Decision No 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

ANNEX II U.K.

Annex III of Decision No 1692/96/EC shall be replaced by the following:

“"ANNEX III PRIORITY PROJECTS ON WHICH WORK IS DUE TO START BEFORE 2010

1. Railway axis Berlin-Verona/Milano-Bologna-Napoli-Messina-Palermo U.K.

• Halle/Leipzig-Nürnberg (2015);

• Nürnberg-München (2006);

• München-Kufstein (2015);

• Kufstein-Innsbruck (2009);

• Brenner tunnel (2015), cross-border section;

• Verona-Napoli (2007);

• Milano-Bologna (2006);

• Rail/road bridge over the Strait of Messina-Palermo (2015).

2. High-speed railway axis Paris-Bruxelles/Brussel-Köln-Amsterdam-London U.K.

• Channel tunnel-London (2007);

• Bruxelles/Brussel-Liege-Köln (2007);

• Bruxelles/Brussel-Rotterdam-Amsterdam (2007)(1)

3. High-speed railway axis of south-west Europe U.K.

• Lisboa/Porto-Madrid (2011)(2);

• Madrid-Barcelona (2005);

• Barcelona-Figueras-Perpignan (2008);

• Perpignan-Montpellier (2015);

• Montpellier-Nîmes (2010);

• Madrid-Vitoria-Irún/Hendaye (2010);

• Irún/Hendaye-Dax, cross-border section (2010);

• Dax-Bordeaux (2020);

• Bordeaux-Tours (2015).

4. High-speed railway axis east U.K.

• Paris-Baudrecourt (2007);

• Metz-Luxembourg (2007);

• Saarbrücken-Mannheim (2007).

5. Betuwe line (2007). U.K.

6. Railway axis Lyon-Trieste-Divača/Koper-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian border(3) U.K.

• Lyon-St Jean de Maurienne (2015);

• Mont-Cenis tunnel (2015-2017), cross-border section;

• Bussoleno-Torino (2011);

• Torino-Venezia (2010);

• Venezia-Ronchi Sud-Trieste Divača (2015);

• Koper-Divača-Ljubljana (2015)

• Ljubljana-Budapest (2015).

7. Motorway axis Igoumenitsa/Patra-Athina-Sofia-Budapest U.K.

• Via Egnatia (2006);

• Pathe (2008);

• Sofia-Kulata-Greek/Bulgarian border motorway (2010), with Promahon-Kulata as cross-border section;

• Nadlac-Sibiu motorway (branch towards Bucuresti and Constanţa) (2007).

8. Multimodal axis Portugal/Spain-rest of Europe(4) U.K.

• Railway La Coruña-Lisboa-Sines (2010);

• Railway Lisboa-Valladolid (2010);

• Railway Lisboa-Faro (2004);

• Lisboa-Valladolid motorway (2010);

• La Coruña-Lisboa motorway (2003);

• Sevilla-Lisboa motorway (completed 2001 );

• New Lisboa airport (2015).

9. Railway axis Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Stranraer(5) (2001) U.K.

10. Malpensa (completed 2001)(6) U.K.

11. Öresund fixed link (completed 2000)(7) U.K.

12. Nordic triangle railway/road axis U.K.

• Road and railway projects in Sweden(8) (2010);

• Helsinki-Turku motorway (2010);

• Railway Kerava-Lahti (2006);

• Helsinki-Vaalimaa motorway (2015);

• Railway Helsinki-Vainikkala (Russian border) (2014).

13. UK/Ireland/Benelux road axis (2010) U.K.

14. West coast main line (2007) U.K.

15. Galileo (2008) U.K.

16. Freight railway axis Sines-Madrid-Paris U.K.

• New high-capacity rail axis across the Pyrenees;

• Railway Sines-Badajoz (2010).

• Railway line Algeciras-Bobadilla (2010)

17. Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava U.K.

• Baudrecourt-Strasbourg-Stuttgart (2015) with the Kehl bridge as cross-border section;

• Stuttgart-Ulm (2012);

• München-Salzburg (2015), cross-border section;

• Salzburg-Wien (2012);

• Wien-Bratislava (2010), cross-border section.

18. Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube inland waterway axis(9) U.K.

• Rhine-Meuse (2019) with the lock of Lanaye as cross-border section;

• Vilshofen-Straubing (2013);

• Wien-Bratislava (2015) cross-border section;

• Palkovicovo-Mohács (2014);

• Bottlenecks in Romania and Bulgaria (2011).

19. High-speed rail interoperability on the Iberian peninsula U.K.

• Madrid-Andalucía (2010);

• North-east (2010);

• Madrid-Levante and Mediterranean (2010);

• North/North-west corridor, including Vigo-Porto (2010);

• Extremadura (2010).

