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Mr President, I am the draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism on the general rules for the granting of financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport networks and energy. In this capacity I can clearly state that under no circumstances should the EUR 20.3 billion currently being proposed by the draft regulation be reduced. It is imperative that this level of funding be viewed as an absolute minimum.
The Commission needs to give an assurance that this proposed level of funding will meet the needs created by the higher levels of Community cofinancing, which can be as high as 50%. We need to be realistic in order to meet the objective of advancing these projects, particularly when the number of priority projects has increased from 14 to 30. Undoubtedly there is a high level of expectation on the ground for clearer rules on the granting of aid to TEN-T projects.
I strongly believe that cofinancing is essential. Member States need to stand up and take responsibility for their respective infrastructures. European funding alone cannot achieve this for them. Much of the funding will be directed towards major cross-border projects, but I do not believe that this can be effective without all countries concerned signing binding bilateral agreements.
Where proper parallel funding has not been made available by a Member State, the Commission’s inspection role and its ability to recover funds need to be strengthened. The Commission, after all, is the custodian of the Community budget."@en1
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