  telematics  and 
hypermedia tools in education 
MENTOR 
Multimedia education network for teaching, output and research 
VALASPI  Experiment  in  the  early  learning  of  languages  by 
video-conferencing 
SCHEMA Social care and higher education in marginal areas 
IN-TELE Internet-based teaching and learning 
EUN European Multimedia Schoolnet 
POST-DOC Post Graduate Training for Doctors in Europe 

587 

1439 
925 
902 

2217 

566 
2111 

1800 

340 

688 
722 
1863 
1  789 

| 

401 

762 
438 
705 

1005 

306 
1219 

874 

162 

688 
624 
1.168 
682 

* Total cost eligible under TEN-Telecom budget only. These projects, selected following a joint call of 
several programmemes in the field of multimedia education, also receive support from other EU budget 
lines. 

1997 Projects: Regional Tourism - SMEs Electronic  Commerce 
(Call for Proposals OJ C162 of 6.6.1996) 

Region 
Carinthia-AU 
Bornholm-DK 
North Karelia-FN 
Corsica-FR 
Saxony-D 
Brandenburg-D 
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-D 
Crete-Gr 
Toscana-I 
Veneto-1 
Acores and Madeira-P 
Castilla y Leon-SP 
Galicia-SP 
North of England-UK 
Whole of Ireland 

Total Cost (Kecu) 

EU Contribution (Kecu) 

855 
100 
240 
390 
460 
380 
460 
599 
340 
400 
258 
270 
470 
710 
758 

18 

1 

130 
30 
120 
195 
230 
190 
230 
300 
170 
200 
129 
135 
200 
200 
360 

[ 

(4) 

6.  ANNEX VI: TRANSPORT PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 

S = Study; P = Project; AP = Airport; AT = Air traffic  management; C = Combined transport; I = Inland waterway; M = Motorway; MM = Multimodal; MT = Road 
traffic  management; P = Port; R = Rail; TM = Traffic  management; VT = Vessel TM; SP = Specific  project; 
DG = Direct grant; FS = Feasibility study; ER = Interest rebate. 

Project  Title 

Project 
Type 

Mode 

Vienna - Schwechat Airport  : Terminal extension to fulfill Schengen  requirements. 
Renewal of the Voice Communication  System and Remote Control  Unit at the Area  Control  Centre  in Wien 
Pontebbana axis:sub-project Gloggnitz-Miirzzuschlag: Trial  bore for Semmeringbase  tunnel (see also AU/96/003) 
Danube axis rail link, section Vienna - Austrian/Slovakian  border  upgrading  PARNDORF-KITTSEE 
Brenner axis: design studies Lower Inn Valley section  (see also AU/95/114a and AU/96/001) 
Danube axis rail link; section St. Polten -Vienna: EIA studies for  new double track  line in the  context  of upgrading to  4 
tracks 
Brussels - National  (Zaventem) Airport: Surface  accessibility  study. 
CharierokBrussels inland waterway  (works) 
Feasibility,  ElA.technical studies on Closing of the Ringway  R1 Antwerp-North (A1  motorway) 
Leipzig-Halle Airport:  Soil  Mechanics Studies and Surveys. 
Koln/Bonn - Konrad Adenauer Airport:  HST Connection Terminal 2: Phase 1 
Berlin-Brandenburg  International Airport:  Layout  studies and studies for  road  and rail access. 
New railway  link "Stuttgart  21":  Geological  and hydrogeological  exploration, including trial  bore  (STUDY) 
Havel-Oder  inland waterway: widening of section  near  Niederfinow 
Elbe  Inland waterway;  port of  Dresden-Friedrichstadt: extension of  infrastructure 
Nurnberg-Amberg-Waidhaus -(Prague)  motorway  (A6): new sections  Lohma-Waidhaus and  Pfreimd-Woppenhof 
Motorway  extension  to  6  lanes  between  Kamen  and  Hannover  (A2):  junction  Herford  -  border  between  Nordrhein 
Westfalen and  Niedersachsen 
Feasibility  studies  (technical,  economic,  financial,  legal,  environmental)  for  a  fixed  crossing  of  the  Wamow  river  at 
Rostock (see also  DE/96/018) 
Feasibility  study:  HST  line  Berlin-D/PL  border  (-  Warsaw)  and  Berlin  -  D/Cz  border  (-  Prague)  in  current  and  new 
Technology 
New HST line Halle/Leipzig - Erfurt, section Leipzig - Leipzig  airport; 
PBKAL:  new  HST  line  Kbln-Rhein/Main:  Section  Kbnigswinter  Nord  -  Hochheim/FIOrsheim/Hattersheim;  Los  C 
Limburg - Weilbach/Massenheim 

