CELEX: 51992PC0230(01)
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the establishment of a combined transport network in the Community

No C 282 / 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 10 . 92
              Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the establishment of a combined transport network
                                                     in the Community
                                                       (92 /C 282/05)
                                                    COM(92) 230 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 2 July 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas a network of rail and inland waterway routes
                                                                 adopted as the Community network should be brought
                                                                 into service by the year 2005 and should be designed to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            permit the passage of standard loading units authorized
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 and             for the Community ;
Article 84 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               Whereas the creation of Community networks will
                                                                 require a series of works to be undertaken to ensure
                                                                 their rapid introduction and full market operation ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Parliament,
                                                                 Whereas some of these works are particularly urgent and
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 therefore require the launching as soon as possible of the
Social Committee,                                                first stage of the network, whilst continuing the work on
                                                                 the following phases ;
Whereas the development of a combined transport
system in the Community would materially contribute to           Whereas the railway system in certain Member States
the success of the Single Market and the improved                cannot quickly accept standard rail wagons and financial
accessibility of peripheral regions ;                            assistance should be provided to ensure that appropriate
                                                                 rail wagons are provided to serve these States ,
Whereas it is necessary, to establish the Community
combined transport network, to promote the intercon­             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
nection and interoperability of national networks ;
Whereas the greater use of combined transport would
serve to reduce environmental pollution in general and                                     Article 1
the global warming created by the greenhouse gases and
conserve the use of scarce energy resources ;                    1 . The Community combined transport network shall
                                                                 consist of rail and inland waterway routes, together with
                                                                 their initial and final road haulage legs, of major
Whereas a stabilization in the year 2000 at 1990 levels of       importance in terms of long-distance freight transport
the emission of C02 and other greenhouse gases is                and which provide connections to all Member States .
needed and will require a transport system with the              The network shall consist of the railway routes that are
lowest possible emissions ;                                      shown in Map 1 , and of the waterways shown in Map 2
                                                                 annexed to this Decision. For certain regions of the
                                                                 Community, notably Greece, Ireland and the United
Whereas the development of combined transport should             Kingdom, facilities to provide the transfer between rail,
be set in the wider context of the development of
                                                                 road and sea transport shall be considered to be part of
multi-modal transport that takes account of the possi­           the network.
bilities offered by inland waterways and sea transport ;
Whereas the guide plans of the transport infrastructure          2 . The projects listed under Article 2 ( 1 ), and the
networks are of an indicative nature and may be                  inland waterway projects included in Article 2 of Council
changed, and aim at achieving a multi-modal transport            Decision ... of ... (concerning the development of a
system ;
                                                                 European network of inland waterways) should be given
                                                                 priority attention and shall be completed by the end of
                                                                  1997 as far as possible.
Whereas the economic situation of the combined
transport sector is such as to justify a Community
programme to ensure the establishment of a compre­               3 . The projects listed under Article 2 (2) shall be
hensive network ;                                                completed by the end of 2005 as far as possible.
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                              Article 2                           2.     In order to complete the network by the year 2005
                                                                  at the latest, further works need to be evaluated and
1 . Priority attention should be given to the completion          projects undertaken on the following routes (shown on
of projects on the following railway axes designed to             Map 3 annexed hereto):
provide sufficient clearance for the range of containers
and swap bodies compatible with Council Directive                  1 . Lisbon—Madrid
85/3 /EEC ( l):
                                                                       Lisbon—Burgos
   1 . Frankfurt—Wiirzburg
                                                                  2 . Madrid—Irun—France
  2 . Brussels—Luxembourg
                                                                  3 . Bologna—Bari/ Brindisi—Greece
       Antwerp—Aachen
                                                                       Igoumenitsa—Patras—Athens—Volos—Thessaloniki
                                                                       —northern border
  3 . Port Bou—Barcelona /Valencia
                                                                       Igoumenitsa—Volos
  4. Madrid—Almeria/Algeciras
                                                                       Igoumenitsa—Thessaloniki
  5 . Le Havre—Paris
                                                                  4 . Bologna—Naples
  6 . Dijon—Modane
                                                                  5 . Antwerp—Ruhr.
