5/28/2014 PRESENTATION OF THE TA: TRACK B AND C TASKS. Railway Working Group, May 2014, Podgorica prepared by. Tatjana Mirkovic Klaus Uhl

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1 PRESENTATION OF THE TA: TRACK B AND C TASKS Railway Working Group, May 2014, Podgorica prepared by Tatjana Mirkovic Klaus Uhl According to the ToR, the global objective of the project is to: to support the implementation of the Strategic Work Programme of the South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO) with the aim of fully integrating South East Europe into the European Transport market. TA: Atkins, Typsa, egisbceom, GOPA, COWI The specific objective is to implement the following project tasks: improved data collection and analysis mechanism, support the implementation of the Railway Addendum to the MoU, advise on harmonisation of transport related border-crossing procedures, support to improving road safety auditing programmes of the regional participants. Description and analysis of the corridors/routes, terminals and border crossings on the flagship axes. Analysis of the socioeconomic costs and benefits stemming from establishment of freight corridor. The assessment of the quality of the service on the entire corridor and terminals. Determination of non-physical barriers which affect the continuity of transport flows. Action plan What to do (measures to be undertaken)? What is the expected results (what will the benefits be to improve the international transport in the region)? What is the best practice/ are the benchmarks (examples from the region or from the European Union)? Who does it (the responsible institution/agency that should be the leader for the implementation)? Who does it with whom (which are the competent institutions/agencies that should be consulted? Until when (a tentative timeframe)? Performance indicators if available Cost estimates for the actions if available Analysis of existing Border-crossing Agreements on rail and road Appendix 2 Check list DG Move.docx; Appendix 3 Criteria for evaluation BCA.docx Fact-finding Mission to the border-crossings and to ports and inland terminals on the Flagship corridor 4 Workshops 1

2 Conducted visits: Inland Terminal in Sarajevo BCPs BIH/CRO (Brod, Samac, port of Samac) BCPs SER-CRO (Batrovci; Sid) Ports of Bar, Vlore and Durres BCPs MNE/ALB, ALB/KOS; MNE-SER Port of Ploce, BCPs Metkovic/Doljani Terminal in Skoplje BCPs MKD/SER; MKD/GRE Visits to be conducted: BCPs ROM/SER; SER/BUL Kosovo inland terminal, BCPs on Route 7 Port of Novi Sad; port of Belgrade; Beograd Ranzirna (shunting station-possible inland terminal) Ports of Koper and Rijeka, Sava Commission Legislative (need for BCA according to EU legislation, Protocols ) Technical (missing parking space for trucks on BCP, new lane for trucks, fences for railway border stations, lightning of control area, ) Organizational (inspections not on BCP or only during day time, not enough staff for checking of trains ) In 2009: 8 pairs of international passenger trains In 2014: 1 pair of international passenger train; 6-8 transit freight trains in 24h In 2009: 4 pairs of international passenger trains; 4 pairs of transit freight trains In 2014: 2 pairs of international passenger train; 2-5 pairs of transit freight trains No border police office (passports are checked 1 km away) 2

3 The real joint BCP in the region! Border police and Customs of MNE and ALB situated in one checking point (container)! Many tracks waiting to cross the border. Not is use for more than 10 years Design on going Investment from IPA III TEU/per year t general cargo In 2011: t In 2012: t In 2013: t FIAT: cars in 2013 GEOGRAPHIC POSITION Latitude/Longitude 41 grade 19 N/19 grade 27 E Distances Burgas 900 km Varna 950 km Bar 205 km Skopje 320 km Pristina 281 km Beograd 710 km Thessaloniki 375 km Durres Port is part of the Pan European Transport Corridor VIII, that reaches 1500 km from Brindisi via Durres to Varna/Bulgaria and connects the Adriatic with the Black Sea. In 2013: TEU No containers. Reconstruction planned for new port to be for passenger ships and only short-sea shipping. 3

4 Terminal for tracks on the entrance to Serbia existing but not available Terminal under concession of Intersped Phytosanitary laboratory financed by EU not in use because terminal belongs to Intersped Financed by EU but never used! Necessary laboratory test are now done in Vranje and Nis instead on this BCP! Who is involved: Albania Customs Administration of Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Indirect Tax Authority BiH the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Customs Administration Montenegro Montenegrin Customs Administration Serbia Customs Administration of Serbia Kosovo * Kosovo Customs Service Results: Improvement of overall technical capacity of the customs administrations; Improvement of cross border procedures; Increase of Regional Cooperation; Promotion of Integrated Border Management (IBM); It is implemented only on road BCPs * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and ICJ Advisory opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence No big progress since SEETO project 2008/2009 If new BCAs no full implementation on place (but MKD- KOS, MNE-ALB, under negotiation SRB-MKD Significant decrease of international passenger trains and freight trains (more than 75% since 2009) but more than doubling of lorries and buses. Ports are willing to cooperate with railways but no agreement yet (port of Bar, MonteCargo, ZS) Technical improvements of some BCPs needed (parking terminals, fencing) No joint controls, no mobile terminals No electronic transmission of data between Customs and Railways, among border authorities SEEDS Systematic Electronic Exchange of Data (only for Customs on road BCPs and only between regional countries not with EU countries). Action: to be implemented also on RAIL BCPs. 4

5 Thank you for your attention! 5