P 
P 
P 
P 
s 
s 

s 
p 
s 
s 
p 
s 
s 
p 
p 
p 
p 

s 

s 

p 
p 

AP 
AT 
R 
R 
R 
R 

AP 
I 
M 
AP 
AP 
AP 
R 
I 
I 
M 
M 

M 

R 

R 
R 

19 

Category 

Form 

Project 
Support 
1,00 
0,90 
1,30 
3,00 
9,00 
0,90 

Other 
TM 
Other 
Other 
SP 
Other 

DG 
DG 
DG 
DG 
FS 
FS 

FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 
DG 
DG 
DG 
DG 

FS 

FS 

DG 
DG 

0,50 
1,20 
7,00 
1,60 
2,00 
1,00 
3,50 
0,80 
2,00 
6,51 
4,00 

Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 

0,46 

Other 

0,34 

Other 

16,00 
24,95 

SP 
SP 

s 
s 
s 

s 
s 
s 
s 

Data Acquisition for GLONASS/GNSS (DE/EU) 
TEN Telematic system study on transport logistics in the Baltic Sea area 
ERTMS (European  Rail Traffic  Management  System)  Feasibility  Study  for  harmpnisation  at the  European  level  of 
safety and rail traffic management. 
North Atlantic ADS-B Network (NAAN) (WP0/WP1) 
Investigations concerning an East Harbour Tunnel in Copenhagen 
Port of Copenhagen, Approach Channel 
Investigations and detailed planning for the high-speed railway lines Copenhagen-Ringsted  (part of line) and Arnus-
Fredericia (part of line). 
Construction of Danish access routes to 0resund 
Construction of the 0resund fixed link 
REDAN Phase Il/lll - Air Navigation Data network 
Madrid - Barajas Airport : Urbanisation and access study. 
ATC modernisation programme study 
Study on the Fourth ringroad at Zaragoza 
Study on the Motorway Levante-Somport. Section: Segorbe-Teruel 
Logistic system (ZAL) for Spanish Ports 
Studies and design studies on the Madrid-Zaragoza section, Phase II. 
Studies and design studies on the Madrid-Valladolid section, Phase I. 
Studies and design studies on the Fuentes de Oaoro-Valladolid section and the Galician Atlantic branch 
Studies and design studies on the Mediterranean Corridor 
Studies and design studies on the Sevilla-Cadiz line 
Pre-studies for connecting the high-speed lines in the Murcia region with the Mediterranean Arc and Madrid. 
Surveillance Analysis Support System (SASS) 
Satellite navigation (EGNOS)-East Mediterranean 
Feasibility study for the implementation of sole means satellite navigation. 
Implementation  of traffic  management and traffic  information services  in the Central European area (CENTRICO)  -
Phase 3 
Study for traffic management and traffic information services in the Central European area (CENTRICO) - Phase 3 
Implementation of traffic management and information services in Northern Europe - VIKING  (Phase 2) 
Study for traffic management and traffic information services in Northern Europe - VIKING  (Phase 2) 
Study  on traffic  management  and traffic  information  services  on the  TERN  in the  South  European  area  -  SERTI 
(Phase 3) 
Implementation  on traffic  management  and traffic  information services  on the TERN in the South European  area -
SERTI (Phase 3) 

P 
P 
P 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
p 

s 
p 
s 
s 

p 

GT 
MM 
RT 

AT 
M 
P 
R 

R 
R 
AT 
AP 
AT 
M 
M 
P 
R 
R 
R 
R 
R 
R 
AT 
GT 
GT 
MT 

MT 
MT 
MT 
MT 

MT 

0,50 
0,80 
9,00 

TM 
TM 
SP 

1,00 
0,50 
0,70 
1,00 

TM 
Other 
Other 
Other 

5,50 
10,00 
0,80 
1,50 
3,40 
1,00 
1,70 
0,75 
3,60 
3,20 
0,80 
0,50 
1,00 
0,50 
2,80 
0,60 
5,50 
3,53 

