title: Trans-European Networks: 1997 annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions pursuant to Article 16 of the TEN financial assistance Regulation No 2236/95

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text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 02. 10. 1998 COM(1998) 391 final TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS 1997 ANNUAL REPORT from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions Pursuant to Article 16 of the TEN financial assistance regulation 2236/95 '",,•" "4*6 • 'J MM 4$ -m if If ?t'". "''1 - ^n TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: AN OVERVIEW OF TEN IN 1997 2. PROGRESS ACHIEVED ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS 2. 1 Energy 2. 2 Telecommunications 2. 3 Transport 3. TEN-RELATED LEGISLATION AND COMMITTEES 3. 1 Treaty, Guidelines and related legislation 3. 1. 1 Modification of Article 129 c (1) and 129 d of the Treaty 3. 1. 2 Adoption of the TEN Telecommunications Guidelines 3. 1. 3 Amendment to the TEN Energy Guidelines 3. 1. 4 Modification of the TEN Transport Guidelines 3. 1. 5 IDA-II proposals 3. 1. 6 Road transport telematics 3. 2 TEN Guidelines committees 3. 2. 1 Energy 3. 2. 2 Telecommunications 3. 2. 3 Transport 3. 3 TEN financial assistance committee 4. FINANCING THE TEN 4. 1 TEN financial assistance Committee 4. 1. 1 Energy 4. 1. 2 Telecommunications 4. 1. 3 Transport 4. 2 IDA 4. 3ERDF 4. 4 Cohesion Fund * 2 5 7 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 14 14 14 14 15 16 16 18 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 4. 5 EIB loans 4. 6 EIF guarantees 4. 7 ESCS Loans 4. 8 EEA Financial Mechanism 4. 9 Member States' financing 4. 10 Financing infrastructure in third countries 5. FINANCING THE TEN: OTHER ISSUES 5. 1 Giving impetus to the "Essen" projects 5. 2 Agenda 2000 and the future financial perspectives 5. 3 Promoting Public / private partnerships (PPP) 5. 3. 1 Kinnock High-Level Group and follow-up 5. 3. 1. 1 Public procurement 5. 3. 1. 2 Competition policy. 5. 3. 1. 3 Development of financing instruments 5. 3. 1. 4 Innovative and proactive support 5. 3. 1. 5 Network and trans-European benefits and a PPP database 5. 4 Improving coordination 5. 5 SEM 2000 and Evaluation 6. EXTERNAL RELATIONS 6. 1 Enlargement and the pre-accession strategy 6. 2 Structured dialogue 7. THE TEN AS A SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT 8. OTHER UNION POLICIES WITH A TEN DIMENSION 8. 1 European company statute , 8. 2 Environment : 3 19 21 22 22 22 22 25 25 25 26 26 27. 27 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 30 31 32 32 32 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 1. LIST OF TABLES IN THE TEXT UNION FINANCING OF THE TEN TEN - ENERGY: COMMITMENTS TRANSPORT: PROJECT CATEGORIES TRANSPORT: FORMS OF INTERVENTION TRANSPORT MODES TOTAL ERDF ENERGY SECTOR 1997 TOTAL ERDF TRANSPORT SECTOR 1997 COHESION FUND TEN FINANCING. TOTAL BY MEMBER STATES COHESION FUND TEN FINANCING: TOTAL BY MODES EIB LENDING FOR TEN EIF LOAN GUARANTEES FOR TEN PHARE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 18 19 21 21 23 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: AN OVERVIEW OF TEN IN 1997 The Commission is submitting the "Trans-European Networks 1997 Annual Report" to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions pursuant to Article 16 of the TEN Financial Assistance Regulation n° 2236/95. The year under review was rich in developments concerning TEN: • Concrete progress on individual projects of common interest: Steady progress was made on many TEN projects in all three sectors. • Legal aspects: (1) modification of Article 129c (1) and 129d in the Amsterdam Treaty; (2) adoption of the telecommunications Guidelines; (3) (4) (5) updating of the list of TEN energy projects of common interest and of their specifications; Commission proposals for the extension of the Interchange of Data between Administrations (IDA-2) programme based on Article 129 D of the Treaty; Commission proposals for modifying the TEN transport Guidelines to include seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals; • Financing (6) (7) (8) (9) Publication of the Commission's "Agenda 2000" confirming the financing of TEN in the European Union 15 as a priority in the next financial period and calling for closer coordination of the TEN financial instruments; Publication of the recommendations of the High-level group of government and private sector representatives on how public/private partnerships could be facilitated in transport projects; Publication by the Commission of two communications on how it proposed to implement in general the recommendations addressed to it and on the competition aspects; Review of EIB's operations in favour of TEN leading to new measures in its "Amsterdam special action programme"; (10) Recommendation by the Luxemburg European Council on Employment that each of the transport "priority" projects henceforth follow a timetable together with an appropriate financing plan. TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) • Enlargement and external relations (11) "Agenda 2000" underlined the important role of TEN in creating new links with the Central and Eastern European candidate countries. (12) The Third Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki in June adjusted the Corridor concept by the inclusion of one new corridor, four Transport Areas, the reinforcement of multimodality and the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the transport infrastructure. (13) Publication of two Commission communications on connecting the Union's transport and energy networks with those of its neighbours; (14) The Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) achieved its full speed with the establishment of the technical secretariat in Vienna. TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 2. PROGRESS ACHIEVED ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS 2. 1 Energy As regards the 10 priority projects identified by the Essen European Council the situation by end 1997 is as follows: • All the natural gas priority projects have progressed well: For the Iberian gas projects, the Algeria-Morocco-Spain main pipeline up to Cordoba (project h4), the interconnecting pipeline to Portugal (f6) and the North-South pipeline in Portugal (e5) are operational. Construction works are very advanced on the other sections in Northern Portugal and in Galicia. Construction work for the "Gasoducto Occidental" (pipeline from Extremadura to Asturias) has started on some sections of this pipeline and commissioning of the overall project is planned for 1999. - For the Greek gas project (e6), the main gas pipeline is operational and the high pressure branches and the LNG terminal are under construction. - For the Russia-Belarus-Poland-European Union gas project the interconnecting pipeline between the Eastern part of Germany and the Western part of Poland is operational and other sections in Germany and in Belarus are under construction. (h7), • The majority of the electricity priority projects are/have been facing authorization problems. These problems generally arise from local environmental protection bodies, which is reflected by the local and national administrations; this is still the case for: the opposition of the - the France - Italy project (b6); - the France - Spain (Cazaril-Aragon) project (b7); The state of advancement of all 74 projects of common interest of the Community Guidelines is to be found in Annex I. 2. 2 Telecommunications Most of the 28 Euro-ISDN projects funded in 1995 and 1996 are progressing satisfactorily and 10 of them are due to be completed by the end of 1997 (see annex II). A technical review of these projects was made between 20-23 October with the help of independent experts; it was based on the technical evaluation of the intermediate or final results (deliverables) produced by each project. TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 2. 3 Transport Progress on some of the 14 "specific" transport projects identified by the Essen European Council, which require substantial public sector grant support, has been significant. Annex III gives a full picture of the situation. Special mention should be made of the following positive developments: (1) HST/combined transport North-South (a) Work has started on a further section of the new line Leipzig/Halle - Erfurt; (b) (c) the design studies for the Austrian Inn Valley section are progressing according to plan so that initial work can start in 1998; progress has also been made in the decision-making process for the Brenner base tunnel. (2) Noticeable progress has been made on all sections of the PBKAL: (a) (b) (c) (d) the Western branch of the Belgian section was opened for operation in December 1997, which led to a reduction of 20 minutes in the travelling time between Brussels and Paris and Brussels and London; work has also started on the Eastern branch from Brussels towards the German border; on the Kôln-Frankfurt section, work is proceeding faster than originally planned and the opening for operation is now planned for spring 2001. for the UK part? final technical studies have been undertaken which would enable construction work to begin as planned in 1998 though LCR's financing difficulties will need to be resolved for this project to go ahead on schedule; (3) (4) (5) (6) HST South: work has been launched on several sub-sections of the Madrid-Barcelona section: Catalayud - Ricla and Zaragoza - Lleida. HST East: the French government has decided to launch the final studies (APD) and to build a new line between Vaires and Vandières which should start early 2000. On 1 June work began on the port line section of the Betuwe Line in the Netherlands, a high-capacity dedicated freight railway. On the Lyon-Trieste project, studies are on-going; on 3 October 1997 the French and Italian governments agreed an ECU 55 million three-year study programme for the international section: TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) (7) (8) Greek Motorways: (a) On PATHE (North-South axis), work has been accelerated on several sections. For the Public Private Partnership projects ESSI (Elefsina-Stavros-Spata-Immitos/Ring of Athens) and the Rio Antirio bridge the financial arrangements are near completion and preparatory work is progressing well, (b) As regards Egnatia (East- West axis), new sections have been put out for tender. Following the official launch of the Dublin-Belfast "Enterprise" Rail Service on 21st October, with a consequent reduction of travelling time to lh55 minutes, the whole Cork - Dublin - Belfast - Larne - Stranraer project is now nearly complete; (9) On Malpensa airport, work is progressing according to schedule; it is planned to open the new airport (first phase) in October 1998. (10) The construction of the Ôresund fixed link is progressing according to plan and will be completed by 2000; the Danish access routes will be 1998. completed by (11) Nordic Triangle Multimodal Corridor. (a) (b) (c) El8 road upgrading projects near Turku and on the Helsinki ring are nearing completion, and work has begun on the E6 Sunninge Sound crossing in Western Sweden. In the rail sector, work continues on the Finnish southern mainline and the Swedish southern mainline and west coast line. Progress has been made with the geological work for the new runway at Stockholm-Arlanda airport and with the construction of new Schengen facilities at Helsinki Vantaa. (12) The study of the Newry-Dundalk corridor (part of the Ireland-UK- Benelux road project) has been completed and a decision on the next steps is expected shortly. Studies of the English and Welsh sections, and construction work on the Scottish section, should lead to improved traffic management over the whole route. Studies for the West Coast Main Line have evaluated the options for enhancing the command and control systems of the route to achieve Europe-wide interoperability and construction work has begun to modernise the line itself. 3. TEN-RELATED LEGISLATION AND COMMITTEES 3. 1 Treaty, Guidelines and related legislation 3. 1. 1 Modification of Article 129 c (1) and 129 d of the Treaty Upon the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty, the third section of paragraph one of Article 129 c will be amended to facilitate further the financing by the Union of projects from the private sector. The text will read: ". may support projects of common interest supported by Member States, which are identified in the framework of the guidelines referred to in the first indent, particularly through feasability studies, loan guarantees or interest-rate subsidies. " In addition, article 129 d will be modified so that all legislative proposals concerning TEN will be subject to the co-decision procedure, whereas at present only the guidelines are subject to co-decision. 3. 1. 2 Adoption of the TEN Telecommunications Guidelines After a prolonged conciliation procedure these were adopted on 17 June1. 3. 1. 3 Amendment to the TEN Energy Guidelines The Guidelines were modified on 29 May to update the list of projects of common interest2. On 11 July the Commission adopted the specifications of the projects of common interest3. 3. 1. 4 Modification of the TEN Transport Guidelines On 17 December the Commission published proposals to extend the TEN transport Guidelines to include seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals and to amend the title of "Essen" specific project no. 8 ("Multimodal links Portugal - Spain / Europe")4. 1 Decision 1336/97 of 17 June 1997; OJ L183/12 2 Decision 1047/97 of 29 May 1997; OJ LI52/12 3JOL225of 15 August 1997 4COM(97)681 10 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 3. 1. 5 IDA - IIproposals The current IDA programme coming to a close at the end of 1997, the Commission adopted on 12 December proposals for new programme. It defines guidelines and projects of common interest for trans-European networks in the field of telematic exchange of information between administrations together with a programme of measures to ensure the interoperability of these networks and access to them5. These proposals are based on Article 129 D of the Treaty. 