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TEN-T Review Jerker Sjögren The Bothnian Corridor Workshop Helsinki 5 October 2010

TEN-T Review Jerker Sjögren The Bothnian Corridor Workshop Helsinki 5 October 2010. TEN-T Review – a Swedish/Nordic-Baltic perspective. Background Timetable and process Swedish position Common BSR position Nextcoming activities autumn 2010 and spring 2011. TEN- T Policy Review.

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TEN-T Review Jerker Sjögren The Bothnian Corridor Workshop Helsinki 5 October 2010

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  1. TEN-T Review Jerker Sjögren The Bothnian Corridor Workshop Helsinki 5 October 2010

  2. TEN-T Review – a Swedish/Nordic-Baltic perspective Background Timetable and process Swedish position Common BSR position Nextcoming activities autumn 2010 and spring 2011

  3. TEN- T Policy Review Green Paper 04.02.2009 Public consultation 30.04.2009 Expert working groups 1st half 2010 Commission Working Document 04.05.2010 TEN-T Days Zaragoza: 08/09.06.2010 Public consultation Closded 15 September (White Paper on Future of Transport) TEN-T Guidelines (Commission Proposal) : 1st half of 2011 Adoption by European Parliament and Council: expected 2012

  4. The “Spirit of Zaragoza” (Main results of the inter-institutional session) A consensus has been found on the needs to: develop a European infrastructure policy,serving transport policy needsas basis of emerging European transport system move from a patchwork of partly completed national sectionsto a truly connected interoperable, sustainable, user-friendly, safe TEN-T Core Network,enhancing European added value focus on cross-border sections Reconcile competitiveness and territorial cohesion,both between old and new MS and between centre and periphery Include effective connections to third countriesand the rest of the world

  5. TEN-T consultation – Swedish contribution Link to Europe 2020 Differences between freight and passengers Not only big cities; economic/industrial clusters of importance (Haparanda/Torneå) Soft infrastructures; ITS Green Corridors EU-coordinator for BSR

  6. Common position for BSR Background: NB8 non papers NB8 meeting in Trakai 22-23 September 2010 Core TEN-T network of the Baltic Sea Region TEN-T policy vs EU Baltic Sea Strategy NB8 + PL + DE

  7. Timing of further steps September 2010 – January 2011 Planning of the comprehensive network October 2010 – January 2011 Planning of the core network October 2010 – January 2011 Drafting of TEN-T Legislative Proposal October 2010 – March 2011 Impact Assessment April 2011 Legislative Proposal (covering planning and impementation parts) ready for adoption

  8. TEN-T Guidelines’ proposal New Guidelines proposal, with planning and implementation parts Legal questions, to be further clarified as contents evolve: - Legal form (Decision or Regulation) - Delegation of powers - Links between TEN-T and transport policy - Infrastructure standards / capacity and quality features - Scope of projects of common interest Some new challenges: - Specify rules and responsibilities at different levels for planning and implementation - Find the right balance between rigour and flexibility - Stimulate different kinds of projects of common interest in the most effective way

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