# Decision No 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (Text with EEA relevance), Annex II

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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
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
Channel tunnel-London (2007);
Bruxelles/Brussel-Liege-Köln (2007);
Bruxelles/Brussel-Rotterdam-Amsterdam (2007)
3.
High-speed railway axis of south-west Europe
Lisboa/Porto-Madrid (2011);
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
Paris-Baudrecourt (2007);
Metz-Luxembourg (2007);
Saarbrücken-Mannheim (2007).
5.
Betuwe line (2007).
6.
Railway axis Lyon-Trieste-Divača/Koper-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian border
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
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
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 (2001)
10.
Malpensa (completed 2001)
11.
Öresund fixed link (completed 2000)
12.
Nordic triangle railway/road axis
Road and railway projects in Sweden (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)
14.
West coast main line (2007)
15.
Galileo (2008)
16.
Freight railway axis Sines-Madrid-Paris
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
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
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
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
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
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 (2010).
22.
Railway axis Athina-Sofia-Budapest-Wien-Praha-Nürnberg/Dresden
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
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
Lyon-Mulhouse-Mülheim, with Mulhouse-Mülheim as cross-border section (2018);
Genova-Milano/Novara-Swiss border (2013);
Basel-Karlsruhe (2015);
Frankfurt-Mannheim (2012);
Duisburg-Emmerich (2009);
"Iron Rhine" Rheidt-Antwerpen, cross-border section (2010).
25.
Motorway axis Gdansk-Brno/Bratislava-Wien
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
Road/railway axis linking Dublin with the North (Belfast-Larne) and South (Cork) (2010);
Road/railway axis Hull-Liverpool (2015);
Railway Felixstowe-Nuneaton (2011);
Railway Crewe-Holyhead (2008).
27.
"Rail Baltica" axis Warsaw-Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki
Warsaw-Kaunas (2010);
Kaunas-Riga (2014);
Riga-Tallinn (2016).
28.
"Eurocaprail" on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway axis
Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg (2012).
29.
Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor
Kozani-Kalambaka-Igoumenitsa (2012);
Ioannina-Antirrio-Rio-Kalamata (2014).
30.
Inland waterway Seine-Scheldt.
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.".

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/884/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-884/annex-II
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