Delegated regulation 2016/1649 - Supplement to Regulation 1316/2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility - Main contents

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 247/1

On 7 January 2014 the Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (EU) No 275/2014 (2) establishing transport funding priorities for the purpose of the multiannual and annual work programmes.

By its judgement of 17 March 2016 in Case C-286/14 European Parliament v Commission the Court of Justice of the European Union annulled Delegated Regulation (EU) No 275/2014 and ordered that the effects of that Regulation be maintained until the entry into force, within a reasonable period, which may not exceed six months from the date of delivery of the judgment, of a new act intended to replace it.

According to Article 21(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, the transport funding priorities should take into account the eligible actions contributing to projects of common interest in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) listed under Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013.

The eligible actions listed in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 are further detailed in Articles 10 and 11 of that Regulation providing the maximum applicable funding rates for those actions. It is therefore appropriate to refer to the actions as listed in those Articles in order to detail the transport funding priorities.

Projects of common interest as listed in Part I of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 are eligible to the multiannual work programmes referred to in Article 17(3) of that Regulation. Projects not listed in Part I of Annex I but eligible as per Article 7(2) of that Regulation are eligible to the annual work programmes.

Pursuant to Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 laying down the specific transport sectoral objectives, and considering that Article 21(3) of that Regulation empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with its Article 26 detailing, for the transport sector, the funding priorities to be reflected in the work programmes, this Delegated Regulation sets out such priorities to be reflected in multi-annual or annual work programmes in accordance with Article 17(3) of the said Regulation.

Considering that financial instruments are to receive Union contribution under the annual work programmes, it is appropriate to include hereby a corresponding priority.

Programmes support actions listed in Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, consisting of technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Connecting Europe Facility and capped at 1 % of the financial envelope, will not be covered by the work programmes. However the programme support actions contributing to projects of common interest as provided for in Article 7(2) and referred to in Article 5(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 will be covered by the work programmes and are included hereby with a corresponding priority.

All resources referred in Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013, including the resources transferred from the Cohesion Fund will be covered under the same work programmes. According to Article 11 of that Regulation, the resources transferred from the Cohesion Fund will be subject to specific calls for proposals.

In order to allow for the timely adoption of the implementing acts provided for in Article 17(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 to ensure legal continuity of the Connecting Europe Facility — Transport sector — programme, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

pre-identified projects on the Corridors of the Core Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports).

pre-identified projects on the other sections of the Core Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports).

rail interoperability.

deployment of ERTMS.

deployment of new technologies and innovation in all transport modes, with a focus on decarbonisation, safety and innovative technologies for the promotion of sustainability, operation, management, accessibility, multimodality and efficiency of the network;

safe and secure infrastructure, including safe and secure parking on the road Core Network.

single European sky — SESAR;

river information services;

intelligent transport services for road;

vessel traffic monitoring and information systems;

motorways of the sea;

actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the Core Network, including urban nodes;

connections to and development of multimodal logistics platforms.

railways, inland waterways and roads projects on the Core Network including connections to inland and maritime ports and airports, as well as development of ports;

projects on the Comprehensive Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports);

projects to connect the trans-European transport network with infrastructure networks of the neighbouring countries, in particular related to cross-border sections (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports).

Deployment of new technologies and innovation, other than those covered by the multiannual work programme;

freight transport services;

actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting of existing rolling stock.

telematic applications systems other than those covered by the multiannual work programme;

actions for better accessibility to transport infrastructure for disabled persons;

actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the Core Network, including urban nodes;

connections to and development of multimodal logistics platforms.

contribution to the financial instruments, as defined in Article 14 and Part III of the CEF annex;

programme support actions for innovative financial instruments.