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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/500 of 22 March 2018 on the compliance of the proposal to establish the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 1625)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/500 of 22 March 2018 on the compliance of the proposal to establish the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 1625)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/500 of 22 March 2018 on the compliance of the proposal to establish the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2018) 1625)
C/2018/1625
IO L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 13–14
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
26.3.2018 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 82/13 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/500
of 22 March 2018
on the compliance of the proposal to establish the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document C(2018) 1625)
(Only the Bulgarian, Croatian, English, German and Slovenian texts are authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937 of 11 July 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (1) and in particular Article 3 of this Treaty,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight (2), and in particular Article 5(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
In accordance with Article 5(5) of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010, the ministries responsible for rail transport in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia jointly sent a letter of intent to the Commission, which it received on 16 November 2017. The letter included a proposal to establish a new rail freight corridor, called the Alpine-Western Balkan corridor, on the territory of those four Member States and of Serbia. |
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The Commission examined the proposal included in the letter of intent pursuant to Article 5(6) of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and considers the proposal to be in compliance with Article 5 of that Regulation for the reasons set out below. |
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Annex I.2 to the Transport Community Treaty signed between the Union and the South East European Parties provides for a legal basis for Serbia to participate in rail freight corridors by mentioning Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 among applicable provisions of Union law. On 24 November 2017 Serbia ratified the Transport Community Treaty which has been applied provisionally since 27 November 2017. Serbia has committed itself to transposing the relevant Union legislation into national legislation in accordance with the Transport Community Treaty, and in any event prior to the establishment of the proposed rail freight corridor. |
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The Commission considers that the criteria set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 have been taken into account in the proposal as follows:
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(5) |
The infrastructure managers concerned have expressed their support for this new rail freight corridor in a joint letter of support, as documented in Annex II to the letter of intent. |
(6) |
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The letter of intent received on 16 November 2017 concerning the establishment of the Alpine-Western Balkan rail freight corridor, jointly sent to the Commission by the ministries responsible for rail transport in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, and proposing the route
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Salzburg — Villach — Ljubljana —/ |
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Wels/Linz — Graz — Maribor — |
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Zagreb — Vinkovci/Vukovar — Tovarnik — Beograd — Sofia — Svilengrad (Bulgarian-Turkish border) |
as the principal route for the ‘Alpine-Western Balkan’ rail freight corridor is in compliance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Serbia.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2018.
For the Commission
Violeta BULC
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 278, 27.10.2017, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 22.
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/758 of 4 February 2016 amending Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards adapting Annex III thereto (OJ L 126, 14.5.2016, p. 3).