Press Release: Council adopts regulation on the Connecting Europe Facility

During the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting taking place in Brussels on 5 December 2013, the Council adopted the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the future funding instrument for the trans-European networks (TEN) in the fields of transport, energy and telecommunications.

The CEF's overarching objective is to help create high-performing and environmentally sustainable interconnected networks across Europe, thereby contributing to economic growth and social and territorial cohesion within the Union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Council adopts the guidelines for the development of the transEuropean transport network http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-adopts-the-guidelines-for-the-development-of-the-transeuropean-transport-network/

ESO: Background information: Transport: New EU infrastructure policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-transport-new-eu-infrastructure-policy/

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