Annexes to COM(2011)665 - Connecting Europe Facility - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2011)665 - Connecting Europe Facility. |
|---|---|
| document | COM(2011)665  |
| date | December 11, 2013 |
PART I
LIST OF PRE-IDENTIFIED PROJECTS ON THE CORE NETWORK IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
1. Horizontal Priorities
| Innovative management & services | Single European Sky – SESAR system |
| Innovative management & services | Telematic applications systems for road, rail, inland waterways and vessels (ITS, ERTMS, RIS and VTMIS) |
| Innovative management & services | Core network ports, motorways of the sea (MoS) and airports, safe and secure infrastructure |
| New technologies and innovation | New technologies and innovation in accordance with points (a) to (d) of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 |
2. Core network corridors
Baltic – Adriatic
ALIGNMENT:
Gdynia – Gdańsk – Katowice/Sławków
Gdańsk – Warszawa – Katowice
Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Wien
Szczecin/Świnoujście – Poznań – Wrocław – Ostrava
Katowice – Žilina – Bratislava – Wien
Wien – Graz – Villach – Udine – Trieste
Udine – Venezia – Padova – Bologna – Ravenna
Graz – Maribor – Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Gdynia - Katowice | Rail | Works |
| Gdynia, Gdańsk | Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Warszawa - Katowice | Rail | Works |
| Wroclaw – Poznań – Szczecin/Świnoujście | Rail | Works |
| Świnoujście, Szczecin | Port | Port interconnections |
| Bielsko Biala – Žilina | Road | Works |
| Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien & Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava - Wien | Rail | Works, in particular cross-border sections PL-CZ, CZ-AT, PL-SK and SK-AT, Brno-Přerov line; (further) development of multimodal platforms and airport-rail interconnections |
| Wien - Graz - Klagenfurt - Udine - Venezia - Ravenna | Rail | Partial construction of new lines (Semmering Base Tunnel and Koralm Railway line), rail upgrading; works ongoing; (further) development of multimodal platforms; upgrading of existing two-track line between Udine - Cervignano and Trieste |
| Graz - Maribor - Pragersko | Rail | Studies and works for second track |
| Trieste, Venenezia, Ravenna, Koper | Ports | Port interconnections; (further) development of multimodal platforms |
North Sea – Baltic
ALIGNMENT:
Helsinki – Tallinn – Rīga
Ventspils – Rīga
Rīga – Kaunas
Klaipėda – Kaunas – Vilnius
Kaunas – Warszawa
BY border – Warszawa – Poznań – Frankfurt/Oder – Berlin – Hamburg
Berlin – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover
Hannover – Bremen – Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven
Hannover – Osnabrück – Hengelo – Almelo – Deventer – Utrecht
Utrecht – Amsterdam
Utrecht – Rotterdam – Antwerpen
Hannover – Köln – Antwerpen
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Helsinki - Tallinn | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections; (further) development of multimodal platforms and their interconnections; icebreaking capacity; MoS |
| Tallinn - Rīga - Kaunas - Warszawa | Rail | (Detailed) studies for new UIC gauge fully interoperable line; works for new line to start before 2020; upgrading and new line on PL territory; rail – airports/ports interconnections, rail-road terminals, MoS |
| Ventspils – Rīga | Rail | Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS |
| Klaipėda – Kaunas | Rail | Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS |
| Kaunas – Vilnius | Rail | Upgrading, airports interconnections, rail-road terminals |
| Via Baltica Corridor | Road | Works for cross-border sections (EE, LV, LT, PL) |
| BY border - Warszawa - Poznań - DE border | Rail | Works on existing line, studies for high-speed rail |
| PL Border - Berlin - Hannover - Amsterdam/Rotterdam | Rail | Studies and upgrading of several sections (Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem; Hannover – Berlin) |
| Wilhelmshaven - Bremerhaven - Bremen | Rail | Studies and works |
| Berlin - Magdeburg – Hannover, Mittellandkanal, western German canals, Rhine, Waal, Noordzeekanaal, IJssel, Twentekanaal | IWW | Studies, works for better navigability and upgrading waterways and locks |
| Amsterdam locks & Amsterdam - Rijnkanaal | IWW | Locks studies ongoing; port: interconnections (studies and works, including Beatrix lock upgrade) |
Mediterranean
ALIGNMENT:
Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona
Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia
Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona
Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Marseille/Lyon – Torino – Novara – Milano – Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper - Ljubljana – Budapest
Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Algeciras - Madrid | Rail | Studies ongoing, works to be launched before 2015, to be completed 2020 |
| Sevilla - Antequera - Granada - Almería - Cartagena - Murcia - Alicante - Valencia | Rail | Studies and works |
| Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona | Rail | Upgrading of existing lines (gauge, sidings, platforms) |
| Valencia - Tarragona - Barcelona | Rail | Construction between 2014 - 2020 |
| Barcelona | Port | Interconnections rail with port and airport |
| Barcelona - Perpignan | Rail | Cross-border section, works ongoing, new line completed by 2015, upgrading existing line (gauge, sidings, platforms) |
| Perpignan - Montpellier | Rail | Bypass Nîmes - Montpellier to be operational in 2017, Montpellier - Perpignan for 2020 |
| Lyon | Rail | Relieving Lyon bottlenecks: studies and works |
| Lyon – Avignon – Marseille | Rail | Upgrading |
| Lyon - Torino | Rail | Cross-border section, works base tunnel; studies and works access routes |
| Milano - Brescia | Rail | Partially, upgrading and, partially, new high-speed line |
| Brescia - Venezia - Trieste | Rail | Works to start before 2014 on several sections in synergy with upgrading actions undertaken in overlapping stretches as in the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor |
| Milano – Cremona- Mantova – Porto Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste | IWW | Studies and works |
