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ANNEX I

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Designating the European Coordinators for the European Transport Corridors, the ERTMS and the European Maritime Space

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ANNEX II

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the North Sea – Baltic European Transport Corridor. This corridor stretches from the North Sea ports in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany to Poland. From there, it continues north through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to Helsinki and Oulu in Finland and Luleå in Sweden. To the south, the corridor extends from Warsaw via Lublin to Kyiv and from Katowice via Lviv to Kyiv and Mariupol in Ukraine. It covers rail, road, airports, ports, multimodal freight terminals, inland waterway and the European Maritime Space links. One of the biggest projects is Rail Baltica, a European standard gauge railway line to be built between Warsaw and Tallinn, connecting Riga and Vilnius.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you, in advance, that in the implementation of your task, you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the Scandinavian – Mediterranean European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean European Transport Corridor. This corridor extends from the north of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, through Denmark, Germany, and Austria to the Mediterranean coast of Southern Italy and further on by sea to Malta. Major ports and network nodes are Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Gothenburg and Copenhagen in the north, Hamburg, Hannover, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Innsbruck in the centre and finally Verona, Bologna, Rome, Naples, La Spezia, Ancona, Livorno, Florence, Cagliari (Sardegna), Bari, Palermo (Sicily) as well as Valetta and Marsaxlokk (both Malta) in the sourthern part of the corridor. It comprises rail, road, airports, ports, multimodal freight terminals and European Maritime Space sections (e.g. Lübeck/Rostock to Scandinavia or southern Italy/Sicily to Malta). The key infrastructure projects on this corridor are the Fehmarnbelt fixed link and the Brenner base tunnel.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the Atlantic European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the Atlantic European Transport Corridor. This corridor links the Spanish and Portuguese ports of Algeciras, Sines, Lisbon, Porto, A Coruña and Bilbao through western France and, with a link from Le Havre and Rouen, to Paris and further east to Strasbourg and Mannheim in Germany. It covers rail, road, airports, ports, multimodal freight terminals, urban nodes and the Seine, the Douro, Tagus and Guadalquivir as inland waterways. A main objective is to exploit the maritime potential of the Atlantic façade of the Union through an improved modal integration, enhancing railway interoperability by deployment of ERTMS and the other trans-European transport network (TEN-T) standards along the whole corridor and gauge change to International Union of Railways (UIC) standard on the Iberian Peninsula. Amongst the infrastructure projects of major importance are the cross-border sections between Portugal and Spain and between Spain and France.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the North Sea – Rhine – Mediterranean European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the European Coordinator for the North Sea-Rhine- Mediterranean European Transport Corridor. In the north, the corridor links the Irish ports of Dublin, Cork, and Foynes and provides rail and road links to the border of the United Kingdom. These ports are connected with the continental part of the Union via the European Maritime Space links, which join with the ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Vlissingen, Antwerp, Ghent and Zeebrugge in the Netherlands and Belgium. Further south, the corridor runs through Brussels, Liege and Luxembourg, extending to the territory of France (Calais and Le Havre) and reaching ports of Marseille and Fos-sur-Mer via Metz, Paris, Dijon and Lyon. In Germany, the corridor further provides links to the Ruhr area as well as Cologne, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe, continuing to Strasbourg in France, entering Switzerland in Basel, where it splits in two branches via Bern and Chiasso to reach Italy where it continues via Novara and Alessandria and Milan to reach port of Genova at the Mediterranean Sea. It covers rail, road, inland waterways, airports, ports, multimodal freight terminals. The key projects are the Seine-Scheldt inland waterway connection encompassing France and Belgium, and the EuroCap railway project involving France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation EU 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the Mediterranean European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 9 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the Mediterranean European Transport Corridor. This corridor links the Spanish ports of Algeciras, Cartagena, Valencia, Castellὀn, Tarragona and Barcelona with Madrid and along the Mediterranean coastline through southern France- Marseille and Nice until Italy, Genoa and La Spezia. It traverses from Marseille towards Lyon across the Alpes and northern Italy via Turin, Milan, Verona, Bologna, Padova, Venice and Trieste. It links also with Ljubljana and a branch via Croatia (Rijeka, Zagreb), to Budapest and to Lviv in Ukraine. It covers rail and road, airports, ports, multimodal freigth terminals and, in Northern Italy, also the Po river inland waterway. The key projects are the gauge change to International Union of Railways (UIC) standard in Spain, the Lyon – Turin base railway tunnel and the overall modernisation of railways infrastructure in the eastern part of the corridor.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000 EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the Baltic Sea – Adriatic Sea European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 11 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the Baltic Sea – Adriatic Sea European Transport Corridor. This corridor extends in the north from the Polish ports of Gdańsk and Gdynia as well as Szczecin and Świnoujście and the city of Biała Podlaska through Kłodzko, Kraków and the Katowice region to Brno in the Czech Republic and Bratislava in Slovakia. It stretches further to Vienna in Austria and Budapest in Hungary and its eastern branch ends in the Slovenian port of Koper and the Croatian ports of Rijeka and Split. The western axis in Italy connects the city of Bologna and provides links to the ports of Trieste, Venice, Ravenna, and Bari. The Baltic Sea – Adriatic Sea European Transport Corridor covers rail, road, airports, ports and multimodal freight terminals. The key projects are Semmering base tunnel in Austria and the high-speed lines in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 13 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming for wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors contributes strongly to reaching the Union’s political goals of the sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean European Transport Corridor. This corridor starts with two parallel branches in Austria (from Salzburg and Linz), heading southeast towards the neighbouring country of Slovenia where both branches converge in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and continue towards the Croatian border passing through Zagreb, before connecting with the bordering Western Balkan countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The main corridor route continues south-east towards Belgrade, after which it bifurcates towards Pristina and Niš before it converges back in Skopje (North Macedonia). Another northern branch extends to Budapest in Hungary from Serbia. There are a number of western branches providing connections to Adriatic Sea ports, namely Trieste, Koper, Rijeka, Ploče (through Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bar and Durres (through Serbia and Montenegro). The central branch then continues to the south through North Macedonia to connect to the Greek ports of Igoumenitsa, Patra and Pireas. The corridor finally ends in Cyprus (maritime connection). Notably, the corridor also includes an east-west connection, starting from Durres in Albania to Svilengrad (border triangle) via Sofia.

The Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean European Transport Corridor mainly comprises of rail, road, airports, sea and inland ports, multimodal freight terminals, as well as a number of identified urban nodes. No inland waterway is included in this corridor. The major exception is Cyprus, where no rail infrastructure is deployed.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for ERTMS

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 15 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for rail interoperability, in particular ERTMS on the trans-European transport network. This horizontal priority focuses on the timely deployment of the ERTMS ensuring interoperability across borders to allow for passenger and freight services.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator for ERTMS aims to advance the development and deployment of ERTMS at European level through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource efficient transport system. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders as well as support the preparation and implementation of the implementing act referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of a work plan referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000  EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for the European Maritime Space

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 ) on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities: the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

You have accepted responsibility as the Coordinator for the European Maritime Space. This horizontal priority focuses on the deployment of a truly sustainable, smart, seamless and resilient European Maritime Space that can be fully integrated into a door-to-door transport chain on the trans-European transport network.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator for the European Maritime Space aims to advance the overall development and implementation of this horizontal priority at European level through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote the creation or upgrading of short sea shipping routes and the development of maritime ports and their hinterland connections in order to ensure efficient and sustainable integration with other transport modes. For this purpose, the Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders as well as support the preparation and implementation of the implementing act referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of a work plan referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 will include:

Your task as Coordinator will consequently be of a very diverse nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of 4 years starting on the date of the entry into force of this Decision and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of 3 000 EUR to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representational related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for the Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that in the implementation of your task you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

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Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for

the Rhine - Danube European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 18 ) provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for implementation of the European Transport Corridors and of the two horizontal priorities, namely the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming to increase the wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors plays a major part in reaching the Union political goals of a sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the European Coordinator for the Rhine - Danube Corridor. Starting in the northern German ports of Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg and Rostock, several multimodal axes leading towards Berlin, Hannover, Leipzig and Dresden, and on to Prague, where the Northern corridor axis meets with the more Western axis that starts in the French city of Strasbourg and moves on to the German cities of Frankfurt and Stuttgart and continues east to Prague and Munich respectively. It then leads via Austria, Slovakia and Hungary to the Romanian ports of Constanta and Galati. The axis providing a corridor connection to Slovakia further extends as far as Lviv in Ukraine. It covers rail, road, airports, ports, rail-road terminals and the inland waterway system of the Elbe main river, the Elbe Lateral Canal, a part of the Elbe Mittellandkanal, Weser, the Geesthacht Schleusenkanal and Vltava river in the northern part of the corridor and the Main, the Main-Danube Canal, the entire Danube downstream of Kelheim and the Váh, Sava and Tisza rivers. The key projects are removing the navigation bottlenecks along the Danube and other inland waterways as well as the railway cross-border sections Dresden - Prague, Prague - Vienna / Bratislava – Budapest and Budapest – Bucharest, as well as major national sections, including Stuttgart – Ulm.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource-efficient transport system. For this purpose, the European Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned and guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor, Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, will include:

In consequence, your task as European Coordinator will be very diverse in nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of four years starting on the date of the entry into force of Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 ( 20 ) and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of EUR 3 000 to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representation-related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you, in advance, that you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters when you carry out your tasks.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for

the Baltic Sea - Black Sea - Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 21 ) provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and of the two horizontal priorities namely the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

The corridor approach allows efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming to increase wide-scale efficiency in the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors plays a major part in reaching the Union political goals of a sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.

You have accepted responsibility as the European Coordinator for the Baltic Sea - Black Sea - Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor. The corridor stretches in the north from Helsinki in Finland, across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania via Gdansk and Warsaw to Southern Poland. From there, the network leads to Lviv in Ukraine and Chișinău in Moldova to the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa. Another stretch leads from Slovakia and Hungary to Romania and further connects to Bulgaria and Greece. Cyprus is further connected by a European Maritime Space link. The corridor covers rail, road, airports, ports and rail-road terminals. The key projects are the Rail Baltica project and the connection to Ukraine and Moldova.

The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource-efficient transport system. For this purpose, the European Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.

Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, will include:

In consequence, your task as European Coordinator will be very diverse in nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of four years starting on the date of the entry into force of Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 ( 23 ) and may be renewed by mutual agreement.

The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.

During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.

You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.

Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.

During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of EUR 3 000 to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representation-related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.

The Director for Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters when you carry out your tasks.

The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.

The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.