EU funds for roads - CEDR

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Page 24 / 80 1.2 EU funds for roads The most common funding sources for the implementation of road projects in EU member states are illustrated in the figure below. Similar funding structures are also used in non-EU countries: Funds for road projects Public funds Private funds Own (taxes, etc) EIB National funds Europ. Council Fund Loans Other (commercial banks) EU funds Structural Funds Cohesion Fund ERDF ESF EAF Fish.Fund EIB Loans Own (equity) Other (commercial banks) } Other EC Budget Lines Fig. 10: The most common sources of funding for road projects in EU member states 1.2.1 Which EU funds finance road projects? The eligibility rules pertaining to each EU fund have differences that affect the eligibility of the various types of road projects. EU funds for roads
Page 25 / 80 EU funds financing road projects in the EU member states o o European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) finances all kinds of road projects, except those for routine maintenance (namely new construction, upgrading/rehabilitation, design studies, external project management, safety enhancement projects, concessions etc.), for any type of road (motorway, expressway, other paved, non-paved etc.) either belonging to the TERN or not. Readers are reminded that the ERDF operates in all EU regions. There are three different kinds of regions: - ‘Objective 1 regions’, which have a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) below 75% of the EU average GDP); - ‘Objective 2 regions’, i.e. all regions that do not fall under Objective 1; or - ‘Objective 3 regions’, i.e. regions that are situated along internal land borders, certain external land borders, and certain maritime borders. - Cohesion Fund (CF) Like the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund (CF) finances all kinds of road projects for any type of road, as long as it belongs to the TERN (in certain cases, financing may be provided to TERN feeder-roads). Readers are reminded that the CF operates only in countries/regions with a Gross National Income (GNI) below 90% of the average GNI of the EU (27). 25 o TEN-T Fund Like the CF, the Trans-European Transport networks’ Fund ( TEN-T Fund) 26 finances all kinds of road projects, for any type of road, as long as it belongs to the TERN. Readers are reminded that the TEN-T Fund operates with no (geographical or other) restrictions in all MS and that the focus of the TET-T Fund is mainly on TEN-T ‘priority projects’. 25 The ERDF has a long history of financing road projects in EU MS: it started almost immediately after its creation (note: legally the ERDF was set up with Art. 160 of the EU Treaty), financing decisions included in specific yearly regulations. Since 1989, funds from the ERDF have been provided in a more organised way, namely under Operational Programmes included in a Community Support Framework (i.e. in a multi-annual development programme, comprising interventions in almost all sectors of the national economy) or under a Single Programming Document (SPD). In summary, since 1989 there has been the CSF/SPD I (1989–1993), the CSF/SPD II (1994–1999), the CSF/SPD III (2000–2006), and, since 1 January 2007, the next Programming Period 2007–2013 (which is no longer called CSF/SPD, but National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF). 26 A few years ago ‘Line B5.700’ of the EU Budget was used for the financing of the TEN-T (through yearly engagements). EU funds for roads
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