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FRAMEWORK TRANSPORT STRATEGY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Document status: Draft for submission

Date of document submission: 13 July 2016

| Framework Transport Strategy of Bosnia and Herzeg ovina

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Contents List of abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 5

Assignment of institutional competences in transport sector in BiH ............................................................................... 5

Framework Transport Strategy structure ........................................................................................................................ 6

1 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................... 7

1.1 The Framework Transport Strategy development approach ................................................................................. 7

1.2 Objectives and actions .......................................................................................................................................... 9

1.3 Data needs and collection methods ...................................................................................................................... 9

2 CURRENT SITUATION ............................................................................................................................................ 10

2.1 Socio-economic overview ................................................................................................................................... 10

2.1.1 GDP ........................................................................................................................................................... 10

2.1.2 Employment ............................................................................................................................................... 11

2.1.3 Foreign trade .............................................................................................................................................. 12

2.2 Roads ................................................................................................................................................................. 14

2.2.1 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. 14

2.2.2 Road traffic, road vehicles fleet and road safety ........................................................................................ 25

2.2.3 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 31

2.2.4 Technology ................................................................................................................................................ 37

2.2.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................... 38

2.3 Railways ............................................................................................................................................................. 41

2.3.1 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. 41

2.3.2 Services ..................................................................................................................................................... 49

2.3.3 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 53

2.3.4 Regulations on intermodal transport .......................................................................................................... 60

2.3.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................... 61

2.4 Inland Waterways ............................................................................................................................................... 64

Sava River ................................................................................................................................................................ 65

2.4.1 Inland Ports ................................................................................................................................................ 69

2.4.2 Services ..................................................................................................................................................... 73

2.4.3 Technology ................................................................................................................................................ 74

2.4.4 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 75

2.4.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................... 79

2.5 Air transport ........................................................................................................................................................ 80

2.5.1 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. 80

2.5.2 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 89

2.5.3 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................... 90

3 OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK TRANSPORT STRATEGY ............................. 91

3.1 Transport Policy: context for the Framework Transport Strategy ........................................................................ 91

3.2 Objectives ........................................................................................................................................................... 92


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3.2.1 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 92

3.2.2 Infrastructure and services ......................................................................................................................... 93

4 THE STRATEGY ...................................................................................................................................................... 94

4.1 Strategic actions ................................................................................................................................................. 95

4.1.1 Regulation .................................................................................................................................................. 95

4.1.2 Infrastructure and services ....................................................................................................................... 100

4.2 Action plan ........................................................................................................................................................ 111

4.2.1 Road ........................................................................................................................................................ 111

4.2.2 Railway .................................................................................................................................................... 113

4.2.3 Inland waterway ....................................................................................................................................... 115

4.2.4 Air transport ............................................................................................................................................. 116

ANNEXES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 118

Definitions .................................................................................................................................................................. 118

List of projects – FBiH ................................................................................................................................................ 119

List of projects – RS ................................................................................................................................................... 125

List of projects – BD ................................................................................................................................................... 130

Key directives in the transport sector ......................................................................................................................... 132

Received materials and data ...................................................................................................................................... 135

Strategies, studies and plans .................................................................................................................................. 135

Regulation .............................................................................................................................................................. 135

Documents received from FBiH .............................................................................................................................. 135

Documents received from RS ................................................................................................................................. 136

Documents received from BD ................................................................................................................................. 137


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List of abbreviations

BAM Convertible BiH mark

BD Brcko District

BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIHDCA Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation

BIHNSA Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency

CEFTA Central European Free Trade Agreement

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EIB European Investment Bank

EU European Union

FBiH Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina

FTS Framework Transport Strategy of BiH

GDP Gross domestic product

GGF Good Governance Fund

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ICT Information and Communications Technologies

ITS Intelligent Transport Systems

IWW Inland Waterways

Km Kilometre

kV Kilovolt

m Meter

M Million

MAP Multi Annual Planning

MoF Ministry of Finance

MoTC BiH Ministry of Transport and Communications BiH

MoTC FBiH Ministry of Transport and Communications FBiH

MoTC RS Ministry of Transport and Communications RS

MPUGE RS Ministry for spatial planning, building and ecology RS

n.a. Not available

P&L Profit and loss

PE Public enterprise

PPP Public-private partnerships

PSO Public Service Obligation

RIS River Information System

Rkm River kilometre

RRB BiH Railway Regulatory Board BiH

RS Republika Srpska

RSI Road Safety Inspection

SEETO South-East Europe Transport Observatory

TEN-T Trans-European road network

UIC International Union of Railways

UNKS System for monitoring, managing and contoling traffic

USD United States dollar

ZFBiH Railways of Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina

ZRS Railways of Republika Srpska

WB Western Balkans


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INTRODUCTION

Framework Transport Strategy (FTS) represents a guideline document for the development of transport sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the next fifteen years.

As stated in Bosnia and Herzegovina Framework Transport Policy 2015 – 2030, the present Framework Transport Strategy displays the details for the implementation of the Framework Transport Policy from the present time to 2030. The Framework Transport Strategy sets out the actions and programmes to be undertaken (administrative reform, regulatory harmonization, capacity building and investment programs) as well as the associated allocation of responsibilities, timeframe and key performance indicators.

Hence the purpose of the present report is to set out the methodology of the transport strategy, the higher level and specific objectives of the Framework Transport Strategy and the Action plan of short, medium and long term actions until 2030.

The Framework Transport Strategy has been set out considering the institutional competence in the transport sector in order to identify clear responsibilities for Framework Transport Strategy implementation.

Assignment of institutional competences in transpor t sector in BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state which consists of two entities, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS), and Brcko District as a separate major administrative unit. The Constitution of BiH reserves certain decisional competences to entities in a number of areas, including transport and infrastructure. Furthermore, FBiH consists of ten Cantons, and each of them is entitled to some competences regarding local transport and infrastructure.

Thus, the development of the Framework Transport Strategy for BiH has been developed taking into account entities and Brcko District constitutional competences, which are summarized as follows:

• The Ministry of Communication and Transport of BiH (“the Ministry” or MoTC BiH) is a part of the BiH Council of Ministries, exercising its rights and carrying out its duties as a governmental body. As stated by the “Law on Ministries and Other Bodies of Administration of BiH” (February 2003), the Ministry is competent, among other areas, for international and inter-entity transport and infrastructure, including related development of contracts, agreements and other acts, relations with international organisations, preparation and development of strategic and planning documents. The Ministry is also competent for activities regarding control of unimpeded transport in international transport, civil aviation and civil air transport control.

• The Federal Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBiH (MoTC FBiH) manages the fields of competence of the Federation in transport sector, as set out by the “Law on Federal Ministries and Other Bodies of Administration of FBiH” (2002). The Law defines the following responsibilities for the FBiH Ministry relevant for the transport: administrative and professional work for railway, road, air, waterborne, traffic, safety and inspections in the same modes of transport and related infrastructure.

Cantons of FBiH have their own Governments whose competences cover regional roads, local transport services within the Canton territory, and urban transport.

