51995PC0048

Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (1)

(95/C 97/01)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(95) 48 final - 94/0098(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 A (2) of the EC Treaty on 27 February 1995)

1. In Article 7 of the original proposal of the Commission (COM(94) 106), paragraph 3 is added:

'3. Work is intended to start on the projects of common interest listed in Annex III within the next five years.

The list appearing in this Annex is not exhaustive.'

2. In Article 10, paragraph 1 of the original proposal of the Commission (COM(94) 106), the first indent is replaced by the following text:

'- the high-speed network, comprising new lines equipped for speeds equal to or greater than 250 km/h in current or new technology and/or adapted lines for speed of the order of 200 km/h.'

3. Maps of Annex I of the original proposal of the Commission (COM(94) 106) are replaced/complemented by the maps attached to this proposal.

4. Annex III attached to this communication is added to the original proposal.

(1) OJ No C 220, 8. 8. 1994.

LIST OF PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST TO BE INTEGRATED AS A NEW ANNEX III TO THE PROPOSAL COM(94) 106 OF 7 APRIL 1994 ON GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANS-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK

I. Priority projects (ECU 91 billion total investment / ECU 40 billion for 1995-1999)

Cost estimates

Total ECU billion

1995-1999 ECU billion

High-speed train/combined transport north-south Nuernberg - Erfurt - Halle/Leipzig - Berlin Brenner axis Verona - Muenchen 21,0 4,2

High-speed train (Paris) - Bruxelles/Brussel - Koeln - Amsterdam - London Belgium: F/B border - Bruxelles/Brussel - Liège - B/D border; Bruxelles/Brussel - B/NL border United Kingdom: London - Channel Tunnel access Netherlands: B/NL border - Rotterdam - Amsterdam Germany: (Aachen) (1) - Koeln - Rhein/Main 16,0 9,5

High-speed train south Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan - Montpellier Madrid - Vitoria - Dax 13,0 3,2

High-speed train east Paris - Metz - Strassburg - Appenweier - (Karlsruhe) with junctions to Metz - Saarbruecken - Mannheim and Metz - Luxembourg 4,5 3,0

Conventional rail/combined transport: Betuwe line Rotterdam - NL/D border - (Rhein-Ruhr) (1) 3,3 2,2

High-speed train/combined transport France - Italy Lyon - Torino Torino - Milano - Venezia - Trieste 14,0 3,8

Greek Motorways: Pathe and Via Egnatia Rio Antirio, Patras - Athens - Thessaloniki - Prohamon - (Bulgarian border) Igoumenitsa - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupolis - Ormenio - (Greek/Bulgarian border) - Kipi - (Turkish border) 6,4 5,1

Motorway Lisboa - Valladolid 1,1 0,7

Conventional rail link Cork - Dublin - Belfast - Larne - Stranraer 0,3 0,1

Malpensa airport (Milano) 1,0 0,8

Fixed rail/road link between Denmark and Sweden (OEresund fixed link) including access routes for road, rail, air 3,4 2,7

Nordic Triangle 4,4 1,2

Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux road link 2,7 1,5

West Coast main line (rail) 0,9 0,7

Work on these projects has started or will start in the period 1995 to 1996.

II. Further projects of importance (ECU 49 billion total investment / ECU 23 billion for 1995-1999)

Cost estimates

Total ECU billion

1995-1999 ECU billion

Acceleration possible so that work can begin in about two years Combined transport (1996-2005) up to now projects identified in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Spain (see also below) 2,4 1,3

Spata airport (Athina) (up to 2000) 2,0 2,0

Berlin airport (1995-1998) 4,1 4,1

Autoroute de la Maurienne (up to 1998) 1,1 1,1

Autoroute Marateca - Elvas (up to 1997) 0,4 0,4

High-speed train in Denmark 2,1 1,8

Trans-Apennine Highway Bologna - Firenze (1995-2001) 3,1 2,6

High-speed train/combined transport Danube axis (1995-2010) Muenchen/Nuernberg - Wien - (Budapest - Bratislava) 4,7 2,0

Motorway Nice - Cuneo (1997-2010) 1,9 0,7

Projects which need to be further examined Fehmernbaelt: fixed link between Denmark and Germany (1998-2010) 4,5 0,7

