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OPINION (COM(2025)0565 – C100179/2025 – 2025/0240(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509

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Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Rosa Serrano Sierra

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The Committee on Transport and Tourism proposes amendments to the proposed regulation establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for 2028-2034. The amendments make transport a binding implementation priority: Member States must align investment strategies with the legally established TEN-T deadlines and present credible, mature and time-bound project pipelines. They ask Member States to endeavour to dedicate at least 20% of the Fund's financial envelope to transport objectives and at least 5% to tourism objectives, excluding CAP interventions and border management. They add rules on rural, remote, insular and outermost regions, transport poverty, road safety, life-cycle maintenance, climate adaptation, dual-use TEN-T infrastructure and tourism as a specific objective. They strengthen the role of regional and local authorities through the partnership principle and multi-level governance, and require NRP Plans to be adopted and revised via delegated acts.

Committee position. The committee proposes amendments to the Commission proposal to keep transport a core part of cohesion policy, make TEN-T completion a binding priority, secure dedicated funding for transport and tourism, and strengthen regional and local involvement.

Key points

  1. The amendments detail the transport specific objectives in Article 3 to cover completion of TEN-T core and extended core networks, missing links, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, decarbonisation, alternative fuel infrastructure and resilience.
  2. Completion of the TEN-T network, especially national sections, is to be a binding implementation priority, with funding conditional on credible, mature and time-bound project pipelines and complementarity with the Connecting Europe Facility.
  3. Member States are to endeavour to dedicate at least 20% of the financial envelope, excluding CAP interventions and border management, to transport specific objectives.
  4. Tourism is recognised as a specific objective, with Member States to endeavour to dedicate at least 5% of the financial envelope, excluding CAP interventions and border management, to tourism objectives.
  5. The amendments require affordable, clean and accessible transport, address transport poverty in the Social Climate Plans, and support vulnerable transport users, including in rural, remote, sparsely populated and peripheral areas.
  6. Road safety, life-cycle maintenance and climate adaptation of transport infrastructure are to be integral to TEN-T implementation, with road safety a horizontal objective of the Fund.
  7. Dual-use TEN-T infrastructure for military and civilian needs is to be developed, including for military mobility and protection of critical transport infrastructure.
  8. The amendments reinforce the partnership principle and multi-level governance, requiring regional and local authorities to be involved in preparing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating NRP Plans.
  9. NRP Plans are to be adopted and revised, including in the mid-term review, via delegated acts to strengthen Parliament's scrutiny powers.
  10. The amendments improve connectivity for remote, rural, insular and peripheral regions and support transport infrastructure investment for outermost regions, including ports, airports and maritime and air connections.
  11. The amendments add rules on ports and maritime infrastructure, rail transport, urban mobility, rural mobility strategies and the complementarity of the Connecting Europe Facility with NRP Plans.
  12. The amendments state that the principle of specialty in law should prevail, so the more specialised rules of each policy covered by the Fund apply in case of conflict or doubt.

Who is affected

  • Member States, which must align investment strategies with TEN-T deadlines and present credible project pipelines.
  • Regional and local authorities, which gain a stronger role in preparing, implementing and monitoring NRP Plans.
  • Transport users, especially vulnerable users and those in rural, remote, peripheral and sparsely populated areas.
  • The tourism sector, recognised as a specific objective with dedicated funding.
  • Outermost regions, which receive support for transport infrastructure and connectivity.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least 20% of the financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund, excluding CAP interventions and border management, to transport specific objectives.
  • At least 5% of the financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund, excluding CAP interventions and border management, to tourism specific objectives.
  • TEN-T core network to be completed by 2030, extended core network by 2040 and comprehensive network by 2050.
  • Vision Zero by 2050: move as close as possible to zero fatalities in road transport by 2050.
  • In 2024 there were 19 940 deaths on EU roads, costing the Union approximately 2% of its annual GDP.
  • 54% of road deaths occur on rural roads.
  • At least 14% of the total Union contribution and loans to be dedicated to Union social objectives.
  • Member States should submit NRP Plans, as a rule, by 31 January 2028, and may submit a draft from June 2027.