CELEX: 51987PC0448
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-30
Title: Amendment to the Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on financial support within the framework of a medium term programme for transport infrastructure (submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                COM(87 ) 448 final
                                                Brussels , 30 September 1987
                               Amendment to the
                                Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 on financial support within the framework of a medium term programme
                        for transport infrastructure
         ( submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to
                                        the EEC Treaty )
C0M(87 ) 448 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
      On 27th June 1986 the Commission put forward a Communication on
a Medium Term Transport Infrastructure Programme including a draft
Regulation .
      Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee have given
favorable opinions on the proposal subject to certain suggested
amendments . The Commission now proposes to modify the original version
of the draft Regulation to take account of the suggestions made by
Parliament .
 ---pagebreak---                                       Amendment to the
                                       Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          on financial support within the framework of a medium term programme
                              for transport infrastructure ( 1 )
                 ( submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to
                             Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty )
  The Commission 's original proposal is hereby amended as follows :
  1 .  Amend the Seventh recital to read as follows                       :
" Whereas specific financial support to transport infrastructure projects
  can provide an essential financial incitement to projects : on the one
  hand to the completion of certain projects ot critical importance for the.
  completion of the Community transport networks and the intrccrati on of th
  peripheral regions in the common market , and on the other hand the
  promotion and launching of major projects which have as their objective
  the cohesion of the Community ;"
  2 . Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following :
                                          " Article        1
 The Community within the limits of the appropriations set aside for this
 purpose in the general budget of the European Communities , and under t lie
 conditions set out in the following Articles , nav crane financial support
  to undertake transport infrastructure projects of Community interest in
  the framework of a medium term programme which meet the following
 objectives :
      t_he_i ntegr a tion of areas wh i c 1^ ,_» e OP. r a p h i c a 1 1 y , are either landlocked
      or situated on the periph e ry o f_the Community ;
 ( 1 ) OJ C 288 , 15.11.1986, p.6
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      ■Lll _ __  nin.i t i on of bottlenecks ;
       the reduction of costs associated with transit traffic in cooneration
     with any non-member States concerned •
       the improvemen t of links on land-sea r outes ;
       the improvement of high-quality links between principal urban centres ,
     including high-speed rail links .
The medium term programme that the Commission shall draw up and revise
periodically , includes notably :
     a network of principal links of Community interest ,
-    the objectives for the improvement of the network ,
-     indications or guidelines concerning the projects of Community interest
     to be undertaken in the medium term .
                                            Article 2
The eligibility for financial suooort of transport infrastructure projects
will be assessed in accordance with the following criteria :
( a ) the benefit of the project co ncern ed to the Community , assessed by its
        contribution to t he ge neral and o perat ional criteria set out in
        Arti cle 1 ._Among the fac tors whi ch mu st be included are :
        - the importance of present or potential intra-Couvnuni ty intcrnidonid
            traffic ,
        - tne importance of exchanges between the Community and non-member
            States on the route involved in the projec t ,
        - the extent of the project 's contrib utio n_to_the cre ati on_of a
            homogeneous"and bal anced networ k _ _wi t_h i_n the Common itv framework L
            geared to existing and future transport needs ;
( b ) the socio-economic return on the project ;
( c ) whether the project is cons i stent . wi th other Community measures under
        the common transport policy or other Community policies and w i th o the r
        natio nal m easur es given prio rity in nation al transpo r t infra st ruct ure
        plans and projects ;
                                                                                    ./.
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      ( d ) the co:.iule.nentarity of the project with other projects undertaken
            at the national level ."
3 . Add an additional Article 4a which is to read as follows :
                                     Article 4a
1 • Each year , no Later than the date of submission of the preliminary draft general
    budget for the next financial year , the Commission shall submit to
    Parliament and the Council a communication describing the projects in
    respect of which applications have been received in accordance with
    Article 4 and which qualify for financial support under the medium-term
    programme and in the light of the objectives set out in Articie 1 and
    criteria    laid down in Article 2 .
2 . The description referred to in paragraph 1 of this Articie includes nr
    least    :
    -    the main grounds for qualification under Articles 1 and 2 ,
    -    the probaole scale and nature of the financial support , and
    -    the background information referred to in Article 4 ."