• The Ministry of Transport and Communication of RS (MoTC RS) has competences stipulated by the “Law on Ministries of the RS” (October 2002). The Law defines the following responsibilities for the RS Ministry relevant for the transport: administrative and professional work for railway, road, air, and waterborne, intermodal traffic and its safety, as well as management of the coordination policy, all in accordance with the laws of RS and BiH.

• As concerns Brcko District (BD), the Department of Public Affairs of the District has competences for different transport issues among which inland navigation has particular relevance.

• Framework Transport Strategy of BiH is based on the Transport Strategies of the two entities and Brcko District.


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Framework Transport Strategy structure

NO. CHAPTER DESCRIPTION

1 METHODOLOGY

2 THE CURRENT SITUATION

2.1 Socio-economic overview

Overview of key economic (GDP, employment, external trade, etc.) and demographic indicators (e.g. population, population density, urbanization level) – latest available year and recent evolution (five-ten years).

2.2 – 2.5 The current situation per mode of transport

Overview of the current situation per mode of transport (roads, railways, inland waterways, air transport).

2.2.1 – 2.5.1 Infrastructure Maps, technical characteristics and rehabilitation level of the road and rail transport networks; inland waterways and airports opened to commercial traffic. Bottlenecks and characteristics of ongoing main infrastructure development projects and investment plans by mode of transport.

The road sub-section includes information on the Trans-European (TEN-T) core and comprehensive road network in BiH. The railway sub-section includes information on the rail sections and connections to the Mediterranean Corridor and its extension to the Western Balkans through BiH. The inland waterway sub-section describes the international regime of navigation pursuant to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin.

2.2.2 – 2.5.2 Services Overview of available data on extra-urban freight and passenger (O-D flows and/or traffic counts) for the main modes of transport, distinguishing national and international transport as far as possible. Overview of urban transport in main cities. Expected transport demand evolution (when forecasts are available).

2.2.3 – 2.5.3 Regulation Identification of responsible bodies in different modes of transport. Analysis of the current regulation of the transport sector in addressing key topics (liberalization, safety, environment) for the different modes of transport. Identification of the key priorities for improving the regulations, considering EU/International benchmarks.

2.2.4, 2.4.4 Technology For roads and inland waterways, a specific sub-section describes the current technological status (i.e. ICT for road traffic control, tolling systems, RIS, etc.)

2.2.5, 2.3.4, 2.4.5, 2.5.4

Conclusions Each transport mode sub-section ends with a summary of main findings and issues arising from the survey on the current situation.

3 OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK TRANSPORT STRATEGY

3.1 Transport Policy – context for the FTS

Description of objectives related to connectivity, integration with EU and neighbouring countries, support to economic growth as emerging from the BiH Framework Transport Policy 2015-2030 and other strategic planning documents.

3.2 Transport specific objectives

Specific objectives emerging from needs and peculiarities of transport systems of BiH (for state-level regulation, international and inter-entity transport), the entities and Brcko District.

4 THE STRATEGY

Action plan of feasible and priority interventions for each transport mode (i.e. Infrastructure development, service improvement, technological upgrading and regulation), overview on costs, funding and other implementation instruments, timing for Framework Transport Strategy implementation (short, medium and long term actions), and indication of bodies responsible for implementation.

ANNEXES


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1 METHODOLOGY

1.1 The Framework Transport Strategy development ap proach

The Framework Transport Strategy aims to identify the actions required to develop the transport system in BiH in the short, medium and long term. FTS is a design and planning tool, which aims at creating a roadmap for future transport-related investments in BiH. FTS is part of a life cycle approach for transport infrastructures and services development.

The overall life cycle approach includes six tasks, which are represented in the following figure and described here below.

1. Diagnostic: to define the “as is scenario” and clearly understand the current situation of a transport system (e.g. current weakness, bottlenecks, etc.). This task includes data collection and analysis of collected data.

2. Strategy: to develop a vision of the transport network (infrastructure, services, regulation and technology) based on the comprehension of the as is scenario. Thus, this task aims at identifying the objectives and the actions required to overcome the current bottlenecks and gaps of the transport system and to satisfy the level of services requested by the citizens

3. Development plan: to decide, given budget constraints, on multi-year transport investments and measures (services, infrastructure, regulation and technology), on the basis of the specific performances of the various objectives and actions tested in task 2. The action plan includes the definition of indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of the transport policies and investments chosen by the policy makers.

4. Preparation: to prepare implementation of the action plan (detailed design and scheduling)

5. Operation: to implement the programme defined at the programming stage

6. Monitoring and evaluation: to monitor the results and the impact of the programme and to compare with the strategic objectives defined during planning

The Framework Transport Strategy includes the development of the first two tasks of the life cycle approach:

• Analysis of the current situation (“Diagnostic”)

• Strategy development (“Definition of objectives and actions”)

For each transport mode, the Framework Transport Strategy explored the four pillars of the transport system (i.e. infrastructure, services, regulation and technology), as shown by the following picture.


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The following figure depicts the most important elements of the strategic planning dealt with in the Strategy.

Pillar of the TS Key element of the TS

Infrastructure • Definition of a technically and financially feasible scenario to develop the networks according to the priorities identified (special focus will be given on the extension of TEN-T Core Network corridors) by taking into account the wide range of existing studies about transport infrastructure development in the country

• Verification of the alignment of BiH infrastructure planning with practices adopted in other countries in the region, in order to ensure a timely progress in the overall Western Balkans connectivity

Service • High level analysis of market positioning, existing services and financial situation of key actors in the transport service sectors, as well as awareness / expertise of key staff

• Analysis of current service planning and service management practices for public transport services (e.g. urban and interurban buses, passenger and freight companies) and harmonization of standards

• Definition of transport service enhancement plan with specific measures addressing the gaps highlighted by the above analyses (e.g. reduction of vehicles age and pollution level, increase of frequency and capacity of service, intermodal connectivity etc.) and alignment with the infrastructure strategy

Regulation • Analyse missing regulatory alignment with EU Legislation

• Develop a feasible path for the full alignment, focusing – in general – on cost-effective solutions minimising transition costs

• Integrate the regulatory strategy in the wider transport strategy (e.g. technological and infrastructure upgrading of the transport system shall accompany the actual implementation of the EU Acquis in terms of economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, market opening, safety, consumer protection, etc.)

• Develop a clear vision about supporting actions that are necessary for an effective regulatory alignment (e.g. capacity allocation tools for the railway system; up-to-date air traffic management equipment; capacity building activities to relevant regulatory bodies etc.).

Technology • Definition of an action plan of feasible and priority interventions for each transport mode, and for intermodality, in the following areas: multimodal information to customers, ticketing solutions, (intermodal) freight tracking and tracing, etc.)


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1.2 Objectives and actions

The core part of FTS is defined in objectives and actions. Objectives and actions jointly establish the strategic vision for the BiH transport system to 2030.

As described in details in the relevant section, specific objectives of the FTS stem from the “higher level” objectives. The latter are consistent with the BiH Framework Transport Policy 2015-2030, which sets framework goals for the transport sector, and foresees the definition of the Transport Strategies, pursuant to the Constitution of BiH, at the level of BiH, its two entities and Brcko District. Such higher level objectives are particularly relevant for international and inter-entity actions. According to the Constitution of BiH the state level has the competence to deal with these actions.