| Cremona, Mantova, Venezia, Ravenna, Trieste | Inland Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Trieste - Divača | Rail | Studies and partial upgrading ongoing; cross-border section to be realised until after 2020 |
| Koper - Divača - Ljubljana – Pragersko | Rail | Studies and upgrading/partially, new line |
| 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 |
| Ljubljana – Zagreb | Rail | Studies and works |
| Ljubljana node | Rail | Rail node Ljubljana, including multi-modal platform; rail airport interconnection |
| Pragersko - Zalalövö | Rail | Cross-border section: studies, works to start before 2020 |
| Lendava - Letenye | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Boba- Székesfehérvár | Rail | Upgrading |
| Budapest-Miskolc-UA border | Rail | Upgrading |
| Vásárosnamény-UA border | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
Orient/East-Med
ALIGNMENT:
Hamburg – Berlin
Rostock – Berlin – Dresden
Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Dresden
Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Mělník/Praha - Kolín
Kolín – Pardubice – Brno – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Timișoara – Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia
Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas
Plovdiv – TR border
Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athína – Piraeus – Lemesos – Lefkosia
Athína – Patras/Igoumenitsa
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Dresden - Praha | Rail | Studies for high-speed rail |
| Praha | Rail | Upgrading, freight bypass; rail connection airport |
| Hamburg – Dresden – Praha – Pardubice | IWW | Elbe and Vltava studies, works for better navigability and upgrading |
| Děčín locks | IWW | Studies |
| Praha - Brno - Břeclav | Rail | Upgrading, including rail node Brno and multi-modal platform |
| Břeclav – Bratislava | Rail | Cross-border, upgrading |
| Bratislava – Hegyeshalom | Rail | Cross-border, upgrading |
| Mosonmagyaróvár – SK Border | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Tata – Biatorbágy | Rail | Upgrading |
| Budapest – Arad – Timișoara – Calafat | Rail | Upgrading in HU nearly completed, ongoing in RO |
| Vidin – Sofia – Burgas/TR border Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athína/Piraeus | Rail | Studies and works Vidin – Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athína; upgrading Sofia – Burgas/TR border |
| Vidin – Craiova | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Thessaloniki, Igoumenitsa | Port | Infrastructure upgrading and development, multimodal interconnections |
| Athína/Piraeus/Heraklion – Lemesos | Port, MoS | Port capacity and multimodal interconnections |
| Lemesos – Lefkosia | Ports, multimodal platforms | Upgrading of modal interconnection, including Lefkosia south orbital, studies and works, traffic management systems |
| Lefkosia – Larnaca | Multimodal platforms | Multimodal interconnections and telematic applications systems |
| Patras | Port | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Athína - Patras | Rail | Studies and works, port interconnections |
Scandinavian – Mediterranean
ALIGNMENT:
RU border – Hamina/Kotka – Helsinki – Turku/Naantali – Stockholm – Malmö
Oslo – Göteborg – Malmö – Trelleborg
Malmö – København – Kolding/Lübeck – Hamburg – Hannover
Bremen – Hannover – Nürnberg
Rostock – Berlin – Leipzig – München
Nürnberg – München – Innsbruck – Verona – Bologna – Ancona/Firenze
Livorno/La Spezia - Firenze – Roma – Napoli – Bari – Taranto – Valletta
Napoli – Gioia Tauro – Palermo/Augusta – Valletta
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Hamina/Kotka – Helsinki | Port, rail | Port interconnections, rail upgrading, icebreaking capacities |
| Helsinki | Rail | Airport-rail connection |
| RU border – Helsinki | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Helsinki – Turku | Rail | Upgrading |
| Turku/Naantali – Stockholm | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections, icebreaking capacity |
| Stockholm - Malmö (Nordic Triangle) | Rail | Works ongoing on specific sections |
| Trelleborg - Malmö – Göteborg – NO border | Rail, port, MoS | Works, multimodal platforms and port hinterland connections |
| Fehmarn | Rail | Studies ongoing, construction works Fehmarn Belt fixed link to start in 2015 |
| København - Hamburg via Fehmarn: access routes | Rail | Access routes DK to be completed by 2020, access routes DE to be completed in 2 steps: one-track electrification with the completion of the fixed link and two-track seven years later |
| Rostock | Ports, MoS | Interconnections ports with rail; low-emission ferries; ice-breaking capacity |
| Rostock - Berlin - Nürnberg | Rail | Studies and upgrading |
| Hamburg/Bremen - Hannover | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Halle – Leipzig – Nürnberg | Rail | Works ongoing, to be completed by 2017 |
| München – Wörgl | Rail | Access to Brenner Base tunnel and cross-border section: studies |
| Brenner Base Tunnel | Rail | Studies and works |
| Fortezza - Verona | Rail | Studies and works |
| Napoli - Bari | Rail | Studies and works |
| Napoli – Reggio Calabria | Rail | Upgrading |
| Verona – Bologna | Rail | Upgrading ongoing |
| Ancona, Napoli, Bari, La Spezia, Livorno | Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Messina - Catania – Augusta/Palermo | Rail | Upgrading (remaining sections) |
| Palermo/Taranto - Valletta/Marsaxlokk | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections |
| Valletta - Marsaxlokk | Port, airport | Upgrading of modal interconnection, including Marsaxlokk-Luqa-Valletta |
| Bologna – Ancona | Rail | Upgrading |
Rhine – Alpine
ALIGNMENT:
Genova – Milano – Lugano – Basel
Genova –Novara – Brig – Bern – Basel – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz – Koblenz – Köln
Köln – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Nijmegen/Arnhem – Utrecht – Amsterdam
Nijmegen – Rotterdam – Vlissingen
Köln – Liège – Bruxelles/Brussel – Gent
Liège – Antwerpen – Gent – Zeebrugge
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Genova | Port | Port interconnections |
| Genova - Milano/Novara - CH border | Rail | Studies; works starting before 2020 |
| Basel – Antwerpen/Rotterdam - Amsterdam | IWW | Works for better navigability |
| Karlsruhe - Basel | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Frankfurt - Mannheim | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Liège | Rail | Port and airport rail connection |
| Rotterdam – Zevenaar | Rail | Studies ongoing, upgrading |
| Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Zeebrugge – Gent – Antwerpen - DE border | Rail | Upgrading |
Atlantic
ALIGNMENT:
Algeciras – Bobadilla – Madrid
Sines / Lisboa – Madrid – Valladolid
Lisboa – Aveiro – Leixões/Porto
Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria – Bergara – Bilbao/Bordeaux – Paris – Le Havre/Metz – Mannheim/Strasbourg
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| High-speed rail Sines/Lisboa - Madrid | Rail, ports | Studies and works ongoing, upgrading of modal interconnection ports of Sines/Lisboa |
| High-speed rail Porto - Lisboa | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Rail connection Aveiro – Salamanca – Medina del Campo | Rail | Cross-border: works ongoing |
| Rail connection Bergara - San Sebastián - Bayonne | Rail | Completion expected in ES by 2016, in FR by 2020 |
| Bayonne - Bordeaux | Rail | Ongoing public consultation |
| Bordeaux - Tours | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Paris | Rail | Southern high-speed bypass |
| Baudrecourt - Mannheim | Rail | Upgrading |
| Baudrecourt - Strasbourg | Rail | Works ongoing, to be completed 2016 |
| Le Havre - Paris | IWW | Upgrading |
| Le Havre - Paris | Rail | Studies, upgrading |
| Le Havre | Port, Rail | Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and interconnections |
North Sea – Mediterranean
ALIGNMENT:
Belfast – Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin – Corcaigh/Cork
Glasgow/Edinburgh – Liverpool/Manchester – Birmingham
Birmingham – Felixstowe/London /Southampton
London – Lille – Brussel/Bruxelles
Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerpen – Brussel/Bruxelles – Luxembourg
Luxembourg – Metz – Dijon – Macon – Lyon – Marseille
Luxembourg – Metz – Strasbourg – Basel
Antwerpen/Zeebrugge – Gent – Dunkerque/Lille – Paris
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Corcaigh/Cork - Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath/Belfast | Rail | Studies and works; Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin Interconnector (DART); |
| Belfast | Port, multimodal connections | Upgrading |
| Glasgow - Edinburgh | Rail | Upgrading |
| Manchester – Liverpool | Rail | Upgrading and electrification, including Northern Hub |
| Birmingham – Reading – Southampton | Rail | Upgrading of the freight line |
| Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin, Corcaigh/Cork, Southampton | Ports, rail | Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and interconnections |
| Dunkerque | Port | Further development of multimodal platforms and interconnections |
| Calais - Paris | Rail | Preliminary studies |
| Bruxelles/Brussel | Rail | Studies and works (North-South connection for conventional and high-speed) |
| Felixstowe – Midlands | Rail, port, multimodal platforms | Rail upgrading, interconnections port and multimodal platforms |
| Maas, including Maaswerken | IWW | Upgrading |
| Albertkanaal/Canal Bocholt-Herentals | IWW | Upgrading |
| Rhine-Scheldt corridor: Volkeraklock and Kreekaklock, Krammerlock and Lock Hansweert | IWW | Locks: studies ongoing |
| Terneuzen | Maritime | Locks: studies ongoing; works |
| Terneuzen - Gent | IWW | Studies, upgrading |
| Zeebrugge | Port | Locks: studies, interconnections (studies and works) |
| Antwerpen | Maritime, port, rail | Locks: studies ongoing; port: interconnections (including second rail access to the port of Antwerpen) |
| Rotterdam - Antwerpen | Rail | Upgrading rail freight line |
| Canal Seine Nord; Seine - Escaut | IWW | Studies and works; upgrading including cross-border and multimodal connections |
| Dunkerque – Lille | IWW | Studies ongoing |
| Antwerpen, Bruxelles/Brussels, Charleroi | IWW | Upgrading |
| Waterways upgrade in Wallonia | IWW | Studies, upgrading, intermodal connections |
| Brussel/Bruxelles - Luxembourg - Strasbourg | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Antwerpen – Namur - LUX border – FR border | Rail | Upgrading of rail freight line |
| Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel | Rail | Upgrading |
| Rail Connections Luxembourg - Dijon - Lyon (TGV Rhin - Rhône) | Rail | Studies and works |
| Lyon | Rail | Eastern bypass: studies and works |
| Canal Saône - Moselle/Rhin | IWW | Preliminary studies ongoing |
| Rhône | IWW | Upgrading |
| Port of Marseille-Fos | Port | Interconnections and multimodal terminals |
| Lyon - Avignon - Port de Marseille - Fos | Rail | Upgrading |
Rhine – Danube
ALIGNMENT:
Strasbourg – Stuttgart – München – Wels/Linz
Strasbourg – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wels/Linz
München/Nürnberg – Praha – Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border
Wels/Linz – Wien – Bratislava – Budapest – Vukovar
Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Brașov/Craiova – București – Constanța – Sulina
PRE-IDENTIFIED SECTIONS INCLUDING PROJECTS:
| Rail connection Strasbourg - Kehl Appenweier | Rail | Works interconnection Appenweier |
| Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - München | Rail | Studies and works ongoing |
| Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border | Rail | Upgrading, multimodal platforms |
| Zlín – Žilina | Road | Cross-border road section |
| München – Praha | Rail | Studies and works |
| Nürnberg – Praha | Rail | Studies and works |
| München - Mühldorf - Freilassing - Salzburg | Rail | Studies and works ongoing |
| Salzburg - Wels | Rail | Studies |
| Nürnberg - Regensburg - Passau - Wels | Rail | Studies and works |
| Rail connection Wels - Wien | Rail | Completion expected by 2017 |
| Wien – Bratislava / Wien – Budapest / Bratislava – Budapest | Rail | Studies high-speed rail (including the alignment of the connections between the three cities) |
| Budapest - Arad | Rail | Studies for high-speed network between Budapest and Arad |
| Komárom – Komárno | IWW | Studies and works for cross-border bridge |
| Arad - Brașov - București - Constanța | Rail | Upgrading of specific sections; studies high-speed |
| Main – Main-Donau-Canal | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks; inland waterway ports: multimodal interconnections with rail |
