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Investing in Europe's Growth

The Trans-European Transport Network

and Connecting Europe Facility

Lia Potec, Policy OfficerEuropean Commission, DG MOVE Unit B4 Connecting Europe – Infrastructure investment strategies

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Overhauling the EU transport sectoressential for a sustainable and competitive EU economy

Remove bottlenecks and bridge missing links

Deploy interoperable traffic management systems

Invest in innovative technologies and transport systems

Improve transport logistics

Render transport services more efficient

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10 goals

- to help achieve a competitive and resource efficient system

10 benchmarks

- to meet the goal of reducing the GHG emissions by 60%

by 2050.

40 concrete initiatives

– to be developed over this decade.

The Transport “White Paper”

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By 2030, 30% of road freight over 300 km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne transport,

and more than 50 % by 2050

By 2050, complete a European high-speed rail network. Triple the length of the existing high-speed rail network by 2030 Maintain a dense railway network in all Member States.

By 2050, the majority of medium-distance passenger transport should go by rail.By 2030, a fully functional and EU-wide multimodal TEN-T ‘core network’

with a high-quality and capacity network and a corresponding set of information services by 2050

By 2050, connect all core network airports to the rail (preferably high-speed) network and all core seaports to the rail freight network and, where possible, inland waterway system.

The Transport “White Paper”

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The "European Infrastructure Package"

Financing framework 2014-2020

Sectoral policy frameworks(setting priorities for 2020, 2030, 2050)

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The Transport Infrastructure Package

Policy frameworkTEN-T Guidelines

Funding frameworkConnecting Europe FacilityStructural and Investment Funds

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Key elements of the new TEN-T policy

• Support implementation of Transport White Paper through new infrastructure policy, including:• New maps• Ambitious standards for all infrastructures• Common deadlines to achieve network (2030/2050)• Corridors and coordinators for implementation

• TEN-T Guidelines: Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013

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The new TEN-T maps

• Dual layer approach based on a single European methodology• Comprehensive network to

ensure accessibility to all regions

• Core network focusing on the strategically most important parts

• Maps contained in Annex I to the Regulation

• List of nodes in Annex II

• Indicative comprehensive network maps for the neighbouring countries in Annex III

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TEN-T Network Standards (1/3)Railways (freight), ports and rail-road terminals

• Comprehensive Network

• Electrification• ERTMS• 1435mm gauge• Connection with freight

terminals

• Core Network[see Comprehensive network plus]

• freight lines (>100 km/h, 750m train length, 22,5t axle load)

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TEN-T Network Standards (2/3)Roads, ports, rail-road terminals and airports

• Comprehensive Network

• High quality roads i.e. motorways, expressways, conventional strategic roads

• Core Network[see Comprehensive network plus]

• Rest areas on motorways all 100 km, including appropriate parking space for commercial road users

• Availability of clean fuels

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TEN-T Network Standards (3/3)

• TEN-T Comprehensive and Core Network

• Inland waterways and ports

Other modesComprehensive NetworkImplementation and deployment of telematic applications (RIS, VTMIS, e-maritime services, SESAR)Connection of airports and ports to TEN-T network

Core Network[see Comprehensive network plus]

Availability of clean fuels at airports and portsConnection of ANNEX II ports and airports to TEN-T network by 2030/2050

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By 2030: replace the patchwork of priority projects by a single European core network

By 2050: develop the comprehensive network as “ground layer” to ensure accessibility and common standards

TEN-T Network Deadlines

EU TEN-T Core NetworkRailways (freight), ports and rail-road terminals

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TEN-T Core Network Corridors and European Coordinators

9 multimodal corridors 9 multimodal corridors (defined until 2020*)(defined until 2020*)•Implementation toolsImplementation tools•Support the core network implementation Support the core network implementation •Synchronise investments (Corridor Work Plan), including Synchronise investments (Corridor Work Plan), including deployment of new technologies and telematic applicationsdeployment of new technologies and telematic applications•Alignment with the Rail Freight CorridorsAlignment with the Rail Freight Corridors

•Involvement of stakeholdersInvolvement of stakeholders•European Coordinators also for ERTMS and Motorways of European Coordinators also for ERTMS and Motorways of the Seathe Sea

* Alignment identified in Annex I of the Connecting Europe Facility * Alignment identified in Annex I of the Connecting Europe Facility RegulationRegulation

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Connecting Europe Facility

Rules for awarding EU budget support to TEN-T infrastructure projects

Eligibility

For what, who, how, how much

Forms of support• Grants • Financial instruments

Objectives & priorities•CEF Regulation: Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013•Delegated Act: COM(2013) 9690•Communication: COM(2013)940•Work Programmes: COM(2014) 1919, COM(2014) 1921

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Connecting Europe Facility: budget

€33.2 billion in current prices

€26.250 billion for transport (Vs ~€8bn for 2007 – 2013)

• €14.945 billion for all 28 MS

• €11.305 billion for the MS eligible to the Cohesion Fund

€1.141 billion for broadband and digital services

€5.850 billion for energy infrastructure

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CEF: Priorities

•Modes•Rail, inland waterways, multimodal platforms (ports, rail-road terminals) and intermodal connections

•Sections•Missing links, cross-border, bottlenecks

•Horizontal•ERTMS, SESAR, other telematic systems (RIS, ITS, e-Maritime...)