SP 
SP 
TM 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
SP 
SP 
SP 
Other 
Other 
Other 
TM 
TM 
TM 
TM 

3,17 
1,19 
5,46 
3,10 

TM 
TM 
TM 
TM 

2,25 

TM 

FS 
FS 
FS 

FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 

IR 
IR 
DG 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 

FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 

DG 

20 

Study  for  the  implementation  of  traffic  management  and  information  services  on  the  TERN  in  the  South  West 
European area  (ARTS) 
Implementation  of  traffic  management  and  information  services  on  the  TERN  in  the  South  West  European  area 
(ARTS) 
ATM-ARTEMIS  (implementation) 
Construction  works  on  the  high  section  of  the  Maurienne  Motorway  (A43)  :  Orelle  tunnel,  Sorderettes  tunnel  and 
pont des Chevres  bridge 
Port 2000 le Havre  (studies) 
HST East (preparatory  works) 
HST East (technical  studies) 
Studies on HST-South  : Perpignan- Spanish  border  section 
VTMIS  implementation 
VTMIS studies 
Preparatory  works  and  studies  "Peripheral  Road  of  Attica"  (Elefsina-Stavros-Spata  Airport  Motorway  &  Imittos 
Western  Peripheral  Motorway). 
Technical studies of Patras By-Pass road links with the  New Port  and the  city of  Patras. 
Road study "Siatista - Kristallopigi" 
Studies for the  new double track  and  high speed  line  (normal  gauge)  from  Ancient  Corinthos  until  kilometre  40th  of 
the railway  line  Corinthos-Patras 
Electronic Toll Collection on Motorways  in Greece. 
Study for motorway  traffic  management  in Greece 
Studies for the  SSR  Mode S Deployment  in  Italy (MOSDI) 
Malpensa  2000 
Bologna - G Marconi Airport  : Landside and Airside  Improvement  Works 
Study for the completion  of the definitive  project  of the  HS/CT railway  section Verona-Venice. 
Feasibility  study for the HST/CT  railway  branch  Venice-Trieste-(Lubiana). 
Technological  infrastructure  for the  railway  line Venice-Tarvisio  (Pontebbana). 
Technological  infrastructure  for the  railway  line Adriatica, section  Bologna -  border Abruzzo/Molise. 
Upgrade  of  the  gabarit  and  of  the  electric  traction  -line  Genoa  -  Iselle  a)  Genoa  -  Novara,  phase  b)  Novara  -
Domodossola -  Iselle. 
Upgrade Verona's  railway  premises  (direct connection with the  Brenner  line). 
Luxembourg - Findel Airport  : Terminal  extension studies. 
Electrification  of Luxembourg  railway  network 
Study  and pre-implementation of an Advanced Surface  Movement  Guidance  and Control System  (A-SMGCS) 
Amsterdam - Schiphol Airport  : Fifth runway studies. 