3. 1. 6 Road transport telematics The Commission adopted on 20 May 1997 a communication to the Council and the European Parliament proposing a strategy for the application of telematics to road transport in Europe and a list of initial actions. 6 On 17 June the Council declared that it considered the communication as an appropriate basis for future action. 3. 2 TEN Guidelines committees 3. 2. 1 Energy The energy Guidelines committee met on 30 April 1997. The main point on its agenda was a Commission proposal on the technical specifications for the projects of common interest. The committee approved the proposal unanimously. The committee also discussed a working paper from the Commission on possible solutions to problems of authorisation for energy projects. 3. 2. 2 Telecommunications Following the adoption of the telecommunications Guidelines, the Guidelines Committee met for the first time on 12 November. The Committee gave unanimously a favourable opinion on the draft Commission decision adopting the TEN-Telecom multiannual Work Programme and the contents of the open calls for proposals for the 1998 TEN-Telecoms projects. 3. 2. 3 Transport The transport Guidelines committee met on 28 and 29 April. The main point on the agenda was the preparation of the "implementation report" foreseen by Article 18. 3 of the Guidelines and of the "Guidelines revision report" required by Article 21. 1. The committee also discussed the setting up of a geographic information system (GIS), the inclusion of ports and other interconnection points in the transport TEN and strategic environment assessment. 5COM(97)661 6 COM(97) 223 11 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 3. 3 TEN financial assistance committee The TEN financial assistance committee met five times in 1997. In its "horizontal" composition the committee met once, in November, to discuss, among other matters, the Commission's annual report to the Luxemburg European Council and the annual report pursuant to Article 16 of the TEN financial assistance regulation. The work of the committee in its sectorial forms is described in section 4 below. 12 Table 1 : COMMUNITY FINANCING OF THE TEN IN 1997 (million ECU) Sector Type of assistance instrument 1993-1994 7 1995 7 1996 ? 1997 ? TOTAL to date I TRANSPORT Loans Loan guarantees Grants interest Grants, subsidies, loan guarantees and co-financing of studies rate ENERGY Loans Guarantees Grants n i B89 (of which 14 specific projects) E I F8* ERDF q l0 Cohesion Fund TEN budget line B5-700 (of which 14 specific projects) E I BS" E 1 F89 E R D Fg'° Co-financing of studies TEN budget line B5-710 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Loans Guarantees Grants Co-financing of validation studies E I B89 EIF "" E R D F9 10 feasibility and TF. N budget line B5-720 3 847 2 483 75,9 884,0 1 887,0 385 180 1 082 207,7 675,7 0 3 105 156,1 294,7 21,9 3 8 19 1 603 85,2 115,0 1 108 240 181,5 910 11,90 87,8 12,2 839 19,40 0 22,6 3 504 1 189 4 943 1 601 303 2 639 1 088 280 211 1 415 270 I 265 8,9 55 527,4 1 901 352 211 854 3,75 277,3 24,2 1 602 1 880 9 173 16,1 276 0 26,6 TELEMATIC NETWORKS. , ' ' Grants TEN budget line B5-721 71,8 47,36 44 46,7 Moneys committed; Signed contracts. 'TEN and TEN-related projects. Usually includes appropriations committed for the period 1996-1999. 13 1 6 1 13 6 876 519,1 4 165,4 5 984 1 257 783,5 4 262 493,35 2 305,8 45,3 7 426 460,5 467,7 87,2 210,06 4. FINANCING THE TEN Table 1 above gives an overall picture of Union financing of the TEN. 4. 1 TEN financial assistance Committee 4. 1. 1 Energy The Committee met on 19 September and approved 16 feasibility and other studies in the field of energy for which the Commission is proposing grant aid totalling ECU 18 million. Further details are to be found in Annex IV. Including commitments made earlier in the year, on the basis of proposals approved by the Committee in 1996, total commitments for 1997 come to around ECU 24 million. Table 2: TEN energy - Commitments 1995 1996 1997 MECU % MECU % MECU % 6. 5 5. 7 53% 47% 3. 7 5. 2 42% 58% 9. 2 38% 15. 0 62% l,£»M-m ; 100% $. 9 100% 242 ioo% : ELECTRICITY GAS TOTAL 4. 1. 2 Telecommunications The Committee met in its telecommunications composition on 25 July and adopted a favourable opinion on granting Community financial aid for projects selected in 1997. On the basis of this opinion 40 projects were selected for support. These projects were the result of three separate calls for proposals. The first call was made in March 1997 and was based on the 1995 Euro-ISDN Decision, but it also took account, as far as possible, of the new context set by the Guidelines which were adopted subsequently. Twelve projects of common interest were selected for Community financial support concerning generic services, services for SMEs and telecommunications applications in the health sector. A series of 13 projects of common interest was selected on the basis of a second joint call for proposals on Educational Multimedia, published end 1996. These projects are in areas such as distance training and learning and the provision of multimedia communication platforms for school networks. Finally, 15 regional projects in 11 Member states were selected for Community financial support concerning the promotion of electronic commerce for SMEs in the tourism sector. This selection was based on a call for proposals published mid-1996. 14 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) The total Community financial support for the 40 projects amounts to 21 MECU. A list of all these projects may be found in annex V. 4. 1. 3 Transport As regards transport, the TEN financial assistance committee held two meetings in 1997 and gave a favourable opinion on 125 projects and studies for which the Commission proposed financial assistance totalling ECU 352 million. Some 50 of the actions chosen were a continuation of (or complementary to) actions previously supported; Annex VI gives full details. The Commission received no less than 311 requests for financial assistance, many of them for relatively minor sums. In view of the heavy administrative burden that their processing and management entails, the Commission persuaded the Committee to limit requests for financial assistance for transport projects in the future to a minimum of ECU 500. 000. However, in duly justified exceptional cases this limit may be lowered. As can be seen from Table 3, the Commission has continued to concentrate the greater part of its available resources (60%) on the 14 specific "Essen" projects (including rail traffic management). The proportion given over to other projects of common interest (25%) has increased substantially as compared to 1996. Transport: Table 3: Project categories 14 specific projects confirmed by the Essen European Council (includes 9 MECU for rail traffic management) Traffic management (all modes except rail) Other (other than the 14 specific projects) important projects of common interest Support 97 (MECU) 2. 11 % '97 60 '96 75 52 89 15 25 18 7 TOTAL 352 100 100 From the point of view of the forms of intervention, table 4 shows that in 1997 the share of direct grants and interest rebate subsidies increased by major proportions - 53% and 66% respectively - while feasability studies declined by a substantial 36%. Transport: Table 4: Forms of Intervention Feasibility studies/Technical support measures Direct grants Interest rebates TOTAL 15 Support 97 (MECU) % '97 '96 175 140 37 352 50 40 10 100 68 26 6 100 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) As can be seen from Table 5, by far the greater part of Union spending on transport under Regulation 2236/95 goes to rail projects (58%), with roads (18%) and traffic management (15%) in second and third places. The support for airports this year (6%) shows an important increase over last year. Table 5: Transport modes Rail (including traffic management) Road Inland waterways Sea/Ports Airports Traffic management (all modes except rail) TOTAL Support 97 (MECU) 204 62 4 9 21 52 352 % 1997 58 18 1 2 6 15 100 1996 62 13 1 1 1 22 100 4. 2 IDA 4. 3 ERDF IDA projects (E-mail and horizontal actions, support for European Agencies and sectorial actions) are financed independently of the TEN financial assistance regulation but mention is made of them here for the sake of completeness. In 1997 the Commission approved financial contributions of ECU 37,5 million for the various actions supported by IDA; details are to be found in Annex VII. The European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund are by far the main sources of Union grants for TEN projects, as table 1 above clearly brings out. The two tables below detail total ERDF funding in the energy and transport sectors in 1997: details are to be found in Annex IX. Table 6. Total ERDF energy sector 1997 Member States SPAIN: GREECE: ITAL Y. PORTUGAL: TOTAL Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) Commitments up to 1997 (MECU) Commit ments in 1997 (MECU) period 1994-99 1997 92,7 203,0 55,8 304,0 655,5 75,1 189,5 16,2 123,0 403,8 174,8 80,5 - 22,0 277,3 Ref. /Obs. 16 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) Table 7. Total ERDF transport sector 1997 TOTAL Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) Commitments up to 1997 (MECU) Commit ments in 1997 (MECU) Ref. /Obs. GREECE: IRELAND: ITALY: PORTUGAL: UK: FINLAND: period 1994 - 99 1163,2 364,5 1045,0 213,0 123,8 7,4 640,1 133,0 384,5 - - 3,7 1997 358,4 52,5 33,8 72,6 6,4 3,7 TOTAL TRANSPORT 2916,9 1161,3 527,4 (1!) In 1997 the following programmes and projects were the main beneficiaries of commitments for ERDF funding. Energy • The introduction of natural gas into Greece; • The introduction of natural gas into Portugal and the interconnection of the Portuguese grid to the Spanish networks under INTERREG II; • The Spanish section of the Algeria-Morocco-EU gas pipelines and extensions to some Andalusian cities; • The introduction of natural gas into new Spanish regions (Western pipeline project and the Valencia-Orihuela-Cartagena project); • Upgrading of the existing LNG terminal at Huelva and Cartagena. Transport:. PATHE and VIA EGNATIA motorways in Greece; • Athens - Thessaloniki railway; • Trunk roads in Italy; • Trunk roads in Ireland; • Rail projects in Portugal. 1 ' The total only includes those Member States where there are estimated figures for TEN 17 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regidation 2236/95) 4. 4 Cohesion Fund Table 8 below gives the annual commitments made by the Cohesion Fund in favour of TENs transport projects since 1993 in each of the beneficiary Member States. These figures include commitments for projects adopted in the year in question as well as new annual instalments for projects adopted previously. Table 8: Cohesion Fund TEN financing: Total by Member States. MEMBER STATES 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1993-1997 SPAIN 606. 4 498. 9 610. 2 678. 8 665. 7 3059. 5 PORTUGAL 160. 8 200. 2 240. 5 221. 5 190. 9 1 10134 GREECE IRELAND TOTAL 105. 1 134 159. 7 202. 4 28. 3. 0 86 96 97. 2 121. 8 111. 5 9v^*"» 512*4 95&3 "2"»x 1107,6 M****** A. | 1251. 1 ! S47&2 Table 9 below provides a breakdown of annual commitments by transport sector. This illustrates the continuing predominance of roads in Cohesion Fund financing, reflecting the needs and priorities of the Member States concerned. However, in terms of absolute figures, the financing of other transport modes such as railways and ports is nevertheless important. Annex IX gives the latest position regarding assistance from the Cohesion Fund for the five specific projects which directly concern the cohesion countries, namely: High-speed train south, Greek motorways, Portugal/Spain-rest of the EU multimodal connections, Cork-Dublin-Belfast rail link and the Ireland-UK- Benelux road corridor. Project n° 8 (Multimodal link Portugal-Spain/Europe) has changed in scope in 1997 in line with the agreement reached at the Dublin European Council in December 1996, the priority project is now the "Portugal-Spain-rest of Europe multi-modal corridor". In the light of the enlargement of the scope of the project, the amount of Cohesion Fund assistance committed in 1997 and later years is considerably larger than in the 1993-1996 period. 18 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) Table 9: Cohesion Fund Ten Financing: Total by Modes. 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total 1993- 1997 % % % % % 672. 6 70 619. 6 66 832. 5 75 959. 5 78 707. 6 57 3791. 8 Sector Roads & motorways Railways 162. 2 16 278. 5 29 178. 4 16 222 18 407. 7 33 1248. 8 Ports Airports Vessel Traffic Systems Total 16. 1 91. 7 15. 6 1 9 1 31 0 0 3 0 0 67. 4 23. 7 5. 5 6 2 1 23 15. 7 4 2 1 0 21. 3 110. 3 4. 2 2 9 158. 8 241. 4 29. 3 ma 100 m,t too urns 100 WA& 100 12514 xm $470*1 % "W ££ * 4 1 r w 4. 