Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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Article 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 3 – subparagraph 3 a (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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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Article 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 54 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. 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; / (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 55 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The Commission shall introduce a network connectivity index with the aim of categorising the level of integration achieved through the use of services on each transport network and showing their potential. This network connectivity index shall be composed of connectivity indexes for the main transport modes. Those connectivity indexes shall identify the consistency, the quality, the diversity of the offer as well as the intermodal options. / The Commission shall ensure that the network connectivity index is regularly updated according to the implementation of projects on the TEN-T. / The index shall be used as an indicator to channel Union funds where connectivity is lacking.

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

RemovedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) exclude maritime ports and airports from the comprehensive network, if it is demonstrated that the average of their traffic volume over the last six years is below 85% of the relevant threshold, except for ports which provide the sole point of access to a NUTS 3 region in the comprehensive network;

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RemovedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) include urban nodes in the trans-European transport network, if it is demonstrated that the number of inhabitants in the functional urban area exceeds 100,000 and with the approval of the Member State concerned;

AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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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AddedArticle 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.

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AddedArticle 55 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3 a. The Commission shall introduce a network connectivity index with the aim of categorising the level of integration achieved through the use of services on each transport network and showing their potential. This network connectivity index shall be composed of connectivity indexes for the main transport modes. Those connectivity indexes shall identify the consistency, the quality, the diversity of the offer as well as the intermodal options. / The Commission shall ensure that the network connectivity index is regularly updated according to the implementation of projects on the TEN-T. / The index may be used as an indicator to channel Union funds where connectivity is lacking.

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AddedArticle 55 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3 b. With respect to the European Transport Corridors, the Commission shall carry out and periodically update a transport market study relating to the observed and expected changes in the traffic on the corridor, covering the different types of traffic, both regarding the transport of freight and the transport of passengers and measures to increase the predictability of implementation and facilitation that the relevant deadlines are met. In carrying out and updating that study, the Commission shall involve the coordinator of the relevant European Transport Corridor and the management board of the relevant rail freight corridor.

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: Subject to the second paragraph of Article 172 TFEU, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 60 to amend Annexes I and II, notably to take account of possible changes resulting from the quantitative thresholds laid down in Articles 20, 24 and 32. When adapting those Annexes, the Commission:

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) shall include inland ports, maritime ports and airports in the comprehensive network, if it is demonstrated that the latest three-year average of their traffic volume exceeds the relevant threshold;

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) shall exclude maritime ports and airports from the comprehensive network, if it is demonstrated that the average of their traffic volume over the last six years is below 85% of the relevant threshold, except for ports which provide the sole point of access to a NUTS 3 region in the comprehensive network, or unless it is demonstrated by the respective Member State with sufficient evidence that this node is of high European added value and geostrategic relevance for the European internal market and the Union’s defense;

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new): (b a) may include maritime ports in the comprehensive or core network, at the request of the Member State concerned, where it is demonstrated that the maritime port has acquired further European added value due to its geostrategic importance for the Union and provided that the requirements of Article 25 are complied with;

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) shall include urban nodes in the trans-European transport network, if it is demonstrated that the number of inhabitants in the functional urban area exceeds 100,000 and with the approval of the Member State concerned;

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new): (c a) may include urban nodes in the list of Annex II, at the request of the Member State concerned, if the urban node is located alongside an European Transport Corridor and provided that the requirements of Article 40 are complied with;

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AddedArticle 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new): (c b) may exclude urban nodes in the list of Annex II, at the request of the Member State concerned and with the approval of urban node concerned, if it is demonstrated the number of inhabitants in the functional urban area is below 100,000;