s 

P 

P 
P 

s 
p 
s 
s 
p 
s 
s 

s 
s 
s 

s 
s 
s 
p 
p 
s 
s 

p 
p 
p 

p 
s 
p 
s 
s 

MT 

MT 

AT 
M 

P 
R 
R 
R 
VT 
VT 
M 

M 
M 
R 

MT 
MT 
AT 
AP 
AP 
R 
R 
R 
R 
R 

R 
AP 
R 
AT 
AP 

0,50 

TM 

0,63 

TM 

1,40 
10,00 

TM 
Other 

0,50 
9,40 
3,60 
0,50 
0,29 
0,07 
8,00 

Other 
SP 
SP 
SP 
TM 
TM 
SP 

0,70 
0,25 
1,00 

SP 
SP 
Other 

0,20 
0,50 
1,00 
4,00 
1,91 
3,00 
0,60 
3,40 
8,00 
8,10 

TM 
TM 
TM 
SP 
Other 
SP 
SP 
Other 
Other 
Other 

4,00 
1,25 
1,00 
2,00 
2,55 

SP 
Other 
Other 
TM 
Other 

FS 

DG 

DG 
DG 

FS 
DG 
DG 
FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 

FS 
FS 
FS 

FS 
FS 
FS 
IR 
DG 
FS 
FS 
DG 
DG 
DG 

DG 
FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 

21 

Technical and design studies on the  Dutch Section of the  PBKAL 
Technical and design studies  Betuweline  1997 
Port study Groningen seaports  (Delfzijl and Eemshaven) "Turntable Groningen  Seaports" 
VTS - improvements  in the  Netherlands 
New ATC centre in Santa  Maria 
New Lisbon air traffic  management  and voice communications  control systems - "GETALIS" 
Lisbon Airport  : Expansion  Studies  : Phase  1 (1997). 
New Lisbon Airport  : Location Studies:  Phase  1 (1997). 
Masterplan of the  Port of  Setubal 
Northern  Line:  Installation  of  signalling, telecommunications  and  automatic  high-speed  controlling  systems  Alberg.-
Alfarelos;  Pamp.-Quintans-Ovar 
Beira  Baixa Line: studies  on  modernisation 
Northern Line: Studies on signalling  and telecommunications  on the sub-section  Quintans-Ovar. 
Baltic Sea Telematic Platform, TEDIM 
Helsinki  - Vantaa  airport, construction  of Middle terminal  (Stage  II) 
Studies on road sections  (E18) in the  Nordic Triangle  in  Finland 
Construction and improvement  of road sections (E18) in the  Nordic Triangle  in  Finland 
Studies concerning the  Euro-Arctic  corridor in Finland. 
Development  of  Port  Infrastructure  in the  Nordic Triangle  in  Finland 
Studies on railways in the Nordic  Triangle 
Construction  and improvement  of railways in the  Nordic Triangle  in  Finland 
Acquisition of new icebreaker  in the  Nordic Tringle  in  Finland 
Construction of the Swedish access routes to  Oresund 
E6 Lerbo - Torp road upgrading, Sweden 
Studies for Construction  of a new double track:  Helsingborg-Landskrona-Kavlinge 
Investigation for construction  of a double track  between Varberg  City and  Hamra  (7,5  km) 
OSK: Construction  of Oresund fixed  link  (linked to project  N° 85) 
"Icebreaker 2000" 
Pre-operational studies for the  integrated  use of  ADS/CPDLC 
Studies for traffic  management  and traffic  information  in  Wales 
A75 Stranraer to  Gretna  Trunk  Road:  The  Glen 
English studies on the  Ireland -UK -Benelux  Road  Link 
UK Ports-  Group of  Studies 
The  modernisation  of  West  Coast  Main  Line,  between  London  and  Scotland,  including  works  to  allow  passenger 
trains to travel at speeds  at  up to 200  kph 

s 
s 
s 

p 
p 
p 
s 
s 
s 

p 

s 
s 
s 
p 
s 
p 
s 
s 
s 
p 
p 
p 
p 
s 
s 

p 
s 
s 
s 

p 
s 
s 
p 

R 
R 
P 
VT 
AT 
AT 
AP 
AP 
P 
R 

R 
R 
MM 
AP 
M 
M 
MM 
P 
R 
R 
MM 
C 
M 
R 
R 
R 
MM 
AT 
MT 
M 
M 
P 
R 

10,00 
10,00 
0,35 
0,60 
2,00 
1,00 
1,20 
0,74 
1,00 
0,70 

SP 
SP 
Other 
TM 
TM 
TM 
SP 
SP 
SP 
SP 

1,25 
1,55 
0,60 
1,40 
0,90 
3,30 
0,50 
0,70 
0,50 
3,70 
3,00 
5,00 
2,50 
2,00 
1,40 
10,00 
0,50 
0,80 
0,40 
1,30 
1,70 
0,70 
1,60 

SP 
SP 
TM 
SP 
SP 
SP 
Other 
SP 
SP 
SP 
Other 
SP 
SP 
SP 
SP 
SP 
Other 
TM 
TM 
SP 
SP 
Other 
SP 

FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 
DG 
DG 
FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 

FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 
FS 
IR 
FS 
FS 
FS 
IR 
DG 
DG 
DG 
FS 
FS 
IR 
FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 
DG 