5 EIB loans The development of Trans-European networks remains one of the EIB's top priorities. This was reflected again in the Bank's lending activity during the year 1997, with total new loan approvals by the EIB's Board of Directors of ECU 9 318 million and finance contract signatures of ECU 7 677 million, representing one third of the Bank's activity in the Member States. Since 1993, the Bank has approved loans in favours of TENs and related projects for a total of ECU 42 141 million (a 28% increase since last year) and signed finance contracts for a cumulated ECU 27 801 million (38% more than at the end of last year). The total investment cost of corresponding projects is estimated at ECU 132 000 million. See annex X. Loans approved by the EIB in 1997 for TENs in the transport sector amount to ECU 7 033 million (ECU 7 542 million in 1996), resulting in a total of ECU 28 023 million of loans approved for that sector to date. Finance contract signatures reached ECU 4 943 million in 1997 (ECU 3 504 million in 1996), which brings the cumulated amount to ECU 16 113 million. For the 14 transport projects that were given top priority at the Essen European Council, new loan approvals reached ECU 2 708 million in 1997, for a cumulated total of ECU 11 157 million. Finance contracts for ECU 1 601 million were signed in 1997 (ECU 1 189 million in 1996), which brings the total amount of signatures to date to ECU 6 876 million. New loans approved and signed were 19 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) mainly for the first and second phases of the PBKAL high-speed train, the Nordic Triangle and Greek motorways. In the energy sector, ECU 670 million of new loans were approved in 1997 for gas and electricity TENs (ECU 875 million in 1996), for a cumulated amount to date of ECU 5 559 million. With ECU 854 million of new loan signatures in 1997 (ECU 1 415 million in 1996), their cumulated amount now reaches ECU 4 262 million. With an ECU 300 million new loan approved and signed in 1997 for one of the 10 Essen priority projects in the energy sector, cumulated loan approvals stand at ECU 2 548 million and finance contract signatures at ECU 2 040 million. In 1997, the EIB also provided new loans for European telecommunication networks, but not covered by the TEN telecommunication Guidelines, with ECU 1 616 million of approvals (ECU 1 373 million in 1996) and ECU 1 880 million of signatures (ECU 1 602 million in 1996). A total of ECU 8 559 million of loans has thus been approved to date. Finance contracts signed to date reach a total of ECU 7 426 million. About 74% of new loans signed and 85% of those approved in 1997 were for mobile telephony projects. the June 1997 European Council "Resolution on growth and Following employment", which urged the EIB "to step up its interventions in the area of large infrastructure networks", the Bank's commitment to support the TENs was renewed and reinforced with the approval by its Board of Governors of an "Amsterdam Special Action Programme" which, among other things, includes measures in favour of TENs and related infrastructure: • • • • • To support project preparation, To provide loans with longer maturities and grace periods, To raise the ceiling of lending to 75% (instead of 50%) of project cost (on an exceptional case-by-case basis, when it is deemed appropriate), To prepare tailor-made packages for priority projects when necessary and To co-operate with the Commission, the EIF and the member states in designing new financial instruments and encouraging the establishment of PPPs. 20 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) Table 10: EIB lending for TEN (MECU) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total 1993-97 Transport (Essen projects) Energy (Essen projects) Telecoms12 TOTAL 1908 1346 367 207 1005 Mm 1939 1137 715 315 2100 4754 3819 1603 910 523 839 5568 3504 1189 1415 695 1602 6521 4943 1 601 854 300 1 880 7677 16 113 6$76 s 4m 2040 7426 27 $01 4. 6 EIF guarantees At the end of 1997 the total EIF portfolio of approved operations since its inception stood at ECU 3 000 million of which ECU 2 200 million had been signed. Of this, TEN projects accounted for ECU 1 548 million, corresponding to 67% of the total (transport 37%, energy 30% and telecommunications 33%). Overall signatures for 1997 were 769 million (guarantees) and 33. 5 million (equity). Of the total of guarantees, ECU 336 million (82%) were for TEN projects, including 278 million in telephone projects, all for mobile telephone networks13, in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy and Hungary. One operation was signed in energy (Portugal, 4 million) and transport (Greece, 55 million), respectively. Since the creation of the EIF, TEN operations have been guaranteed in nine member states (Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK) and outside the EU, in Hungary, Slovakia ans the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Details of these operations are to be found in Annex XI. Table 11: EIF loan guarantees for TEN 1994 1995 1996 1997 Transport Energy Telecoms TOTAL 75. 9 207. 7 156. 1 r 4mf 85. 2 11. 9 19. 4 ll&S 303 270 9 582 55 3. 75 276 334. 75 Total 1994-97 •J7JL3''** 493,35 4&X5 1472M 12 The telecommunication projects do not come within the TEN-Telecom Guidelines 13 Idem 21 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 4. 7 ESCS Loans In 1997 the Commission signed and disbursed two ECSC loans for a total of 130 ECU million for the benefit of TEN projects. These loans concern two Portuguese projects on transport (a new bridge over the Tagus) and energy (natural gas network). 4. 8 EEA Financial Mechanism The European Economic Area Financial Mechanism gave a grant of ECU 7 million for the upgrading and expansion of Lanzarote airport (Spain). It also approved interest rebates on a loan of ECU 156. 5 million for the Athens ringroad (part of PATHE), on a loan of ECU 40 million for Irish road improvements and on a loan of ECU 68 million for extensions at Lanzarote, Tenerife and Fuerteventura airports (Spain). 4. 9 Member States' financing Union financing of TEN represents in most cases a small proportion of the total cost, except for some projects in the "cohesion" countries. The greater part of the funding comes either from the public authorities of the Member States or, especially in the energy and telecommunications sectors, from the private sector. The Member States' administrations, however, have not so far been able to provide the Commission with statistics of their TEN spending. 4. 10 Financing infrastructure in third countries and Mediterranean Basin With the opening of enlargement negotiations, the linking of the Union's Eastern transport, European telecommunications and energy TEN is more than ever important and urgent. Given the relative poverty of these countries, however, substantial financial assistance from the international community at large and from the Union in particular is needed. In "Agenda 2000" the Commission argued that it was the trans-European nature of the benefits from these projects which justified continued substantial contributions at the Union level towards their realisation. 14. neighbours its to In 1997, the EIB approved ECU 509 million of lending for new transport network projects in Central and Eastern Europe and signed ECU 427 million of finance contracts. New loan approvals and signatures for telecommunications projects in the same group of countries reached respectively ECU 667 million and ECU 357 million. In January 1997 the Ecofin Council agreed new lending mandates for the EIB in Central and Eastern European countries and in the Mediterranean Basin. At the invitation of the Council the EIB has established a pre-accession facility for an overall amount of up to ECU 3 500 million for the period up to 31 January 2000. 14 "Agenda 2000" I, pages 11 and 56-5" 22 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) In 1997, the EIB approved a new loan for the Spanish component of the Morocco-Spain electrical interconnection for which it had financed the Moroccan component in 1994. A loan was also approved and signed for the GR2 gas pipeline in Algeria, which feeds into the two gas pipelines connecting North Africa to Europe through Italy and Spain. In the spring of 1997 the Commission reorganised PHARE's investment strategy in the Central and Eastern Europe countries; this will result in an increase in spending on infrastructure extending TEN in that region in particular the candidate countries. Commitments of new funds in 1997 were approximately ECU 159 million of which the vast majority was allocated to transport infrastructure projects. Included in these commitments are ECU 100 million which the EP requested to be allotted to infrastructure projects specifically for extension of TEN-Transport along the Crete/Helsinki corridors in Central and Eastern Europe. Table 12 below analyses these commitments by country and sector: Table 12: Phare infrastructure financing 1997 Country TRANSPORT (MECU) ENERGY (MECU) TELECOM (MECU) Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Multicountry Border-Crossings TOTAL 0 4. 16 5 33. 7 4. 1 4. 5 91 0 0 6. 3 9. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0. 8 0 0 0 0 0 157*86 0. 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * Improving infrastructure links with the New Independent States (NIS) is one of the objectives of the Tacis programme, which can now spend up to 10% of its annual budget on investment, including small-scale infrastructure projects, in the context of cross border co-operation. In 1997 Tacis committed around ECU 50 million on such projects in the transport and energy fields. 23 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) Spending by the MEDA programme to link better the countries of the Mediterranean Basin to the Union is at present marginal (but very useful), being limited to a small number of feasibility studies. 24 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 5. FINANCING THE TEN: OTHER ISSUES 5. 1 Giving impetus to the "Essen" projects In view of the financing difficulties faced by the 14 projects selected by the Essen European Council, the Commission recommended in its submission to the Luxemburg European Council on Employment15 that, for each of the "Essen projects", the Member States concerned, in liaison with the Commission, should establish a firm timetable and financing plan to provide the demonstration of political commitment to implementation that is essential to create the necessary momentum for decisive action on individual projects, and to create confidence that networks benefits will be captured. This was endorsed by the European Council in its conclusions16. 5. 2 Agenda 2000 and the future financial perspectives "Agenda 2000" makes a number of important statements about the future development of TEN: (1) (2) (3) "Agenda 2000" states that the development of internal policies is a first priority. 17 Elsewhere it specifies that TEN have a special place as a key theme in the context of internal policies18. The document argues that TEN have a particularly important role to play in creating new links with the Central and Eastern European candidate countries. 19 for additional identified beyond present It calls appropriations. 20 The budgetary resources for TEN should grow faster than GNP21 and more than proportionately to the enlarged Community GDP22. funding to be 15SEC(97)2168,p. 12 16 Presidency Conclusions, SN300/97 17 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 1, Beyond 2000. p. 17 1S For a stronger and wider Union, Part 3, Section III, sub-section 3, p. 68 1°> Fora stronger and wider Union, Pan 1, Section I, sub-section 1, p. 18 20 "Agenda 2000" I, page 11 2 '. For a stronger and wider Union. Vav: 3, Section 11, sub-section 3, p. 64 22 Impact Study, Part III, Section 3, p. 134 25 TEN1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) (4) (5) (6) The document declares that effective coordination of the various sources of finance for TENs, including development of public/private financing, is essential. 23 As regards selection criteria, "Agenda 2000" urges that concentration on a small number of key projects of high quality and proven Union interest, thus ensuring significant impact, is to be the guiding principle for the future24 25. Finally, the report reaffirms that greater use must be made of forms of assistance other than grants - interest-rate subsidies, guarantees, venture capital holdings and other holdings26. The document also mentions several times the need to involve private capital and expertise through public / private partnerships 27. 5. 3 Promoting Public / private partnerships (PPP) 5. 3. 1 Kinnock High-Level Group and follow-up The High-level Group on public / private partnership financing of TEN transport projects was set up by the Commission, with the agreement of the Transport Council, in September 1996. The group comprised individuals representing all parts of the private sector having an interest in the provision of transport infrastructure, as well as representatives of the public sector nominated by their Ministers of Transport. The Group adopted its final report in May 199728. The Commission endorsed fully the recommendations of the Group. It adopted on 10 September a communication to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of Regions setting out how it intended to implement the recommendations which the Group had addressed specifically to it29. The EIB, which participated actively in the work of the High-Level Group, gave its full support to the Group's recommendations and decided to step up its co operation with the EIF and the Commission in order to better combine existing funding sources, to further develop existing financial instalments (including 23 Impact Study, Part III, Section 3, p. 134 24 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 3, Section III, sub-section 3, p. 68 25 Impact Study, Part III, Section 3, p. 134 26 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 1, Section II, sub-section 5, p. 26 27 For a stronger and wider Union, Part 3, Section II, sub-section 2, p. 63 23 Finn! report of the High-level Group or, public • private partnership financing of TFN transport projects (VII/321/97) 2S)C0M(97)453 26 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) loans with long maturities and grace periods) and, if necessary, to develop new instruments. The Commission presented the group's report to the June meeting of the Transport Council, and the communication to its October meeting as well as to the Ecofin October meeting. The Transport Council adopted unanimously a set of conclusions calling for Member States to use all appropriate means wherever possible to develop PPP's. 5. 3. 1. 