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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 7 – point b: (b) monitor administrative, operational and interoperability aspects of passenger traffic on the rail passenger lines of the European Transport Corridors, including monitoring the accessibility and performance of rail passenger services, identifying shortcoming and constraints with a particular focus on the cross-border dimension;

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 7 – point b a (new): (b a) identify investment needs for the inland waterways, as well as road sections of the European Transport Corridors;

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 7 – point b b (new): (b b) identify dual use mobility needs;

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 7 – point b c (new): (b c) analyse the cross-border mobility needs in Union cross-border regions and encourage Member States on the sections concerned, in cooperation with the relevant regional and local authorities, to jointly establish cross-border mobility plans with targeted measures in order to increase cross border connections and the network connectivity index.

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 8: 8. Pursuant to Article 14(4) of Regulation (EU) No 2021/1153, the Commission shall request the opinion of the European Coordinator when examining applications for Union funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for European Transport Corridors or horizontal priorities in the remit of the European Coordinator’s mandate, in order to ensure the consistency and advancement of each corridor or horizontal priority,while taking into account the increase of network connectivity indexes. The European Coordinator shall verify whether projects proposed by the Member States, or by neighbouring countries where applicable, for CEF co-funding are consistent with the priorities of the work plan.

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new): When applications for Union funding under the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) for European Transport Corridors or horizontal priorities in the remit of the European Coordinator’s mandate are submitted, the relevant European Coordinator shall assess those applications against their consistency with and the advancement of each European transport corridor or horizontal priority, while taking into account the increase of network connectivity indexes. The European Coordinator shall forward their assessment to the Commission.

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RemovedArticle 51 – paragraph 9: 9. If the European Coordinator is unable to carry out his or her mandate satisfactorily and in accordance with the requirements laid down in this Article, the Commission, upon consultation with the Parliament, may at any time terminate that mandate and designate a new European Coordinator in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 1.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 2: 2. The “Corridor Forum” shall be formally established and chaired by the European Coordinator. The Member States concerned shall agree on the membership of the Corridor Forum for their part of the European Transport Corridor and ensure representation of the rail freight governance, maritime ports and inland waterways representatives, as well as, when appropriate, urban nodes, the relevant regional and local authorities, and the designated authorities as defined in the Smart TEN-T Directive. Neighbouring countries shall be consulted by the Commission on the membership of the Corridor Forum for their parts of the European Transport Corridor.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: With the agreement of the Member States concerned, and after consulting the neighbouring countries concerned, the European Coordinator may set up and chair corridor working groups which focus on:

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new): (g a) ensuring consistency between the national and European plans;

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new): (g b) military mobility and dual-use infrastructure.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Representatives of the rail freight governance shall be invited to relevant forum of European Transport Corridors . Similarly, European Transport Corridors Coordinators shall be invited to attend relevant Executive meetings of the rail freight governance.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 4: 4. The consultative Forum for the horizontal priorities shall be established and chaired by the European Coordinator. The Member States concerned and where appropriate the neighbouring countries concerned and representatives of the relevant sectors, including the designated authorities as defined in the Smart TEN-T Directive , shall be able to participate. Member States shall designate a national coordinator for ERTMS to attend the consultative Forum for ERTMS. The European Coordinator may also set up ad-hoc working groups.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 6: 6. The European Coordinator shall consult regional and local authorities, the designated authorities as defined in the Smart TEN-T Directive, urban nodes, infrastructure managers, including port designated entities, rail, maritime and inland waterway operators , freight governance, the supply industry, transport users, accessibility experts and representatives of civil society in relation to the work plan and its implementation. In addition, the European Coordinator responsible for ERTMS shall closely cooperate with the European Union Agency for Railways and Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking and the European Coordinator for the European Maritime Space with the European Maritime Safety Agency.

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new): To set up a future strong and centralised EU Level ERTMS governance including governing funding, National Implementation Plans (NIP) planning, resourcing, market uptake, migration and transition, the European Coordinator for ERTMS, including national Infrastructure Managers and Railway Undertakings representatives, shall facilitate and promote such governance ensuring the timely and harmonised deployment;

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RemovedArticle 52 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6 a. The European Coordinator may cooperate with international organisations, for activities related to the European Transport Corridors which extend to neighbouring countries that are members of those international organisations.

