Amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network
Date: 2002-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common transport policy, economic and social cohesion, environmental protection, trans-European network, transport infrastructure, transport network

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Amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European
transport network (1)

(2003/C 20 E/25)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2002) 542 final — 2001/0229(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 26 September 2002)

(Amendments are indicated by underlining/strikeout in the text)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

During the Plenary Session of 31 May 2002, the European Parliament approved, subject to a number of
amendments, the Commission's proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and the Council
amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European
transport network (TEN-T). The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions also
supported the legislative initiative:

— Adoption of the proposal by the Commission COM(2001) 544 on 2 October 2001;

— Opinion on the Committee of Regions adopted on 15 May 2002;

— Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee adopted on 21 March 2002;

— Opinion of the European Parliament at first reading adopted on 30 May 2002.

The European Parliament agrees with the main elements of the Commission's proposal. However, the
European Parliament has formulated a number of amendments, on the basis of which the Commission
proposes to introduce some new elements to its original text.

A political agreement in the Council is not yet reached. The European Commission forwards this revised
proposal in order to facilitate the process of achieving the objectives outlined at the European Council in
Barcelona (2).

1. AMENDMENTS ACCEPTED/ACCEPTED IN PART

The modified proposal incorporates the text or substance of the Parliament's amendments No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15 (partly), 16, 22, 23 (partly), 24, 26 (partly), 28, 48, 51 aiming at strengthen certain
elements or clarify the text of the initial proposal. Modifications to article 8 on environment are proposed
in response to some ideas suggested by amendment 20.

1.1. Recitals

The following elements have been integrated:

— In recital 1, inclusion of ‘international mobility’ as a key objective of the TEN-T policy (amendment 1).

— In recital 2, a reference to the need to improve the consistency between the TEN-T guidelines and the
programming of financial instruments available at Community level (Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund,
and the TEN budget) (amendment 2).

(1) OJ C 362 E, 18.12.2001, p. 205.
(2) The European Council requests the Council and the European Parliament to adopt, by December 2002, the revision
of the Guidelines and the accompanying financial rules on trans-European networks (TEN), including new priority
projects identified by the Commission, with a view to improving transport conditions with a high level of safety
throughout the European Union and to reducing bottlenecks such as, among other, the Alps and the Pyrenees and
the Baltic Sea.

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— In recital 3 a reference to promotion, as a priority, of modes of transport that cause less damage to the

environment (amendment 3).

— In recital 5, a reference to the environmental assessment for new plans and programmes, as envisaged

by Directive 2001/42/CE (amendment 4).

— In recital 6, a reference to the objectives set out in the White Paper: ‘European Transport policy for
2010: time to decide’; in particular the objective of decoupling economic and transport growth and in
this context reducing traffic congestion, especially on roads, (amendment 5) and promoting a modal
shift.

— In recital 7, a reference to the promotion of inland waterway shipping is included (amendment 6).

— In recital 8, a reference to the future revision of the guidelines and short sea shipping (amendments 7

and 48).

— In recital 11, a clarification on the preparation of the extension of the TEN-T to the Candidate

Countries (amendment 8).

— In recital 21, a reference to the consequences of enlargement on the appropriations for the trans-

european networks in the next financial perspective (amendment 11).

1.2. Article 5 (priorities of the guidelines)

The following elements have been integrated:

— A reference to the objective of balanced territorial development in the second priority (amendment 14).

— The strengthening in the fourth priority of the measures to promote short sea shipping and inland

shipping (amendment 16).

— The strengthening in the sixth priority of the objective of promoting intermodality by establishing

intermodal terminals or deploying intelligent transport systems (amendment 15).

1.3. Article 8 (environmental protection)

The following elements have been modified in response to the Parliament's amendment No 20. giving a
stronger role to the Commission to carry out strategic environmental assessment and to develop methods
to carry out such assessment:

— Article 8(2) is changed in order to clarify the co-ordinating role of the Committee established under

Article 18.2.

— A new paragraph is added indicating that the Commission shall continue to develop improved methods
of analysis for strategically assessing the environmental impact (as well as economic, safety and social
impacts) of the whole network and for implementing the environmental assessments, referred to in the
Directive 2001/42/EC on the cross-border corridors and projects.

It should be noted that such modifications reinforce the role of the Community in the field of strategic
environmental assessment, while ensuring added value to actions undertaken by Member States.