•Motorways of the Sea, including alternative fuelling (LNG) deployment

•New technologies and innovation focusing on decarbonisation, safe and secure infrastructure, ports and airports

•Geographical •Core Network, Corridors on the Core Network

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80 – 85 % of total budget for projects pre-identified listed in Annex I to the CEF Regulation

• Horizontal priorities

• Sections on the Core Network Corridors

• Other important cross-border and bottleneck sections

•15 – 20 % of total budget for • Other projects on the core network• Projects on comprehensive network (max 5%)• Projects in third countries• Financial instruments (10%)

CEF: Eligibility

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CEF Cohesion Envelope: €11.3 bn transferred from the Cohesion Fund

Exclusively for transport projects in Member States (MS) eligible for the Cohesion Fund•National envelopes until end 2016

•80-85% of envelope for • core network projects pre-identified in Annex I

• Also road cross-border (max. 10% of envelope)

•15-20% of envelope for projects• On the core network only

• Not on the comprehensive network

• Not in third countries

• No contribution to financial instruments before 2017

•Common project pipeline for Cohesion Fund and CEF, in line with the transport strategy

•Co-funding rates aligned to Cohesion Fund (max. 85%)

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CEF grants: co-funding rates

Types of ProjectsCEF General Budget

CEF Cohesion Envelope

(a) Studies (all modes) 50% 85%(b)Works on

Rail

Cross border 40% 85% Bottleneck 30% 85%Other projects of common interest 20% 85%

Inland waterways

Cross border 40% 85%Bottleneck 40% 85%Other projects of common interest 20% 85%

Inland transport connections to ports and airports (rail and road) 20% 85%

Development of ports 20% 85%

Development of multi-modal platforms 20% 85%

Reduce rail freight noise by retrofitting of existing rolling stock 20% 20%

Freight transport services 20% 20%

Secure parkings on road core network 20% 20%

Motorways of the sea 30% 85%

Traffic management systems SESAR, RIS & VTMIS 50/20% 85%ERTMS 50% 85%ITS for road 20% 85%

Cross border road sections 10% 85% (core network)

New technologies and innovation for all modes of transport 20% 85%

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CEF in Croatia€159.7 million national Cohesion envelope

•Pre-identified projects in Annex I

Mediterranean Corridor

Rhine-Danube Corridor

Other core network sections

Horizontal priorities

Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest Rail – Studies and works (including construction of new track and second track between Rijeka and HU border )

Rijeka Port - Infrastructure upgrading and development, development of multimodal platforms and interconnections

Slavonski Brod Port – Studies and works

Danube IWW - Studies and works on several sections andbottlenecks; inland waterway ports: multimodalinterconnections

Sava IWW - Studies and works on several sections andbottlenecks (including cross-border bridge)

Dubrovnik – HR/ME border Cross-border road - Works

Zagreb – SR border Bottleneck rail – Studies and works

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Complementarity CEF - ESIF

CEF - concentrates on projects with a high EU added

value: cross-border, major bottlenecks, multimodality, interoperability

on the core network

more sustainable modes of transport – rail, IWW, intermodality

ESIF - focus onprojects to remove

bottlenecks on both the core and comprehensive TEN-T

other modes of transport: urban, road, maritime

regional connectivity

rehabilitation projects

A common and complementary list of projectsMember States and Commission – to define early under which support scheme individual TEN-T infrastructure projects should be implemented: CEF, CF or ERDF

Consistency with the comprehensive national transport strategy

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CEF: Centralised management

!! EU funds not, not projects

Programming via work programmes• Annual and Multiannual Work Programmes

Management • Grants – direct management

• Financial Instruments – via cooperation agreement with interested entities (e.g. European Investment Bank)

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CEF: Grant management

How to give grant support to a project

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Financial instruments – Why?

• Limited € available: • €26 billion to cover €250 billion in needs!

• Limited eligibility for grants under the CEF• Mostly core network

• Almost no road or airport infrastructure

• Full eligibility for financial instruments• Core & comprehensive TEN-T

• Any project eligible under the TEN-T Guidelines

• All modes of transport

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Financial instruments – for what and howProjects • Identifiable revenue streams/commercial benefits and long-term

repayment• Motorways with tolls, shadow-tolling, availability schemes• Airports development (e.g. new terminal)• Ports development (e.g. capacity extension)• Alternative fuelling infrastructure and on-board equipment (e.g. LNG

on boats)• On-board equipment for traffic management systems (e.g. SESAR)

Forms• Equity intruments

• Risk-capital, e.g. Marguerite Fund• Investing in equity reduces the need for debt and reduces the level

of risks

• Debt instrumentsGuarantees and risk-sharing instruments, e.g. LGTT and Project Bonds

• LGTT to support bank lending• Project Bonds to support investment from capital market

investors

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2014 Work Programmes and Calls

Work Programmes• Adopted on 26 March 2014• Multiannual Work Programme for €11 billion• Annual Work Programme for €1 billion

Target date for• Opening calls: September 2014• Closing calls: end February 2015

Size of the calls will be evaluated on the basis of MS project pipelines

In cooperation with MS authorities and DG REGIO, especially for Cohesion MS

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Thank you for your attention!

lia.potec@ec.europa.eu