| Slavonski Brod | Port | Studies and works |
| Giurgiu, Galați | Port | Further development of multimodal platforms and connections with the hinterland: studies and works |
| Danube (Kehlheim - Constanța/Midia/Sulina) | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks; inland waterway ports:multimodal interconnections |
| Sava | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks (including cross-border bridge) |
| București – Dunăre Canal | IWW | Studies & works |
| Constanța | Port, MoS | Port interconnections, MoS (including icebreaking services) |
| Craiova – București | Rail | Studies and works |
3. Other Sections on the Core Network
| Sofia to FYROM border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Sofia to Serbian border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Timișoara – Serbia border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Wrocław – Praha | Cross-border | Rail | Studies |
| Nowa Sól – Hradec Králové | Cross-border | Road | Works |
| Brno – AT border | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Budapest – Zvolen | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Budapest – SRB Border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies |
| Bothnian Corridor: Luleå – Oulu | Cross-border | Rail | Studies and works |
| Iași- MD border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing and works |
| Suceava-UA border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies and works |
| Priority Projects as defined in Annex III of Decision No 661/2010/EU (Prague - Linz, New High-capacity rail: Central Trans-Pyrenees crossing, "Iron Rhine" (Rheidt-Antwerpen)) | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Târgu Neamt–Ungheni | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Marijampolė-Kybartai (LT/RU border) | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Vilnius-LT/BY border | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Ioannina– Kakavia(EL/AL border) | Cross-border | Road | Studies |
| Kleidi– Polikastro – Evzonoi(EL/FYROM border) | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Serres– Promahonas – EL/BG border | Cross-border | Road | Works ongoing |
| Alexandroupoli – Kipoi EL/TR border | Cross-border | Road | Studies and works |
| Dubrovnik – HR/ME border | Cross-border | Road | Works |
| Kędzierzyn Koźle – Chałupki-granica | Cross-border | Rail | Works |
| A Coruña - Vigo - Palencia Gijón - Palencia | Bottleneck | Rail, MoS | Works ongoing (including ports and multimodal platforms) |
| Frankfurt – Fulda – Erfurt – Berlin | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies |
| Rail Egnatia | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Sundsvall – Umeå – Luleå | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies and works |
| Zagreb – SR border | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies and works |
| A Coruña - Madrid (high-speed passenger service) | Bottleneck | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Stockholm – Gävle – Sundsvall | Other core network | Rail | Works |
| Mjölby – Hallsberg – Gävle | Other core Network | Rail | Works |
| Bothnian – Kiruna – NO border | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Milford Haven – Swansea – Cardiff | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Rail connection Sionainn/Shannon Faing/Foynes - Gabhal Luimnigh/Limerick junction | Other core network | Rail | studies |
| High Speed 2 | Other core network | Rail | Studies & works for a high-speed line London – Midlands |
| UA Border – Kraków – Katowice – Wrocław – Dresden | Other core network | Rail | Works |
| Riga – RU/BY border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Vilnius – BY border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, airport interconnection |
| Kybartai – Kaunas | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Tallinn – Tartu – Koidula – RU border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Marseille – Toulon – Nice – Ventimiglia – Genova | Other core network | Rail | Studies high-speed |
| Bordeaux – Toulouse | Other core network | Rail | Studies high-speed |
| Helsinki – Oulu | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading of sections |
| Bilbao – Pamplona – Zaragoza – Sagunto | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Brunsbüttel - Kiel (Nord-Ostseecanal) | Other core network | IWW | Optimisation of navigation status |
| Cardiff - Bristol - London | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, including Crossrail |
| Alba-Iulia – Turda – Dej – Suceava – Pașcani – Iași | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| București - Buzău | Other core network | Rail | Rail infrastructure improvement and repair, and connections with the hinterland |
| Ruhr area - Münster - Osnabrück - Hamburg | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading of the section Münster - Lünen (doubletrack) |
| Nantes - Tours - Lyon | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Ploiești-Suceava | Other core network | Rail | Studies |
| Heraklion | Other core network | Airport, combined transport infrastucture/systems | Studies and construction works, upgrade and development infrastucture, multimodal interconnections |
| Huelva – Sevilla | Other core network | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Fredericia-Frederikshavn | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, including electrification |
| Barcelona – Valencia – Livorno | Other core network | MoS | Upgrading |
PART II
LIST OF INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITY CORRIDORS AND AREAS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
1. Priority electricity corridors
| (1) | Northern Seas offshore grid ("NSOG"): integrated offshore electricity grid development and the related interconnectors in the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the English Channel, the Baltic Sea and neighbouring waters to transport electricity from renewable offshore energy sources to centres of consumption and storage and to increase cross-border electricity exchange. Member States concerned: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom; |