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1.4. Others

In additions to drafting clarifications in Articles 10.4 and 10.5 (amendments 22, 51 and 23), the new
elements are:

— Article 10.6 covers a broader range of infrastructures and facilities allowing integration of rail transport
services with air transport services but also with road and maritime transport services (amendment 24).

— Article 11.4 includes River Information Systems as part of the inland waterway trans-European

network (amendment 26).

— Article 18.3 indicates that the report on the implementation of the guidelines shall be produced every
two years and shall contain information on the breakdown between national, Community and other
funding (amendment 28).

2. AMENDMENTS NOT ACCEPTED

The modified proposal does not integrate the Parliament's amendments No 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 (partly), 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 23 (partly), 25, 26 (partly), 27, 29, 30, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52 & 53. More
specifically:

— Amendments concerning the recitals which are not followed by any amendments of the legislative part
(Articles) of the text are not integrated for reason of order (amendments 44 and 47). Similarly, to avoid
repetition, recitals with text more or less identical to one of the Articles are excluded.

— A recital to stress that the Treaty offers the European Parliament the opportunity to decide on the
specific projects listed in the Annex III of the proposal is not deemed relevant as the whole proposal is
subject to co-decision (amendment 53).

— An analysis of the costs and benefits of Galileo has been already done in 2001. As for all other TEN-T
projects, there is therefore no reason to ask for additional analysis in a recital (amendment 10).

— The Commission does not want to prejudge its right of initiative, for example on the specific content
and date of the next revision of the TEN-T guidelines (amendments 29 and 50), or on a deployment
plan for the River Information System (amendment 26). However, a new recital 8 referring to the
action plan of the White Paper on the European Transport Policy by 2010 is included in the present
proposal.

— The TEN-T policy is not aimed at reducing transport growth by questioning the right of mobility The
objective of reducing transport growth through the TEN-T policy is therefore not included in the
objectives of the guidelines in Article 2 (amendment 12).

— Amendment 19 can not be accepted as Article 5 concerns priorities and not broad general policy goals.

— Intersections between multimodal corridors are usually bottlenecks and therefore de facto part of the

priorities of the guidelines in Article 5 (amendments 13 and 49).

— Amendment 52 puts an unbalanced emphasis on a particular geographical area in the list of priorities.

— A reference to local passenger trains in the priority related to rail freight transport infrastructure
(Article 5) is not included as this would unduly weaken this priority (amendment 15). The Commission
however emphasises that the present proposal clarifies that the conventional rail network comprises
lines for both freight and passengers (Article 10.3).

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— A particular emphasis on sea/air connections (mainly Article 5) is not included since sea/air transport

represents overall a very small segment of transport demand (amendments 17 and 27).

— The more important health impacts from transport stem mainly from environmental and safety

impacts covered by Article 5 and are therefore not mentioned explicitly (amendment 18).

— Recitals and legal provisions on the application of environmental legislation (recitals and Article 8) to
infrastructure in the Candidate Countries cannot be incorporated because the TEN-T
transport
guidelines address the Member States only. Related to this point,
the
preparatory work on the amendments of maps and other modifications required in the framework
of the technical adaptation of Decision No 1692/96/EC has been included in the framework of the
accession negotiations with the Candidate Countries (amendments 9).

it should be noted that

— The amendment to include (Article 8) a reference to Council Directive 79/409/ EEC on wild birds is
not seen as relevant since Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild
fauna and flora is included in the text and contains a reference to this Directive (amendments 20, 41
and 42).

— The amendment which calls the Commission to undertake strategic assessments of TEN-T projects and
corridors pursuant to Directive 2001/42/EC is not taken over as Directive 2001/42/EC is addressed to
the Member States (Article 8). However, the Commission emphasises that it has recently adopted a
Communication which indicates its intention to carry out impact assessment prior to the adoption of
proposals for legal acts (COM(2002) 276) (amendment 20, 41 and 42).

— The amendments 21 and 27 (Article 5 and 10) requesting a particular attention to the connections
between the high speed rail network and regional airports were not integrated, since connections
between high speed rail and airports are more likely to promote the modal shift from air to rail
when they concern major airports.

— As regards the deployment plan of rail traffic management systems (Article 10), the Commission
wishes to concentrate on issues addressed by the rail interoperability Directives, and therefore does
not want to mention in the present proposal the interconnections with traffic management systems of
other modes (amendment 23).

