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egulation, using the decision making procedure of this legislative act once it isadopted.The Dutch Minister accepts the invitation and endorses the above-mentioned decisions.CHAPTER C.3 – Axis n° 8 / ERTMS corridor F / RNE-3Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp - Aachen/Berlin – Warsaw - Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/KaunasChapter C3 is o<strong>nl</strong>y the responsibility of the Ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands,France, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania.Given :that the LOI on ERTMS corridor F Aachen-(Ruhr area)-Warsaw-Terespol wassigned on 5 November 2007;the initiative of RNE-3 corridor Rotterdam/Antwerp – Duisburg – [Ruhr Area] –Berlin – Warszawa which aims at the development of a very similar link as underthe initiative of corridor F what could lead to integration of both initiatives intoone integrated corridor organisation reinforcing the effectiveness of bothinitiatives ;the invitation by Belgium in 2008 addressed to Germany, The Netherlands andPoland to consider together the extension of corridor F to Antwerp andZeebrugge;the 2008 initiative of the Dutch and Czech governments to set up an action planfor a rail freight corridor focusing on short-term measures;that following the decision of the Netherlands and Poland of 6 November 2008 tostudy the potential of a rail freight corridor between their countries and the factthat an NL PL action plan was set up in April 2010;the Belgian initiative launched in April 2010, to perform a similar study on thepotential of rail freight corridors between Belgium and Poland and Belgium andthe Czech Republic;the bilateral agreement between Germany and Poland on border crossings due tobe signed in the course of 2010;the 2007 bilateral agreement between Lithuania and Poland on identification ofrail border crossing points, as well as projects under implementation in Lithuaniaand Poland on the Warsaw-Kaunas rail section of Rail Baltica;that all these initiatives aim to facilitate East-West rail freight flows throughoutEurope, have considerable market potential, given the integration of theEuropean economy, and will benefit from mutual cooperation;that the preparatory work covers those parts of European corridors reflected inthe proposed regulation.6
The Polish, Lithuanian, German, Dutch and Belgian Ministers decide to:1. take stock of current initiatives and build upon them;2. set up a Ministerial working group with the participation of Belgium, Germany,Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland with the aim of developing East-Westand West-East rail freight flows on their territories;3. present progress achieved in the aforementioned Ministerial working group;4. invite the Czech Republic and France as an observer in this Ministerial workinggroup;5. concentrate on measures with tangible benefits for railway undertakings at shortterm without substantial infrastructure investments;6. continue to work on ERTMS corridor F Aachen – Warsaw as well as on thereconstruction of the section Warsaw - Kaunas (Lithuania/Poland) and presentprogress in the aforementioned working group;7. establish required operational standards on the section Warsaw - Kaunas withinthe reconstruction of the Rail Baltica;8. request the Infrastructure Managers involved to report to the Ministers on theprogress achieved by 2011, to evaluate cooperation regarding the freightcorridor(s) to be developed, including specification of its/their main route /governance structure / work plan;9. at the initiative of France a study will be launched to assess the connectionbetween the ports of Dunkerque and Le Havre and the freight corridormentioned in this chapter C.3. The study will include an analysis of the railfreight market and bottlenecks, an economic assessment, a proposal of extensionof the route of the corridor including a cooperation proposal with RNE about thisnew alternative route in the framework of the RNE-3 corridor.The Minister of the Czech Republic and France accept the invitation and support theabove-mentioned decisions.7
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