128 May 2014CER The Voice of European Railways SEE rail infrastructure investment – the prerequisite for sustainable economic growth 28 May 2014, Zagreb

128 May 2014 CER

The Voice of European Railways

SEE rail infrastructure investment – the prerequisite for sustainable economic growth

28 May 2014, Zagreb

Dr. Libor LochmanCER Executive Director

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CER membership’s diversity and interlocutors

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Weighing the CER membership

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Rail (low) congestion,(high) demand forecasts, and(negative) market developments

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EC forecast in 2025 for freight East-West transport

The traffic will be ever more intense on the routes that come from Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt. Maritime traffic seems to be the main competitor for the infrastructures of Greece and the Balkans (in particular the Adriatic-Ionian transport area).

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Opportunities are present:Low saturation of lines

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However:Strong need of rail for regional integration!

— Rail is vital for ensuring proper regional integration and trigger the potential for regional traffic. This is true for both passenger and freight

— Most of the SEE area is a potentially single job market: commuter traffic can and will grow E.g. Ljubljana-Zagreb link to be revitalized! The could work for Zagreb-Osijek/Vinkovci/Split axes! And there are plans already for Belgrade-Budapest

— Coordination of national economies and the interplay of the comparative advantages should and eventually will restructure subregional economies along a coherent value chain Sea-rail links at ports will be key for economic development! Rail links to industrial manufacturing sites will be a must!

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Current situation rather negative: Freight market development in the Western Balkans 1970 - 2011

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Passenger market development in the Western Balkans 1970 - 2011

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Huge demandfor good

East-Westlogistic

Positive railPass & Freightdevelopment

Low congested

infrastructure

What’s wrong?

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First answer:low investments in rail infrastructure

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Rail infrastructure investments and maintenance spending 1995 – 2011 (euro)

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Shares of rail vs. road investment in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia 1992-2011 (ITF data).

Road investments dominate over rail investments in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.(Percentages are calculated as ration of total rail+road infrastructure budget for investments and maintenance)

Source: ITF.

19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Croatia

railroad

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Slovenia

railroad

19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

Serbia

railroad

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Limited number of double-track lines

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Second answer:huge problems at border crossings

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Total (waiting and procedural) transit times for crossing each pair of

Road and Rail BCPs (reported as average, in

both directions, in minutes, on a given list of border

crossing points)

* refers to a single BCP – not a pair

Time spent at BCPs(ACROSSEE data 2014)

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Solutions?

EU funding instruments:Regional funds and CEF

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Focus: Availability of regional funds in Croatia

Croatia will be entirely tagged as less developed region by the new regulations. This opens the possibility for large and more flexible funding.

Data in Billion-euro from ec.europa.eu

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At least 50 % of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to subset of thematic objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4

One of the rail-friendly objective is then among the ERDF spending priorities: “(4) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by: […] (e) promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures;”. It must be stressed that the concept of “urban areas” covers the cities’ functional areas, so that in some cases it may be stretched to cover commuters’ traffic under PSO.

The most rail-friendly objective is however n°7: “(7) promoting sustainable transport […] by […] supporting […] the TEN-T; […] by connecting secondary and tertiary nodes to TEN-T infrastructure […] in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility; developing and rehabilitating comprehensive, high quality and interoperable railway systems, and promoting noise-reduction measures; […];”

ERDF spending in Croatia

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Focus: Availability of regional funds in Slovenia

Slovenia will include a less developed region and a more developed region, which will be subject to different spending flexibilities.

Data in Billion-euro from ec.europa.eu

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In more developed regions, at least 80 % (instead of 50% for less developed regions!) of the total ERDF resources at national level shall be allocated to subset of thematic objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4. This constrains a lot more the spending flexibility for each public authority.

The rest of the ERDF can be spent as for HR also on objective number 7, which is the one of most interest for rail transport.

ERDF spending in Slovenia

All Member States have submitted all their Partnership Agreements before the 22 April 2014, and will submit before the autumn all Operational Programs: the time to lobby your governments is NOW!

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SEE is crossed by TEN-T corridors – of both the core and comprehensive network

Mediterranean Corridor (Ravenna/Trieste/Koper - Ljubljana – Budapest)

Rhine-Danube Corridor (Budapest – Vukovar)

Baltic-Adriatic Corridor(Graz – Maribor –Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste)

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Actions implementing the core network in accordance with Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, including the deployment of new technologies and innovation in accordance with Article 33 of that Regulation, and projects and horizontal priorities identified in Part I of Annex I to this Regulation;

Actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the core network, including urban nodes, as defined in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;

What can be financed through CEF if on the core network

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Actions implementing the comprehensive network in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation 1315/2013 (“The comprehensive network”), when such actions contribute to

bridging missing links, facilitating cross-border traffic flows or removing bottlenecks

and when those actions also contribute to the development of the

core network or interconnect core network corridors Studies for cross-border priority projects as defined in Annex III to

Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2)

Actions supporting ERTMS Actions supporting sustainable freight transport services Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting

existing rolling stock Actions implementing safe and secure infrastructure

What can be financed through CEF on the core and comprehensive network

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Conclusions and recommendations

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Strong transport sector for strong economies

Between 1995 and 2011 transport (of freight in particular) and EU27 GDP grew almost in parallel

Strong economies need strong logistic chains as much as strong logistic chains need strong economies

Rail transport is key for this growth to be safe, environmentally sustainable and creating no additional congestion

Source: EU Transport in figures 2013

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Problems seem to regard more the quality of the network rather than its extension

Problems seem to regard more issues of administrative nature and allocating the funds

There is huge margin for improvement in regional coordination on infrastructure development & maintenance, as well as in streamlining administrative procedure

Regional coordination is urgent and possible both on the infrastructure management side, and on the operations side The idea of a Rail Freight Corridor on Corridor X is

supported The idea of a One-Stop-Shop as well as joint

operations for rail freight logistic is good and compatible with EU competition law

South East Europe: need for “regional” thinking

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Railway system: each party must deliver!

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All three key elements of the sustainable rail development must always be promoted!

Infrastructure

Intermodal level playing field

Intramodal competition

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Thank you for your attention!

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Dr. Libor LochmanCER Executive Director Tel: +32 2 213 08 71Email: [email protected]

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128 May 2014CER The Voice of European Railways SEE rail infrastructure investment – the prerequisite for sustainable economic growth 28 May 2014, Zagreb