The EU Member States discussed the Czech Presidency’s compromise proposal for chapters four, five and six of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) text (see EUROPE 13015/12) at a meeting of the Council of the EU’s Working Party on Transport - Intermodal and Network Issues on Tuesday 13 September.
The compromise document clarifies several points concerning the exemption from notification to the European Commission of projects of common interest on the territory of a Member State - with the participation or contribution, “in whatever form”, of a natural person from a third country or a company from a third country, with a view to assessing the impact on security or public order in the EU.
In concrete terms, the text proposes that the participation or contribution of a natural person carrying out - for remuneration - work, “the nature of which is not determined by that person for the account and under the control of another person”, need not be notified to the Commission.
In addition, the text proposes that this obligation does not apply to participation in or contribution to a project of common interest in a Member State where the value of the participation or contribution does not exceed an amount of €5 million - or a value equivalent to that amount - “provided that the aggregate participation in or contribution to projects in that Member State by the natural person or company does not exceed €25 million over a period of 3 years”.
In addition, the document also specifies dates and deadlines for Member States to provide and make available all relevant information to the Commission for evaluation. Thus, data should be made available no later than 2 months after the date of receipt of tenders in the context of public procurement.
Finally, the document also looks at the maintenance and life cycle of a project. In this respect, the Czech Presidency proposes that long-term maintenance plans be drawn up 3 years after the date of entry into force of the text.
See the document: https://aeur.eu/f/32o (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)