The European Commission announced that an additional €332 million has been added to the 2012 TEN-T multi-annual programme, under the area of TEN-T Priority Projects. In addition, the deadline for proposal submissions has now been extended to 26 March 2013 for all six fields of the multi-annual work programme.

Transeuropean transport priority projects in the European Union will count now on with €332 million more. This amount has been added to the 2012 TEN-T multi-annual programme, under the area of TEN-T Priority Projects, according to the European Commission. The Calls were launched 28 November 2012, and organisations wishing to take advantage of Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) funding now have some extra time. Deadline for proposal submissions has been extended to 26 March 2013 for all six fields of the multi-annual work programme. The deadline for proposal submissions for the 2012 TEN-T annual programme still remains the 28 February 2013.

The 2012 multi-annual call focuses on six fields with now €1.347 billion of total indicative budget available. The fields are the 30 TEN-T Priority Projects which count with an indicative budget now €1.057 billion (increased from €725 million); European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS), enabling interoperability on the European rail network: indicative budget €100 million; River Information Services (RIS), involving traffic management infrastructure on the inland waterway network: indicative budget €10 million; Air Traffic Management (ATM), implementing the Single European Sky and ATM modernisation objectives: indicative budget €50 million; Motorways of the Sea (MoS) providing viable alternatives for congested roads by shifting freight to sea routes: indicative budget €80 million; and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), including the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS), promoting inter-modality and improvement of the safety and reliability of the network: indicative budget €50 million.

The annual programme complements the multi-annual programme and directs funding to four distinct priorities with a total indicative budget of €250 million. This programme priorities are the acceleration/facilitation of the implementation of TEN-T projects (studies and works for mature projects for all modes, as part of the projects of common interest); measures to promote innovation and new technologies for transport infrastructure and facilities contributing to decarbonisation or the reduction of external costs in general; support to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and innovative financial instruments; and support to the long term implementation of the TEN-T, in particular corridors.