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Passenger Traffic 2000 2020Passenger Traffic 2000 2020• Road + 67 % m/s - 7% (60%)• Rail + 23% m/s - 2% (8%)• Air + 133% m/s =1% (4%)

• Growth Total 65% ( Int 66%)• GDP 108%

• CEC 12 source TENSTAC study

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Freight trafficFreight traffic

• Road +136% ms + 10%(58%)• Rail +89% ms -11% (39%)• IW +157% ms +1% (3%)

• Total +95%

• GDP + 108%

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The Current state of TENsThe Current state of TENs

• Need for change:• Failure to make progress on the

priority projects .• Entry of new Member States .• Widen the geographical coverage but• Concentrate on a limited number of

major routes.

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• Priority projects – 30 located on major axes and covering the 25 m/s plus Bulgaria and Rumania.

• The 30 projects represent an investment of 225 B € up to 2020.

• The complete network would require 600 B € up to 2020 .

• Focus on rail and maritime transport including the new concept of the Motorways of the Sea.

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• Guidelines revised to allow up to 20% to be given in financial support-notably for cross- border sections.

• Designation of ‘European Coordinators for certain major cross- border projects.

• Funding problems : EU 15 in the past devoted 1.5% of GDP now less than 1% when traffic is increasing.

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30 PRIOIRTY PROJECTS 30 PRIOIRTY PROJECTS

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For the future For the future • Better links to the EU’s new neighbours• Improvement of planning arrangements.• Funding . Less than 1% of GDP is invested

in infrastructure.• EU support programmes :• CARDS – Western Balkans.• TACIS –Eastern Europe and Central Asia.• MEDA – Euro- Mediterranean Pertnership.

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ConclusionsConclusions• Identified a number of major trans-

national axes.• 3O specific projects on these axes.• High level group established to

identify jointly priority projects linking to neighbouring countries.