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

2. Factsheet MED ATLANTIC ECOBONUS (2014-EU-TM-0544-S ) Project Call
CEF 2014
Priority
Motorways of the Sea
Member States
SPAIN, ITALY, PORTUGAL,FRANCE
Beneficiaciaries
Puertos del Estado (ES)
Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Transporti (IT)
Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (PT)
Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Ecologie et de la Mer (FR)
Implementing bodies
Rete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.A.
Rina Services S.p.A.
Coordinator
Schedule
Start date: July 2015
End date: November 2017
Budget
1,543,838 € (Funded 50%)

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
Marco Polo Programme was terminated in 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. Environmentally driven
Objectives:
Effective
Efficient
Market Oriented
Competition Friendly
Environmentally driven
Manageable
Transferable
Sustainable
Agreed
With clear impact

6. DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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. DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
DIAGNOSIS. Reviewing existing information on incentive schemes to promote modal shift including legal framework approach
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

8. DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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. European Institutions Transport and Logistics sector
DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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.
DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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. (subject to the impact assessment and consensus)
DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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 1 2
DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN 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. A public event will be held to disseminate the project results.
DIAGNOSIS
FORMULATION
CONSENSUS
IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ACTION PLAN
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 ACTIVITY 0 Project Management ACTIVITY 1
DESCRIPTION
LEADER
ACTIVITY 0
Project Management
ACTIVITY 1
Background Information and Diagnosis
ACTIVITY 2
Scheme Formulation
ACTIVITY 3
Scope and Consensus
ACTIVITY 4
Impact Assessment and Programme
ACTIVITY 5
Dissemination

16. TASK LEADERS TASK SUPPORT
ACTIVITY /TASK
RESP
SUPPORT
ACT 0
Coordination ES
0.1
General Coordination
0.2
Technical Coordination
0.3
Secretariat
ACT 1
BACKGROUND INFORMATION & DIAGNOSIS IT
1.1
Preparatory Work
ES/IT
1.2
Current Incentive Programs FR
1.3
Legal Framework
1.4
Italian ECOBONO experience PT
1.5
Conclusions and Recommendations
ACT 2
PROGRAM FORMULATION
2.1
ES/FR
2.2
Technical Analysis
2.3
Environmental Issues
2.4
Economics
2.5
Regulatory and Legal
2.6
Operating and administration procedures
2.7
Technological
2.8
Proposal Document
ACT 3
SCOPE AND CONSENSUS
3.1
ALL
3.2
Political Consensus
3.3
DG Move validation
3.4
DG Comp validation
3.5
Market validation
3.6
Updated Proposal Document
ACT 4
IMPACT ASSESTMENT, PROGRAM
4.1
Preparation Work
4.2
Impact Assestment
4.3
Action Plan
ACT 5
DISEMINATION
5.1
ES/PT
5.2
Dissemination Document
5.3
Dissemination Event
TASK LEADERS TASK 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

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