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“The role of the European Union in planning and financing the railways development”
By Jean-Arnold VinoisHead of Unit
Railway policy and combined transport
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Evolution of the European transport network (length) 1970-1995
050
100150200250300350
1970 1980 1990 1998
Motorways
Railways
1970 = base 100
307
90
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The EU fundings for rail infrastructure, an overview:
TransEuropean Networks (TEN-T)
Cohesion fund
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
ISPA
+ European Investment Bank loans
Research programs
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Chapter XV of the EU Treaty
Decision 1692/96: the “guidelines”
description of the network
description of eligible railway network
definition of projects of common interest
I - The Transeuropean Networks for Transport
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Projects of common interest
bottlenecks on the network, particularly on TERFN
cross-border projects
interoperability related projects and ERTMS
Essen priority projects
e.g. Torino-Lyon, Brenner...
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Evolution of TEN-T fundings for rail (I)
1985 1990 1995 2000
Rail
Rail Trafficmanagement
Combined transport(rail incidence)
Multimodal transport(rail incidence)
In MEUROS
19 39
174
413
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0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000
1995-1999
2000-2006
TEN-T fundings (II)
rail
other modes
MEUROS
Over 60% of TEN-T funds for rail
Total cost of TEN projects about 400 billion euros !
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The Multiannual Indicative Programm (MIP) 2001-2006 (to be adopted)
planning over several years
about 2.8 billion euros
The “non-MIP” credits
awarded on annual basis
over 1 billion euros (all modes)
10 % for works - up to 50 % for feasibility studies
TOTAL 2000-2006: 4.2 billion euros, about 2.5 billion for rail (64%)
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Cohesion funds 1993-1999
Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland
financing of TEN-T projects
8.3 billion euros
Cohesion funds 2000-2006
road56%
rail34%
other10% 1993-1999
II - The Cohesion funds supporting TEN rail projects
up to 85 % of the costs of a project
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Investment in transport infrastructure
1993 -1999 = 15 billion euros for transport ( mainly Spain 6.5, Greece 2.5, Italy 1.8, Ireland 1.4, Portugal 1.3…)
2000 - 2006 = no share ex ante for transport infrastructure but total ERDF
budget amounts to 195 billion euros
III - The European Regional Development Fund
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IV - The Pilot Action for Combined Transport (PACT)
in 2000 about 33% of the PACT funds went to rail freight projects
preference to projects integrating rail into the supply chain and projects aiming at a quality strategy for rail based combined transport
future program: linked with rail policy objectives (opening of the market, interoperability, quality …) and increased amounts
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PHARE ISPA
Over the period from 2000 to 2006, a total of EUR 1 040 million a year is to be divided evenly between environmental and transport infrastructure projects.
V - Developing the transport network in the accession countries
TINA Transport Infrastructure Need Assessment
future TEN network ?
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Key Action Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality
1st call March 1999: 54 tasks, indicative budget: 90 M€. Rail projects: CROSSRAIL, PROMAIN, RAIL,
STAIRRS and RAILSERV
2nd call December 1999: 16 tasks, indicative budget: 25 M€.
Rail project: IMPROVERAIL (contract to be signed soon)
3rd call June 2000: 44 tasks, indicative budget: 102 M€. 4 Rail tasks
VI - The rail related research projects financed by EU funds
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5th call June 2001: 16 tasks, indicative budget: 39 M€ Opening date: 1st June 2001, closing date: 17 September 2001
Rail tasks: Targeted Action (TA) SMARTRAIL
SMARTRAIL will open for 4 tasks.
4th call December 2000: Indicative budget: 45 M€ (No rail tasks; call was open for CIVITAS (sustainable urban
transport systems); GALILEO (positioning by satellite) only.)
Preparation of the 6th PCRD
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Conclusion
Planning TEN- T (+TINA)
Funding TEN-T - Cohesion fund - ERDF -PACT
Research projects
PHARE - ISPA
leverage: national funds, bank loans, PPP, EIB, EIF, EBRD, World Bank...