1 Public procurement The Group recommended that the Commission should elaborate specific Guidelines which would provide greater clarity with regard to public procurement procedures to be followed for the award of transport infrastructure contracts. Private sector concerns and specific points in EU procurement rules have been examined in order to promote a regulatory framework where flexibility, publicity, negotiation and call for tender would be key issues. The High-Level Group conclusions provide a major contribution to the consultation process on the Green Paper on Public Procurement. intends to present soon a Communication on Public The Commission Procurement, forming the framework for guidelines on the application of the public procurement legislation to infrastructure projects, covering the relationship between the Public Works (97/37/EEC) and the Utilities (93/38/EEC) Directives, the technical dialogue during the conception phase and other contractual aspects ofPPP. 5. 3. 1. 2 Competition policy The Group found that prospective PPP partners were uncertain of the implications of EU competition legislation. Accordingly the Commission issued its recommendations on the on 30 September a communication clarifying application of the competition rules to new transport infrastructure projects30. As in the case of public procurement, it is impossible for the Commission to propose general rules on exemption from Union competition legislation for large- scale transport infrastructure projects. The Commission therefore urges all interested parties to contact its services as early as possible to discuss the competition issues raised by these projects with a view to solving them. 5. 3. 1. 3 Development of financing instruments The Group concluded that structurally subordinated loans and early operational stage loans offered a means to alleviate risks caused by uncertainties in early operational stage cash-flow generation. In its communication, the Commission emphasised that these instruments already exist on a limited scale. It suggested 30 JO C298 30 September 1997 27 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) therefore that their availability should be developed within the framework of the Union's financial institutions with support from Union resources, if necessary and appropriate, to help the emergence of a genuine market. The Commission also announced its intention, in consultation with the EIB and EIF, of examining the setting up of a mezzanine fund focused on TEN projects. The Commission began exploratory discussions with the financial markets about such a fund. 5. 3. 1. 4 Innovative and proactive support As recommended by the Group, the Commission intends to take a certain number of initiatives, with the technical support of the EIB and the EIF, in order to ensure the optimal and coordinated use of the public resources provided by the TEN budget line and the Union's financial institutions. Such initiatives would clearly need to be supported by the Member States concerned. The Commission intends to encourage and facilitate the early involvement of the private sector in project design, and to ensure that support from the range of Union-level financial instruments is provided in a co-ordinated way most suited to individual projects. 5. 3. 1. 5 Network and trans-European benefits and a PPP database The Group recommended that trans-European and network benefits should be taken into account when assessing projects and that a European-wide database of PPP projects should be set up. The Commission intends to step up its research into common methodologies, in co-operation with Member States, and to explore the possibilities for the establishment of a PPP database. 5. 4 Improving coordination In parallel with its communication on the implementation of the PPP High-level Group's recommendations, the Commission took a number of steps in September to improve internal coordination among its services (and with the EIB, the EIF and other international financial institutions) involved in financing TEN projects. These steps aim at reinforcing strategic priority setting, at encouraging and facilitating the pro-active funding coordination on individual projects and at achieving a better exchange of information between the various financial instruments. 5. 5 SEM 2000 and Evaluation In the context of its "SEM (Sound and efficient management) 2000" programme the Commission attaches high priority to evaluating its actions. In November the Commission accordingly discussed with the TEN financial assistance committee its plans for mid-term evaluation in 1998 of its financial support for TEN transport projects. It also launched an evaluation study on Euro-ISDN with a view to reporting to the Parliament and Council by mid-1998, in accordance with Article 10 of Decision 2717/9531 31 JO L282 November 1995 28 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 6. EXTERNAL RELATIONS 6. 1 Enlargement and the pre-accession strategy By way of preparing for enlargement, two communications to the Council and Parliament on the external dimensions of TEN in the energy32 and transport sectors. 33 the Commission submitted The "Energy Networks" conference in Berlin in December highlighted the importance of network development not only for the Union's energy supply, but also for international cooperation and development generally A meeting in December in Bucarest between the Union and the Black Sea Region countries approved a memorandum identifying priority energy projects of common interest in the Balkans which would interconnect the Union's energy networks with those of the Black Sea Region. The Commission played a major role in the organisation and successful conclusion of the Third Pan-European Transport Conference in Helsinki in June 1997, gathering more than 1000 transport decision-makers and experts. The Conference recommended the adjustment of the corridor concept initiated in the previous Conference in Crete by a few extensions to the nine existing corridors, the creation of a new tenth corridor crossing the territory of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the inclusion of the concept of "Pan-European Transport Areas". It also reinforced the multimodal character of these concepts through the inclusion of aviation (international airports) and water transport (important maritime and river ports), and highlighted the importance of telematics and other intelligent applications in the development of pan-European transport infrastructure. in November and took note of the The Senior Officials Group of the Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment interim report on the (TINA) met developments so far. The regional groups have already done substantial work in collecting and analysing infrastructure, and methodology for the TINA analysis has been developed. Studies on traffic flows and infrastructure unit costs are under way. The technical secretariat was set up in Vienna, financed by the Phare programme, and the whole process is now in full swing; the first results will be available in 1998. information on the existing Given the administrative problems of the Central and Eastern European countries, they stand to benefit particularly from participation in IDA and other European- level telematic programmes. The Commission held discussions in the course of relevant Central and Eastern European countries' the year with administrations. the. :: COM (97) 125 26 March 1997 33 COM (97) 172 23 April 1997 29 TEN1997 Annual Report (Regidation 2236/95) As regards telecommunications the Commission intends to extend the TEN- Telecom to Central and Eastern European countries, NIS and Mediterranean countries the PHARE, TACIS and MEDA programmes, along the following lines: through joint actions with • involvement of Central and Eastern European countries and Mediterranean countries in TEN-Telecom projects with emphasis in pre-accession countries on TEN-Telecom projects reflecting accession priorities; • extension of successful TEN projects with complementary support on the investment cost, e. g. , in the infrastructure network, coming from other sources than TEN-Telecom funding; • development of interconnectivity/interoperability projects for fixed, satellite and mobile communication networks; • awareness actions among potential user communities. To this purpose a working paper is being prepared by the Commission. On 4 December 1996 the Commission adopted a report to the Council34 on cooperation between the EU and the Central European Initiative. The report mentions TEN as one of several priority sectors where the Union would be willing to cooperate with the Central European countries involved in the Initiative. With a view to increasing infrastructure investments in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe related to its pre-accession strategy, the Commission has identified its coordination efforts with EIB, EBRD and IBRD. In October 1997 it launched a working group to develop a framework contingency agreement and the identification of suitable projects to be financed by them and its Phare aid programme. 6. 2 Structured dialogue On 27 May 1997 a joint ministerial meeting with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe took place in the field of energy at which various aspects of the external dimension of energy networks were discussed. On 9 October the Union Transport Ministers and their CEEC counterparts discussed, among other things, the results of the Helsinki Pan-European Transport Conference and progress being made in the "Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment". ?4 C0M(96) 601 4 December 1996 30 TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 7. T HE TEN AS A SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT As set out in the Commission Communication "Community policies in support of employment"35 to the Luxemburg European Council on Employment, TEN have an important role in a medium term employment strategy. Efficient transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructures are vital for EU competitiveness, and thus for long-term growth and sustainable jobs. EU industry needs efficient transport systems, telecommunication networks, and energy supply both to keep costs down and to allow it to provide better service. Though it is their medium term impact on competitiveness that is crucial in job creation terms, the TEN also create significant numbers of temporary jobs during the construction phase. Having regard to the provisions on employment in the Amsterdam Treaty, and in particular Article 127. 2 thereof, and using statistical information on the implementation of the TEN, the Commission will pursue its work in assessing and reporting on the employment and other outcomes of the different projects. More specifically, for the information society, there is a need for sustained effort by the private and public sectors to broaden the market, in particular in areas of public interest. It is also urgent to enhance the quality of Internet-based generic services, supporting in particular the development of multimedia satellite services. 35 SEC(97)2168 3/ TEN 1997 Annual Report (Regulation 2236/95) 8. OTHER UNION POLICIES WITH A TEN DIMENSION 8. 1 European company statute The existence of a European Company Status would facilitate the creation of "project entities" to organise and implement major infrastructure projects and would allow their development into profit-making bodies once construction level, thus starts. At present no suitable legal vehicle exists at Union unnecessarily increasing project costs and hampering development. Following the publication of the "Davignon report" in the spring, the Social Affairs Council discussed the question on 15 December and deliberations will continue during 1998. 8. 2 Environment The Commission continued throughout the year its work on developing a methodology for the strategic environmental assessment of TEN networks and corridors as a whole, as opposed to individual projects. It is expected that this research will be completed in 71998. "Agenda 2000" underlined that the expansion of TEN would serve to enhance sustainable development and should be accompanied by a move to sounder transport systems, drawing fully on new technology, to address the problems of congestion, pollution and climate change. 3<L 1. ANNEX I: PROGRESS MADE 0>N TEN ENERGY NETWORKS 2 2. ANNEX II: PROGRESS MADE ON TEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS 3. ANNEX III: PROGRESS MADE ON THE 14 SPECIFIC "ESSEN" PROJECTS 4. ANNEX IV: ENERGY PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 5. ANNEX V: TEN-TELECOM PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 6. ANNEX VI: TRANSPORT PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 7. ANNEX VII: IDAPROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 8. ANNEX VIII: MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE ERDF IN 1997 9. ANNEX IX: MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE REGIONAL AND COHESION FUND UP TO END 1997 10. ANNEX X : EIB LOANS FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS IN 1997 11. ANNEX XI: EIF GUARANTEES FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS IN 1997 10 11 13 17 19 24 26 29 30 33 1. ANNEX I: PROGRESS MADE ON TEN ENERGY NETWORKS Short indication of the stage reached by the projects of common interest included in the Guidelines by end 1997 ELECTRICITY NETWORK PROJECTS PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST SPECIFICATION orcuinuMiiun T STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION Island Magee - Coylton link. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000. CSF: 81 MECU. 44 GREECE * ITALY: Connection by submarine cable of Greek network, to Italian network through North-Western Greece and South-Eastern Italy. Ipiros - Puglia link. Project declared as "priority projecf'at the Essen Summit (December 1994). Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000 REGEN (35 MECU); INTERREG II (78,5 MECU); EIB loan (100 MECU). a? UNITED KINGDOM; Connection by submarine cable of the tsle of Man, North-West England - Isle of Man link. Feasibility studies and seabed survey. Commissioning: 1999. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. b1 OERMANY* DENMARK: Connection by submarine cable between the German network (UCPTE) and Denmark's Eastern network (NORDEL). • Bjaeverskov-Bentwisch link In operation since 1996. b4 ' - FRANCS -BELGIUM: Completion of connection between the two countries' networks - through North-Eastern France and Southern Belgium, Moulaine - Aubange line Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1999. M FRANCE * GERMANY- Strengthening of the connections between the two countries. Vigy (FR) - Marlenheim (FR) - Uchtelfangen (DE) line. Authorisation procedures. ^ ^^ PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST SPECIFICATION orcuirioMi IUIM S T A GE R E A C H ED A ND E[J F | N A N C | AL INTERVENTION Commissioning: 1999. be FRANCE - ITALY: Connection between the two countries' networks through South* Eastern France and North-Western Italy, Grand Tie - Piossasco line. Project declared as "priority project" at the Essen Summit. (December 1994). Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. b7 FRANCE - SPAIN; Land connection between the two countries' networks through South-Western France and Northern Spain Cazaril - Arag6n line or alternative route/layout, including connection to the Sallente - Sentmenat line. Project declared as "priority project" at the Essen Summit (December 1994). 75% of the Spanish line built. Project suspended. Feasibility studies on new routes ongoing. Commissioning: (1998) postponed. TEN line: 1995, 1996 and 1997 decisions for co-financing of studies b9 BELGIUM«LUXEMBOURG: Connection between the two countries* networks, Aubange - Bertrange Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000. b10 SPAIN-PORTUGAL: Strengthening and completion of connections between the two countries through the regions of Northern Portugal and North western Spain ^~ Mes6n - Lindoso line. Project declared as "priority project" at the Essen Summit (December 1994). In operation since 1996. CSF (Spain): 3 MECU ElBloan: 26 MECU Aldeadavila - Douro International line Pre-feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. b10(a) SPAIN ^PORTUGAL; New connection between the two countries through the Southern region of Portugal and the South-West of Spain Balboa - Sines line. Pre-feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. SPECIFICATION o ,U A i S T A GE R E A C H ED A ND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION b11 FINLAND - SWEDEN: Strengthening interconnections North of the Gulf of Bothnia Petajaskoski (FIN) - Letsi (S) line. Pikkarala (FIN) - Keminmaa (FIN) - Svartbyn (S) line. Increasing of the transmission capacity of these lines through the installation of compensation devices. Studies under finalisation. Commissioning: 1997. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. b12 AUSTRIA -ITALY:: Strengthening connections between the North of Italy and the Austrian network. Lienz - Cordignano line. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. b13 IRELAND - UNITED KINGDOM (N. IRELAND): Strengthening of connections between Ireland and Northern Ireland* Specification not yet defined. Feasibility studies. Commissioning : after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. b14 AUSTRIA»GERMANY: Strengthening of the connections between the two countries St Peter - Isar line. Pre-feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. bl£ THE NETHERLANDS-UNITED KINGDOM: Connection by submarine cable between South* Eastern England and Central Netherlands, Rotterdam area - South-Eastem England link Feasibility studies. Seabed survey in 1998. Commissioning: after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies c2 * DENMARK: Connections by submarine cable between the country's Western (UCPTE) and Eastern (NORDEL) networks. Fyn - Sjaelland Project declared as "priority project" at the Essen Summit (December 1994) Project decided. Financing of the project not finalized. Commissioning: (1997) postponed C3 THE NETHERLANDS; Strengthening connections in the North-East of the country. Zwolle - Meeden - Eemshaven line. In operation since 1996. PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST Q P F P I F I P A T i nN o rc STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION c4 FRANCS: Strengthening connections in the North-East of the country. Sierrentz - Mulbach line. Authorisation 1999. procedures. Commissioning: c& ITALY: Strengthening and developing connections on the East-West axes in the North of the country and on the North-South axis. Connections on the East-West axis: - Vado Ligure - Morigallo line. - Caorso - San Damaso line. - Rondissone-Castelnuovo/Scrivia line. -Turbigo - Rho line. - Turbigo - Baggio line. - Gorlago - San Fiorano line. - San Fiorano substation. - Turbigo - Piedilago line. - Piedilago pumping station. Connections on the North-South axis - Tavarnuzze - Poggio a Caiano - Calenzano line. - Pietrafitta - Santa Barbara line. - Santa Barbara - Tavarnuzze line. - Tavarnuzze substation. - Matera - Santa Sofia line. - Galatina - Taranto Nord line - Pian della Speranza/Roma Nord - Montalto/Suvereto Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. In operation. In operation. Under construction. Commissioning: 1999. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000 Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2004. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financrng of studies. Under construction. Commissioning: 1997 Authorisation procedures. Commissioning:. after 2000. TEN line: 1995 decision for co- financing of studies. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2000. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. Authorisation procedure. Commissioning: 1998. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998 Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998 line. $5{a) ITALY:. ' _ Strengthening and development of connections on the Easi-W*st axis in the North-West of the country and on the North-South axis In the Centre of the country Connections on the East-West axis; - Chivasso - Magenta line. _. ^. - Colunga - Calenzano line. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: between 2000 and 2002. TEN line: 1997 decision for co- financing of studies. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: between 2000 and 2002. TEN line: 1997 decision for co- financing of studies. Connections on the North-South axis: - Pietrafitta - Villavalle line. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: between | 2000 and 2002. TEN line: 1997 decision for cor <5 pF r i P ir A-rinN artoiMUA M UN STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION financing of studies c$ SPAIN: Strengthening and developing connections in the regions in the North of the country and in the regions along the Mediterranean axis. Connections in the North; - Soto-Penagos-Guefies-ltxaso line. - Aguayo - "Penagos-Barcina" line. Connections on the Mediterranean axis; - Almeria - Rocamora line. - Pinar - Tajo line. - Caparacena - "Tajo-Almeria" line. - Sentmenat - Bescan6 line. - Bescan6 - "Vic - Baixas" line. Authorisation procedures. Some sections are under construction. Commissioning: 2000. TEN line: 1995 and 1997 decisions for co- financing of studies. In operation since January 1997. Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. EIB loan: 25 MECU. In °Pe r a t i on s i n ce J a n u a rv 1 "7" Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of studies. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of studies c7 PORTUGAL; Strengthening connections necessary for interconnections with Spain \n the North and Centre of the country. Pego - Rio Maior II line. Recarei-Douro International line. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 1998. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2001. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies c8 GREECE:. Strengthening connections on the East-West axis in the North of the country Arachthos - Ptolemai's line. Pre-feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. c» IRELAND: Strengthening of connections in the North-West of the country Connections in the county of Donegal. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing o fl I studies. 1 I PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST SPECIFICATION STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION c10 SPAIN: Strengthening and development of connections in the North-East and West of the country, in particular to connect to tbfc network production capacities of electricity generated from wind-power. Connections in the North-East: - in Alava, Aragon and Navarra. Connections in the West; - in Galicia. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: after 2000. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies C11 SWEDEN: Strengthening and development of internal connections Connections in Northern Sweden Connections in Central Sweden Connections in Southern Sweden. Feasibility studies. Feasibility studies. c12 GERMANY: Development of connections in the North of the country Lubeck/Siems - Gorries - Gustrow line. Lubeck/Siems - Krummel line. Authorisation procedures. Some sections under construction Gorries-Gustrow: commissioned in 1996. Commissioning of the complete lines: 1998 d2 GERMANY - POLAND; Strengthening of the connections between the two countries Hagenwerder - Mikulowa line. Neuenhagen (DE) - Vierraden (DE) - Krajnik (PL) line. Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 1998 Feasibility studies. Commissioning: 2000. d3 GERMANY » NORWAY: Connection by submarine cable between Northern Germany (UCPTE) and Southern Norway (NORDEL) Brunsbuttel - Southern Norway link. Authorisation studies. Commissioning: 2003. procedures and feasibility dS ITALY-SWITZERLAND: Strengthening connections between Northern Switzerland Italy and S. Fiorano-Robbia line. Piedilago - Airolo line. Under construction. Commissioning: 1998. Authorisation procedures. Commissioning: 2004 PROJECT OF COMMON INTEREST SPECIFICATION STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION m GREECE» BALKAN COUNTRIES: Strengthening of connections between Greece and, respectively, former^ YugosiaviaJncluding the restoration of the connections with the North of former-^Yugosiavia and the UCPTE network Bulgaria Albania* and Philippi (GR) - Plovdiv or Maritsa 3 (Bulgaria) line. Amintaio (GR) - Bitola (FYROM) line. Thessaloniki (GR) - Mostar (Bosnia) - Melina (Croatia) line. Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies Pre-feasibility studies. d9 GREECE -TURKEY: Connections between the two countries through North-Eastern Greece Section in Greece: - Thessaloniki - Philippi line. - Philippi - GR/TU border line. Section in Turkey. Under construction. Commissioning: 1998. Pre-feasibility studies. Pre-feasibility studies dIOUNITED KINGDOM - NORWAY: Connection the North/Eastern/Eastern England Ana Southern Norway (NORDEL). submarine between cable by Specification not yet defined. Feasibility studies. Seabed survey in 1998. Commissioning: 2004. TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of studies. d11 THE NETHERLANDS - NORWAY: Connection by submarine cable between the North-Eastern Netherlands {UCPTE) and Southern Norway {NORDEL}, Eemshaven - Lista link. The "NorNed cable" project. Feasibility studies and seabed survey. Commissioning: 2001. TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of studies. d!3 SPAIN « MOROCCO: Connection by submarine cable between Southern Spain and the Moroccan network. Pinar - Tetouan link. Under construction. Commissioning: 1997. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. INTERREG: 12. 5 MECU. d14 S3AUTK? RING; GERMANY ~ PQUWP - RUSSIA « ESTONIA ~ LATVIA - LITHUANIA - SWEP5N ~ Strengthening and developing connections between these countries* networks by overground and/or submarine cables OPACIFICATION STAGE REACHED AND E. U. FINANCIAL INTERVENTION Southern Finland - Vyborg (Russia) - Saint Petersburg (Russia) link. Sweden - Finland link (through submarine cable) Sweden - Poland link (through submarine cable). Germany - Poland - Lithuania - Belarus - Russia (East-West High Power Link). Poland - Lithuania link. Other connections: specification not yet defined. An overall feasibility study for the Baltic Ring projects is ongoing. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of studies. In operation. Feasibility studies for increasing the capacity. TEN line: 1996 decision for co- financing of studies. EIF loan guarantee: requested. In operation. Feasibility studies for increasing the utilisation of the existing link. TEN line: 1996 decision for co-financing of studies. Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1995 and 1997 decisions for co- financing of studies Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1996 and 1997 decisions for co- financing of studies. Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1995 decision for co-financing of Grundfors - Narvik line Mid-Sweden - Mid Norway. South-West Sweden - Oslo region line. Authorisation procedures. Pre-feasibility studies. Feasibility studies. TEN line: 1997 decision. for co-financing of studies. d1$ EU - BELARUS » RUSSIA * UKRAINE; Development of connections and interface between the (extended) UCPTE network and the networks of third countries in Eastern Europe, including th# relocation of the HVDC conversion stations operating previously between Austria and Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic and Germany and the Czech Republic Connections between the UCPTE and CENTREL systems. Connections between the UCPTE/CENTREL systems and the Balkan countries. In operation since December 1995. Feasibility studies for improving the stability of the interconnected operation of the two systems. TEN line: 1997 decision for co- financing of studies. Feasibility studies. PHARE: financing of studies for the connection of Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. Feasibility studies. PHARE/TACIS: financing of interface study. Connections and interface between the extended UCPTE system and Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, including the relocation of existing HVDC conversion TEN line: 1997 decision for co-financing of stations. studies concerning the relocation of conversion stations of Wien Sudost and Durnrohr. 2. ANNEX II: PROGRESS MADE ON TEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS Projects in bold font have been completed Contract Title TI 1. 