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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...