| (2) | North-South electricity interconnections in Western Europe ("NSI West Electricity"): interconnections between Member States of the region and with the Mediterranean area including the Iberian peninsula, notably to integrate electricity from renewable energy sources and reinforce internal grid infrastructures to foster market integration in the region. Member States concerned: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom; |
| (3) | North-South electricity interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe ("NSI East Electricity"): interconnections and internal lines in North-South and East-West directions to complete the internal market and integrate generation from renewable energy sources. Member States concerned: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia; |
| (4) | Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan in electricity ("BEMIP Electricity"): interconnections between Member States in the Baltic region and reinforcing internal grid infrastructures accordingly, to end isolation of the Baltic States and to foster market integration, inter alia by working towards the integration of renewable energy in the region; Member States concerned: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden. |
2. Priority gas corridors
| (1) | North-South gas interconnections in Western Europe ("NSI West Gas"): gas infrastructure for North-South gas flows in Western Europe to further diversify routes of supply and increase short-term gas deliverability. Member States concerned: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom; |
| (2) | North-South gas interconnections in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe ("NSI East Gas"): gas infrastructure for regional connections between and in the Baltic Sea region, the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, and to enhance diversification and security of gas supply; Member States concerned: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia; |
| (3) | Southern Gas Corridor ("SGC"): infrastructure for the transmission of gas from the Caspian Basin, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean Basin to the Union, to enhance diversification of gas supply. Member States concerned: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia; |
| (4) | Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan in gas ("BEMIP Gas"): gas infrastructure to end the isolation of the three Baltic States and Finland and their dependency on a single supplier, to reinforce internal grid infrastructures accordingly, and to increase diversification and security of supplies in the Baltic Sea region; Member States concerned: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden. |
3. Priority thematic areas
| (1) | Smart grids deployment: adoption of smart grid technologies across the Union to efficiently integrate the behaviour and actions of all users connected to the electricity network, in particular the generation of large amounts of electricity from renewable or distributed energy sources and demand response by consumers; Member States concerned: all; |
| (2) | Electricity highways: first electricity highways by 2020, with a view to building an electricity highways system across the Union that is capable of:
Member States concerned: all; |
| (3) | Cross-border carbon dioxide network: development of carbon dioxide transport infrastructure between Member States and with neighbouring third countries with a view to the deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage. Member States concerned: all. |
PART III
TERMS, CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Objective and rationale
The objective of the financial instruments under the CEF is to facilitate infrastructure projects' access to project and corporate financing by using Union funding as leverage.
The financial instruments shall help finance projects of common interest with a clear European added value, and facilitate greater private sector involvement in the long-term financing of such projects in the transport, telecommunications and energy sectors, including broadband networks.
The financial instruments shall benefit projects with medium- to long-term financing needs and shall produce greater benefits in terms of market impact, administrative efficiency and resource use.
They shall provide to infrastructure stakeholders such as financiers, public authorities, infrastructure managers, construction companies and operators a coherent market-oriented toolbox of Union financial assistance.
The financial instruments shall consist of:
| (a) | an instrument for loans and guarantees facilitated by risk-sharing instruments, including credit enhancement mechanisms to project bonds ('Debt Instrument'); and |
| (b) | an instrument for equity ('Equity Instrument'), |
which shall help to overcome market constraints by improving the financing and/or risk profiles of the infrastructure investments. This, in turn, shall enhance the access of firms and other beneficiaries to loans, guarantees, equity and other forms of private financing.
Prior to the finalisation of the design of the Debt and Equity Instruments, the Commission shall carry out an ex-ante assessment in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. Evaluations of existing, comparable financial instruments shall, where appropriate, contribute to that assessment.
I. Debt instrument
1. General provisions
The goal of the Debt Instrument shall be to contribute to overcoming deficiencies of the European debt capital markets by offering risk-sharing for debt financing. Debt financing shall be provided by entrusted entities or dedicated investment vehicles in the form of senior and subordinated debt or guarantees.
The Debt Instrument shall consist of a risk-sharing instrument for loans and guarantees and of the Project Bond Initiative. The project promoters may, in addition, seek equity financing under the Equity Instrument.
a. Risk-sharing instrument for loans and guarantees
The risk-sharing instrument for loans and guarantees shall be designed to create additional risk capacity in the entrusted entities. This shall allow the entrusted entities to provide funded and unfunded subordinated and senior debt to projects and corporates in order to facilitate promoters' access to bank financing. If the debt financing is subordinated, it shall rank behind the senior debt but ahead of equity and related financing related to equity.