22 

Channel Tunnel Rail Link 
Feasibility study and associated design work for the modernisation of the West Coast Main Line 
Implementation of traffic management and information services on the TERN in Alpine area CORVETTE (Phase 2) 
Study for traffic management and traffic information services on the TERN in Alpine 
Study for the implementation of the Roman National Traffic Information Centre (ROMANTIC) 
EURO VDL Mode 2 - Phase 1 
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Studies for Runway 3 project 
Strategic environmental assessment study of the corridor Nord in France 
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the TENs - Comdor demonstration study for the Danube corridor 
Strategic environmental assessment study in the trans-Pennine corridor in the UK 
Strategic environmental assessment  study Adriatic corridor Ravenna - Venice in Italy 
Implementation of 8.33 kHz channel spacing - Phase 1 

s 
s 
P 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
s 
p 

R 
R 
MT 
MT 
MT 
AT 
AP 
MM 
MM 
MM 
MM 
AT 

SP 
SP 
TM 
TM 
TM 
TM 
SP 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 
Other 

24,00 
7,40 
1,10 
1,35 
1,00 
1,00 
0,80 
0,07 
0,04 
0,15 
0,05 
0,50 
352,00 

FS 
FS 
DG 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
FS 
DG 

7. 

23 

7.  ANNEX VII:  IDA  PROJECTS FINANCED IN  1997 

S1GL 

ANIMO 

PHYSAN 

SHIFT 

FIS IDES 

AGRIGATE 

SIMAP 

CCN/CSI 

EBTI 

QUOTA 

935.750 

935.750 

98.500 

-98.500 

0 

886.500 

-309.167 

577.333 

1.083.500 

-1.083.500 

0 

0 

0 

413.600 

413.600 

112.585 

112.585 

2.462.500 

-2.245.642 

216.858 

4.100.000 

-100.000 

4.000.000 

1.180.000 

-246.000 

934.000 

160.000 

-6.000 

154.000 

SCENT CIS /FISCAL 

SEED - Excise control 

1.900.000 

0 

1.900.000 

0 

TARIC 

TRANSIT 

VIES 

1.500.000 

264.000 

1.764.000 

4.000.000 

1.900.000 

4.000.000 

1.900.000 

Support to customs projects 

0 

88.000 

88.000 

Impl & Support at EC level 

1.014.550 

282.000 

1.296.550 

X.500 Directories 

246.250 

-210.000 

36.250 

STATEL 

DSIS 

EXTRACOM 

SERT 

EtONET 

EMCDDA 

EMEA 

738.750 

-176.401 

562.349 

2.536.375 

1.171.787 

3.708.162 

738.750 

400.250 

1.139.000 

935.750 

-477.261 

458.489 

200.000 

180.000 

380.000 

0 

0 

400.000 

300.000 

700.000 

24 

RESMA 

300.000 

-280.900 

19.100 

Translation center 

650.000 

-290.000 

360.000 

Awareness & Promotion 

640.250 

71.260 

711.510 

Legal framework 

Quality assurance 

Support to sectors 

TESTA 

Architecture 

200.000 

100.000 

300.000 

394.000 

575.787 

969.787 

100.000 

-100.000 

0 

1.740.000 

2.645.000 

4.385,000 

213.750 

-43.750 

170.000 

information content interoperability 

246.000 

-246.000 

0 

National telematic systems 

300.000 

189.640 

489.640 

Intra of E-Mail/Doc. repositories 

492.825 

861.275 

1.354.100 

Technical Regulations 

541.750 

-21.550 

520.200 

Information System 

IMP 

ITCG 

0 

572.246 

572.246 

295.500 

49.960 

345.460 

FOURCOM 

689.500 

10.650 

700.150 

CARE 

EURES 

TESS 

FIDES 

REITOX 

1.182.000 

-740.100 

441.900 

726.000 

-173.000 

553.000 

1.970.000 

-1.570.000 

400.000 

246.000 

-4.000 

242.000 

49.250 

49.250 

Official Documents of 

1.250.000 

124.040 

1.374.040 

Interinstitutional Communication 

TOTAL:-. 

39.244.000 

39,234,309 

25 

8.  ANNEX VTJI:  MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE ERDF IN 1997 

Member  State 

SPAIN: 
INTERREG  IIB 
OTHERS 
GREECE: 
INTERREG  IIB 

PORTUGAL: 
INTERREG 
OTHERS 

TOTAL* 

II  BE 

1. Natural gas 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period  1994 

Committ 
ments  up 
to  1997 
(MECU) 

Committ 
ments  in 
1997 
(MECU) 

-99 

1997 

Ref./Obs. 

