Regulation (EU) 2019/495 (Text with EEA relevance.)

Ce que fait l'acte

to amend Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: a Union funding instrument, the Connecting Europe Facility , was established by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The aim of the Connecting Europe Facility is to enable projects of common interest to be prepared and implemented within the framework of the trans-European networks policy in the sectors of transport, telecommunications and energy. The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Karima DELLI (Greens/EFA, FR) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union. Since the United Kingdom has notified its intention to withdraw from the EU, Union legislation should in principle cease to apply to the United Kingdom from 30 March 2019. If there are no transitional provisions in a withdrawal agreement, the United Kingdom will no longer be a member of the North Sea - Mediterranean corridor from the date of withdrawal. The European Commission is therefore proposing to review the route of the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor in order to avoid splitting it into two distinct parts, which would have the effect of cutting Ireland off from the mainland. The committee recommended that the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading in the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows. In order to take account of the exceptional circumstances arising from the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, Members stressed the need to provide for connectivity between Ireland and mainland Europe by modifying the route and composition of the TEN-T corridors with a view to incorporating the maritime links between Irish and continental ports in the core and comprehensive networks. In order to avoid the North Sea – Mediterranean Core Network Corridor being separated into two distinct and unconnected parts and to ensure connectivity of Ireland with mainland Europe, Members considered it essential to create direct links with the territories and ports closest to Ireland on the existing corridor. They also considered it vital to ensure that Ireland and Northern Ireland (in accordance with the Good Friday / Belfast agreement of 1998) are connected to the other Member States participating in the North Sea-Mediterranean corridor. Members suggested that the proposed regulation should amend Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 and modify the route of sections of the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor by adding new maritime links between, on the one hand, Dublin and Cork, the Irish ports of the central network, and, on the other hand, the ports of the North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor located in…