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History & Legal Framework


TEN-T EA Timeline

The TEN-T Executive Agency is a relatively new member in the EU family of institutions and agencies. Trace our history below and consult the legal references linked to our establishment.

 

Date Development
December 2002 Executive agencies are officially born; the legal basis for executive agencies entrusted with certain tasks in the management of European Community programmes is formalised in Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003
October 2006 The Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) is established for the management of Community Action in the field of TEN-T. Its mandate covers projects which have been financed from the 2000-2006 Financial Perspective and its lifetime is until 31 December 2008
July 2007 The TEN-T EA Director is nominated by the Commission
August 2007 The TEN-T EA Steering Committee is nominated by the Commission
November 2007 The Commission approves the delegation of powers to TEN-T EA to efficiently and effectively implement the TEN-T Programme within the boundaries of its mandate
April 2008 TEN-T EA becomes financially, legally and operationally autonomous
July 2008 TEN-T EA's mandate is extended until 31 December 2015 and its objectives and tasks redefined to take responsibility for the TEN-T budget linked to the 2007-2013 Financial Perspective
October 2008 The Commission modifies and extends the act of delegation to TEN-T EA to take account of its new tasks
January 2009 TEN-T EA becomes fully responsible for the management of all open TEN-T projects from both the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 Financial Perspectives
March 2009 TEN-T EA website officially launched
November 2010 TEN-T EA moves into its permanent headquarters at Chaussée de Wavre 910 (W910) in Brussels

 

 

Legal Framework of the Agency

The most important legislation inherent to our creation, financial operations and grants is listed below. Documents marked with [*] are consolidated versions of the legislation which incorporate the relevant amendments.

 

General legal basis
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Council Regulation 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 lays down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes  .pdf (140 KB)
Commission Decision 2007/60/EC of 26 October 2006* establishes the TEN-T EA pursuant to Council Regulation 58/2003, amended by Commission Decision 2008/593/EC of 11 July 2008  .pdf (45 KB)
     

Financial operations
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Council Regulation 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002* lays down the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007  .pdf (297 KB)
Commission Regulation 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002* lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as amended by Regulations No 1261/2005, No 1248/2006 and No 478/2007  .pdf (547 KB)
Commission Regulation 1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation 58/2003 laying down the Statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes amended by Commission Regulation No 1821/2005 and by Commission Regulation No 651/2008  .pdf (110 KB)
     

TEN-T Guidelines  
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Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and the Council, of 7 July 2010 Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network .pdf (73.7 MB)
     

Union Financial Aid to TENs  
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Regulation (EC) No 67/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009

lays down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks (OJ L 27, 30.1.2010) (codified version).

 

This Regulation repeals Regulation 2236/95 since the day this Regulation entered in force (20 February 2010). References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation

 .pdf (932.9 KB)
2007-2013:    
Regulation 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 lays down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks  .pdf (94 KB)
Regulation 670/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2012

amending Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks

  .pdf (765.8 KB)

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TEN-T Executive Agency
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W910
B-1049 Brussels		 (Visiting address)
Chaussée de Wavre 910
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium