DG TREN - Projet EuroMed Transport

Towards
the Euro-Mediterranean
LÉGISLATION
 NOUVELLE
EUROPÉENNE
POUR
Aviation Area
ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE
Améliorer les bâtiments
Department
Speaker’s
name
EuroMed
Aviation
Project
– Financial Workshop
Cyprus – 9/10 June 2010
15/06/2010
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Presentation Outline
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Current priorities of the EU
ENPI funding tools
Short term missions
Regional funding instrument
EIB
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Current EU Priorities
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Presentation of the new Directorate General for
Mobility and Transport ( DG MOVE)
DG MOVE has split with DG ENER. DG MOVE is headed by Mr
Matthias Ruete (Director-General) and reports to Mr Siim Kallas,
Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for
Mobility and Transport.
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Key Objective Driving EU Policy:
 “Ensuring Sustainability of the Sector’s Growth”
Means:
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Competitiveness of the industry
Tackling the capacity crunch
Ensure environmental sustainability
Ensure the highest level possible of safety
Accelerate our cooperation with the
Neighbouring countries and especially the
Mediterranean countries
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1. Competitiveness and the Commercial
Framework of the Aviation Industry
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Remove constraints on ownership and
control in view notably to encourage cross
investments between European and
Mediterranean countries
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Give more commercial opportunities to our
airlines by lifting the current restrictions on
traffic rights
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Structural measures need to be accelerated
(infrastructure, new technologies)
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2. Tackling the Capacity Crunch
Traffic expected to double by 2020 with 20% of
EU airports congested
Necessity to provide new capacity and better
use of existing capacity
Overcome the fragmented EU air space with :
A new regulatory framework : the Single
European Sky, FABs.
New technologies, R&D : SESAR and ATM Master
Plan
Possibilities to encompass Mediterranean countries (
Blue Med, observers in the Single Sky Committee)
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3. Ensuring Sustainability of Aviation
Increasing concerns about climate change and
global warming
Aviation is part of the problem and must also be
part of the solution
Comprehensive approach is needed – including
market-based measures (ETS).
The EU wishes to achieve a global solution and
wishes to engage with key partners such as
Mediterranean countries a strong cooperation.
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4. Highest level of Safety
In pursuing the regulatory integration
within the EU through an increasing role
devoted to the EASA
Regular update of the air carriers banned
within the EU
Mediterranean initiative with the JMAA
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5. Sharing these objectives with the
Mediterranean Partners
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Neighbouring countries are a clear priority for the EU
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Negotiating ambitious EuroMed Agreements
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Increasing the technical cooperation
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Sharing experience and standards
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Progressive Integrated EuroMed Aviation Market as
established in the Road Map
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Funding the Road Map
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ENPI instrument : overview
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Over the period 2011 / 2013, the regional
allocation to Mediterranean Partners (comprising
all domains of cooperation) = 288 Million euros
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Total ENPI Neighbourhood Investment Fund
(comprising all domains of interventions and
usually linked to an IFI loan): 450 Million euros
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ENPI Instrument : Sectoral Allocation
Country Programmes
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Bilateral Action plans have been established for each
Mediterranean Partner, generally under the umbrella of the
Association Agreement. Then a “country programme” supports
the implementation of the Action plans in each individual
country.
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the country programme is the milestone of the ENPI funding.
The total amounts available under the country programmes
cover budget support, bilateral technical assistance
programmes and TWINNING.
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The allocation to the different cooperation sectors for the 20112013 country programmes are dependant on the strategy papers
and the more detailed National Indicative Programme (NIP's).
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ENPI Instruments : National Indicative
Programmes ( NIPs)
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These NIPs are being discussed bilaterally between the
national governments, the EU Delegations and DGs in
Brussels (RELEX, MOVE and AIDCO).
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Crucial to obtain arbitration in favour of aviation. DG MOVE
clearly supports aviation but your Transport Ministers need
also to intervene in this negotiation process - at national
level - to make clear that they consider aviation as a priority.
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The arbitration are not “set in the stone” : indeed it is not
always precisely indicated which funds go to which sector.
So your “ lobbying” shall carry on even after the adoption of
the NIPs
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ENPI Instrument : Twinnings
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As indicated above, the funds allocated to TWINNING are part of
the country programme budget.
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For the time being an Aviation TWINNING request is in
preparation for Morocco ( 1 millions euros), while a general
TWINNING for Tunisia on 'Gouvernance économique du secteur
transport' is also being prepared.
Two intertwined steps to keep in mind : (1) your minister
(Transport or Civil Aviation Authority) has to seize the ministry in
charge of the coordination for the TWINNING requests ( again
internal arbitration).(2) In parallel, you inform the EU Delegation
about the will to initiate a TWINNING.
We advise the other Mediterranean partners to launch similar
initiatives
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ENPI Instrument :examples of bilateral
technical assistance programmes
o Those technical assistance programmes have to be
distinguished of the more general (sectoral) budget support.
o Jordan:
» A general bilateral EU Trade and Transport Facilitation
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programme (33 million €) support the development of national
strategies.
A specific technical assistance programme (€ 3 Million) has
been implemented to support the Jordanian civil aviation
authority ( CARC) capacity.
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ENPI Instrument :examples of bilateral
technical assistance programmes
o Egypt is beneficiary of a € 80 budget support for the
transport sector, but only limited funds are dedicated to
cooperation in the field aviation.
o In the Maghreb countries a € 25 M programme for the
overall transport sector was implemented in Algeria
paying some attention to the aviation sector, and a 96
M€ programme for the transport sector in Morocco.
o Mashrek not enough concerned : raised your points
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Short term Mission for specific needs
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TAIEX : fund has been opened to Mediterranean
partners. Essentially for short term missions
DG MOVE own « cooperation budget » : limited
amounts but also more flexible according to your
needs. Recent example in Jordan ( ATM). Priority
given to the countries engaged with the EU under a
EuroMediterranean Aviation Agreement.
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The Regional Approach: EuroMed
Aviation II
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The overall regional cooperation is based upon the
so-called Regional Indicative Programme (RIP).
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The EuroMed Aviation II project will be running for
another 3 years for a total budget of 4 Million Euro.
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It will support the implementation of the Road Map
towards
the
establishment
of
the
EuroMediterranean Common Aviation Area (EMCAA) and
the different objectives identified in this document.
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The Regional Approach: EuroMed
Aviation II
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In addition, our key ideas within this second project will be
to focus our cooperation on concrete regional project
paving the way of the EMCAA.
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The Joint Mediterranean Aviation Authorities (JMAA) could
be one of them if the Mediterranean support the idea.
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We would be ready also to fund regional ATM initiatives
similar to the Blue Med initiative.
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But we expect feedback, proposals and commitments (
including financial) from the Mediterranean Partners
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EIB
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Limited technical assistance possibilities can be offered by EIB
when related to a concrete financing of infrastructure.
Recent interventions of the EIB occur in the construction of the
airport of Enfidha (Tunisia), the support to the purchase of 7
Airbus 330 for Egypt Air as well as renewal and expansion of
Turkish Airlines.
EU is consulted into those projects and has always given its
support.
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