Motorway Bari - Otranto (1998-2003) 0,3 0,1

Canal Rhin-Rhône (1995-2007) 2,5 0,9

Canal Seine-Escaut (1999-2006) 1,4 0,2

Canal Elbe-Oder (1996-2010) 0,7 Danube upgrading between Straubing and Vilshofen (1999-2010) 0,7 0,1

High-speed train Randstad - Rhein/Ruhr (1998-2010) Amsterdam - Arnhem (- Koeln) 1,6 0,7

Road corridor Valencia - Zaragoza - Somport (1995-2002) 1,2 0,3

High-speed train (Brenner -) Firenze; Roma - Napoli (after 2000) 8,3 0,3

High-speed train connection Luxembourg - Brussels (after 1999) 0,5 Road corridor Napoli - Reggio Calabria (up to 2000) 3,2 3,2

Short sea shipping and ports infrastructure projects 3,0 1,0

Work on these projects is intended to start in the next five years; the years in brackets indicate their construction time.

Combined transport links considered in the abovementioned project

The following rail links shall be completed for combined transport usage during the next five years:

1. Taulov - Nordjylland

2. Hamburg - Padborg - Taulov - Koebenhavn

3. Hamburg - Berlin

4. Hannover - Berlin

5. Nuernberg - Berlin

6. Berlin - Dresden

7. Frankfurt - Wuerzburg

8. Betuweline (Rotterdam - Ruhr) and the Dutch links to Hengelo and Venlo

9. Rotterdam - AntwerpenZeebrugge - Bruxelles - Luxembourg - Bettembourg

10. Antwerpen - Aachen

11. Rotterdam - Antwerpen - Bruxelles - Aulnoye

12. Aachen - Liège - Erquelinnes

13. Porto - Lisboa - Madrid - Barcelona

14. Lisboa - Burgos - Irun - french/spanish border

15. Port-Bou - Barcelona - Valencia - Murcia

16. Madrid - Almeria/ Algericas

17. Le Havre - Paris

18. Dijon - Modane

19. Paris - Strassbourg

20. Kehl - Dijon

21. Nancy - Avignon

22. Marseille - Genova

23. Avignon - Narbonne

24. Paris - Dijon

25. Paris - Hendaye

26. Aulnoye - Metz

27. Tarvis - Udine - Bologna

28. Brenner-Achse - Bologna

29. Udine - Trieste

30. Iselle - Torino/Milano - Bologna

31. Modena - Torino - Milano

32. Chiasso - Milano

33. Verona - Trieste

34. La Spezia - Fidenza

35. Livorno - Firenza

36. Patras - Athen

37. Athen - Larissa (Volos) - Thessaloniki - Nordgrenze (former Yougoslavia and Bulgaria)

III. Europe-wide projects (approximantely ECU 50 billion total investment, ECU 10 billion until 1999)

With regard to the projects which deal with the implementation of new technologies and relate to traffic management and which will improve the use of infrastructure for all modes of transport (land, sea, air) benefiting several Member States, the following projects are identified as pilot actions which should lead in the course of the next five years to full implementation:

Cost estimates

Total ECU billion

1995-1999 ECU billion

- air traffic management: harmonization and integration of the national air traffic management systems into a unified system, 16 (1) 6,5

- road traffic management services: pilot actions using traffic control centres and radio data system - traffic message channel (RDS-TMC), 31 2,6

- vessel traffic management and information services: a European ship reporting system, 1,1-1,5 0,8

- system of positioning and navigation: development and implementation of European components of the global navigation satelitte system (GNSS), 0,9 0,2

- pilot projects for a railway management system: control command systems for selected high-speed rail links. 0,7 0,35

For these projects the provisions of Article 24 second paragraph of the proposal (COM(94) 106 of 7 April 1994) apply.

IV. Projects connecting to third countries

(These projects are mentioned here for completeness, subject to the specific decision procedures applicable.)

- Berlin - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow (rail and road),

- Dresden - Prague (rail and road),

- Nuernberg - Prague (road),

- Fixed link across the Danube (road and rail) between Bulgaria and Romania,

- Helsinki - St. Petersburg - Moscow (rail and road),

- Trieste - Ljubljana - Budapest - Lvov - Kiev (rail and road),

- Baltic Sea Telematic Platform.

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(1) Ongoing construction support already provided at Community level.

(1) Rough estimate based on approximately ECU 1 billion per year investments likely.