— Including detailed maps of inland ports (Article 11) is not considered useful, taking into account their
high number and the low resolution of maps in Annex I. The Commission emphasises that the
eligibility criteria of inland ports remain unchanged and that ports can be qualified as ports of
common interest even if they do not appear in the maps (amendment 25).

— The amendment aiming at a new Article on the revision of Annex III — proposing that projects of
Annex III are reviewed by the Commission every 15 years — is not taken forward. It has to be stressed
that some specific projects situated on transit routes are particularly important for the Community
although less important for the Member States where they are located. Member States have however,
the prime responsibility for their financing and implementation. Delays in such type of projects should
therefore not lead automatically to withdrawals from Annex III but should be assessed on a case by
case basis. The two-yearly report mentioned in Article 18 provides the instrument for such assessment
(amendments 30 and 46).

Within this context the Commission has modified its proposal accordingly.

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THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article
156 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1) Growth in traffic, in particular due to the growing share
resulted in increased
of heavy goods vehicles, has
transport
congestion and bottlenecks on international
In order to ensure international mobility of
corridors.
therefore necessary to
it
goods and passengers,
optimise the capacity of
the trans-European transport
network, as referred to in Decision No 1692/96/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July
1996 on Community guidelines for the development of
the trans-European transport network (1), as amended by
Decision No 1346/2001/EC (2).

is

(2) Pursuant to Article 154 of the Treaty, the trans-European
network policy should help to strengthen economic and
to
social cohesion within the Community.
achieve
to
efforts
maximise consistency between the Community guidelines
for the trans-European network and the programming of
the relevant financial instruments available at Community
level.

In order
should be made

this objective,

(3) Requirements for the protection of the environment must
be integrated into the definition and implementation of
policy in the field of
the trans-European network in
accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty. This entails the
promotion as a priority of modes that cause less damage
transport, short sea
to the environment, namely rail
shipping and inland waterways shipping.

(4) The Gothenburg European Council has

invited the
Community institutions to adopt revised guidelines for
the trans-European transport network by 2003, with a
view to giving priority, where appropriate,
to infra-
structure
inland waterways,
short sea shipping,
intermodal operations and effective
interconnections.

investment

railways,

for

(5) Environmental

to Directive
2001/42/EC will
for all
plans and programmes leading to projects of common
interest.

assessment
in the future be carried out

pursuant

(6) In view of sustainable development,

the Commission
White Paper on the European transport policy (3) calls
for decoupling
from
growth in GDP in order to reduce congestion and other
negative side-effects of transport.

transport growth significantly

freight

(7) The Commission White Paper on the European transport
policy calls for an integrated approach combining inter
alia measures to revitalise the rail sector,
in particular
for
services,
inland waterway
shipping and short sea shipping,
to encourage greater
and air
complementarity between high speed rail
transport, to promote the development of interoperable
intelligent transport systems in order to ensure increased
network efficiency and safety.

to promote

(8) In the above-mentioned White Paper, the Commission
also states that the present revision of the Community
guidelines for the trans-European network represents the
first stage. The second stage will involve a more funda-
mental revision,
in the light of reactions to the White
paper, aimed in particular at introducing the concept of
in order to promote short sea
‘motorways of the sea’
capacity and including
shipping, developing airport
the new Member
routes situated on the territory of
States. A primary network made up of
the most
long distance traffic and
important
cohesion on the European continent should be designed
in such a way.

infrastructure for

(9) The efficiency of the common transport policy depends
inter alia on coherence between the measures to revitalise
infrastructure.
the rail sector and to develop the rail
Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council
Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of
the
Community's railways (4) provides for a Trans-European
freight
Rail
transport services after 2003. The lines of
the Trans-
European Rail Freight Network should be considered as
part of the rail network defined by the guidelines set out
in Decision No 1692/96/EC so that they can benefit from
investments and attract traffic from the road.

Freight Network open to international

and

(10) The second Pan-European Transport Conference in Crete
Transport
third
in
1994
Conference
ten
Pan-European transport corridors and four Pan-European
areas as priorities for co-operation between the European
Community and the third countries concerned.

the
in Helsinki

Pan-European

identified

1997

in

(1) OJ L 228, 9.9.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 185, 6.7.2001, p. 1.

(3) COM(2001) 370.
(4) OJ L 75, 15.3.2001, p. 1.