Specific objectives are provided for different modes of transport (road, railway, inland waterways and air transport). They are based on BiH, FBiH, RS and BD transport priorities which emerged from the understanding of current situation (based on analysis of needs and official documents).

In accordance with the defined set of objectives, FTS aims at defining actions to be implemented with the purpose to achieve specific objectives for each transport mode. Actions are clustered by foreseen timing for implementation, in “short term” (2016-2020), “medium term” (2021-2025) and “long term” (2026-2030) categories of actions. FTS also defines responsible bodies as well as the instruments for the implementation of each action.

1.3 Data needs and collection methods

A considerable number of studies and documents were consulted while analysing the current situation of the transport system, and key priorities for intervention in BiH. The main document categories are listed below, whereas the complete list of documents is given in the Annex:

1. Strategies / Studies / Plans. Recent studies and reports about transport planning, including: transport investments by mode (rail, road, air, IWW), phasing of the investments, source of financing, etc.

2. Regulation by mode, with a specific focus on: market opening, tolling/charging systems, safety, passenger rights, etc.

3. Traffic data • Time series of the interurban transport demand by mode (rail, road, air, IWW), distinguished between

passenger and freight • Traffic counts at national (railway and road) border crossing (if available)

• Key data on urban transport in each main city (e.g. with more than 100,000 inhabitants): public transport network data (bus*km and tram*km; passenger*km); road motorization data; air pollution data (if available)

4. Financial data • Latest available P&L accounts of the railway companies (ZFBiH, ZRS); for the same actors: staffing and rolling

stock data; production data (passenger and freight train*km) etc.; • Latest P&L accounts of the airports open to commercial traffic Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla, Mostar

5. Latest available data on transport infrastructure by mode: • Map, route length and characteristics of the motorways and national roads; • Map, route length and characteristics of the railways; • Runway lengths & air terminal extension of airports open to commercial traffic Sarajevo, Tuzla, Banja Luka,

Mostar; • ECMT classes of inland waterways opened to commercial traffic etc.

6. Other transport statistics • Road and railway accident statistics • Road vehicles motorization data (number of vehicles by type/size and age)

7. Socio-economic data • Historic series of population, GDP, etc. • Data on import/export by country and type of goods (if available) • Data on international tourism

Data were collected through desktop research, from stakeholders and by means of targeted interviews.The consistency and completeness of collected data were checked by local experts and representatives of involved ministries, public companies and authorities, in meetings held during the development of the FTS.


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2 CURRENT SITUATION

2.1 Socio-economic overview Assessing the overall economic performance of a country, measured through the evolution of main macroeconomic indicators, is of the utmost importance to carry out an accurate transportation analysis, especially when trying to forecast future demand trends for transport services.

In the present section, general macroeconomic trends observed in the 2006 – 2014 period will be identified both for the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole and for its constituent parts: the two entities and BD.

2.1.1 GDP

Economic performances of countries and regions are generally assessed by observing gross domestic product (GDP) trends. GDP can be defined as the sum of consumption, investments, and government spending and net exports. This indicator is taken as a synonym for a country’s economic output.

The following Figure 1 depicts the levels of GDP, measured in billions of BiH convertible marks (BAMs), recorded for the state of BiH (including levels for the different entities, i.e. FBiH, RS and BD) between 2006 and 2014. Except for 2009, the year of the global “Great Recession”, economic output displays constant growth. As expected, the evolution of GDP levels is approximately the same for the two entities and BD.

Figure 1

Gross domestic product, 2006-2014 (in BAM billion) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; Statistical Yearbook of Republika Srpska 2015; BIHAS

Figure 2

Gross domestic product per capita, 2006-2014 (in BAM thousand) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; Statistical Yearbook of Republika Srpska 2015; BIHAS


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The above Figure 2 depicts GDP per capita levels, measured in thousands of BAMs, observed between 2006 and 2014 at the state level. Equivalently to total GDP, per capita income/output has significantly increased over the past decade. Per capita output is often considered as a good proxy for measuring individual wealth or purchasing power of a country’s residents. At the entity level GDP per capita has followed a positive trend across the board. However, in absolute terms, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska record similar GDP per capita figures, while Brcko district has recorded higher GDP per capita levels over the whole analysed time frame.

2.1.2 Employment

In this section, labour market trends, observed in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout the study’s reference period (2006 – 2014), are analysed.

Figure 3

Number of employed persons, 2006-2014 (in thousands) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; RS Institute of Statistics, Labour Force Survey and Statistical

Yearbook of RS 2015; BIHAS

More precisely, data recorded with respect to general employment levels are inspected both for the state as a whole and for the individual entities. The above Figure 3 shows employed persons in BiH on a yearly basis. Employed persons are all people that have been employed for an unlimited or limited period working either full or part-time. It is possible to observe that the number of employed people has grown consistently from 2006 to 2009. A four-year period of decline has then followed, while a moderate recovery has been recorded only in 2014.

However, data collected at the entity level shows that employment trends have been quite divergent among the different entities. In fact, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has experienced significant and constant growth throughout the analysed period, recording an overall peak of 444 thousand employed persons in 2014 compared to the 390 observed in 2006. Similar growth has been observed also for the Brcko District, while a constant decrease in the number of employed people has been recorded in Republika Srpska from 2009 onwards.

The employment rate trend for the concerned state and regions is displayed in the figure below. The said indicator represents the ratio of employed persons over the working age population. The working age population of BiH consists of all persons who are at least 15 years old. The overall labour force of a country includes both employed and unemployed individuals.

Data for the working age population for the Brcko district is missing. Therefore, the figure below only captures the employment rate for the aggregate region of the FBiH and RS. Over the 2006-2010 period, the employment rate of the said region ranges from 33% to 39%. Not surprisingly, the employment rate trend follows a path similar to the one of the number of employed persons, growing from 2006 to 2009 and falling ever after until 2014.


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Figure 4

Employment rate, 2006-2014 Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; RS Institute of Statistics, Labour Force Survey and Statistical

Yearbook of RS 2015

Figures for FBiH are in line with those observed for the number of employed persons. In RS, despite decreasing number of employed individuals, the employment rate has grown, signalling a likely decrease in the working age population, possibly be due to the evolution of the region’s demographic curve or to migrations.

2.1.3 Foreign trade 1

In the present section international trade flows involving BiH and its trade partners are analysed. Figure 5 below depicts the trend observed for the country’s trade balance (by import and export values). While the trade balance has had a consistent negative trend, international trade volumes appear to have grown constantly over the period (2009-2014).

Figure 5

Import, Export, Trade balance (in BAM billion), Coverage of import with export (in %) 2009-2014 Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; Statistical Yearbook of RS 2015; BIHAS

1 Source: Statistical Yearbook of RS, Nov 2015


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Figure 6

Imports, 2009-2014 (in BAM billion) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; Statistical Yearbook of RS 2015; BIHAS

Figure 7

Export, 2009-2014 (in BAM billion) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for Statistics of FBiH; Statistical Yearbook of RS 2015; BIHAS

Previous figures show a number of trends: • Economy has grown in the observed period, both in absolute terms and per capita • Employment across the two entities and BD has a fairly heterogenous trend • International trade has exhibited growth

Such trends means that some key drivers of mobility have generally been growing throughout the analysed period, with the exception of employment. Traffic data shown in the next chapter will confirm that mobility expanded in the case of the most important mode of transport (road), while traffic levels are more fluctuating for the other modes


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2.2 Roads

2.2.1 Infrastructure

2.2.1.1 State level (international and inter-entities)

Total lenght of the road network in BiH is 24,796 km. The entire network may be divided following the categorisation presented here below:

� 3,970 km main / state roads (16.0%); 128,7 km of which classified as Motorways2 (120 km of motorways and 28.7 km of roads reserved for motor traffic)

� 4,611 km secondary / regional roads (18.6%)

� 14,200 km other / local roads3 (57.3%)

An overview of the entire network may be derived from the map below.

