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TEN-T / Transport infrastructure

Green Paper

The European Commission opened the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) policy review on 4 February 2009 by publishing a Green Paper (COM (2009) 44 final), which refers to the TEN-T Policy development over the last 15 years, outlines the challenges for the next years and decades (in particular: contribution to the achievement of climate change objectives) and proposes options for the way ahead. This Policy Review is being carried out at the same time as the development of the EU common transport policy from 2010 onwards.

The public consultation (4 February – 30 April 2009) on the TEN-T Green Paper generated a high level of participationfrom those with a stake in TEN-T development - representatives from Member States, regional and local authorities, industry, financial and research institutions, infrastructure users, non-governmental organisations, and individual users from EU Member States and outside the EU. After completing this public consultation, the Commission published a Summary Report dated 31 July 2009, summarising more than 300 contributions. The EU institutions and consultative bodies have also reacted to the Green Paper.

Reactions of EU institutions

Council Conclusions of 15 June 2009 pdf - 48 KB [48 KB]

European Parliament resolution of 22 April 2009

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Green Paper: TEN-T: A policy review. Towards a better integrated trans-European transport network at the service of the common transport policy COM(2009) 44 final

Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 7 October 2009

Public consultation

Details concerning the public consultation, which has been done in the period 04/02/2009 - 30/04/2009, i.e. all individual contributions and related documents, can be found under the following link:

Public consultation webpage