1/95 TI 1. 2/95 TI 2. 51/95 TI 2. 52/95 TI 2. 8/95 TI 1. 71. 3/96 TI 2. 31/95 Euro labels Profiles Euro-ISDN migration Euro-ISDN platform for teleworking TELTEST INFORMS TEN-TREND VIRTUE TI 2. 32/95 TI 2. 33/95 TI 2. 71/95 TI 2. 72/95 PLATO WIRE SENECA TARGET TI 1. 31/96 MOSAIC TI 1. 31. 1/96 DCC TI 1. 21. 3/96 PADEIA TI 1. 3/95 TI 1. 51. 1/96 TI 1. 51. 2/96 TI 1. 51. 3/96 Euro-ISDN BB TAGIS NO PROBLEMS GTS TI 1. 61. 5/96 DYP TI 2. 1/95 PH-NET TI 2. 2/95 TI 1. 11. 3/96 Euro-Traficom MEDSALUS TI 1. 41,2/96 INFOCITIES TI 1. 6/95 TI 2. 61/95 TI 23. 62/95 TI 2. 63/95 EGL-EK IEMP PROTONET SPORTNET TI 2. 64/95 TELEBUSINESS Cost/ Total EU contribution (Kecu) 740/740 491/491 315/158 2058/1. 029 2118/1. 126 5. 896/2. 948 1. 366/678 1. 180/590 1. 260/630 759/397 977/488 Contractural period start/end 4. 96/6. 97 4. 96/4. 97 4. 96/6. 97 4. 96/7. 97 4. 96/10. 97 2. 97/8/98 4/96/4. 98 4. 96/4. 98 4. 96/4. 98 4. 96/1097 4. 96/12. 97 1. 612/844 5. 97/5. 98 3. 360/1. 680 1. 97/1. 98 990/495 2. 97/2. 99 208/208 3. 600/1. 700 3. 013/1507 1. 107/440 4. 96/4. 97 1. 97/3. 98 1. 97/7. 98 1. 97/1. 98 2. 515/1. 258 2. 97/1. 99 1. 500/750 4. 96/4. 98 2612/1. 231 1. 026/513 4. 96/4. 98 2. 97/11. 97 10. 103/5. 000 2. 97/2. 99 321/321 530/264 1. 969/984 1. 529/764 4. 96/4. 97 4. 96/2. 98 4. 96/2. 98 4. 96/2. 98 971/485 4. 96/2. 98 Main contractor FT Expcrtcl OVUM TELES di WRC IDATE Empirica EUROSPACE 2000 DT EADTU SEMA North West Institute Banca Roma CSC Ploenzke AG Telecom Finland SSE Global One INFONOVA Eur. Dynamics Electronic Trade Center Commune di Bologna ARS Telefonica de Espana City of Den Haag FT Expcrtel OMP INTRASOFT INTERSPOR T PRODUTEC 10 3. ANNEX ni: PROGRESS MADE ON THE 14 SPECIFIC "ESSEN" PROJECTS PROJECT LENGTH (km) 1) High Speed transport North-South train/combined 950 COST (MECU) 14802 2) Paris Koln/Frankfurt- London (PBKAL) -Brussels- Amsterdam- 1176 17 232 3) High Speed Train South 1 601 14 072 4) HST Pahs eastern France- south-western Germany (TGV Est) 551 4777 5) Betuwe Line 160 4094 AUTHORISATIONS/ TECHNICAL SITUATION permissions Building progressively for sections; technical studies to be launched for Brenner base tunnel Some delays; now all sections on track awarded Procedures completed for some sections; studies technical launched for others Permissions available for D part. Political decision taken to build a 1s* phase between Vaires- Vandieres for F part. All political and administrative decisions have been taken. 6) High Speed / Combined Transport - Lyon- Turin-Trieste Train 734 18 260 7) Greek Motorways 1580 9242 8) Multimodal Spain - Europe link Portugal- 5900 Declaration d'Utilite Publique launched for Lyon-Montmelian administrative section; Authorisation procedures launched for Torino-Venezia Work on-going on several sections; perm, awarded, technical studies and tendering procedures under way for others Procedures for certain sub-projects; technical studies under way for others completed building FINANCING STAGE COMMENTS Partly some remain secured; difficulties Berlin-Leipzig: work well under way; Leipzig-Nurnberg: work started on sections, Brenner Tunnel still at study stage Member States concerned intend to establish an EEIG for Brenner base tunnel to carry out the design secured; difficulties PPP for NL Partly some remain. possible section Partly some remain Difficulties remain with French part secured; difficulties Public sector will finance the cons private truction, sector involve ment in exploi tation foreseen Partly some remain secured; difficulties Construction work well under way on Belgian and German sections; started on Dutch section Some delays, but most non-financial problems resolved. Brussels-Paris HSL completed Construction work under way on 2 sub-projects of Madrid-Barcelona section. International section at study stage through an EEIG Final technical studies launched on French part, works should start in 1999 on the section Vaires-Vandieres, upgrading works started on German section High political priority Construction already started on Port-line. For the A-15 line final planning procedures are near completion. Construction is planned to start mid 1998. Very early stage of construction, after delays. The project is planned to be finished in year 2005. Works started in some key nodes in Italy, technical studies on-going on international section Franco-Italian summit on 3 October 1997 launched three year study programme for international section Three schemes PATHE PPP- on Initial work under way for three PPP-schemes on PATHE, and some others Substantial support from ERDF and Cohesion Fund Work on sections of Linha do Norte, Beira Baixa (rail) and Lisboa-Valladolid (road) under way; studies on further projects Large range of separate sub- projects, of which several still at study stage Subst. support from ERDF and F. Cohesion some expected; difficulties remain 11 9) Conventional rail link Cork- Dublin-Belfast-Larne-Stranraer 10) Malpensa Airport road/rail 11) Oresund Fixed Unk 12) Nordic Triangle Multimodal corridor Ireland-UK-Benelux 13) link 14) West Coast Main Line road 1530 3 629 502 357 All completed 1047 On track 4158 On track Some difficulties remain in Nl section Financing in place Financing in place Cork-Dublin-Belfast section completed; remainder to be completed by 2000 Largely completed thanks to ERDF and Cohesion Fund support Construction work well under way, to be completed by 2000 Construction work on most of project To be opened in 1998 (first phase) On time, completion by 2000 1 800 10 070 permissions being Building awarded for one section; technical studies under way for others Studies on various sections under way Partly some remain secured; difficulties Work under way on E 18 and E 6 roads and main rail axes in Finland and Sweden Large range of separate sub- projects Uncertainties remain Construction work nearing completion uncertainty for the UK sections in Ireland, UK's national roads programme subject of a strategic review Partnership infrastructure companies , with public subsidy between and private service 850 3000 Studies under way Financing secured, PPP Construction work started to modernise line 12 4. ANNEX IV: ENERGY PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 Commission decision C (97) 1867 of 24 June 1997 (List of studies co-financed) WfflfflBÊfflk •tëiiîiiXiiiiiiiîiiih»: E36/96 (c10) E37/96 (c10) E39/96 (d16) E42/96 (b13) E43/96 (a7) E44/96 (b15) E45/96 (d10) E47/96 (d1S) E50/96 (d16) E51/96 (d16) E54/96 (b13) E56/96 (c5a) , (submarine interconnection SPAIN - Red Eléctrica de Es pa fi a Reinforcement of the high voltage electricity networks in Aragon, Alava and Navarra in particular to cope with planned increase of wind generation capacity. Economic feasibility, environmental impact and technical studies. SPAIN - Red Eléctrica de Espana Reinforcement of the high voltage electricity network in Galicia in particular to cope with planned increase of wind generation capacity. Economic feasibility, environmental impact and technical studies. GERMANY - RWE Energie Inter area oscillations in the UCPTE/CENTREL electricity power system. Dynamic behaviour analysis and remedial studies. IRELAND - Electricity Supply Board Coordinated development of the electricity transmission networks in the two parts of Ireland. Feasibility study : share of the Republic of Ireland. UNITED KINGDOM -The National Grid Company PLC Electricity interconnection (submarine cable) UK-Isle of Man. Economic feasibility and engineering studies (excluding sea bed survey). UNITED KINDGOM -The National Grid Company PLC Electricity Netherlands. Economic feasibility and engineering studies (excluding sea bed survey). UNITED KINGDOM -The National Grid Company PLC Electricity interconnection (submarine cable) UK-Norway. Economic feasiblity and engineering studies (excluding sea bed survey). SWEDEN - Svenska Kraftnat Increasing electricity transmission capacity between Sweden and South of Norway. Pre-feasibility, feasibility and technical specification studies. AUSTRIA Ôsterreichische Elektrizitàtswirtschafts-AG Relocation of the high voltage AC-DC-AC conversion station ofWienSudost. Economic and technical feasibility study. AUSTRIA Ôsterreichische Elektrizitàtswirtschafts-AG Relocation of the high voltage AC-DC-AC conversion station of Dumrohr. Economic and technical feasibility study. UNITED KINGDOM - Northern Ireland Electricity PLC Coordinated development of the electricity transmission networks in the two parts of Ireland. Feasibility study : share of the United Kingdom. ITALY - ENEL S. p. A. Electricity connection Chirasso-Magenta (East-West axis). Preparatory study environmental impact assessment. licensing procedures and cable) UK- for for 13 490 50 245 700 50 350 600 50 300 348 50 174 870 50 435 1,000 50 500 800 50 400 1,000 50 500 150 50 75 150 50 75 145 50 72. 5 175 50 87. 5 (c5a) E59/96 (d8) E60/96 (d8) G7/96 (h14) G8/96 (h3) ITALY - ENEL S. p. A. Reinforcement of North-South and East-West axis Pietrafitta - Villavalle and Colunga - Calenzano lines. Environmental impact studies. GREECE - Public Power Corporation (PPC) Upgrading at 400 KV of the existing 150 KV electricity interconnection GREECE - ex-Yugoslavia. Economic and technical feasibility and environmental impact studies. GREECE - Public Power Corporation (PPC) New electricity interconnection Greece-Bulgaria. Preparatory, economical and environmental impact studies. ITALY - Edison S. p. A. Italian section of the VOLTA natural gas pipeline : from Slovenia/Italian border to Ostiglia. Detailed route design and wayleaves and preparation of detailed environmental impact assessment and other documents required for authorisations. FINLAND-DENMARK-SWEDEN - Neste Group Nordic natural gas grid Overall feasibility study. feasibility technical and G11/96 (g8(a)) SPAIN - ENAGAS G20/96 (h13) G21/96 (g13) G22/96 (f12) Natural gas underground storage at Jumilla and Reus (Mediterranean axis) Preliminary sismic survey. AUSTRIA - OMV Aktiengesellschaft The PENTA Main (North-South) pipeline system. Technical feasibility study of alternative routes, including evaluation of costs and environmental impact. AUSTRIA - OMV Aktiengesellschaft The Eurostorage Baumgarten (ESB) : project to install a new underground storage facility at the cross roads of three major transit pipelines in Baumgarten. Feasibility study. GREECE - Public Power Corporation (PPC) Greece - Albania : connection between the gas networks of the two countries. Technical and economic feasibility study, including gas demand definition, pipeline routing and design and financial viability study of the North Western Greece Natural Gas pipeline project. TOTAL 250 50 125 900 50 450 3,340 50 1,670 1,200 1,178 50 50 600 589 92 50 46 1,000 50 500 370 50 185 14,958 50 7,479 Same reference as in the guidelines Decision (OJ guidelines (OJ L152,11. 06. 1996). L161, 29. 06. 1996) and in the Decision amending these 14 COMMISSION DECISION C (97) 3352 OF 10 NOVEMBER 1997 (List of studies co-financed) number^ 8»*fctdy MSttBER S¥AT£-£OJHPANY fcteHt$aai«?n Dfth&projept* sut>|ectofthe^ydy- ^ t r a i ls swpa <tf foe sfady cammfftiy mmsM p3&Bnfage ofthfc eligible M&ft&um sawsntsf. m Cammtinfty iaaftfcfcd sapjxrft ItoECU $0$ i*>n $ttE<m E64/97 (b10(a)) SPAIN - Red Electrica de Espana S. A. 250 50 125. 0 Balboa - Portuguese border 400 kV electricity line. Feasibility, environmental and basic engineering study. E65/97 (b10(a)) PORTUGAL - Rede Electrica Nacional S. A. 1077 50 538. 5 Sines-Alqueva-Spanish border 400 kV electricity line. Evaluation, environmental, topographic, design and pegging study. E66/97 (d14) GERMANY - Preussen Elektra AG 2170 50 1085. 0 East-West High Power Electricity Transmission system - Baltic route. Study (Phase 2) including technical, economic, financial, legal and environmental aspects. E67/97 (d16) GERMANY - Bayemwerk Aktiengesellschaft (BAG) Appropriate sites in third countries of Central Eastern and South-Eastern Europe for the relocation of the HVDC back-to- back stations of Etzenricht and Vienna-South East. Technical and evaluation study of 8 different sites in 7 countries. 900 50 450. 0 E68/97 (b7) FRANCE - Electricite de France 200 50 100. 0 Installation of a 225 kV phase displacement transformer at the Pragneres substation. Technical and feasibility study. (c9) IRELAND - Electricity Supply Board Reinforcements in the North and West of the ESB transmission system and their interaction with ESB-NIE interconnection. Technical feasibility and environmental studies. (a7) UNITED KINGDOM - The National Grid Company Pic E69/97 E71/97 1370 50 685. 0 2030 50 1015. 0 United Kingdom - (submarine cable). Feasibility study (Phase 2) including sea-bed survey. Isle of Man electricity interconnector E73/97 (d10) UNITED KINGDOM - The National Grid 2700 50 1350. 0 Company Pic United Kingdom - Norway electricity interconnector (submarine cable). Feasibility study (Phase 2) including sea-bed survey. E74/97 (d14) SWEDEN - Vattenfall AB 680 50 340. 0 Alternative layout for the Swedish-Polish Link (HVDC electricity interconnection). Additional technical feasibility study including sea-bottom survey. E76/97 (c6) SPAIN - Red Electrica de Espafta SA 110 50 55. 0 E77/97 Additional local route alternatives for the electricity line Soto- Penagos. Technical and environmental study. (b13) UNITED KINGDOM - Northern Ireland Electricity Pic Coordinated transmission network development between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Environmental impact study. 795 50 397. 5 G23/97 (fH) AUSTRIA - Steirische Ferngas Aktiengesellschaft 797 50 398. 5 The Krift-Pyhrn-Liezen gas pipeline, connecting the TAG and WAG pipelines and reinforcing gas supply to upper Styria. Detailed tests, technical planning, surveying, blueprints and listings, documents for authorization application, detailed documents for tender, preparation for contracting of the location of the line. (investigations, geological feasibility study G25/97 (h6) AUSTRIA - OMV Aktiengesellschaft 3000 50 1500. 