Map 1

The map of the road network in BiH

Part of the BiH road network assumed strategic international relevance, within the Western Balkans Region, due to its inclusion in the SEETO4 (South East Europe Transport Observatory) Comprehensive network. In this respect, the

2Road sections which meet high quality standards, characterized by separete carriageways (2x2 + 1 emergency lane), maximum

allowed speed above 110 km/h and not crossing at grade with any road, railway or tramway track, bicycle path or footpath. 3 Incomplete data for local roads


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Comprehensive Network identified under SEETO Memorandum of Understanding, shall be considered as a multimodal regional transport network which is the base for the implementation of the transport investment programmes.

Furthermore, on 27 August 2015, during the Western Balkans 6 (WB6) Summit held in Vienna, WB6 representatives and the European Union reached an agreement on the indicative extension of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) to the Western Balkans. As a result of this agreement, the entire SEETO comprehensive network is now integrated into the TEN-T network; consequently, the related TEN-T maps were updated accordingly5.

In accordance with the double layer structure of the TEN-T network (Regulation EU no 1315/2013), the Annex 1 to the WB66 agreed in the Vienna summit established the indicative extension of the TEN-T core and comprehensive network to the WB countries. In this respect, Map 2 depicts all road sections which are a part of the European TEN-T Core and Comprehensive Network.

Map 2 Indicative extension of TEN-T road network in Western Balkans EU neighbouring countries

Source: Regulation (EU) No 2016/758

4SEETO (South East Europe Transport Observatory) is a regional transport organisation established by the Memorandum of

Understanding for the development of the Core Regional Transport Network (MoU) signed on 11 June, 2004 by the Governments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia and the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the European Commission 5 Consequently, Annex III of Regulation (EU) n. 1315/2013 were amended by Regulation (EU) No 2016/758. 6Vienna Western Balkans Summit 2015 - Annex 1 “Connectivity”.


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WB6 Annex 1 includes a list of “pre-identified projects ”, i.e. the identification of priority works and studies to improve the quality of infrastructure on the extension of TEN-T Corridors and Core Network to Western Balkans. As regards BiH road network, the following pre-identified projects were identified in the Annex 1 to the WB6:

Mediterranean Corridor:

Works for the following sections: • Odžak – Svilaj, • border crossing and cross-border bridge Svilaj over the Sava River; • Odžak – Vukosavlje– Podnovlje – Rudanka – Doboj south; Tarčin-Konjic; Mostar North –Počitelj.

Other sections on the Core network:

Works for border crossing and cross-border bridge Gradiška over the Sava River

The list of pre-identified projects emphasises the relevance of cross-border projects (BiH-Croatia) to implement the Mediterranean Corridor and TEN-T Core Network extensions.

The Connectivity Agenda 7, included as well in the Annex 1 to the WB6, defines the current status of co-financing of investment projects in the Western Balkans, in 2015. The following table includes the two road projects of the Connectivity Agenda in BiH, the related international financing institution (IFI), the investment cost and the allocated grants. It also introduces a new layer of project codification (CVc, R2a), connected to SEETO corridors and routes.

Reference IFI Description Investment (EUR M)

Grant (EUR M)

WBIF CF 1006 BIH TRA EIB Mediterranean Corridor (CVc): Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia RoadInterconnection

109 22

WBIF CF 1009 BIH TRA EIB Mediterranean Corridor (R2a): Bosnia and Herzegovina – Croatia RoadInterconnection

34,4 6,8

Table 1 BiH investment projects in the Connectivity Agenda

Source: Annex 1 to the WB6

The following map shows the relation between the TEN-T and the SEETO Comprehensive Networks. In this sense, the map clearly highlights how the SEETO comprehensive routes and corridors (R1, R2a, R2b, R3, and Vc) are part of the Trans-European Transport Network. It is worth noting that the indicative extensions of TEN-T Network to Western Balkans are clustered by SEETO in “routes” and “corridors”: the latter are encoded adopting the “traditional” codification used by “Pan-European Corridors” in the past. Hence, “Corridor Vc” indicates the southern extension of the former “Pan-European Corridor V”.

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Map 3 SEETO comprehensive routes and corridors

Source: SEETO

To clarify such aspect, the following table lists all the road sections involved, specifying the corresponding SEETO Corridor/Routes which they are part of, as well as their European road codes.

Route / Corridor

From To Distance

(km)

Core/Comprehensive TEN-T section

(as stated by EU regulation 2016/758)

European Road

R1 Neum north-west Neum southeast 7 Core E65

R2a border with R. of Croatia Gradiska 4 Core E661

R2a Gradiska Banja Luka 44 Core E661

R2a Banja Luka Jajce 76 Core E661

R2a Jajce Donji Vakuf 34 Core E661

R2a Donji Vakuf Travnik 37 Core E661

R2a Travnik Lasva 33 Core E661

R2b Sarajevo Dobro Polјe 44,6 Comprehensive E762

R2b Dobro Polјe Foca 31 Comprehensive E762

R2b Foca Scepan Polјe 21 Comprehensive E762

R3 Sarajevo Pale 26 Comprehensive E761

R3 Pale Sokolac 32 Comprehensive E761

R3 Sokolac Rogatica 28 Comprehensive E761

R3 Rogatica Ustipraca 18 Comprehensive E761

R3 Ustipraca Visegrad 27 Comprehensive E761

R3 Visegrad border with R. of Serbia 20 Comprehensive E761


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Route / Corridor

From To Distance

(km)

Core/Comprehensive TEN-T section


European Road

Vc Bosanski Samac Vukosavlje 20 Core E73

Vc Vukosavlјe Doboj 46,6 Core E73

Vc Doboj Maglaj 37 Core E73

Vc Maglaj Zenica 58 Core E73

Vc Zenica Lasva 8 Core E73

Vc Lasva Visoko 35 Core E73

Vc Visoko Podlugovi 9 Core E73

Vc Podlugovi Semizovac 9 Core E73

Vc Semizovac Sarajevo 8 Core E73

Vc Sarajevo Blazuj 9 Core E73

Vc Blazuj Tarcin 19 Core E73

Vc Tarcin Konjic 24 Core E73

Vc Konjic Jablanica 22 Core E73

Vc Jablanica Mostar bypass 1 51 Core E73

Vc Mostar bypass 1 Mostar bypass 2 20 Core E73

Vc Mostar bypass 2 Buna (Zitomislic) 10 Core E73

Vc Buna (Zitomislic) Tasovcici (Capljina) 16 Core E73

Vc Tasovcici (Capljina) Doljani 9 Core E73

Table 2

Road sections involved in SEETO Corridor/Routes and European road codification Source: TENTec, SEETO

SEETO’s Multi-Annual Plans 2015 and 2016/ Road Priority Projects

The SEETO Comprehensive Network Development Plan 2015 was released on SEETO 10th anniversary. It represented a breakthrough in the multi-annual regional transport planning. Released after a wide consultation process with relevant stakeholders, the Multi-Annual Plan (MAP) 2015 was re-designed and re-structured to present in a clearer way the policy information and infrastructure priority projects to transport planning authorities and potential investors.

The MAP 2015 distinguished between two types of priority projects presented in two separate lists:

� Priority projects eligible for funding – advanced projects for which a comprehensive evaluation is available, based on a completed feasibility study and, if available, all of the project documentation, in accordance with EU procedures for Programming and Procurement Rules.

� Priority projects for preparation – projects that require full project preparation and project evaluation to determine their feasibility. These projects are not ready for implementation but funding is required to carry out the necessary preparatory work.

One of the greatest results achieved during the SEETO cooperation process has been the broad acceptance of the new SEETO Priority Projects Rating Methodology, which was adopted in July 2012 in order to provide Regional Participants and potential external financers with a neutral and consistent view on the quality of projects nominated for the implementation of the SEETO Comprehensive Network.

Following its rating methodology, SEETO presented a list of priority projects in the MAP 2015. They have been updated in the Multi-Annual Plan (MAP) 2016.

The major part of “pre-identified” road projects of the Connectivity Agenda was considered as “Priority projects eligible for funding”in SEETO MAP 2016, as relevant for the development of the European TEN-T network. Such planned investments are listed in the following table. They cover the selected sections of the “pre-identified” Corridor Vc and Route 2a, and one section of Route 2b.


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Corridor / Route

Reference to MAP 2015 or

MAP 2016

Project Name TEN-T

Network

Estimated Cost

(EUR M)

Length (km)

SEETO Priority Project

TEN-T Pre-

identified Project

Vc MAP 2015 Construction of the motorway

section Odzak-Vukosavlje-Podnovlje-Rudenka-Doboj south

Core 356 50 Yes Yes

Vc MAP 2016

Construction of motorway section Odzak-Svilaj, border crossing and cross border

bridge Svilaj over Sava River

Core 109 11 Yes Yes

Vc MAP 2016 Construction works on the

motorway section Tarcin-Konjic Core 400 21 Yes Yes

Vc MAP 2016 Construction on the motorway section Mostar Sjever-Pocitelj

Core 350 37 Yes Yes

R2a MAP 2016 Construction of the cross border bridge Gradiska over Sava river

Core 105 Yes Yes

R2b MAP 2015 Upgrade of Brod na Drini

(Foca)-Hum (Scepan Polje)

Compre-

hensive

62 23 Yes No

Table 3

List of Priority Project Eligible for EU funding according to SEETO MAP 2016 Source: SEETO MAP 2016

SEETO MAP 2016 includes one BiH road project in the list of “Priority Projects for Preparation” , namely the “Completion of bypass East Sarajevo” (87 km), which was already included in SEETO MAP2015. The project is a part of the TEN-T Core Network and SEETO Route 3. The estimated investment cost for the implementaion is EUR 391 M.

In 2016 BiH Government submitted to EU a new list of projects eligible for funding, shaped as an extension of the Connectivity Agenda. The following table shows the characteristics of such road projects, their link with SEETO MAP 2016 list and with “pre-identified” projects.

Reference IFI Description Investment (EUR M)

Grant (EUR M

SEETO MAP 2016

TEN-T Pre-

identified Project

WB-IG01-BIH-TRA01 EIB Corridor Vc “Construction of motorway section Zenica sjever (north) – Zepce jug (south)” – Subsection Ponirak – Donja Gracanica

149 19 No No

WB-IG01-BIH-TRA02 EIB Corridor Vc – Construction of motorway section Mostar south - Pocitelj

214,5 39 Yes Yes

WB-IG01-BIH-TRA03 EBRD Corridor Vc – Construction of motorway section between the interchange Johovac and the Interchange Rudanka, connection to road Doboj-Banja Luka

420 69 Yes Yes

Table 4

List of priority projects submitted in 2016 by BiH Government to EU for funding Source: BiH Government

As showed in the table, the list includes the investment (and related grant) of a Corridor Vc motorway section still not included in the SEETO MAP2016 projects eligible for funding, neither in the list of pre-identified projects.


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2.2.1.2 FBiH

Main characteristics of the road network at the ent ity level:

Existing roads have the following characteristics: • The total length of the motorways in use is 92 km • The total length of the two lane road network in FBiH is 4,684 km:

- The length of the magistral network with two lane roads is 2,137 km - The length of the regional network with two lane roads is 2,547 km

Main critical issues • Wide range of magistral and regional roads require significant interventions

• Traffic bottlenecks in larger cities • Criticalities on the road network: blackspots, poor geometry, country development level that does not allow proper

reconstruction

Planned interventions

In order to solve the above mentioned issues, several investments are required to enhance the quality of the road network; in this respect FBiH foresees the following interventions, grouped per road category: • Motorways: 100 km of express road will be upgraded to motorways (with an estimated total cost of about EUR 472

M). Current financing models are the main issue for the development of motorways. • Magistral roads. main planned interventions consist of a “Modernisation Program” which will be developed in the

short and medium term, more specifically: a) Short term investments (already on-going 2016-2020) with an estimated total cost of about EUR 165.72 M;

partly financed through an EIB/WB loan (EUR 100.72 M) and the remaining financed through EBRD b) Medium term investments with an estimated total cost of about EUR 126.45 M will be financed through an

EBRD loan The following map shows the priority projects on the motorway (blue) and expressway (yellow) network, including also the project for the modernisation of magistral roads to the level of expressways (red).

Map 4

Latest official strategy map of motorways and expressways Source: Consultant elaboration on information provided by MoTC and PE Autoceste FBiH, April 2016


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The following map shows the Modernisation program of magistral roads, 2016 – 2020

Map 5 Modernization programme of magistral roads 2016 – 2020

Source: PE FBiH Ceste


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2.2.1.3 Republika Srpska

Main characteristics of the road network at the ent ity level:

Total extension of the road network in Republika Srpska is 10,164.2 km. The whole network may be divided following the categorisation presented here below: • 32 km of motorways, represented by the stretch linking Gradiska to Banja Luka (E661) • 4,132 Km of magistral and regional roads

• 6,000 km of local roads

An overview of the RS road network is given in the map included here below

Map 6 Road network in RS

Source: Amendment of Spatial plan of RS 2025 Main critical issues As stated above, magistral roads have a total extension of about 4,132 km.

- 12.65% are still gravel roads, in need of upgrade - 26% of such network is characterised by carriageways narrower than 5 m - 41% of this network has a gradient of over 6% - 14% have a gradient of over 10%.

Planned interventions The following investments and interventions were planned in RS in order to overcome the main bottlenecks and develop the road network:

• New sections included in the Spatial Plan of Republika Srpska8:

8Amendments to the Spatial Plan of RS till 2025. Official Gazette of RS 15-2015 (hereinafter: Spatial Plan RS)


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• Upgrading of some sections of the magistral and regional roads network which have gravel surface (e.g. M5 Mesici – Praca, M8 Foca – Vikoc, etc.) and require complete reconstruction.

• Planned express ways: - Lukavica – Pale – Sokolac – Rogatica – Ustipraca – Visegrad – border with Serbia (SEETO Route 3), - Bijelјina – Zvornik – Sokolac,

- Trebinje – Gacko – Foca – Ustipraca – Visegrad, - Prijedor – Kozarska Dubica – Donja Gradina, - Banja Luka – Celinac – Kotor Varos – Obodnik.

According to the Amendments to the Spatial Plan of RS to 2025, and plans by public roads managers, the transformation of road transport will continue in order to increase reliability, availability and efficiency. In addition to ongoing programmed maintenance, rehabilitation and modernization according to defined priorities, it is necessary to construct and modernise the magistral and regional road network in RS. Priority routes for construction are:

• Magistral road M-18 Brod on river Drina (Foca) – Hum (Scepan Polјe) (Route 2b),

• Regional road R-435 Nevesinje – Berkovici,

• Regional road R-405 Bronzani Majdan – inter entity border RS/FBiH,

• Regional road R-477 Gornji Podgradci – Mrakovica,

• Regional road R-413 Kotor Varos - Mitrovici (Knezevo).

Map 7 Bottlenecks and criticalities

Source: Amendments to the Spatial Plan of Republika Srpska to 2025

In the future period, according to Amendments to the Spatial Plan of RS to 2025, bypasses around the bigger regional centres are planned for construction. Stated priorities for the construction of the road network and bypasses are to be implemented in accordance with the annual plans and financial capabilities.


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2.2.1.4 Brcko District

Main characteristics of the road network at the dis trict level:

• Total network: 870 km; magistral roads 37 km, regional roads 40 km, local and unclassified roads 500 km, street roads 293 km

• Paving: 580 km paved and 290 km unpaved roads (local and unclassified mainly)

• Magistral roads network: 37 km; M14.1 Loncari-Bijeljina (magistral transit route through the urban area of Brcko) and M1.8 Orasje-Tuzla (at the western perimeter of BD); magistral road standards: single two-lane carriageway, 6-7 m wide

• Regional roads network: 40 km; R458 Brcko - Lopare and R460 Brcko - Gracanica; regional road standard: single two-lane carriageway, 6 m wide

• Local roads network: app. 170 km; local road standard: single carriageway, 4-5 m wide

Main critical issues

• The most critical bottleneck relates to M14.1 in urban area of Brcko, since it is a main West-East transit route to Bijeljina and onwards for all vehicles, including heavy trucks.

• Condition of the pavements on magistral and regional roads is unfavourable (presence of numerous cracks and rutting)

• Substantial part of local roads are unpaved

Planned interventions

In order to overcome the main bottlenecks and develop the road network, the following investments and interventions are planned in the BD:

• New sections:

- Construction of the West-East bypass road which will have the role of deviating transit traffic flows from the urban area of Brcko (magistral road standard for 80 kph, 18 km long)

- Construction of the motorway Tuzla-Orasje (50 km passing through BD including links to the existing road network)

- Motorway Tuzla-Orasje: Gorica-Brka-Dubrave (implementation of this project is planned but has not started yet)

- Bypass road Gorice-Grbavica-Cadjavac-Gredice (implementation of this project is underway)

• Rehabilitation / Reconstruction:

- Reconstruction and rehabilitation of the pavements on existing magistral and regional roads

- Paving and rehabilitation of unpaved local roads

- Regular maintenance, including winter maintenance: BAM 1.5 M + 1 M annually

- Reconstruction of outdated pavements: BAM 1 M annually


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2.2.2 Road traffic, road vehicles fleet and road safety

2.2.2.1 Traffic flow

The map below shows the magistral road network in BiH (distribution flow of vehicles on the road network) during 2014. The magistral road junctions are in the areas around big BiH cities: Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla and Mostar.

We can see that vertical traffic flow is more frequent than horizontal track flow due to the fact that the biggest cities are vertically positioned. Unit of measure of traffic flow is the annual average daily traffic (AADT).

Map 8 Map intensity on magistral roads BiH in 2014 (in AADT) Source: Traffic counting on the main roads of the FBiH in 2014-

http://www.jpcfbih.ba/ba/publikacije/Brojanje_saobracaja_F_BiH_2014.pdf

2.2.2.2 Road passenger transport: vehicle fleet and traffic

The following figure shows the historical trend of road traffic in BiH. In 2011 and 2012 BiH had the maximum number of vehicles in the last 6 years. In 2010 and 2015 BiH had the almost same number of vehicles. Number of light vehicles did not vary significantly in the last 6 years while the number of km travelled by vehicles had a growing trend.


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Figure 8 Historical trend of road traffic in BiH: Number of registered motor vehicles, 2010 – 2015 (in thousand)

Source: BiH Agency for statistics

Figure 9 Historical trend of road traffic in BiH: Vehicles*km, 2010 - 2015 (in million)

Source: BiH Agency for statistics

The main origin-destinations are the following sections: - Sarajevo-Tuzla, - Zenica-Travnik, - Zenica-Doboj, - Banja Luka-Gradiska, - Sarajevo-Mostar, - Brcko-Bijeljina, and - Travnik-Bihac.

While the number of registered motor vehicles (figure 8) has been steady over the last three years (increasing by +6%), the vehicles*km has increased by +20% (figure 9). This means that in the recent past, vehicles have been used more than before.

The following figure shows the number of registered motor vehicles in BiH by type (2006-2015). As already mentioned, in the last 10 years (as shown below), BiH had the maximum number of vehicles in the years 2011 and 2012.


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Figure 10 Number of registereded motor vehicles by type (2006 – 2015)

Source: IDDEEA, BIHAMK, Sarajevo

2.2.2.3 Road freight transport: vehicle fleet and traffic

The following figure shows the historical trend of freight traffic in BiH. The figure shows a growing trend in the last 6 years regarding tonnes transported by vehicles. The same is the rule for the indicator presenting the kilometres travelled by vehicles for freight transport. The number of heavy vehicles reached its maximum in year 2012, but the number appears almost constant throughout all the last 6 years.

While the number of trucks (figure 11) has been stable over the last three years (slightly increasing by +5%), the volume of transported cargo has increased by +21%. This means that in the recent past, vehicles have been used more than before.

Figure 11 Volume of transported cargo, 2010 – 2015 (in million tonnes)

Source: Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange of Bosnia and Herzegovina, IDDEEA), BIHAMK, Sarajevo


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Figure 12 Volume of transported cargo, 2010 – 2015 (in billion tonne*km)

Source: Agency for Identification Documents, Registers and Data Exchange of Bosnia and Herzegovina, IDDEEA), BIHAMK, Sarajevo

The main origin-destinations are the following sections: - Sarajevo-Tuzla, - Zenica-Travnik, - Zenica-Doboj, - Banja Luka-Gradiska, - Sarajevo-Mostar, - Brcko-Bijeljina, and - Travnik-Bihac.

2.2.2.4 Safety

Road accidents

The following figure shows the historical trend of road accidents in BiH. The number of accidents is lower than in 2010, when the number of accidents reached its maximum in the last five years (2015 not included). The number of accidents with injuries varied within this period and in 2010 the number was almost the same as in 2014.

It has to be noted that, despite an increase in the number of vehicles the number of accidents remains steady.

Figure 13

Historical trend of road accidents (in thousand), 2010 - 2015 Source: IDDEA; BIHAMK

The strategy for road traffic safety in BiH is not in place. The internal institutional set, political situation and inadequate attitude of competent and responsible institutional subjects towards the problem of road traffic are the reasons for Bosnia and Herzegovina still having no strategy for Road Traffic Safety.


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The internal institutional set and political situation in the past have brought up the adoption of the following strategic documents related to the road traffic safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as follows:

- Baseline of the Road Traffic Safety in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008 - 2013); - Strategy for Road Traffic Safety of the RS (2009 - 2013), (2013-2022).

The costs of road traffic accidents in Bosnia and H erzegovina: The socio-economic losses resulting from road accidents in FBiH have been calculated using the Gross output or Human Capital Method, a well-recognized methodology used in many countries. Thess estimate the cost of administration, medical treatment of injured people, property damage and the lost productivity of those killed and injured and includes an allowance for pain, grief and suffering. Details on these indicators are presented in the next three figures:

Figure 14 Losses incurred for each traffic casualty by severity (in thousand BAM and EUR)

Source: WB, Report on the costs of road traffic accidents in the FBiH and RS

Figure 15 Losses incurred for each Traffic accident by severity (in thousand BAM and EUR)

Source: WB; Report on the costs of road traffic accidents in the FBiH and RS


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Figure 16 Estimated Annual losses to BiH economy - based on 2010 (in thousand BAM)

Source: WB, Report on the costs of road traffic accidents in the FBiH and RS

Safety on the road network

The following map shows identified black spots on the motorways and other major roads in BiH.

Map 9 Identified black spots on the motorways and other major roads in BiH

Source: Study on priority reconstruction and rehabilitation of black spots on the magistral roads in the FBiH; Research and editing of

the author, 2010


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2.2.3 Regulation

Management of the road network in Bosnia and Herzegovina is carried out according to different levels of jurisdiction: • FBiH : Magistral roads are managed by entity road companies, PE Ceste FBiH, according to their territorial and

administrative jurisdiction. Mode for managing regional roads is different compared to magistral roads. In fact, in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the cantons are responsible for the management of regional roads and also implemented by cantonal Road Directorate or directly through relevant cantonal ministries. Motorways are managed by PE Autoceste FBiH.

• RS: PE Putevi RS has the jurisdiction over regional roads. In addition, the Directorate has jurisdiction over local roads within the territory of RS, which has been declared of particular entity character. The local road network is managed by relevant municipal authorities with direct cooperation with cantonal authorities in FBiH, with PE Putevi RS. Motorways are managed by PE Autoputevi RS.

• BD: Supervision, management, maintenance and protection of public roads as well as of facilities on these roadsis carried out by the Department of Public Affairs of Brcko District. Management, maintenance and protection of public roads and part of unclassified roads, which are determined by a special decision, are the responsibility of Government of Brcko District.

2.2.3.1 Regulatory framework at State level

The Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH (Mo CT) includes Sector for Transport with Department for Road Traffic; and Sector for Transport Infrastructure, Preparation and Implementation of Projects with Department for Roads, Railways, Waterways, Ports and Pipelines and Department/Unit for Implementation of Projects (PIU). Key roles of the MoCT at the moment: • Drafting the laws and other legal acts for road transport, including international agreements (bilateral and

multilateral) • Monitoring the status and implementation of the international conventions and agreements related to the road

transport • Monitoring the international and inter-entity road transport • Coordination in implementation of major road projects (e.g. Motorway in Corridor Vc) • Participation in relevant international organisations (SEETO, CEMT, etc.) • Participation in policy development in co-ordination with the entities and Brcko District.

The following laws represent the legislative framework for roads management and development in BiH: • Law on Ministries and Other Bodies of Administratio n of BiH (Feb 2003) defines the following responsibilities

for MoTC BiH as relating to the roads: - Policy and regulation of international and inter-entity communication facilities; - International and inter-entity transportation and infrastructure; - Preparation of treaties, agreements and other acts in the field of international and inter-entity transport; - Relations with international organisations in the field of international and inter-entity transport; - Preparation and drafting of strategic and planning documents in the field of international and inter-entity

transport for transport, infrastructure and information technologies. • Law on Road Safety of BiH (Dec 2005) defines general safety conditions for roads, road traffic rules, road signs

and markings, traffic restrictions, responsibilities in case of road accident, provisions for drivers, provisions for vehicles, special safety measures, etc.

• Law on International and Inter-Entity Road Transport of BiH (Dec 2001) defines the conditions for road transport of passengers and goods in international and inter-entity traffic, inspections, etc.

• Agreement between FBiH and RS on the establishment o f the joint road infrastructure corporation (BRIC) as a part of transportation corporation (2001); the key role of the BRIC was to establish the institutionalised co-operation among the two entities in the field of road infrastructure and to provide for the making of whatever decisions are necessary to ensure smooth, safe and regular traffic by road throughout the whole of BiH. Other roles define the BRIC as „road market and safety regulator“. It also includes harmonisation in development of the priority road infrastructure of international and inter-entity relevance, primarily targeting E-road corridors of the country (at that time, the country had no motorways and expressways). The seat of the BRIC was in Banja Luka. BRIC was not positioned adequately and its role was not enforced; and it was particularly diminished by creation of separate companies for motorways and magistral roads in the two entities.


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The following table shows the main regulatory issues in BiH

Main regulatory issues

Description

To put road on a fee-for-service basis and establish an adequate and stable flow of funds for road maintenance:

• Steps to follow in implementation of a country-wide network classification based on the technical standards already agreed by the two entities in view of designating inter-entity and international roads of regional interest (SEETO).

• Since the BRIC was not involved in the technical standards for design, maintenance, supervision and construction of roads and motorways agreed by the two entities, the recommendation is given for establishing of a mechanism to ensure coordination on road safety issues (harmonisation in regulating the road safety issues).

• Establishment by both entities of a road maintenance financing system in order to: (i) provide adequate and guaranteed source of finance for maintenance; (ii) make road users to pay explicit charges for the use of the road network; and (iii) impose on their road administration accountability for management of the Entity’s road assets.

• Development of common policies for enforcing road vehicle emissions regulations agreed at country-wide level.

To encourage public-private partnership (PPP) or concession scheme to mobilize capital for road construction

• Development of common criteria for road investment prioritization in order to avoid over-sizing of projects.

• Competitive bidding framework for entering into a concession agreement as a condition to ensure commercial efficiency in the design, construction and operational stages of a road project.

• Capabilities of the entities to negotiate a complex set of contractual obligations under a concession scheme making the building of infrastructure a much more complex enterprise than in the case of directly public funded road projects.


