2008/593/EC: Commission Decision of 11 July 2008 amending Decision No 2007/60/EC as regards the modification of the tasks and the period of operation of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency
Date: 2008-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU action, EU office or agency, management, operation of the Institutions, trans-European network, transport network

18.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 190/35

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 July 2008

amending Decision No 2007/60/EC as regards the modification of the tasks and the period of
operation of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency

(2008/593/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of
19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive
agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management
of Community programmes (1), and in particular Article 3
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Trans-European

2007/60/EC (2)

Transport Network

by Commission Decision

Executive
The
Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) was set
up
of
26 October 2006, to manage the Community action in
the field of the trans-European transport network until
31 December 2008 for the implementation of
tasks
concerning the granting of Community financial aid
pursuant
to Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 of
18 September 1995 laying down general rules for the
granting of Community financial aid in the field of the
trans-European networks (3). Many of these projects will
run well until after 31 December 2008.

The Agency should become responsible also for the
projects receiving financial aid on the basis of the Regu­
lation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and
of the Council (4), as this Regulation continues to finance
similar actions for the trans-European transport network
as under Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95, for which
the Agency already received delegation.

the
The Agency should not become responsible for
individual decisions granting Community
adoption of
financial aid. However,
in order to further increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of programme implemen­
tation, the Commission may decide to delegate to the
Agency the adoption of amendments to such decisions.

The Agency should in particular become responsible for
project-related activities independently of the form and
method of
the Community financial aid defined in
the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007. All
Article 6 of
programme-related activities, such as controlling and
policymaking should be excluded and remain with the
Commission.

The Agency should in particular become also responsible
for accompanying measures to contribute to the ef-
ficiency and effectiveness of the TEN-T programme,
in
order the maximise its European added value, including
promotion of
the TEN-T programme to all parties
concerned and the improvement of its visibility to the
general public, in the Member States and bordering third
targeted
countries. Such measures could consist of
including
awareness raising and promotion campaigns,
the organisation of TEN-T days, workshops
and
conferences, announcement and dissemination of results
and
publications,
including the use of
the electronic media, by for
instance the preparation of press releases, guidance to
potential applicants, brochures on success stories and
annual reports, and organisation of the participation of
representatives of the agency and/or the Commission at
relevant events, such as the inauguration of transport
infrastructure.

adequate

through

practice

best

(6)

(7)

(8)

An updated cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by
the administrative
external consultants
showing that
the existing
resources,
Agency require
increase. The Agency
significant
would continue to be the most cost-effective option.

in particular
a

the staffing, of

Decision 2007/60/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The provisions set out by this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of
the Regulatory Committee for
Executive Agencies,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Decision 2007/60/EC is amended as follows:

1. Decision 2007/60/EC is amended as follows:

(1) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 88.
(3) OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu­
lation (EC) No 1159/2005 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005, p. 16).

(4) OJ L 162, 22.6.2007, p. 1.

‘Article 3

Duration

The Agency shall be set up for a period starting on
1 November 2006 and ending on 31 December 2015.’

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2. In Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

for

the

financial

implementation of

‘1.
The Agency shall be responsible, in the framework of
the trans-European
Community action in the field of
tasks
transport network,
aid
concerning the granting of Community
to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 (*)
pursuant
and the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (**), with the exception of
tasks requiring discretionary powers in translating political
choices into action, such as programming, the establishment
of priorities, the selection of projects according to Article 5
of the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007, programme evaluation
and legislative monitoring. The Agency shall be responsible
in particular for the following tasks:

(a) assistance to the Commission during the programming
and selection phases, as well as management of
the
aid granted to
the
monitoring phase of
projects of common interest under the budget for the
trans-European transport network, as well as carrying out
the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the
relevant decisions using the powers delegated to the
Agency by the Commission;

financial

with

other

Community

financial
(b) coordination
instruments,
in particular by ensuring the coordination
of the granting of financial aid, over the entire route, for
all projects of common interest which also receive
funding under the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund
and from the European Investment Bank;

Commission has delegated responsibility to the Agency,
of all operations
the management of
Community actions in the field of the trans-European
transport network, as provided for in the Regulation
(EC) No 2236/95 and the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007;

required for

(e) collection, analysis and transmission to the Commission
of all information required by the Commission for the
transport
implementation
network;

trans-European

the

of

(f) accompanying measures to contribute to the efficiency
and effectiveness of the TEN-T programme in order to
maximise its European added value, including promotion
of the TEN-T programme to all parties concerned and
the improvement of its visibility to the general public, in
the Member States and bordering third countries;

(g) any technical and administrative support requested by

the Commission.

___________
(*) OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1159/2005 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005,
p. 16).

(**) OJ L 162, 22.6.2007, p. 1.’

(c)

technical assistance to project promoters regarding the
financial engineering for projects and the development of
common evaluation methods;

(d) adoption of the budget implementation instruments for
revenue and expenditure and implementation, where the

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2008.

For the Commission

Antonio TAJANI
Vice-President