The unfunded subordinated debt financing shall not exceed 30 % of the total amount of the senior debt issued.
The senior debt financing provided under the Debt Instrument shall not exceed 50 % of the total amount of the overall senior debt financing provided by the entrusted entity or the dedicated investment vehicle.
b. Project Bond Initiative
The risk-sharing instrument for project bonds shall be designed as a subordinated debt financing in order to facilitate financing for project companies raising senior debt in the form of bonds. This credit enhancement instrument shall aim at helping the senior debt to achieve an investment grade credit rating.
It shall rank behind the senior debt but ahead of equity and financing related to equity.
The subordinated debt financing shall not exceed 30 % of the total amount of the senior debt issued.
2. Financial parameters and leverage
Risk- and revenue-sharing parameters shall be set in such a way that specific policy objectives, including targeting of particular categories of projects, can be achieved while still preserving the market-oriented approach of the Debt Instrument.
The expected leverage of the Debt Instrument — defined as the total funding (i.e. Union contribution plus contributions from other financial sources) divided by the Union contribution — shall be expected to range from 6 to 15, depending on the type of operations involved (level of risk, target beneficiaries, and the debt financing concerned).
3. Combination with other sources of funding
Funding from the Debt Instrument may be combined with other ring-fenced budgetary contributions listed below, subject to the rules laid down in Regulation(EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and the relevant legal base:
| (a) | other parts of the CEF; |
| (b) | other instruments, programmes and budget lines in the Union budget; |
| (c) | Member States, including regional and local authorities, that wish to contribute own resources or resources available from the funds under the cohesion policy without changing the nature of the instrument. |
4. Implementation
Entrusted entities
Entrusted entities shall be selected in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The implementation under indirect management mode may take the form of direct mandates to entrusted entities. For instruments under direct mandates (i.e. in indirect management mode), the entrusted entities shall manage the Union contribution to the Debt Instrument and shall be risk-sharing partners.
In addition, the setting-up of dedicated investment vehicles may be envisaged to allow the pooling of contributions from multiple investors. The Union contribution may be subordinated to that of other investors.
Design and implementation
The design shall be aligned with the general provisions for financial instruments set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The detailed terms and conditions for implementing the Debt Instrument, including monitoring and control, shall be laid down in an agreement between the Commission and a respective entrusted entity, taking into account the provisions laid down in this Annex and in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Fiduciary account
The entrusted entity shall set up a fiduciary account to hold the Union contribution and revenues resulting from the Union contribution.
5. Use of the Union contribution
The Union contribution shall be used:
| (a) | towards risk provisioning; |
| (b) | to cover agreed fees and costs associated with the establishment and management of the Debt Instrument, including its evaluation and support actions, which have been determined in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and market practice. The administrative and performance-based fees to be paid to the entrusted entity shall not exceed 2 % and 3 % respectively of the Union contribution effectively used for individual operations, on the basis of a cost-based agreed methodology between the Commission and the entrusted entities; |
| (c) | for directly related support actions. |
6. Pricing, risk and revenue sharing
The Debt Instruments shall bear a price, to be charged to the beneficiary, in accordance with the relevant rules and criteria of the entrusted entities or dedicated investment vehicles and in line with best market practices.
As regards direct mandates to entrusted entities, the risk-sharing pattern shall be reflected in an appropriate sharing between the Union and the entrusted entity of the risk remuneration charged by the entrusted entity to its borrowers.
As regards dedicated investment vehicles, the risk-sharing pattern shall be reflected in an appropriate sharing between the Union and the other investors of the risk remuneration charged by the dedicated investment vehicle to its borrowers.
Notwithstanding the risk-sharing pattern chosen, the entrusted entity shall always share a portion of the defined risk and shall always bear the full residual risk tranche.
The maximum risk covered by the Union budget shall not exceed 50 % of the risk of the target debt portfolio under the debt instrument. The maximum risk-taking ceiling of 50 % shall apply to the target size of dedicated investment vehicles.
7. Application and approval procedure
Applications shall be addressed to the entrusted entity or a dedicated investment vehicle, respectively, in accordance with their standard application procedures. The entrusted entities and the dedicated investment vehicles shall approve the projects in accordance with their internal procedures.
8. Duration of the Debt Instrument
The last tranche of the Union contribution to the Debt Instrument shall be committed by the Commission by 31 December 2020. The actual approval of debt financing by the entrusted entities or the dedicated investment vehicles shall be finalised by 31 December 2022.
9. Expiry
The Union contribution allocated to the Debt Instrument shall be reimbursed to the relevant fiduciary account as debt financing expires or is repaid. The fiduciary account shall maintain sufficient funding to cover fees or risks related to the Debt Instrument until its expiry.
10. Reporting
The reporting methods on the implementation of the Debt Instrument shall be agreed by the Commission in the agreement and the entrusted entity in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
In addition, the Commission shall, with the support of the entrusted entities, report annually to the European Parliament and the Council until 2023 on implementation, the prevailing market conditions for the use of the instrument, the updated projects and the project pipeline including information on projects at different stages of the procedure while respecting confidentiality and sensitive market information in accordance with Article 140(8) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
11. Monitoring, control and evaluation
The Commission shall monitor the implementation of the Debt Instrument, including through on-the-spot controls as appropriate, and shall perform verification and controls in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
12. Support Actions
The implementation of the Debt Instrument may be supported by a set of accompanying measures. These may include, amongst other measures, technical and financial assistance, measures to raise the awareness of capital providers and schemes to attract private investors.