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 1: 1. Each European Coordinator of the European Transport Corridors and the two horizontal priorities shall draw up, at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter every two years, a work plan that provides a detailed analysis of the state of implementation of the corridor or horizontal priority under his/her competence and its compliance with the requirements of this Regulation as well as the priorities for its future development.

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: The work plan shall be prepared in close cooperation with the Member States concerned and in consultation of the Corridor Forum and rail freight governance, or consultative forum of the horizontal priorities. The European Coordinator shall also involve, where appropriate, the neighbouring countries concerned and relevant international organisations in the preparation of the work plan. The work plan of the European Transport Corridors shall be approved by the Member States concerned. The neighbouring countries concerned shall be consulted on the work plan of the European Transport Corridors. The Commission shall submit the work plan to the European Parliament and the Council for information.

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) an identification of the missing links and bottlenecks hampering the development of the corridor, with particular attention to the cross-border sections;

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new): (c a) an analysis of the state of play of cross-border sections with a view of identifying challenges and proposing concrete measures to comply with the dates set out in this Regulation and the coherence of the financial programming of the Member States concerned to achieve this aim.

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 3 – point e: (e) a description of possible solutions to address the investment needs and bottlenecks, in particular for the passenger and freight lines of the corridor, in order to meet the deadlines;

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 3 – point f: (f) a plan with intermediate targets for the removal of physical, technical, digital, operational and administrative barriers between and within transport modes and for the enhancement of efficient and accessible multimodal transport with particular attention to rail and its cross-border sections and national missing links;

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 3 – point f – subparagraph 1 (new): For the analysis of the administrative barriers and the preparation of the plan, the European Coordinator shall take into account the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors, the works of the designated authorities as set in the Smart TEN-T Directive, as well as the recommendations of any relevant authorities.

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 4 – introductory part: 4. The European Coordinator shall support Member States and, where appropriate, neighbouring countries in implementing the work plan, in particular as regards:

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 4 – point a: (a) the priority setting in national planning, through the identification of implementation problems and bottlenecks, including operational and administrative issues, on each corridor or for each horizontal priority;

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RemovedArticle 53 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new): (c a) monitoring project progress trends, and signalling early to the Commission potential significant delays;

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RemovedArticle 54 – paragraph 1: 1. Based on the first work plan of the European Coordinators, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act for each work plan of the European Transport Corridors and the two horizontal priorities. This implementing act shall set out the priorities for infrastructure and investment planning and for timing in accordance with Article 6(1).

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RemovedArticle 54 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4 a. Based on the annual work plan of the European Coordinators, the Commission shall submit an annual implementation report to the European Parliament and national Parliaments detailing what measures it took in order to guarantee the completion of the network as laid out in this Regulation. / The annual implementation report shall comprise a country by country reporting for each Transport Corridor and shall: / (a) include a forecast which projects, technical and operational standards, on each Transport Corridor are in danger of missing the deadlines as set out in this Regulation; / (aa) include an analysis of the investments required in the long-term maintenance plans, as set out in Article 48, on each Transport Corridor, as well as any identified shortcoming in maintenance or the financing resources required; / (b) include an explanation why the Commission did not start infringement procedures related to projects identified in point (a); / (c) inform about ongoing infringement procedures; / (d) inform about derogations from operational and technical standards; / (e) include an assessment about the impact of granted derogations from technical and operational standards and deadlines as defined in this Regulation on neighbouring countries.

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RemovedArticle 54 a (new): Article 54 a / High-level agreements with neighbouring countries / 1. Based on the first work plan of the European Coordinators, high-level agreements may be concluded between the Union and the neighbouring countries concerned for each work plan of the European Transport Corridors and for the two horizontal priorities where relevant. / 2. The high-level agreements referred to in this Article shall set out the priorities for infrastructure and investment planning and for funding. They shall also include provisions on the communication by the neighbouring countries of regular reports on the progress achieved in implementing projects, indicating in particular the financial commitments made in the national budget plan.

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RemovedArticle 55 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall inform the Commission on a regular, comprehensive and transparent basis about the progress made in implementing projects of common interest and the investments made for that purpose, including for cross-border projects. This information shall include the yearly transmission of data through the interactive geographical and technical information system for the trans-European transport network (TENtec). It shall include technical and financial data concerning projects of common interest on the trans-European transport network as well as data on the completion of the trans-European transport network.