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MED ATLANTIC ECOBONUS

MED ATLANTIC ECOBONUS. JOINT SHORT SEA SHIPPING AND MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA FOCAL POINTS AND SHORT SEA PROMOTION CENTRES MEETING Brussels 4 th March 2016. Factsheet. Background.

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MED ATLANTIC ECOBONUS

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  1. MED ATLANTICECOBONUS JOINT SHORT SEA SHIPPING AND MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA FOCAL POINTS AND SHORT SEA PROMOTION CENTRES MEETING Brussels 4th March 2016

  2. Factsheet

  3. Background • Short Sea transport in Europe is not growing as expected and far from reaching the targets set by the Transport White Paper in 2011. • Marco Polo Programme was terminated in 2013. The European Court of Auditors evaluated Marco Polo and published a critic report on encouraging “ex-ante” impact assessments before launching new support programmes. • Bilateral support programmes, based on direct incentives / start up aids to maritime services, like the Spanish and French CIG, had proven to be long and complex. However such programmes also proved there is a demand for MoS. • Latest TEN-T formulation addresses MoS as an horizontal priority while maintaining the objective of maritime intermodality. However it lacks clear service support tools. • The industry consensus is that demand based incentives would be more effective to trigger modal shift and respectful of fair competition. The Italian Ecobonus is agreed to be a success story. • Against this background an implementation plan on MoS has to be proposed in 2016 by the MoS coordinator

  4. Objectives: The proposed Action is a study, in cooperation with the Ministries of Transport of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, aiming at analyzing the viability of a new coordinated incentive scheme to support the demand for Motorways of the Sea, initially conceived for Atlantic and Mediterranean markets, for new or existing services, that will be called ECOBONUS in reference to the system that was implemented in Italy. It is conceived as a feasibility study contributing to the development of a transport policy with no preconceived results, but building upon previous experience. The objective is to analyze the viability of the scheme considering its different elements (technical, legal, financial, technological, etc.) The conclusions and recommendations will be supported by an impact assessment. The study will be structured considering the potential transferability of the scheme to other EU regions/modes

  5. Objectives:

  6. The study does not preset the results (unbiased and objective analysis). The formulated programme will be implemented after the consensus and impact assessment will have demonstrated its benefits.

  7. Incentive programmes • Not a clear future for EU funded modal-shift incentives after Marco Polo • Building upon the Court of Auditors recommendations • TEN-T focused on infrastructure and innovation (environmental and TICS) but not geared towards services • On the national side, several schemes have been authorized • Legal background • Final beneficiaries of demand based incentives are ship owners, therefore Maritime Guidelines for State Aid apply. • The 2008 MoS Guidelines have no EU reference today • Italian Ecobonus experience • Performing a thorough ex-post evaluation of the Italian Ecobonus • Key reference for our project • Learning from their success and shortcomings DIAGNOSIS. Reviewing existing information on incentive schemes to promote modal shift including legal framework approach

  8. FORMULATION. Design of the scheme learning from previous experiences and addressing: • Technical design: incentive calculation, eligibility, duration, global amount and impact expected on modal shift… • Environmental design: external costs calculation… • Economic and financial design: based on budget capabilities, to be agreed with MS, & other financial resources, cost benefit analysis… • Regulatory and legal design: legal framework (different alternatives to be analyzed), compliance with state aid regulation providing recommendations if it is the case… • Administrative and operational design: entities involved, responsibilities, calendars, timeframes, requests & payments, documentation, communication between stakeholders, process modeling… • Technological design: considering IT tools to manage the information flow regarding the scheme, connected to PCS, NSW, etc. addressing confidential issues

  9. CONSENSUS. Present and discuss the scheme with the stakeholders seeking consensus. Stakeholders are: • Member States • European Institutions • Transport and Logistics sector • Road transport companies • Ship owners / shippers • Cargo owners • Ports • …

  10. IMPACT ASSESMENT of the agreed scheme and budget. An ex-ante valuation considering the expected effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, manageability and competition impact in order to measure the added value the scheme will bring to the Member States, and to Motorways of the Sea (and by extension to EU and the TEN-T).

  11. ACTION PLAN (subject to the impact assessment and consensus) If the impact assessment is positive and the consensus is reached an Action Plan will be outlined including the necessary actions to implement the scheme in the participating Member States.

  12. Iterations 2 1 3 4 • Consensus cannot be reached on proposed scheme • Impact Assesment recommends revisiting consensus (e.g. increase agreed budget ) • Impact Assements recommends revisiting the formulation (e.g rework technical requirements) • Action Plan might need to renew consensus to be agreed 1 2 CAUSES 3 4 12

  13. DISSEMINATOIN DISSEMINATION.: A public event will be held to disseminate the project results. A handbook will be elaborated, with the key project findings as a tool for other regions or transport modes interested in implementing a similar scheme.

  14. Chronogram

  15. Activity Assignment

  16. TASK LEADERSTASK SUPPORT • The objective of the Project organization is to facilitate the maxmun collaboration among the partners while assigning clear responsabilities to make sure we deliver. • Each activity will have a leader responsable for it. Activities are split in tasks also assigned to a specific responsible partner that will be coordinated by the activity leader. • Each task responsible partner will have a support partner that will review and support its work.

  17. Activity 2 Background and Diagnosis • Task 2.2 Incentive programmes • Not a clear future for EU funded modal-shift incentives after Marco Polo • Building upon the Court of Auditors recommendations • TEN-T focused on infrastructure and innovation (environmental and TICS) but not geared towards services • Task 2.3 Legal background • Final beneficiaries of demand based incentives are ship owners, therefore Maritime Guidelines for State Aid apply. • The 2008 MoS Guidelines have no EU reference today • Task 2.4 Italian Ecobonus experience • Performing a thorough ex-post evaluation of the Italian Ecobonus on international routes. • Key reference for our project • Learning from their success and shortcomings Will be producing a deliverable on Background and Diagnosis of incentives for short sea shipping that will be shared with the MoS Coordinator and will be our reference to design a ‘smart’ demand oriented incentive scheme to increase MoS usage through modal shift from road

  18. THANK YOU

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