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Slovenia,

Lithuania, Malta,
and

Poland, Romania,
Turkey

(11) Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary,
Slovak
Latvia,
Republic,
concluded
association and Europe agreements and applied for
membership in the European Union. The transport
administrations of 11 of those All these countries have
carried out, with the support of
the Commission, a
infrastructure needs assessment (1) aimed at
transport
defining a network following the same principles as laid
down in Decision 1692/96/EC.

have

(22) Decision No 1692/96/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision No 1692/96/EC is amended as follows:

(12) Specific projects No 9, 10 and 11 of Annex III have been

completed.

1. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

(13) The interconnection of the high-speed train south to the
rest of the network requires the extension of the project
to Nîmes.

‘Taking into account the objectives set out in Article 2 and
the broad lines of measures set out
the
priorities shall be:

in Article 4,

(14) The Brenner axis needs better connections to Italian cities.

(15) Galileo, a European project for satellite-based radio navi-
gation for civilian purposes, offers a strong potential for
the development of navigation, positioning and traffic
management applications and services for all modes of
transport, as well as for the development of value-added
mobility services.

(16) Immediate actions must be taken to develop a high
capacity rail route to transfer road freight traffic to rail
and to make transit across the Pyrenees easier in order to
handle the sharp traffic increase in that area.

(17) The growth of international traffic on the west-east route
in particular along the

between Stuttgart and Vienna,
Danube corridor, requires efficient infrastructure.

(18) The bottleneck between Straubing and Vilshofen on the
River Danube seriously hinders traffic on the international
inland waterway Rhine-Main-Danube from the North Sea
to the Black Sea.

(19) The lack of interoperability of the Iberian rail network is a
major obstacle to achieving an efficient trans-European
rail network.

(f)

(20) The completion of a fixed link between Germany and
Denmark should make the Nordic area more accessible.

(21) In order to comply with the objectives of

the trans-
European transport network and to meet the transport
challenges of enlargement, a considerable increase in
appropriations
is
needed in the next financial perspectives.

trans-European networks

the

for

(1) See contract 97/0150.00 financed by the PHARE-programme.

(a) establishment and development of the key links and
interconnections needed to eliminate bottlenecks, fill in
missing sections, notably their cross-border parts, and
improve interoperability on major routes;

(b) establishment

and

development of

infrastructure
making it possible to link island, landlocked, peripheral
and outermost regions with the central regions of the
Community as well as to promote the balanced devel-
opment of the Community territory;

(c) the necessary measures for the gradual achievement of
an interoperable rail network giving priority to freight
transport; including measures in intermodal terminals

(d) the necessary measures to promote short sea and
including the establishment of rail
inland shipping,
infrastructures
in
to ensure connections
order to foster short sea and inland shipping services

to ports;

(e) measures to link rail and air

including
especially through rail access to airports, and the infra-
structure and facilities
required for air and rail
transport services;

transport,

to optimise the capacity and efficiency of existing and
new infrastructure,
to promote intermodality and
improve the safety and reliability of the network, by
terminals
establishing
and/or
intelligent
by
transport systems deployment of interoperable intel-
ligent transport systems to optimise the capacity of
existing infrastructure and improve safety;

and improving

interoperable

intermodal

deploying

(g)

integration of safety and environmental concerns in
the design and implementation of the trans-European
transport network.’

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2. Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘1. When projects are developed and carried out,
environmental protection must be taken into account by
the Member States through execution of environmental
impact assessments of project of common interest which
are to be implemented pursuant
to Council Directive
85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the
effects of certain public and private projects on the
environment (1)
applying Council Directive
92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of
natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (2).

and

by

of

the

plans

environmental

An
and
assessment
programmes leading to such projects, in particular those
financed by the Community, is implemented by Member
to and in application of Directive
States, pursuant
the
2001/42/EC of
the European Parliament and of
Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of
the
effects of
and programmes on the
environment (3).

certain plans

in line with the principles of

2.
If new routes or other important nodal infrastructure
developments are proposed for inclusion in this Decision,
an environmental evaluation assessment of the proposed
the Strategic
changes,
Environmental Assessment pursuant and in application
to Directive 2001/42/EC,
initiated by the
concerned Member States. For cross border projects and
corridors, the Committee established under Article 18.2
shall coordinate such assessments with the objective of
facilitating the implementation of Directive 2001/42/EC.

shall be

3.