0 The TAG III gas pipeline, from Baumgarten to the Italian border along the routings of TAG I and TAG II. Technical, economical and environmental feasibility study. 15 if " %,w- , MEMBERSTATE*COMPANY, h ** - wi?,^'- ', ^ t ^t of the study JV <r"s A. • % 1 G29/97 I'. '-::-' " (g13) AUSTRIA - Rohol Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft Maximum afcg&tecost of lbs stody {to ECU 1X30} Community financJa} supports? percentage ttfthfc eiigibte cost £&%} 5824 50 Maximum amoun* of Cammtinity financial support On ECU 'WO) 2912 0 feasibility and Expansion of the Puchkirchen underground gas storage and its connection to the MEGAL gas pipeline. Detailed locating and construction of wells, facilities and pipeline including seismic, geological and reservoir studies, reservoir simulation, detailed technical planning, documents for authorisation, specification for tenders, right of way contracting. technical study for G30/97 (g1) IRELAND - Marathon International Petroleum 9900 50 4950. 0 Limited The Kinsale Area gas storage project. Feasibility study including seismic evaluation and drilling of a trial well. Ireland (MIPIL) G31/97 (g8) SPAIN - Enagas S. A. 4195 50 2097. 5 Underground gas storage at Huete. Detailed feasibility study (stages 1 and 2), including drilling of a first exploratory well and geological and seismic reservoir studies. TOTAL 35,998 17,999 * Same reference as in the guidelines Decision (OJ L161, 29. 06. 1996) and in the Decision amending these guidelines (OJ L152, 11. 06. 1997). 16 5. A N N EX V: T E N - T E L E C OM PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 1996 Projects (Call for Proposals OJ C107 and 573 of 13. 4. 96; Decision E/2016/96 of 18/10/96) PROJECT ! ' I Total I EU Cost Contribution INFOCITIES City Information Network TEN-TREND Teleworking Remote Enterprise Network Development PAIDEIA Education and training MOSAIC Methods and Tools to create and maintain virtual museums. TAGIS Transeuropean access to generic ISDN-based services MEDSALUS Euro-ISDN professional network for healthcare sharing NO PROBLEMS Non proprietary reliable electronic mail systems DCC Common Digital platform for cultural content GTS Global Telecommunications Services - Generic Services DYP: Electronic Commerce for SMEs telecollaboration Mediterranean 10. 103 5. 000 § 5. 896 2. 948 990 495 1. 613 844 3. 600 1. 700 1. 026 513 3. 013 1. 507 3. 360 1. 680 1. 107 440 | 2. 515 | 1. 258 1997 Projects (Call for Proposals O. J. C84 of 15. 03. 1997) Project Total Cost TEN-TELEMED: Trans-European Network for telemedicine 3. 678 TELE-REMEDY: Remote diagnosis management and education 4. 285 in congenital heart disease: a cost effective telemedicine solution MELIC: Multimedia health information for citizens 2. 659 TELEPOLIS: Local income for content providers through billing 2. 018 and clearing services TEN-ICO-SAT-NET: Transeuropean networks via ICO Satellite 2. 033 network EURO^JOINT: Trans-European telematic advisory network in 2. 334 joining technologies for SMEs in automative sector NABUCCO Network for access to business connection and co-operation for SMEs LOGICD? Logiciel interactif pour la co-operation inter-enterprise et le partenariat HMS-STEADY: Hybrid Mail Service for Posts IBUT-ONE; ISDN Broadcasting Online TV. User Trial NITOURA: New Information technologies to open up rural areas AGR. EL. MA Online Transaction Databank of Agricultural Wood & Breeding Products 248 346 300 1. 723 298 581 ; : TEN Contribution 1. 400 1. 600. 1. 814 1. 009 512 1. 167 800 290 124 150 150 149 17 1997 Projects (Call for Proposals OJ C381 of 17. 12. 1996; Decisions n°2018 of 17. 10. 1997 and 2289 of 13. 11. 1997) Total cost (Kecu) * EU Contribution (TEN-Telecom budget) (Kecu) teaching and evaluation EASI-ISAE Vocational training software tools to assist intellectual and software developers in the production of multimedia VES The Virtual European School ETUDE European Trade Union Distance Education ASTEP Advanced software for processes LILIENTHAL Multimedia off and on-line distance learning for European pilot training NETLOGO The European educational interactive site EXE Extranet education; effective use of telematics and hypermedia tools in education MENTOR Multimedia education network for teaching, output and research VALASPI Experiment in the early learning of languages by video-conferencing SCHEMA Social care and higher education in marginal areas IN-TELE Internet-based teaching and learning EUN European Multimedia Schoolnet POST-DOC Post Graduate Training for Doctors in Europe 587 1439 925 902 2217 566 2111 1800 340 688 722 1863 1 789 | 401 762 438 705 1005 306 1219 874 162 688 624 1. 168 682 * Total cost eligible under TEN-Telecom budget only. These projects, selected following a joint call of several programmemes in the field of multimedia education, also receive support from other EU budget lines. 1997 Projects: Regional Tourism - SMEs Electronic Commerce (Call for Proposals OJ C162 of 6. 6. 1996) Region Carinthia-AU Bornholm-DK North Karelia-FN Corsica-FR Saxony-D Brandenburg-D Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-D Crete-Gr Toscana-I Veneto-1 Acores and Madeira-P Castilla y Leon-SP Galicia-SP North of England-UK Whole of Ireland Total Cost (Kecu) EU Contribution (Kecu) 855 100 240 390 460 380 460 599 340 400 258 270 470 710 758 18 1 130 30 120 195 230 190 230 300 170 200 129 135 200 200 360 [ (4) 6. ANNEX VI: TRANSPORT PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 UNDER REGULATION 2236/95 S = Study; P = Project; AP = Airport; AT = Air traffic management; C = Combined transport; I = Inland waterway; M = Motorway; MM = Multimodal; MT = Road traffic management; P = Port; R = Rail; TM = Traffic management; VT = Vessel TM; SP = Specific project; DG = Direct grant; FS = Feasibility study; ER = Interest rebate. Project Title Project Type Mode Vienna - Schwechat Airport : Terminal extension to fulfill Schengen requirements. Renewal of the Voice Communication System and Remote Control Unit at the Area Control Centre in Wien Pontebbana axis:sub-project Gloggnitz-Miirzzuschlag: Trial bore for Semmeringbase tunnel (see also AU/96/003) Danube axis rail link, section Vienna - Austrian/Slovakian border upgrading PARNDORF-KITTSEE Brenner axis: design studies Lower Inn Valley section (see also AU/95/114a and AU/96/001) Danube axis rail link; section St. Polten -Vienna: EIA studies for new double track line in the context of upgrading to 4 tracks Brussels - National (Zaventem) Airport: Surface accessibility study. CharierokBrussels inland waterway (works) Feasibility, ElA. technical studies on Closing of the Ringway R1 Antwerp-North (A1 motorway) Leipzig-Halle Airport: Soil Mechanics Studies and Surveys. Koln/Bonn - Konrad Adenauer Airport: HST Connection Terminal 2: Phase 1 Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport: Layout studies and studies for road and rail access. New railway link "Stuttgart 21": Geological and hydrogeological exploration, including trial bore (STUDY) Havel-Oder inland waterway: widening of section near Niederfinow Elbe Inland waterway; port of Dresden-Friedrichstadt: extension of infrastructure Nurnberg-Amberg-Waidhaus -(Prague) motorway (A6): new sections Lohma-Waidhaus and Pfreimd-Woppenhof Motorway extension to 6 lanes between Kamen and Hannover (A2): junction Herford - border between Nordrhein Westfalen and Niedersachsen Feasibility studies (technical, economic, financial, legal, environmental) for a fixed crossing of the Wamow river at Rostock (see also DE/96/018) Feasibility study: HST line Berlin-D/PL border (- Warsaw) and Berlin - D/Cz border (- Prague) in current and new Technology New HST line Halle/Leipzig - Erfurt, section Leipzig - Leipzig airport; PBKAL: new HST line Kbln-Rhein/Main: Section Kbnigswinter Nord - Hochheim/FIOrsheim/Hattersheim; Los C Limburg - Weilbach/Massenheim P P P P s s s p s s p s s p p p p s s p p AP AT R R R R AP I M AP AP AP R I I M M M R R R 19 Category Form Project Support 1,00 0,90 1,30 3,00 9,00 0,90 Other TM Other Other SP Other DG DG DG DG FS FS FS DG FS FS DG FS FS DG DG DG DG FS FS DG DG 0,50 1,20 7,00 1,60 2,00 1,00 3,50 0,80 2,00 6,51 4,00 Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other Other 0,46 Other 0,34 Other 16,00 24,95 SP SP s s s s s s s Data Acquisition for GLONASS/GNSS (DE/EU) TEN Telematic system study on transport logistics in the Baltic Sea area ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) Feasibility Study for harmpnisation at the European level of safety and rail traffic management. North Atlantic ADS-B Network (NAAN) (WP0/WP1) Investigations concerning an East Harbour Tunnel in Copenhagen Port of Copenhagen, Approach Channel Investigations and detailed planning for the high-speed railway lines Copenhagen-Ringsted (part of line) and Arnus- Fredericia (part of line). Construction of Danish access routes to 0resund Construction of the 0resund fixed link REDAN Phase Il/lll - Air Navigation Data network Madrid - Barajas Airport : Urbanisation and access study. ATC modernisation programme study Study on the Fourth ringroad at Zaragoza Study on the Motorway Levante-Somport. Section: Segorbe-Teruel Logistic system (ZAL) for Spanish Ports Studies and design studies on the Madrid-Zaragoza section, Phase II. Studies and design studies on the Madrid-Valladolid section, Phase I. Studies and design studies on the Fuentes de Oaoro-Valladolid section and the Galician Atlantic branch Studies and design studies on the Mediterranean Corridor Studies and design studies on the Sevilla-Cadiz line Pre-studies for connecting the high-speed lines in the Murcia region with the Mediterranean Arc and Madrid. Surveillance Analysis Support System (SASS) Satellite navigation (EGNOS)-East Mediterranean Feasibility study for the implementation of sole means satellite navigation. Implementation of traffic management and traffic information services in the Central European area (CENTRICO) - Phase 3 Study for traffic management and traffic information services in the Central European area (CENTRICO) - Phase 3 Implementation of traffic management and information services in Northern Europe - VIKING (Phase 2) Study for traffic management and traffic information services in Northern Europe - VIKING (Phase 2) Study on traffic management and traffic information services on the TERN in the South European area - SERTI (Phase 3) Implementation on traffic management and traffic information services on the TERN in the South European area - SERTI (Phase 3) P P P s s s s s s s s s s s s s s p s p s s p GT MM RT AT M P R R R AT AP AT M M P R R R R R R AT GT GT MT MT MT MT MT MT 0,50 0,80 9,00 TM TM SP 1,00 0,50 0,70 1,00 TM Other Other Other 5,50 10,00 0,80 1,50 3,40 1,00 1,70 0,75 3,60 3,20 0,80 0,50 1,00 0,50 2,80 0,60 5,50 3,53 SP SP TM Other Other Other Other Other SP SP SP Other Other Other TM TM TM TM 3,17 1,19 5,46 3,10 TM TM TM TM 2,25 TM FS FS FS FS FS FS FS IR IR DG FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS DG FS DG FS FS DG 20 Study for the implementation of traffic management and information services on the TERN in the South West European area (ARTS) Implementation of traffic management and information services on the TERN in the South West European area (ARTS) ATM-ARTEMIS (implementation) Construction works on the high section of the Maurienne Motorway (A43) : Orelle tunnel, Sorderettes tunnel and pont des Chevres bridge Port 2000 le Havre (studies) HST East (preparatory works) HST East (technical studies) Studies on HST-South : Perpignan- Spanish border section VTMIS implementation VTMIS studies Preparatory works and studies "Peripheral Road of Attica" (Elefsina-Stavros-Spata Airport Motorway & Imittos Western Peripheral Motorway). Technical studies of Patras By-Pass road links with the New Port and the city of Patras. Road study "Siatista - Kristallopigi" Studies for the new double track and high speed line (normal gauge) from Ancient Corinthos until kilometre 40th of the railway line Corinthos-Patras Electronic Toll Collection on Motorways in Greece. Study for motorway traffic management in Greece Studies for the SSR Mode S Deployment in Italy (MOSDI) Malpensa 2000 Bologna - G Marconi Airport : Landside and Airside Improvement Works Study for the completion of the definitive project of the HS/CT railway section Verona-Venice. Feasibility study for the HST/CT railway branch Venice-Trieste-(Lubiana). Technological infrastructure for the railway line Venice-Tarvisio (Pontebbana). Technological infrastructure for the railway line Adriatica, section Bologna - border Abruzzo/Molise. Upgrade of the gabarit and of the electric traction -line Genoa - Iselle a) Genoa - Novara, phase b) Novara - Domodossola - Iselle. Upgrade Verona's railway premises (direct connection with the Brenner line). Luxembourg - Findel Airport : Terminal extension studies. Electrification of Luxembourg railway network Study and pre-implementation of an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) Amsterdam - Schiphol Airport : Fifth runway studies. s P P P s p s s p s s s s s s s s p p s s p p p p s p s s MT MT AT M P R R R VT VT M M M R MT MT AT AP AP R R R R R R AP R AT AP 0,50 TM 0,63 TM 1,40 10,00 TM Other 0,50 9,40 3,60 0,50 0,29 0,07 8,00 Other SP SP SP TM TM SP 0,70 0,25 1,00 SP SP Other 0,20 0,50 1,00 4,00 1,91 3,00 0,60 3,40 8,00 8,10 TM TM TM SP Other SP SP Other Other Other 4,00 1,25 1,00 2,00 2,55 SP Other Other TM Other FS DG DG DG FS DG DG FS DG FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS IR DG FS FS DG DG DG DG FS DG FS FS 21 Technical and design studies on the Dutch Section of the PBKAL Technical and design studies Betuweline 1997 Port study Groningen seaports (Delfzijl and Eemshaven) "Turntable Groningen Seaports" VTS - improvements in the Netherlands New ATC centre in Santa Maria New Lisbon air traffic management and voice communications control systems - "GETALIS" Lisbon Airport : Expansion Studies : Phase 1 (1997). New Lisbon Airport : Location Studies: Phase 1 (1997). Masterplan of the Port of Setubal Northern Line: Installation of signalling, telecommunications and automatic high-speed controlling systems Alberg. - Alfarelos; Pamp. -Quintans-Ovar