80,0 

70,4 

51,0 
120,9 

committed  in  '96 
committed  in  '96 

183,7 

183,7 

80,5 

committed  in  '96 

140,0 
164,0 

567,0 

123,0 

-
22,0 

37©*,7 

274,4 

2. Electricity 

MS 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period  1994 

Committ 
ments  up 
to  1997 
(MECU) 

Funds 
Committed 
in  1997 
(MECU) 

-99 

1997 

Ref./Obs. 

II 

SPAIN: 
INTERREG 
Morocco 
GREECE: 
INTERREG  IIB 
ITALY: 
INTERREG  IIB 

TOTAtr 

I 

12,7 

4,7 

1,8 
2,9 

committed  in  '96 
committed  in  '97 

20,0 

55,8 

&S£ 

5,8 

16,2 

26,1 

-

• 

-

2,9 

26 

Roads 

GREECE: 
PATHE 
VIA EGNATIA 
IRELAND: 
ITALY: 

UK: 
FINLAND: 

TOTAL: 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period  1994 
907,0 

316,7 
249,0 

40,8 
5,8 

1732,3 

3. Roads 

Committ 
ments up to 
1997 (MECU) 

Committ 
ments in 1997 
(MECU) 

Ref./Obs. 

-99 

1997 

280,0 
141,0 
139,0 
52,5 
28,8 

6,4 
2,9 

369,9 

committed end  '96 

committments made in 
1996 

o 

501,0 
332,7 
168,3 
133,0 
-

2,9 

-

4. Railways 

Railways 

GREECE: 
PORTUGAL: 
FINLAND: 

TOTAL: 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period  1994 
215,0 
213,0(2) 
1,6 

1069,4 

Committ 
ments up to 
1997 
(MECU) 

Funds 
Committed in 
1997 
(MECU) 

-99 

1997 

Ref./Obs. 

118,2 
-
0,8 

503,5 

committed  end  '96 

63,5 
72,6 
0,8 

136,9 

0 

5. Airports 

Airports 

ITALY: 

TOTAL: 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period  1994 
5,0 

54,0 

Committ 
ments up to 
1997 (MECU) 

Committ 
ments in 1997 
(MECU) 

Ref./Obs. 

-99 

1997 

-

-

5,0 

5,0 

committment 
in 1997 
0 

1  The total only includes those MS where there are estimated figures for TEN 

â.1 

6. Ports 

Ports 

Programmed 
ERDF 
contribution 
1994-99 
(MECU) 
period 

1994 
40,0 
lll;lllll!lllllli! 

Committ 
ments up to 
1997 
(MECU) 

Committ 
ments in 1997 
(MECU) 

Rcf./Obs. 

-99 

20,9 

1997 

14,9 

|||||||||;|||||||;|| 

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GREECE: 

HHHHHi 

28 

9.  ANNEX IX:  MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE REGIONAL  AND 

COHESION FUND UP TO END  1997 

A. ESSEN specific projects - Cohesion Fund financing 

PROJECT 

Commitments 1993 - 1997 

1993 

1994 

1995 

1996 

1997 

Mecu 

Mecu 

Mecu 

Mecu 

Mecu 

TOTAL 
93-97 
Mecu 

8.02 
0.00 
8.02 

45.35 
26.42 
71.77 

0.00 
0.00 
0.00 

13.06 
9.21 
22.27 

0.00 
0.00 
0.00 

0.00 
40.74 
40.74 

0.00 
0.00 
0.00 

124.07 
0.00 
124.07 

157.6 
0.00 
157.6 

59.67 
65.4 
125.07 

165.6 
0.00 
165.6 

242.15 
141.77 
383.92 

TOTAL 
commitment 
to end 
1997 

Mecu 

299.8 
0.00 
299.8 

242.15 
164.32** 
406.47 

23.82 
0.00 
23.82 

28.80 
0.00 
28.80 

0.00 
0.00 
0.00 

0.00 
0.00 
0.00 

128.83 
4.93 
133.76 

181.45 
4.93 
186.38 

565.24 
4.93 
570.17 

11.87 

20.60 

21.47 

0.00 

1.1 

55.04 

55.04 

8.50 
123.9 

40.19 
111.8 

30.83 
93.04 

30.16 
154.23 

44.24 
461.77 

153.82 
944.76 

236.53 
1568.02 

No 3. High speed Train Soutli 

Madrid-Barcelona-Perpignan 
Madrid-Victoria-Dax 
Total project No. 3 
No 7 Greek Motorways 

Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki 
Via Egnatia 
Total project No. 7 
No  8. Multimodal  link  Portugal  -
Spain / Europe 
•*• 
Portugese section 
Spanish section 
Total project No 8. 
No 9. 

Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Larne 

rail link 

Line upgrading 
No 13. Ireland/UK/Benelux 

N1/N7 road corridor in Ireland 
TOTAL SPECIFIC PROJECTS 

*  Total amount of assistance from Cohesion Fund in Commission decisions approved up to end December 1997 for the period to end 1999. 

**  It is expected that the Greek Government will apply for a further  100 MECU in assistance for project No. 7 in 1998 and 1999 with the bulk 

to be committed to the Via Egnatia corridor. 

•**  Project No. 8 has changed in scope in 1997 in  line with the agreement reached at the Dublin European Council of December  1996.  The 
priority project is now the 'Portugal-Spain-rest of Europe multi-modal corridor'. In the light of the enlargement of the scope of the project, the 
amount of Cohesion Fund assistance committed in 1997 and later years is considerably larger than in the 1993-1996 period. 

29 

10. ANNEX X : EIB LOANS FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED  PROJECTS IN 1997 

Updated : 31 December 1997 

TEN-TRANSPORT 

(ECU m) 

1.  ESSEN PRIORITY PROJECTS AND RELATED  PROJECTS 
HIGH SPEED TRAIN/COMBINED TRANSPORT NORTH SOUTH (DE/AT/IT) 
HIGH SPEED TRAIN PBKAL (FR/BE/DE/NL/UK) 
HIGH SPEED TRAIN SOUTH (ES/FR) 
HIGH SPEED TRAIN EAST (FR/DE/LX) 
BETUWE LINE : COMBINED TRANSPORT (NL/DE) 
HIGH SPEED TRAIN/COMBINED TRANSPORT FRANCE-ITALY (FR/IT) 
GREEK MOTORWAYS (GR) 
PORTUGAL-SPAIN MOTORWAY (PT/ES) - wider project 
RAIL LINK CORK-DUBLIN-BELFAST-[LARNE-STRANRAER] (IE/UK) 
MALPENSA AIRPORT (IT) 
FIXED RAIL/ROAD LINK BETWEEN DENMARK AND SWEDEN (DK/SE) 
NORDIC TRIANGLE (NO/SE/FI) 
IRELAND - UNITED KINGDOM - BENELUX ROAD LINK (UK/IE) 
WEST COAST MAIN LINE (UK) 

f 

2. OTHER TRANSEUROPEAN  NETWORKS  PROJECTS 
2.1 Road network 
2.2 Rail network 
2.3 Inland waterway network and inland ports 
2.4 Seaports 
2.5 Airports 
2.6 Combined transport network 
2.7 Shipping information and management network 
2.8 Air traffic management network 
2.9 Positioning and navigation network 

Loans 
approved 

11.157 
384 
2.332 

93 

94 

1.346 

1.137 

370 

286 

Finance contracts signed 
97 

95 

96 

1.603 
350 
230 

1.189 

1.601 

119 

450 

2.332 
2.060 
44 
295 
1.841 
1.738 
131 

16.866 
6.153 
6.211 

662 
3.611 
29 

171 
805 

562 
241 

59 
224 

143 
534 

104 

60 
11 

802 
436 
182 

32 
152 

200 

38 

34 
598 
44 
20 
128 
149 
50 

159 
66 

390 
417 
38 

300 

104 
283 
464 

2.216 
833 
857 

2.315 
1.409 
674 

3.342 
1.191 
1.432 

32 
190 
10 

35 
671 
13 

299 
139 
5 

83 

Total 

6.876 
350 
1.455 

807 
2.003 
44 
228 
801 
1.090 
99 

9.237 
4.110 
3.145 

457 
1.376 
28 

121 

TOTAL IN THE EU 

28.023 

1.908 

1.939 

3.819 

3.504 

4.943 

16.113 

3. PROJECTS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 
3.1 Road corridors 

3.2 Rail corridors 
3.3 Ports 
3.4 Airports & ATC 

TOTAL 

2.381 
1.151 
876 

89 
265 

469 
168 
247 

54 

397 
153 
138 

15 
91 

553 
315 
238 

270 
176 
40 
54 

427 
262 
75 
20 

70 

2.116 
1.074 

738 
89 
215 

| 

30.4041  2.377  2.336  4.089  4.057  5.370 

18.2291 

BEI I EIB 

TEN-ENERGY 

Updated : 31 December 1997 

(ECU m) 