The Commission:

(a) shall

continue

to develop improved methods of
analysis for strategically assessing the environmental
impact
safety and social
impacts) of the whole network;

economic,

(as well

as

assessment

b) shall develop suitable methods for implementing the
environmental
to Directive
2001/42/EC with the objective of facilitating inter alia
appropriate
avoiding duplication of
efforts and achieving simplification and acceleration
of procedures for cross border projects and corridors.’

coordination,

pursuant

3. In Article 9, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

The network shall include infrastructure for traffic
‘(3)
management, user information,
incident and emergency
handling and electronic fee collection based on active
systems at
co-operation between traffic management

level

and regional

and service
European, national
providers of
travel and traffic information and value
added services, ensuring the necessary complementarity
with applications whose deployment is facilitated under
networks
the
programme.’

telecommunications

trans-European

4. Article 10 is replaced by the following:

The rail network shall comprise high-speed rail lines

‘1.
and conventional rail lines.

2.

The high-speed rail lines,

shall comprise:

(a) specially built high-speed lines equipped for speeds
generally equal to or greater than 250 km/h using
current or new technology,

(b) specially upgraded high-speed lines
speeds of the order of 200 km/h,

equipped for

(c) specially upgraded high-speed lines which have special
features as a result of topographical, relief or town
planning constraints, on which the speed must be
adapted to each case, or lines which provide access
to airports of common interest.

This network shall be defined by the lines indicated in
Annex I. Essential requirements and technical specification
for interoperability applicable to high speed rail lines in
technology are defined according to Council
current
Directive No 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996 on the interoper-
the trans-European high-speed rail system (4).
ability of
Member States shall notify to the Commission prior to
the opening of any high-speed line whether
is a
specially built high-speed line or a specially upgraded
high-speed line.

it

The conventional rail

lines network shall comprise
3.
high quality lines lines for the conventional transport by
rail of passengers and freight, including the rail segments
of combined transport referred to in Article 14, access
links to sea and inland ports of common interest and
those freight terminals, which are open to all operators.
requirements and Technical Specification for
Essential
lines
Interoperability applicable to the conventional rail
are defined according to Directive 2001/16/EC of
the
the Council of 19 March
European Parliament and of
trans-European
2001 on the
conventional rail system (5).

interoperability of

the

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.
(2) OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.

(4) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 110, 20.4.2001, p. 1.

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4.

The rail network shall:

— play an important role in long distance passenger

‘Committee for monitoring and the revision of the
guidelines.’

traffic,

— permit
priate,

interconnection with airports where appro-

— permit access to regional and local rail networks,

— facilitate

freight

and
developing trunk routes dedicated to freight or routes
on which freight trains have a priority,

identifying

transport

by

— play an important role in combined transport,

— permit interconnection via ports of common interest

with short sea shipping and inland waterways.

5.
The network shall offer users a high level of quality
and safety, owing to its continuity and to gradual
implementation of its interoperability, brought about in
particular by technical harmonisation and the European
Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) harmonised
command and control
the
European railway network. To this end, a deployment
plan shall be established by the Commission in consul-
tation with the Member States.

system recommended for

6.
The network shall include the infrastructures and the
facilities allowing the integration of rail, road and, where
appropriate, maritime services and air transport services.’

5. In Article 11 is amended as follows:

(a) the following paragraph 3b shall be inserted:

The inland ports of the network equipped with
transport and
least

‘3b.
transhipment
with an annual
500 000 tonnes are shown in Annex I.’

facilities for intermodal

traffic volume of at

freight

(b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

The

shall

shall

include

the
include

network
infrastructure. This

‘(4)
traffic
management
in
particular the establishment of an interoperable, intel-
ligent traffic and transport system known as the “River
Information System” seeking to optimise the existing
capacity and safety of the inland waterway network
and to improve interoperability with other modes of
transport.’

(b) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Member States shall, before 2004, notify the
Committee established under Article 18.2 and the
Commission, of the national plans and programmes
which they have drawn up affecting the development
of the trans-European transport network, including the
nature, the timetable and the estimated financial plans
of the projects of common interest identified by this
Decision.

Member States shall also notify the Committee estab-
lished under Article 18.2 and the Commission, of any
updates of those plans and programmes.

A Member State shall, before making any change
affecting the network identified in the Annexes to
that change to the
this Decision give notice of
Committee
the
Commission, and to any Member States likely to be
affected of its intention.’

under Article 18.2,

established

(c) paragraph 3 is amended as follows:

the Council,

The Commission shall report regularly every two
‘3.
years to the European Parliament,
the
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee
of the Regions on the implementation of the guidelines
described in this Decision. The Committee referred to
the Commission with
in paragraph 2 shall assist
drawing up the report. The report
shall contain
information on the breakdown between national
funding, Community funding and other funding. The
report shall be accompanied where necessary by legis-
lative proposals to revise the guidelines.’

8. Article 19 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 19

Specific projects

Annex III contains the projects of common interest, the
implementation of which is considered a priority by the
Community.’

9. Articles 20 and 21 are deleted.

10. Annexes I and III to Decision 1692/96/EC are amended as

6. In Article 13, the following paragraph 3 is added:

set out in the Annex to this Decision.

‘3.
International and Community connecting points
shall be gradually linked to the high-speed lines of the
appropriate. The network shall
rail network, where
include the infrastructures and the facilities allowing the
integration of air and rail transport services.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

7. Article 18 is amended as follows:

Article 3

(a) the title is replaced by

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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Annexes I and III to Decision No 1692/96/EC are amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, the sections 2, 3, 4 and 6 are replaced as follows:

ANNEX

‘Section 2: Road Network

2.0 Europe

2.1 Belgium

2.2 Denmark

2.3 Germany

Section 3: Rail Network

3.0 Europe

3.1 Belgium

3.2 Denmark

3.3 Germany

2.4 Greece

2.5 Spain

2.6 France

2.7 Ireland

3.4 Greece

3.5 Spain

3.6 France

3.7 Ireland

2.8 Italy

2.9 Luxembourg

2.10 Netherlands

2.11 Austria

2.12 Portugal

2.13 Finland

2.14 Sweden

2.15 United Kingdom

3.8 Italy

3.9 Luxembourg

3.10 Netherlands

3.11 Austria

3.12 Portugal

3.13 Finland

3.14 Sweden

3.15 United Kingdom

Section 4: Inland Waterways network and Inland Ports

Section 6: Airports network

6.0 Europe

6.1 Belgium/Denmark/Germany/

Luxembourg/Netherlands/Austria

6.2 Greece

6.3 Spain/Portugal

2. Annex III is replaced by:

‘LIST OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS

6.4 France

6.5 Ireland/United Kingdom

6.6 Italy

6.7 Finland/Sweden’

1. High-speed train/combined transport north-south:
Munich–Nuremberg–Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig–Berlin
Brenner axis: Napoli–Verona–Munich and Bologna–Milano

2. High-speed train PBCAL (Paris–Brussels–Cologne–Amsterdam–London):

Belgium: F/B border–Brussels–Liège–B/D border
Brussels–B/NL border
United Kingdom: London–Channel Tunnel Access
Netherlands: B/NL border–Rotterdam–Amsterdam
Germany: (Aachen) G27 Cologne–Rhine/Main

3. High-speed train south:

Madrid–Barcelona–Perpignan–Montpelier–Nîmes
Madrid–Vitoria–Dax

4. High-speed train east:

Paris–Metz–Strasbourg–Appenweier–(Karlsruhe) with junctions to Metz–Saarbrücken–Mannheim and Metz–
Luxembourg

5. Conventional rail/combined transport: Betuwe line

Rotterdam–NL/D border–(Rhine/Ruhr)

6. High-speed train/combined transport, France–Italy:

Lyon–Turin
Turin–Milan–Venice–Trieste

7. Greek motorways: Pathe: Rio Antirio, Patras–Athens–Thessaloniki–Promahon (Greek/Bulgarian border) and Via
(Greek/Turkish

Igoumenitsa–Thessaloniki–Alexandroupolis–Ormenio (Greek/Bulgarian border)–Kipi

Egnatia:
border)

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8. Multimodal Link Portugal–Spain–Central Europe

12. Nordic Triangle (rail/road)

13. Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux Road link

14. West Coast main line (rail)

15. Global navigation and positioning satellite system Galileo

16. High-capacity rail link across the Pyrenees

17. East European Combined Transport/High Speed Train

Stuttgart–Munich–Salzbourg/Linz–Vienna

18. Danube river improvement between Vilshofen and Straubing

19. High-speed rail interoperability on the Iberian peninsula

20. Fehmarn belt: fixed link between Germany and Denmark’