Beira Baixa Line: studies on modernisation Northern Line: Studies on signalling and telecommunications on the sub-section Quintans-Ovar. Baltic Sea Telematic Platform, TEDIM Helsinki - Vantaa airport, construction of Middle terminal (Stage II) Studies on road sections (E18) in the Nordic Triangle in Finland Construction and improvement of road sections (E18) in the Nordic Triangle in Finland Studies concerning the Euro-Arctic corridor in Finland. Development of Port Infrastructure in the Nordic Triangle in Finland Studies on railways in the Nordic Triangle Construction and improvement of railways in the Nordic Triangle in Finland Acquisition of new icebreaker in the Nordic Tringle in Finland Construction of the Swedish access routes to Oresund E6 Lerbo - Torp road upgrading, Sweden Studies for Construction of a new double track: Helsingborg-Landskrona-Kavlinge Investigation for construction of a double track between Varberg City and Hamra (7,5 km) OSK: Construction of Oresund fixed link (linked to project N° 85) "Icebreaker 2000" Pre-operational studies for the integrated use of ADS/CPDLC Studies for traffic management and traffic information in Wales A75 Stranraer to Gretna Trunk Road: The Glen English studies on the Ireland -UK -Benelux Road Link UK Ports- Group of Studies The modernisation of West Coast Main Line, between London and Scotland, including works to allow passenger trains to travel at speeds at up to 200 kph s s s p p p s s s p s s s p s p s s s p p p p s s p s s s p s s p R R P VT AT AT AP AP P R R R MM AP M M MM P R R MM C M R R R MM AT MT M M P R 10,00 10,00 0,35 0,60 2,00 1,00 1,20 0,74 1,00 0,70 SP SP Other TM TM TM SP SP SP SP 1,25 1,55 0,60 1,40 0,90 3,30 0,50 0,70 0,50 3,70 3,00 5,00 2,50 2,00 1,40 10,00 0,50 0,80 0,40 1,30 1,70 0,70 1,60 SP SP TM SP SP SP Other SP SP SP Other SP SP SP SP SP Other TM TM SP SP Other SP FS FS FS DG DG DG FS FS FS DG FS FS FS DG FS IR FS FS FS IR DG DG DG FS FS IR FS FS FS DG FS FS DG 22 Channel Tunnel Rail Link Feasibility study and associated design work for the modernisation of the West Coast Main Line Implementation of traffic management and information services on the TERN in Alpine area CORVETTE (Phase 2) Study for traffic management and traffic information services on the TERN in Alpine Study for the implementation of the Roman National Traffic Information Centre (ROMANTIC) EURO VDL Mode 2 - Phase 1 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Studies for Runway 3 project Strategic environmental assessment study of the corridor Nord in France Strategic Environmental Assessment of the TENs - Comdor demonstration study for the Danube corridor Strategic environmental assessment study in the trans-Pennine corridor in the UK Strategic environmental assessment study Adriatic corridor Ravenna - Venice in Italy Implementation of 8. 33 kHz channel spacing - Phase 1 s s P s s s s s s s s p R R MT MT MT AT AP MM MM MM MM AT SP SP TM TM TM TM SP Other Other Other Other Other 24,00 7,40 1,10 1,35 1,00 1,00 0,80 0,07 0,04 0,15 0,05 0,50 352,00 FS FS DG FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS DG 7. 23 7. ANNEX VII: IDA PROJECTS FINANCED IN 1997 S1GL ANIMO PHYSAN SHIFT FIS IDES AGRIGATE SIMAP CCN/CSI EBTI QUOTA 935. 750 935. 750 98. 500 -98. 500 0 886. 500 -309. 167 577. 333 1. 083. 500 -1. 083. 500 0 0 0 413. 600 413. 600 112. 585 112. 585 2. 462. 500 -2. 245. 642 216. 858 4. 100. 000 -100. 000 4. 000. 000 1. 180. 000 -246. 000 934. 000 160. 000 -6. 000 154. 000 SCENT CIS /FISCAL SEED - Excise control 1. 900. 000 0 1. 900. 000 0 TARIC TRANSIT VIES 1. 500. 000 264. 000 1. 764. 000 4. 000. 000 1. 900. 000 4. 000. 000 1. 900. 000 Support to customs projects 0 88. 000 88. 000 Impl & Support at EC level 1. 014. 550 282. 000 1. 296. 550 X. 500 Directories 246. 250 -210. 000 36. 250 STATEL DSIS EXTRACOM SERT EtONET EMCDDA EMEA 738. 750 -176. 401 562. 349 2. 536. 375 1. 171. 787 3. 708. 162 738. 750 400. 250 1. 139. 000 935. 750 -477. 261 458. 489 200. 000 180. 000 380. 000 0 0 400. 000 300. 000 700. 000 24 RESMA 300. 000 -280. 900 19. 100 Translation center 650. 000 -290. 000 360. 000 Awareness & Promotion 640. 250 71. 260 711. 510 Legal framework Quality assurance Support to sectors TESTA Architecture 200. 000 100. 000 300. 000 394. 000 575. 787 969. 787 100. 000 -100. 000 0 1. 740. 000 2. 645. 000 4. 385,000 213. 750 -43. 750 170. 000 information content interoperability 246. 000 -246. 000 0 National telematic systems 300. 000 189. 640 489. 640 Intra of E-Mail/Doc. repositories 492. 825 861. 275 1. 354. 100 Technical Regulations 541. 750 -21. 550 520. 200 Information System IMP ITCG 0 572. 246 572. 246 295. 500 49. 960 345. 460 FOURCOM 689. 500 10. 650 700. 150 CARE EURES TESS FIDES REITOX 1. 182. 000 -740. 100 441. 900 726. 000 -173. 000 553. 000 1. 970. 000 -1. 570. 000 400. 000 246. 000 -4. 000 242. 000 49. 250 49. 250 Official Documents of 1. 250. 000 124. 040 1. 374. 040 Interinstitutional Communication TOTAL:-. 39. 244. 000 39,234,309 25 8. ANNEX VTJI: MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE ERDF IN 1997 Member State SPAIN: INTERREG IIB OTHERS GREECE: INTERREG IIB PORTUGAL: INTERREG OTHERS TOTAL* II BE 1. Natural gas Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Committ ments in 1997 (MECU) -99 1997 Ref. /Obs. 80,0 70,4 51,0 120,9 committed in '96 committed in '96 183,7 183,7 80,5 committed in '96 140,0 164,0 567,0 123,0 - 22,0 37©*,7 274,4 2. Electricity MS Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Funds Committed in 1997 (MECU) -99 1997 Ref. /Obs. II SPAIN: INTERREG Morocco GREECE: INTERREG IIB ITALY: INTERREG IIB TOTAtr I 12,7 4,7 1,8 2,9 committed in '96 committed in '97 20,0 55,8 &S£ 5,8 16,2 26,1 - • - 2,9 26 Roads GREECE: PATHE VIA EGNATIA IRELAND: ITALY: UK: FINLAND: TOTAL: Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 907,0 316,7 249,0 40,8 5,8 1732,3 3. Roads Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Committ ments in 1997 (MECU) Ref. /Obs. -99 1997 280,0 141,0 139,0 52,5 28,8 6,4 2,9 369,9 committed end '96 committments made in 1996 o 501,0 332,7 168,3 133,0 - 2,9 - 4. Railways Railways GREECE: PORTUGAL: FINLAND: TOTAL: Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 215,0 213,0(2) 1,6 1069,4 Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Funds Committed in 1997 (MECU) -99 1997 Ref. /Obs. 118,2 - 0,8 503,5 committed end '96 63,5 72,6 0,8 136,9 0 5. Airports Airports ITALY: TOTAL: Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 5,0 54,0 Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Committ ments in 1997 (MECU) Ref. /Obs. -99 1997 - - 5,0 5,0 committment in 1997 0 1 The total only includes those MS where there are estimated figures for TEN â. 1 6. Ports Ports Programmed ERDF contribution 1994-99 (MECU) period 1994 40,0 lll;lllll!lllllli! Committ ments up to 1997 (MECU) Committ ments in 1997 (MECU) Rcf. /Obs. -99 20,9 1997 14,9 |||||||||;|||||||;|| llllllllllllllili |;iii:i!|!|||I||l!||!|||:||||||ll GREECE: HHHHHi 28 9. ANNEX IX: MAJOR TEN PROJECTS FINANCED BY THE REGIONAL AND COHESION FUND UP TO END 1997 A. ESSEN specific projects - Cohesion Fund financing PROJECT Commitments 1993 - 1997 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Mecu Mecu Mecu Mecu Mecu TOTAL 93-97 Mecu 8. 02 0. 00 8. 02 45. 35 26. 42 71. 77 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 13. 06 9. 21 22. 27 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 40. 74 40. 74 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 124. 07 0. 00 124. 07 157. 6 0. 00 157. 6 59. 67 65. 4 125. 07 165. 6 0. 00 165. 6 242. 15 141. 77 383. 92 TOTAL commitment to end 1997 Mecu 299. 8 0. 00 299. 8 242. 15 164. 32** 406. 47 23. 82 0. 00 23. 82 28. 80 0. 00 28. 80 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 0. 00 128. 83 4. 93 133. 76 181. 45 4. 93 186. 38 565. 24 4. 93 570. 17 11. 87 20. 60 21. 47 0. 00 1. 1 55. 04 55. 04 8. 50 123. 9 40. 19 111. 8 30. 83 93. 04 30. 16 154. 23 44. 24 461. 77 153. 82 944. 76 236. 53 1568. 02 No 3. High speed Train Soutli Madrid-Barcelona-Perpignan Madrid-Victoria-Dax Total project No. 3 No 7 Greek Motorways Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki Via Egnatia Total project No. 7 No 8. Multimodal link Portugal - Spain / Europe •*• Portugese section Spanish section Total project No 8. No 9. Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Larne rail link Line upgrading No 13. Ireland/UK/Benelux N1/N7 road corridor in Ireland TOTAL SPECIFIC PROJECTS * Total amount of assistance from Cohesion Fund in Commission decisions approved up to end December 1997 for the period to end 1999. ** It is expected that the Greek Government will apply for a further 100 MECU in assistance for project No. 7 in 1998 and 1999 with the bulk to be committed to the Via Egnatia corridor. •** Project No. 8 has changed in scope in 1997 in line with the agreement reached at the Dublin European Council of December 1996. The priority project is now the 'Portugal-Spain-rest of Europe multi-modal corridor'. In the light of the enlargement of the scope of the project, the amount of Cohesion Fund assistance committed in 1997 and later years is considerably larger than in the 1993-1996 period. 29 10. ANNEX X : EIB LOANS FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS IN 1997 Updated : 31 December 1997 TEN-TRANSPORT (ECU m) 1. ESSEN PRIORITY PROJECTS AND RELATED PROJECTS HIGH SPEED TRAIN/COMBINED TRANSPORT NORTH SOUTH (DE/AT/IT) HIGH SPEED TRAIN PBKAL (FR/BE/DE/NL/UK) HIGH SPEED TRAIN SOUTH (ES/FR) HIGH SPEED TRAIN EAST (FR/DE/LX) BETUWE LINE : COMBINED TRANSPORT (NL/DE) HIGH SPEED TRAIN/COMBINED TRANSPORT FRANCE-ITALY (FR/IT) GREEK MOTORWAYS (GR) PORTUGAL-SPAIN MOTORWAY (PT/ES) - wider project RAIL LINK CORK-DUBLIN-BELFAST-[LARNE-STRANRAER] (IE/UK) MALPENSA AIRPORT (IT) FIXED RAIL/ROAD LINK BETWEEN DENMARK AND SWEDEN (DK/SE) NORDIC TRIANGLE (NO/SE/FI) IRELAND - UNITED KINGDOM - BENELUX ROAD LINK (UK/IE) WEST COAST MAIN LINE (UK) f 2. OTHER TRANSEUROPEAN NETWORKS PROJECTS 2. 1 Road network 2. 2 Rail network 2. 3 Inland waterway network and inland ports 2. 4 Seaports 2. 5 Airports 2. 6 Combined transport network 2. 7 Shipping information and management network 2. 8 Air traffic management network 2. 9 Positioning and navigation network Loans approved 11. 157 384 2. 332 93 94 1. 346 1. 137 370 286 Finance contracts signed 97 96 95 1. 603 350 230 1. 189 1. 601 119 450 2. 332 2. 060 44 295 1. 841 1. 738 131 16. 866 6. 153 6. 211 662 3. 611 29 171 805 562 241 59 224 143 534 104 60 11 802 436 182 32 152 200 38 34 598 44 20 128 149 50 159 66 390 417 38 300 104 283 464 2. 216 833 857 2. 315 1. 409 674 3. 342 1. 191 1. 432 32 190 10 35 671 13 299 139 5 83 Total 6. 876 350 1. 455 807 2. 003 44 228 801 1. 090 99 9. 237 4. 110 3. 145 457 1. 376 28 121 TOTAL IN THE EU 28. 023 1. 908 1. 939 3. 819 3. 504 4. 943 16. 113 3. PROJECTS IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE 3. 1 Road corridors 3. 2 Rail corridors 3. 3 Ports 3. 4 Airports & ATC TOTAL 2. 381 1. 151 876 89 265 469 168 247 54 397 153 138 15 91 553 315 238 270 176 40 54 427 262 75 20 70 2. 116 1. 074 738 89 215 | 30. 4041 2. 377 2. 336 4. 089 4. 057 5. 370 18. 2291 BEI I EIB TEN-ENERGY Updated : 31 December 1997 (ECU m) • Loans approved Finance contracts signed 93 94 95 96 97 Total 1. ESSEN PRIORITY PROJECTS & RELATED PROJECTS 2. 548 207 315 523 695 300 1. 1 Projects in the European Union ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION GREECE - ITALY ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION FRANCE - ITALY ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION FRANCE - SPAIN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION SPAIN - PORTUGAL EAST-WEST ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION DENMARK NATURAL GAS NETWORK GREECE NATURAL GAS NETWORK PORTUGAL GAS INTERCONNECTION PORTUGAL - SPAIN (A) 1. 2 Projects with neighbouring countries GAS PIPELINE ALGERIA - MOROCCO - EUROPEAN UNION GAS PIPELINE RUSSIA - POLAND - EUROPEAN UNION 1. 261 100 57 526 354 224 1. 287 941 346 7 153 333 352 6 50 7 153 102 224 200 200 161 162 190 190 200 102 343 343 300 300 2. OTHER TRANSEUROPEAN NETWORKS PROJECTS 2. 1 Transeuropean electricity network 2. 2 Transeuropean gas network T O T AL IN T HE EU 3. 011 1. 314 1. 697 160 160 401 142 259 387 91 296 720 256 464 554 298 256 5. 559 367 715 910 1. 415 8 54 3. PROJECTS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES 3. 1 Transeuropean electricity network 3. 2 Transeuropean gas network 80 80 80 80 2. 040 846 56 207 357 224 1. 194 852 343 2. 222 947 1. 275 4. 262 80 80 | TOTAL | 5. 639| 367 795 910 1. 415 854 4. 342 BEI I EIB TEN-TELECOM Updated : 31 December 1997 (ECU m) Loans approved Finance contracts signed 93 94 95 96 97 Total 1. PROJECTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 8. 559 1. 005 2. 100 839 1. 602 1. 880 7. 426 1. 1 Networks & Trunk Echanges 5. 466 954 2. 006 786 881 486 1. 2 Mobile Telephony 1. 3 Satellites & Stations 2. 522 51 571 72 22 53 421 1. 394 300 5. 113 1. 991 322 2. PROJECTS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES 1. 562 110 300 130 115 357 1. 012 2. 1 Networks & Trunk Echanges 1. 202 110 300 130 100 312 2. 2 Mobile Telephony 2. 3 Satellites & Stations 360 15 45 952 60 TOTAL | 10. 1211 1. 115 2. 400 969 1. 717 2. 237 || 8. 43§| 11. ANNEX XI: EIF GUARANTEES FOR TEN AND TEN-RELATED PROJECTS IN 1997 TRANSPORT Date Project 17/12/97 Rion-Antirion Bridge Sub-total Country Greece Amount* % total 55 55 16 16 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Date 31/07/97 29/08/97 02/10/97 15/10/97 23/10/97 16/12/97 Project Country MATAV Omnitel (senior) Digifone Omnitel (subordinated) Bouygues Telecom Mobistar non-EU Italy Ireland Italy France Belgium Sub-total Amount* 26. 03 51. 49 25. 97 51. 49 113. 43 8. 09 276. 50 % total 82 ENERGY Date 05/06/97 Project Country Lusitaniagas Portugal Sub-total Amount* 3. 71 3. 71 % total 1 1 8 projects All TEN 335. 22 MECU 33 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(98) 391 final DOCUMENTS EN 07 10 09 16 Catalogue number : CB-CO-98-406-EN-C ISBN 92-78-37393-1 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg