(10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 62 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (4),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The letters of intent of 6 December 2019 concerning extensions of the North Sea-Baltic rail freight corridor from Antwerp to the ports of Zeebrugge and Ghent/Terneuzen and from Katowice to the Polish-Ukrainian border at Medyka, sent to the Commission by the ministries responsible for rail transport in Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland, and together proposing the route
Wilhelmshaven/Bremerhaven/Hamburg/Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Zeebrugge – Ghent (Terneuzen) – Antwerp – Aachen – Hannover/Berlin – Warsaw – Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/Kaunas – Riga – Tallinn/Falkenberg – Prague/Wroclaw – Katowice – Medyka (Poland-Ukraine border)
as the principal route for the North Sea-Baltic rail freight corridor comply with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Poland.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2020.
For the Commission
Adina VĂLEAN
Member of the Commission
(1)
OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 22
.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1111 of 7 July 2015 on the compliance of the joint proposal submitted by the Member States concerned for the extension of the North Sea-Baltic rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight (
OJ L 181, 9.7.2015, p. 82
).
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/178 of 31 January 2017 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1111 on the compliance of the joint proposal of the Member States concerned to extend the North Sea-Baltic rail freight corridor with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight (
OJ L 28, 2.2.2017, p. 71
).
(4) Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (
OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32
).
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