# Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) EU Decision 2010/661 · adopted 7 July 2010 Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) ## Introductory text Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Scope of the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Broad lines of measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Third-country networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Projects of common interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 2: ROAD NETWORK ## 9 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 3: RAIL NETWORK ## 10 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 4: INLAND WATERWAY NETWORK AND INLAND PORTS ## 11 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 5: SEAPORTS ## 12 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Motorways of the Sea (MoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 6: AIRPORTS ## 14 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 7: COMBINED TRANSPORT NETWORK ## 15 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 8: SHIPPING MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK ## 16 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 9: AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK ## 17 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 10: POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION NETWORK ## 18 Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 11: COORDINATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ## 19 European Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 12: COMMON PROVISIONS ## 20 National plans and programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Committee for monitoring the guidelines and exchanging information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Priority projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Declaration of European interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Projects declared to be of European interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Delay in completion of projects declared to be of European interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Socio-economic impact and environmental impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Cross-border sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: NETWORK SCHEMES ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS ## Section 2: Road network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 3: Rail network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 4: Inland waterways network and inland ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 5: Seaports - category A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 6: Airports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division Section 7:: Combined transport network ## 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division SECTION 2: ROAD NETWORK ### Division SECTION 3: RAIL NETWORK ### Division SECTION 4: INLAND WATERWAYS NETWORK AND INLAND PORTS ### Division SECTION 5: SEAPORTS - CATEGORY A ### Division SECTION 6: AIRPORTS ### Division SECTION 7: COMBINED TRANSPORT NETWORK ## Annex II CRITERIA AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 2 ROAD NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 3 RAIL NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division SECTION 4: INLAND WATERWAYS NETWORK AND INLAND PORTS ## A Inland ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Traffic management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division SECTION 5: SEAPORTS ## 1 Common conditions for projects of common interest relating to seaports in the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Specifications for projects of common interest relating to the seaport network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division SECTION 6: AIRPORTS ## I Eligibility criteria for airports of common interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II Specifications for projects of common interest related to the airport network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 7 COMBINED TRANSPORT NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 8 SHIPPING INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 9 AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## SECTION 10 POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: PRIORITY PROJECTS ON WHICH WORK IS DUE TO START BEFORE 2010 ## 1 Railway axis Berlin-Verona/Milan-Bologna-Naples-Messina-Palermo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 High-speed railway axis Paris-Brussels-Cologne-Amsterdam-London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 High-speed railway axis of south-west Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 High-speed railway axis east . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 5: Betuwe line (2007) ## 6 Lyon-Trieste-Divača/Koper-Divača-Ljubljana-Budapest-Ukrainian border rail link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Motorway axis Igoumenitsa/Patra-Athens-Sofia-Budapest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Multimodal axis Portugal/Spain-rest of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 9: Railway axis Cork-Dublin-Belfast-Stranraer (2001) ### Division 10: Malpensa (completed 2001) ### Division 11: Öresund fixed link (completed 2000) ## 12 Nordic triangle railway/road axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 13: UK/Ireland/Benelux road axis (2010) ### Division 14: West coast main line (2007) ### Division 15: Galileo (2008) ## 16 Freight railway axis Sines/Algeciras-Madrid-Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Vienna-Bratislava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube inland waterway axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 High-speed rail interoperability on the Iberian peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Fehmarn Belt railway axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Motorways of the Sea (MoS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Athens-Sofia-Budapest-Vienna-Prague-Nuremberg/Dresden rail link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Railway axis Gdańsk-Warsaw-Brno/Bratislava-Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerp rail link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Motorway axis Gdańsk-Brno/Bratislava-Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Railway/road axis Ireland/United Kingdom/continental Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 ‘Rail Baltica’ axis Warsaw-Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 ‘Eurocaprail’ on the Brussels-Luxembourg-Strasbourg railway axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Inland waterway Seine-Scheldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/661 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-661 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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