UN-ECE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics

1. UN-ECE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics Geneva, 2006-09-15 CORRIDORS AND AXES TOWARDS SOUTH-EAST DI. Dr. Helmut AdelsbergerFederal Ministry of Transport, Innovation und Technology, Vienna, Austria,Chairman of Pan-European Corridor IV

2. CONTENTS - TEN und Pan-European Corridors - Pan-European Corridors IV, VII and X - Pan-European Corridor IV, TEN-T Priority Projects nos. 7 and 22 - „Southeast Axis“ Austrian proposal and recommendation of HLG II - Proposal for administration of major transnational axes

3. TEN AND PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS (1) LEGAL BASE OF TEN:- Decision 1692/96/EC (1996) Annex III: 14 priority projects (Essen 1994)- Decision 884/2004/EC (Revision 2004) Annex III: 30 priority projects (van Miert 2004) LEGAL BASE OF PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS:- 2nd Pan-European conference of ministers of transport 1994 (Crete): Corridors I – IX; (Corridor IV = „Bypass of former Yugoslavia“)- 3rd Pan-European conference of ministers of transport1997 (Helsinki): Corridor X TINA („Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment“; 1996 - 1999):- for preparation of EU enlargement 2004 – 2007: Network condensation in addition to Pan-European Corridors („backbone network“) => TEN of new member states

4. TEN AND PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS (2) HIGH LEVEL GROUP I („van Miert“):- Definition of priorities in implementation of TEN (within EU): Basis for Annex III: 30 priority axes (axes and projects, „Motorways of the Sea“, „Galileo“) incl. TEN-T priority axes no.7 und no.22 (Corridor IV); - „Horizontal Issues“. HIGH LEVEL GROUP II („de Palacio“):- Part of EU-neighbourship policy („Wider Europe“);- Definition of „main transport axes“ beyond EU-external borders: - northern axis (Baltic Sea => Russia); - central axis (Central Europe => Ukraine); - southeastern axis (Central Europe => Balkans, Caucasus, Near East); - southwestern axis: (Western Europe => Maghreb) - extension of „Motorways of the Sea“;- „Horizontal Issues“.

5. PAN-EUROPEAN CORRIDORS IV, VII AND X Corr. IV: Dresden/Nürnberg – Prag – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Constanta – Sofia – Istanbul/Thessaloniki;Corr. VII: Danube (inland waterway);Corr. X: Salzburg – Ljubljana/Graz – Zagreb/Budapest – Belgrad – Nis – Sofia/Skopje – Thessaloniki/Florina. Corridors IV, VII und X complementing each other:- spatially,- modally,- functionally. Therefore:Co-operation!- MoU,- Common position of Chairs,- common meetings

6. PANEUROPEAN CORRIDOR IV Definition 1994 (Crete): War in former Yugoslavia:- Bypass of former Yugoslavia,- no „natural“ Corridor (at its whole length),- but: important sections, e.g.: - (Berlin –) Dresden – Prague – Vienna/Bratislava – Budapest, - Vienna – Bratislava, - Budapest – Arad – Bucharest – Constanta, - Sofia – Istanbul (– Near East) (= Continuation of Corridor X)- very incoherent charcteristics concerning Capacity and quality- Missing Link: Calafat – Vidin (RO – BG) Longest Corridor in direction northwest – southeast- rail: 4340 km, road: 3640 km Corridor IV crossing through 9 countries:- „old“ EU-member states: Germany, Austria, Greece- „new“ EU-member states: Chech Rep., Slovakia, Hungary- future EU-member states: Romania, Bulgaria (2007), Turkey (?)

7. PRIORITY TEN-AXES NO. 7 AND NO. 22 Road Rail No. 7 No. 22

8. TEN-T PRIORITY AXIS NO. 22 – CORRIDOR IV TEN AXIS NO. 22 PRIORITY SECTION ATHEN

9. SITUATION OF CORRIDOR IV IN ROMANIA - Motorway Oradea – Brasov – Bukarest, - "Shortcut" Turnu Severin - Calafat

10. INVESTMENT NEEDS FOR CORRIDOR IV (2005)

11. HLG II: AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHEAST AXIS (1) Corridor IV Corridor VII (Danube) Corridor X MoS – Motorway of the sea – multimodal node NÜRNBERG MoS MoS

12. HLG II: AUSTRIAN PROPOSAL FOR SOUTHEAST AXIS (2) Corridors VI, VII and X (plus V, VIII and IX):- Spatial integration => economic, social and political integration („One quarter“ of Europe needs more than one corridor!) „Western Balkans“ is a region- relatively small (hundreds, not thousands of km),- surrounded by EU member states (present or near future),- with a transport network relevant for intra-EU transport. Corridors IV, VII and X converge into „Southeast Axis“:- Corridors IV + VII to be continued from Constanta by „MoS“ to Black Sea and Caucasian countries;- Corridor IV to be continued from Istanbul to rest of Turkey, Near East and Caucasian countries, with connection to TRACECA;- Corridor IV and X to be continued from Thessaloniki by „MoS“ to Near East, Northern Africa, Suez Canal. „Convergence to be understood both- in geographical-spatial and- in operational-administrative sense.

13. TEN-T priority projects Road Railway Inland Waterway Motorway of the sea TEN-T network TEN-T Road TEN-T Railway TEN-T Inland waterway Major multimodal axes: Trans-national axis Trans-national axis in the longer term Inland waterway axis Inland waterway axis in the longer term Motorway of the sea MAJOR TRANS-NATIONAL AXES (HLG I + II)

14. MAJOR TRANS-NATIONAL AXES: ADMINISTRATION (AS PROPOSED BY MOST OF CORRIDORS) EC HLG * * SCC Axis SCSW Axis SCMoS SCN Axis SCSE Axis TS TS TS TS TS * EC – European Commission HLG – High Level Group N Axis – Northern Axis C Axis – Central Axis SE Axis – South-East Axis SW Axis – South-West Axis MoS –Motorways of the Sea TS – Technical Secretariat Chair Chair Regional Subgroup Regional Subgroup

15. THANK YOUFOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION! Helmut Adelsberger Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna, Austria helmut.adelsberger@bmvit.gv.at