Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility

On 29 June 2011, the Commission adopted a proposal for the next Multi-Annual financial framework for the period 2014-2020: "A Budget for Europe 2020". In its proposal, the Commission decided to propose the creation of a new integrated instrument for investing in EU infrastructure priorities in Transport, Energy and Telecommunications: the "Connecting Europe Facility" (CEF).

This Regulation sets out the provisions governing the CEF. It draws on the work undertaken to prepare the revision of the policy framework in all three sectors (Transport, Energy, and Telecommunications) for the next Multi-Annual financial framework (2014-2020). In line with Article 170 of TFEU, new guidelines are proposed in each sector in line with the CEF. Therefore, the revised guidelines for Transport, Energy and Telecommunications on the one hand and the CEF on the other hand constitute one coherent regulatory package.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)665: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:665:FIN

European Commission: COM(2011)676: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Investment Bank, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A growth package for integrated European infrastructures http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0676:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: SEC(2011)1262: Impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SEC:2011:1262:FIN:EN:PDF

European Commission: SEC(2011)1263: Summary of the impact assessment http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SEC:2011:1263:FIN:EN:PDF

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