20. Fehmarn Belt railway axis U.K.

• Fehmarn Belt fixed rail/road link (2014);

• Railway for access in Denmark from Öresund (2015);

• Railway for access in Germany from Hamburg (2015);

• Railway Hannover-Hamburg/Bremen (2015).

21. Motorways of the sea U.K.

Projects of common interest identified in accordance with Article 12a and concerning the following motorways of the sea:

• Motorway of the Baltic Sea (linking the Baltic Sea Member States with Member States in Central and Western Europe, including the route through the North Sea/Baltic Sea Canal (Kiel Canal) (2010));

• Motorway of the sea of western Europe (leading from Portugal and Spain via the Atlantic Arc to the North Sea and the Irish Sea) (2010);

• Motorway of the sea of south-east Europe (connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean to include Cyprus) (2010);

• Motorway of the sea of south-west Europe (western Mediterranean), connecting Spain, France, Italy and including Malta, and linking with the motorway of the sea of south-east Europe(10) (2010).

22. Railway axis Athina-Sofia-Budapest-Wien-Praha-Nürnberg/Dresden(11) U.K.

• Railway Greek/Bulgarian border-Kulata-Sofia-Vidin/Calafat (2015);

• Railway Curtici-Brasov (towards Bucuresti and Constanta) (2010);

• Railway Budapest-Wien (2010), cross-border section;

• Railway Břeclav-Praha-Nürnberg (2010), with Nürnberg-Praha as cross-border section.

• Railway axis Praha-Linz (2016).

23. Railway axis Gdansk-Warszawa-Brno/Bratislava-Wien(12) U.K.

• Railway Gdansk-Warszawa-Katowice (2015);

• Railway Katowice-Břeclav (2010);

• Railway Katowice-Zilina-Nove Mesto n.V. (2010).

24. Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen U.K.

• Lyon-Mulhouse-Mülheim(13), with Mulhouse-Mülheim as cross-border section (2018);

• Genova-Milano/Novara-Swiss border (2013);

• Basel-Karlsruhe (2015);

• Frankfurt-Mannheim (2012);

• Duisburg-Emmerich (2009)(14);

• "Iron Rhine" Rheidt-Antwerpen, cross-border section (2010).

25. Motorway axis Gdansk-Brno/Bratislava-Wien(15) U.K.

• Gdansk-Katowice motorway (2010);

• Katowice-Brno/Zilina motorway (2010), cross-border section;

• Brno-Wien motorway (2009), cross-border section.

26. Railway/road axis Ireland/United Kingdom/continental Europe U.K.

• Road/railway axis linking Dublin with the North (Belfast-Larne) and South (Cork) (2010)(16);

• Road/railway axis Hull-Liverpool (2015);

• Railway Felixstowe-Nuneaton (2011);

• Railway Crewe-Holyhead (2008).

27. "Rail Baltica" axis Warsaw-Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki U.K.

• Warsaw-Kaunas (2010);

• Kaunas-Riga (2014);

• Riga-Tallinn (2016).

28. "Eurocaprail" on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway axis U.K.

• Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg (2012).

29. Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor U.K.

• Kozani-Kalambaka-Igoumenitsa (2012);

• Ioannina-Antirrio-Rio-Kalamata (2014).

30. Inland waterway Seine-Scheldt. U.K.

• Navigability improvements Deulemont-Gent (2012-2014-2016);

• Compiègne-Cambrai (2012-2014-2016).

The date, agreed in advance, for completing the work is shown in brackets. The dates for completing the work for projects 1 to 20 and 30 and the details of the sections are as indicated in the High-Level Group's report where these have actually been identified.".”

(1)

Including the two high-speed train stations in Rotterdam and Amsterdam which were not included in the project endorsed by the Essen European Council in 1994.

(2)

Including links Lisboa-Porto (2013), Lisboa-Madrid (2010) and Aveiro-Salamanca (2015).

(3)

Parts of this route correspond to pan-European corridor V.

(4)

Including upgrade of ports and airports (2015) as in accordance with the contents endorsed by the Essen/Dublin European Council.

(5)

A further increase in capacity on this line was decided in 2003 and added as a separate project.

(6)

Project completed.

(7)

Project completed.

(8)

A few short sections of road and railway line will be completed between 2010 and 2015.

(9)

Part of this route corresponds to the definition of pan-European corridor VII.

(10)

Including to the Black Sea.

(11)

This major route largely corresponds to the definition of pan-European corridor IV.

(12)

This major route largely corresponds to the definition of pan-European corridor VI.

(13)

Including the TGV Rhin-Rhône, minus the western branch.

(14)

Project No 5 (Betuwe line) links Rotterdam and Emmerich.

(15)

This major route largely corresponds to the definition of pan-European corridor VI.

(16)

Including Essen project No 13: road axis Ireland/United Kingdom/Benelux.