• 

Loans 
approved 

Finance contracts signed 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

Total 

1. ESSEN PRIORITY PROJECTS & RELATED PROJECTS 

2.548 

207 

315 

523 

695 

300 

1.1 Projects in the European Union 

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION GREECE - ITALY 

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION  FRANCE - ITALY 

ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION  FRANCE - SPAIN 

ELECTRICAL  INTERCONNECTION SPAIN - PORTUGAL 

EAST-WEST  ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION  DENMARK 

NATURAL GAS NETWORK  GREECE 

NATURAL GAS NETWORK  PORTUGAL 

GAS INTERCONNECTION PORTUGAL - SPAIN 

(A) 

1.2 Projects with neighbouring countries 

GAS PIPELINE ALGERIA - MOROCCO - EUROPEAN UNION 

GAS PIPELINE RUSSIA - POLAND - EUROPEAN  UNION 

1.261 

100 

57 

526 

354 

224 

1.287 

941 

346 

7 

153 

333 

352 

6 

50 

7 

153 

102 

224 

200 

200 

161 

162 

190 

190 

200 

102 

343 

343 

300 

300 

2. OTHER TRANSEUROPEAN  NETWORKS  PROJECTS 
2.1 Transeuropean electricity network 

2.2 Transeuropean gas network 

T O T AL  IN  T HE  EU 

3.011 
1.314 

1.697 

160 
160 

401 
142 

259 

387 
91 

296 

720 
256 

464 

554 
298 

256 

5.559 

367 

715 

910 

1.415 

8 54 

3. PROJECTS WITH NEIGHBOURING  COUNTRIES 
3.1 Transeuropean electricity network 

3.2 Transeuropean gas network 

80 
80 

80 

80 

2.040 

846 

56 

207 

357 

224 

1.194 

852 

343 

2.222 
947 

1.275 

4.262 

80 

80 

|  TOTAL 

| 

5.639| 

367 

795 

910  1.415 

854 

4.342 

BEI I EIB 

TEN-TELECOM 

Updated : 31 December 1997 

(ECU m) 

Loans 
approved 

Finance contracts signed 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

Total 

1. PROJECTS IN THE EUROPEAN  UNION 

8.559 

1.005 

2.100 

839  1.602 

1.880 

7.426 

1.1 Networks  & Trunk  Echanges 

5.466 

954 

2.006 

786 

881 

486 

1.2 Mobile  Telephony 

1.3 Satellites &  Stations 

2.522 

51 

571 

72 

22 

53 

421 

1.394 

300 

5.113 

1.991 

322 

2.PROJECTS WITH NEIGHBOURING  COUNTRIES 

1.562 

110 

300 

130 

115 

357 

1.012 

2.1 Networks  & Trunk  Echanges 

1.202 

110 

300 

130 

100 

312 

2.2 Mobile  Telephony 

2.3 Satellites  &  Stations 

360 

15 

45 

952 

60 

TOTAL 

| 

10.1211  1.115  2.400 

969  1.717  2.237 

||  8.43§| 

11.  ANNEX XI:  EIF GUARANTEES FOR TEN  AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS IN  1997 

TRANSPORT 

Date 

Project 

17/12/97  Rion-Antirion Bridge 
Sub-total 

Country 
Greece 

Amount*  % total 

55 
55 

16 
16 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Date 
31/07/97 
29/08/97 
02/10/97 
15/10/97 
23/10/97 
16/12/97 

Project 

Country 

MATAV 
Omnitel (senior) 
Digifone 
Omnitel (subordinated) 
Bouygues Telecom 
Mobistar 

non-EU 
Italy 
Ireland 
Italy 
France 
Belgium 

Sub-total 

Amount* 
26.03 
51.49 
25.97 
51.49 
113.43 
8.09 
276.50 

% total 

82 

ENERGY 

Date 
05/06/97 

Project 

Country 

Lusitaniagas 

Portugal 

Sub-total 

Amount* 
3.71 
3.71 

% total 
1 
1 

8 projects 

All TEN 

335.22 

MECU 

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