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Introductionto the TEN-T Executive Agency

Ioannis Giogkarakis ArgyropoulosHead of Unit - Road and Rail Transport

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TEN-T Executive Agency

• Mission, organisation, mandate and tasks

• Overview of the project lifecycle• Rail projects: some statistics• The FERRMED project

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Our Mission

• Provide an efficient, effective, and overall excellent service in managing the implementation of the European Commission's TEN-T programme

• Operational Units: Provide added-value in the management of the TEN-T projects, in cooperation with all stakeholders, thereby contributing to the development & promotion of the European Transport Network

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TEN-T EA Organigramme

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TEN-T EA mandateResponsible for managing the technical and

financial implementation of the European Commission's TEN-T programme (*)

• Assisting DG TREN in the selection of projects and preparation of funding decisions

• Managing the financial implementation of individual projects: allocation of funds and payments to beneficiaries

• Following up all individual projects: examination of implementation plans, progress reports, site visits...

• Providing information/support to project promoters, Member States and the Commission

(*) Mandate until 31 December 2015 (2008/593/EC approved on 11 July 2008)

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Tasks of DG TREN / TEN-T EA

DG TRENdefines the policy

• Makes political decisions regarding the programme

• Defines strategy, objectives and priority areas of action

• Supervises the Agency

TEN-T EAturns policy into action

• Implements the TEN-T programme on behalf of the EC and under its responsibility

• Efficiently manages entire project lifecycle

• Communicates and interacts with beneficiaries

• Provides key feedback to the EC

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Project lifecycle: who does whatDG TREN• Sets the policy • Prepares the TEN-T Work

Programme (with input from the Agency)

• Decides on the final projects’selection and provision of financing

• Adopts the final Funding decisions

TEN-T EA• Organises the Calls for

proposals• Prepares the draft Funding

proposal

• Negotiates with the beneficiaries & preparesfunding decision for each project

• Follows up the technical and financial implementation of the projects

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Some statistics

Share of current TEN-T contribution by

type of project

Works

(96 projects)

53,4%

Studies

(83 projects)

19,1%

Studies+works

(19 projects)

27,5%

€1,701.9 million

€1,178.6 million

€3,303.7 million

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Some statistics

Total current TEN-T contribution (M €)

per transport mode378,0

190,0

598,1

353,9

35,5

321,2

4307,6

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000Air (15)

Galileo (1)

Inland

waterw

ays

(18)

Interm

odal

(9)

Maritime

(12)

Rail (113)

Road (30)

( ) = number of projects

M €

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Some statisticsShare of current TEN-T contribution by

transport mode

Intermodal (9)

5,7% Maritime (12)

0,6%

Rail (113)

69,7%

Road (30)

5,2%

Air (15)

6,1%Galileo (1)

3,1%

Inland

waterways

(18)

9,7%

( ) = number of projects

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TENT-AGENCY@ec.europa.euhttp://tentea.ec.europa.eu

Thank you for your attention

I am looking forward to hearing about the outcome of the FERRMED study