The European Investment Bank shall, at the request of the European Commission or the Member States concerned, provide technical assistance, including on financial structuring to projects of common interest, including the ones implementing the core network corridors as listed in Part I. Such technical assistance shall also include support to administrations in order to develop appropriate institutional capacity.
II. Equity instrument
1. General provisions
The goal of the Equity Instrument shall be to contribute to overcoming the deficiencies of European capital markets by providing equity and quasi-equity investments.
The maximum amounts of the Union contribution shall be limited as follows:
| — | 33 % of the target equity fund size; or |
| — | co-investment by the Union in a project shall not exceed 30 % of the total equity of a company. |
The project promoters may, in addition, seek debt financing under the Debt Instrument.
2. Financial parameters and leverage
Investment parameters shall be set in such a way that specific policy objectives, including the targeting of particular categories of infrastructure projects, can be achieved while still preserving the market-oriented approach of this instrument.
The expected leverage of the Equity Instrument — defined as the total funding (i.e. the Union contribution plus all contributions from other investors) divided by the Union contribution — shall be expected on average to range from 5 to 10, depending on market specificities.
3. Combination with other sources of funding
Funding from the Equity Instrument may be combined with other ring-fenced budgetary contributions listed below, subject to the rules of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and the relevant legal base:
| (a) | other parts of the CEF; |
| (b) | other instruments, programmes and budget lines in the Union budget; and |
| (c) | Member States, including regional and local authorities, that wish to contribute own resources or resources available from the funds under the cohesion policy without changing the nature of the instrument. |
4. Implementation
Entrusted entities
Entrusted entities shall be selected in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The implementation under indirect management mode may take the form of direct mandates to entrusted entities, in indirect management mode. For instruments under direct mandates (i.e. in indirect management mode), the entrusted entities shall manage the Union contribution to the Equity Instrument.
In addition, the setting-up of dedicated investment vehicles may be envisaged to allow the pooling of contributions from multiple investors. The Union contribution may be subordinated to that of other investors.
In duly justified cases, in order to achieve specific policy objectives, the Union contribution may be provided to a specific project by an entrusted entity as a co-investment.
Design and implementation
The design shall be aligned with the general provisions for financial instruments set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
The detailed terms and conditions for implementing the Equity Instrument, including its monitoring and control, shall be laid down in an agreement between the Commission and a respective entrusted entity, taking into account the provisions laid down in this Annex and in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Fiduciary account
The entrusted entity shall set up a fiduciary account to hold the Union contribution and revenues resulting from the Union contribution.
5. Use of the Union contribution
The Union contribution shall be used:
| (a) | towards equity participations; |
| (b) | to cover agreed fees and costs associated with the establishment and management of the Equity Instrument, including its evaluation, which have been determined in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and market practice; and |
| (c) | for directly related support actions. |
6. Pricing, risk and revenue sharing
The equity remuneration shall comprise the customary return components allocated to equity investors and shall depend on the performance of the underlying investments.
7. Application and approval procedure
Applications shall be addressed to the entrusted entity or a dedicated investment vehicle, respectively, in accordance with their standard application procedures. The entrusted entities and the dedicated investment vehicles shall approve the projects in accordance with their internal procedures.
8. Duration of the Equity Instrument
The last tranche of the Union contribution to the Equity Instrument shall be committed by the Commission by 31 December 2020. The actual approval of equity investments by the entrusted entities or the dedicated investment vehicles shall be finalised by 31 December 2022.
9. Expiry
Union contribution allocated to the Equity Instrument shall be reimbursed to the relevant fiduciary account as investments are exited or otherwise mature. The fiduciary account shall maintain sufficient funding to cover fees or risks related to the Equity Instrument until its expiry.
10. Reporting
Annual reporting methods on the implementation of the Equity Instrument shall be agreed by the Commission and the entrusted entity in the agreement in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
In addition, the Commission, with the support of the entrusted entities, shall report on implementation annually to the European Parliament and the Council until 2023 in accordance with Article 140(8) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
11. Monitoring, control and evaluation
The Commission shall monitor the implementation of the Equity Instrument, including through on-the-spot controls as appropriate, and shall perform verification and controls in line with the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
12. Support actions
The implementation of the Equity Instrument may be supported by a set of accompanying measures. These may include, amongst other measures, technical and financial assistance, measures to raise the awareness of capital providers, and schemes to attract private investors.
PART IV
INDICATIVE PERCENTAGES FOR SPECIFIC TRANSPORT OBJECTIVES
The budgetary resources referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1), excluding those allocated to programme support actions, shall be distributed to the transport-specific objectives as defined in Article 4(2) as follows:
| (a) | removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and, in particular, improving cross-border sections - 80 %; |
| (b) | ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems in the long run, with a view to preparing for expected future transport flows as well as enabling the decarbonisation of all modes of transport through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies, while optimising safety - 5 %; |
| (c) | optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability of transport services, while ensuring the accessibility of transport infrastructures, and taking into account the ceiling for on-board components of the SESAR system, RIS, VTMIS and of ITS for the road sector referred to in point (vi) of Article 10(2)(b) - 15 %. |
The amount of EUR 11 305 500 000 transferred from the Cohesion Fund shall be spent entirely on projects implementing the core network or for projects and horizontal priorities identified in Part I of this Annex.
PART V
LIST OF GENERAL ORIENTATIONS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN SETTING AWARD CRITERIA
When setting award criteria in accordance with Article 17(5), at least the following general orientations shall be taken into account:
| (a) | maturity of the action in the project development; |
| (b) | soundness of the implementation plan proposed; |
| (c) | stimulating effect of Union support on public and private investment, when applicable; |
| (d) | the need to overcome financial obstacles, such as the lack of market finance; |
| (e) | when applicable, the economic, social, climate and environmental impact, and accessibility; |
| (f) | the cross-border dimension, when applicable. |
ANNEX II
"ANNEX
LIST OF INITIAL FREIGHT CORRIDORS
| Member States | Principal routes (1) | Establishment of freight corridors: | |||||
| "Rhine-Alpine" | NL, BE, DE, IT | Zeebrugge-Antwerpen/Amsterdam/Vlissingen (2)/Rotterdam-Duisburg-[Basel]-Milano- Genova | By 10 November 2013 | ||||
| "North Sea – Mediterranean" | NL, BE, LU, FR, UK (2) | Glasgow (3)/Edinburgh (3)/Southampton (3)/Felixstowe (3)-London (2)/Dunkerque (2)/Lille (2)/Liège (2)/Paris (2)/Amsterdam (2)-Rotterdam-Zeebrugge (2)/Antwerpen-Luxembourg-Metz-Dijon-Lyon/[Basel]-Marseille (2) | By 10 November 2013 | ||||
| "Scandinavian – Mediterranean" | SE, DK, DE, AT, IT | Stockholm/[Oslo] (2)/Trelleborg (2)-Malmö-København-Hamburg-Innsbruck-Verona-La Spezia (2)/Livorno (2)/Ancona (2)/Taranto (2)/Augusta (2)/ Palermo | By 10 November 2015 | ||||
| "Atlantic" | PT, ES, FR, DE (2) | Sines-Lisboa/Leixões
Sines-Elvas/Algeciras | By 10 November 2013 | ||||
| "Baltic – Adriatic" | PL, CZ, SK, AT, IT, SI | Swinoujscie (2)/Gdynia-Katowice-Ostrava/Žilina-Bratislava/Wien/Klagenfurt-Udine-Venezia/ Trieste/ /Bologna/Ravenna Graz-Maribor-Ljubljana-Koper/Trieste | By 10 November 2015 | ||||
| "Mediterranean" | ES, FR, IT, SI, HU, HR (2) | Almería-Valencia/Algeciras/Madrid-Zaragoza/Barcelona-Marseille-Lyon-Turin-Milano-Verona-Padova/Venezia-Trieste/Koper- Ljubljana-Budapest Ljubljana (2)/Rijeka (2)-Zagreb (2)-Budapest-Zahony (Hungarian-Ukrainian border) | By 10 November 2013 | ||||
| "Orient/East-Med" | CZ, AT, SK, HU, RO, BG, EL, DE (3) |
Bremerhaven (3)/Wilhelmshaven (3)/Rostock (3)/Hamburg (3)-Praha-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest
| By 10 November 2013 | ||||
| "North Sea – Baltic" (4) | DE, NL, BE, PL, LT, LV (3), EE (3) | Wilhelmshaven (2)/Bremerhaven/Hamburg (2)/ Amsterdam (2)/Rotterdam/Antwerpen-Aachen/Berlin-Warsaw-Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/Kaunas-Riga (3)-Tallinn (3) | By 10 November 2015 | ||||
| "Rhine-Danube" (5) | FR, DE, AT, SK, HU, RO, CZ | Strasbourg-Mannheim-Frankfurt-Nürnberg-Wels Strasbourg-Stuttgart-München-Salzburg-Wels-Wien-Bratislava-Budapest-Arad-Brașov/Craiova-București-Constanța Čierna and Tisou (Slovak/ Ukrainian border)-Košice-Žilina-Horní Lideč-Praha-München/Nürnberg | By 10 November 2020 |
(1) '/' means alternative routes. In line with the TEN-T guidelines, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean corridors should in the future be completed by the Sines/Algeciras-Madrid-Paris freight axis which crosses the central Pyrenees via a low elevation tunnel.
(2)
| (+) | Routes marked with + shall be included in the respective corridors at the latest 3 years after the date of establishment set out in this table. Existing structures defined under Article 8 and Article 13(1) of this Regulation shall be adjusted with the participation of additional Member States and infrastructure managers in the respective corridors. These inclusions shall be based on market studies and take into consideration the aspect of existing passenger and freight transport in line with Article 14(3) of this Regulation. |
(3) Routes marked with * shall be included in the respective corridors at the latest 5 years after the date of establishment set out in this table. Existing structures defined under Article 8 and Article 13(1) of this Regulation shall be adjusted with the participation of additional Member States and infrastructure managers in the respective corridors. These inclusions shall be based on market studies and take into consideration the aspect of existing passenger and freight transport in line with Article 14(3) of this Regulation.
(4)
| (°) | Until the realisation of a Rail Baltic line in 1 435 mm nominal track gauge, the specificities of different track gauge systems shall be taken into account in the establishment and operation of this corridor. |
(5)
| (‡) | The creation of this corridor shall be based on market studies and take into consideration the aspect of existing passenger and freight transport in line with Article 14(3) of this Regulation. The section "Čierna and Tisou (Slovak/ Ukrainian border)-Košice-Žilina-Horní Lideč-Praha" shall be established by 10 November 2013." |