  7 . Paris—Strasbourg
                                                                                            Article 3
  8 . Kehl—Dijon
                                                                  In addition to the projects referred to in Article 2 ( 1 )
  9. Nancy—Avignon                                                priority should also be given to the provision of fixed
                                                                  equipment including terminal installations and to appro­
       Marseille—Genova                                           priate railway rolling stock that will be needed to ensure
                                                                  the rapid development of combined transport links
10. Avignon—Narbonne                                              serving Greece, Ireland, Portugal , Spain and the United
                                                                  Kingdom .
11 . Paris—Dijon
                                                                                            Article 4
12 . Aulnoye—Metz
                                                                  The guide plan for the network is of an indicative nature
13 . Tarvisio—Udine-Bologna                                       to promote measures by the Member States and , as
                                                                  appropriate, by the Community with the aim of realizing
14. Brenner—Axis—Bologna                                          projects that are part of the network. This Decision does
                                                                  not involve any financial obligation from a Member
15 . Udine—Trieste                                                State or from the Community.
16 . Iselle—Turin / Milan—Bologna                                                           Article 5
17 . Modane—Turin—Milan                                           The Commission shall make a report to the Council
                                                                  every two years on the progress in completing the
18 . Chiasso—Milan                                                network. This report should in particular indicate the
                                                                  results of the analyses done by the Commission on
19 . Verona—Trieste                                               including further links in the network.
20 . La Spezia—Fidenza                                                                      Article 6
21 Livorno—Firenze .                                              The Decision is addressed to the Member States .
(') OJ No L 2 , 3 . 1 . 1985 , p. 14 .
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                                                                     de TRANSPORT COMBINE
                                                                      EUROPEAN CORRIDORS
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                                                                     OF COMBINED TRANSPORT
                                                                    EUROPAISCHE KORRIDORE
                                                                  DES KOMBINIERTEN VERKEHRS                       Journal
                                                                         1 - Rail
                                                                          1 - Railways
                                                                                                        ANNEX
                                                                          1 - Schiene
                                                                         R6seau
                                                                         Network
                                                                         Netz
                                                                         Extension potentielle
                                                                         Potential connections
                                                                                                                    of the European Communities
                                                                         Potentielle Verbindungen
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                                                                CORRIDORS EUROPEENS
                                                                de TRANSPORT COMBINE
                                                                EUROPEAN CORRIDORS
                                                               OF COMBINED TRANSPORT                  Official
                                                               EUROPAISCHE KORRIDORE
                                                             DES KOMBINIERTEN VERKEHRS
                                                          2 - Voies navigables
                                                          2 - Inland Waterways
                                                          2 - Binnenwasserstraβen
                                                                                                 Journal of the European
                                                                Voies navigables
                                                                pour 4x3 niveaux de containers
                                                                Inland waterways
                                                                for 4 x 3 stacks or more             Communities
                                                                Binnenwasserstraβen
                                                                mit 4 x3 Lagen und mehr
                                                                Voies navigables
                                                                pour 3x2 niveaux de containers
                                                                Inland waterways
                                                                for 3 x 2 stacks
                                                                Binnenwasserstraβen
                                                                mit 3 x 2 Lagen
                                                                Extension potentielle
                                                                Potential connections
                                                                Potentielle Verbindungen
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                                                                 Tronçons nécessitant un examen approfondi
                                                                       Routes f 01 detailed examinations
                                                                       Zu untersuchende Verbindungen
                                                                         Liaisons en dehors de la CEE
                                                                          Connections outside EEC
                                                                         Relationen außerhalb dei EG
                                                                    Ces H6ches indiquent les relations pour
                                                                  lesquelles des projets pilotes pourraient être
                                                                  nécessaires et pour lesquelles des wagons
                                                                        spéciaux pourraient être utilises
                                                                     This arrow indicates links , where pilot
                                                                    projects seem to be useful and special
                                                                            wagons could be utilised
                                                                     Pfeil zeigt Verbindungen, auf denen                Official
                                                                    Pilotproiekte nützlich sein können und
                                                                        Spezialwaggons einsetzbar sind.
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