Connecting Europe Facility Seine-Escaut 2020 TRANSPORT 2014-EU-TM-0373-M Member States involved: North Sea-Mediterranean and Atlantic Corridors France, Belgium Implementation schedule Start date: January 2014 End date: December 2020 Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €2,323,446,916 Maximum EU contribution: €979,686,500 Percentage of EU support: 50% for the studies, 40% for the works Beneficiaries: Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Energie et de la Mer www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr Vlaamse Overheid (Flemish authorities) www.vlaanderen.be Région wallonne - Service Public de The objective of the Action is to remove the waterway bottlenecks between Wallonie – Direction générale de la France and Belgium and complete the missing links between the Seine and Mobilité et des Voies hydrauliques the Scheldt, within the 'Canal Seine Nord; Seine-Escaut' and 'Le Havre-Paris' www.wallonie.be pre-identified sections of the North-Sea Mediterranean and Atlantic Corridors. The action includes 9 studies and works activities to be Implementing bodies: implemented in France (studies and works in Canal Seine-Nord Europe, Voies Navigables de France Oise, Nord Pas-de-Calais, Seine aval), the Walloon region and Flanders. www.vnf.fr The Action fits into the global project developed since 2005 through a close Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV collaboration between France, Wallonia and Flanders in the framework of the www.wenz.be Seine-Scheldt Inter-Governmental Commission. Additional information: The Action is expected to have positive effects on traffic management, modal split, congestion and interoperability. The overall competitive position Coordinator’s Report on of the concerned regions will be improved. the Corridor http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/transport Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) http://ec.europa.eu/inea Please note that the present document is for information purposes only. The content and conditions of the grant agreement always prevail on any different information which may be included in this document or elsewhere. Update: January 2017 .