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2.2.3.2 FBiH

Regulation Body

• The Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBi H (MoTC FBiH) includes the Sector for Road Transport and Sector for Road Infrastructure. Key roles of the MoTC FBiH at the moment:

- Drafting the laws and other legal acts for road transport. - Managing and monitoring the law enforcement for the responsibilities given by the current legislation. - Participating in coordination for implementation of the projects with international and inter-entity relevance

(Corridor Vc). - Drafting the strategic planning documents and infrastructure projects related to roads.

Infrastructure management • Public Enterprise Autoceste FBiH is infrastructure manager for motorways and expressways in FBiH • Public Enterprise Ceste FBiH is in charge for infrastructure management for magistral roads • Other relevant bodies:

- Public Institutions for Regional Roads (in Cantons Una-Sana, Tuzla, West Herzegovina) - Administrative units within Cantonal Ministries (other Cantons)

Road infrastructure financing

Investments in road infrastructure are directly related to the subsidies which enable the maintenance and raising of the loan. Subsidies for roads are divided according to the following model: • Motorways: EUR 35 M generated by fuel (loan servicing) + EUR 14 M generated by toll charges • Dedicated resources from excise taxes on fuel (fuel, registration, etc.):

- 40% magistral roads - 39% regional roads - 21% local roads

Ministry initiatives for the new excise (on fuel): - 0.05 EUR/liter intended for motorways - 0.025 EUR/liter intended for magistral roads

Main regulatory issues for road transport:

The above bodies are in charge for road operation, construction, rehabilitation and maintenance in their territory.

The following laws represent the legislative framework for roads management and development in FBiH: • Law on Federal Ministries and Other Bodies of Admin istration of FBiH (“Official Gazette of FBiH”,58/02, 19/03,

38/05, 2/06, 8/06, 61/06) defines the following responsibilities for the Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBiH relevant for the roads: administrative and professional work for road traffic and its safety and inspections, except for the international and inter-entity transport and infrastructure.

• Law on Roads in Federation of FBiH (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 12/10, 16/10, 66/13) defines the legal status of road managers, managing, planning, funding, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of public roads, PPP in roads and enforcement monitoring.

• Law on Motorways on Corridor Vc (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 18/13); • Law on Road Transportation of the Federation BiH (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 28/06) defines the conditions for

road transport of passengers and goods in the FBiH. • The Law on Public Enterprises in the FBiH (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 8/05, 81/08, 22/09).

The main regulatory issues not fully addressed by the relevant legislation are presented here below:

• Alignment with EU policies for road safety. Given the very high fatality rate in BiH it is vital to not only look at the regulatory framework but also work on practical solutions for implementation of this regulation, its enforcement and regulation.

• Regulatory framework for access charges to tolled roads. • Financing of the road infrastructure


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Regulation Body

• The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC RS) is a republic authority, whose jurisdiction is stipulated by the Law on Republic Administration (''Zakon o republickoj upravi'') (''Official Gazette of Republika Srpska'' No 118/08). The Ministry provides administrative and the other professional tasks in the area of its jurisdiction. The Ministry is in charge of: road traffic and public roads, railway traffic and safety of the railway traffic, air traffic, inland waterways, safety of inland waterways, reloading services, communication system, radio communications, post, telegraph and telephone traffic, telecommunication infrastructure, coordination and other tasks.

• The Agency for Road Safety in RS is an administrative organization within the MoTC, founded in 2011 by the Government of Republika Srpska, according to the “Law on Road Traffic Safety in Republika Srpska”.

Infrastructure management

• Public Enterprise Republika Srpska Putevi was founded in 1992, as ’’Road Directory of Republika Srpska’’. The company is in charge of the organization of planning and design of the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the magistral and regional roads, financing in construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of the network, and monitoring and recording data of the magistral and regional road network in RS.

• Public Enterprise Republika Srpska Autoputevi was founded on 10 November 2006 when the Government of Republika Srpska approved the Decision no. 04/1-012-2323/06 to establish the PE “Republika Srpska Motorways” with the purpose of managing motorways and express ways in RS. The company is in charge of the organization of planning and design of the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the motorways and express ways, financing in construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of the network, and monitoring and recording data of the motorways and express ways network in RS.

Road infrastructure financing

Sources of funds for the financing of public roads are defined by the provisions of Art. 61-65 of the Law on Public Roads, (''Zakon o javnim putevima''), („Official Gazette of Republika Srpska'' No 89/13).

The road manager performs the activities of financing, security planning and design documentation, technical and technological requirements for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, maintenance, protection and use of public roads.

The source incomes for the public companies are: - fees for the roads, contained in the retail price of petroleum products (PE RS Roads and PE RS Motorways),

- fees for public roads to be paid at registration of motor vehicles and trailers (PE RS Roads), - fees of the various approvals and permits, (PE RS Roads and PE RS Motorways), - toll collection (PE RS Motorways).

Besides the source incomes, public road management is financed from loans and donations.


The following laws represent the legislative framework for roads management and development in RS:

• Law on Ministries of RS (Oct 2002) defines the following responsibilities for the Ministry of Traffic and Communications of the RS relevant for the roads: administrative and professional work for road traffic and its safety, as well as managing the coordination policy, all in accordance with the laws of RS and BiH.

• Law on Public Roads of RS (Oct 2013) defines the legal status of road managers, managing, planning, funding, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of public roads, PPP in roads and enforcement monitoring.

• Law on Road Safety in RS (Jun 2011) defines the road safety managing, creation of the Road Safety Council, creation of the Road Safety Agency, drafting the strategic and planning documents related to road safety, etc.

• Law on Road Transport in RS (Nov 2008) defines the conditions for road transport of passengers and goods in the RS.


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Main regulatory issues not fully addressed by the relevant legislation are presented here below:

• Legislative framework is partially harmonized with the EU regulations. Some regulations according to EU regulations and standards, visible through laws and by-laws are transposed and applied, such as: - Council Decision 93/704/EC of 30th November 1993 of the setting-up of a Community database on road traffic

accidents; - Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19th November 2008 on road

infrastructure safety management; - Directive 96/96/EC of 20th December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to

road worthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers; - Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th May 2006 amending; - Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures; - Council regulation EEC No 3820/85 of 20th December 1985 on the harmonization of certain social legislation

relating to road transport OJ L 370 31/12/1985; - Council regulation EEC No 881/92 of 26th March1992 on acces to the market in the carriage of goods by road

within the Community to or from the territory of a Member State or passing across the territory of one or more member states. OJ L095, 09/04/1992;

- Council regulation EEC No 684/92 of 16th March1992 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus. OJ l 074, 20/03/1992;

- Council Directive 96/26/EC of 29th April 1996 on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplomas, certifies and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the right to freedom of establishment in national and international transport operations, OJ 124, 23/05/1996;

- Council Directive 98/76/EC of 1st October 1998 amending Directive 96/26/EC on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplomas, certifies and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the right to freedom in national and international transport operations, OJ L 277 14/10/1998;

- Council regulation EEC No 11/98 of 11th December 1998 amending regulation EEC No 684/92 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus OJ L 004.

• A new Law on road transport is being planned, for further harmonization with EU regulations.

• Financing of the road infrastructure

Management of the road network involves planning: • The construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the public road; • Investment in construction and reconstruction of the public road; • Organizing expert supervision of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of the public road; • Protection of public roads; • Organizing and carrying out professional activities in the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and

protection of the public road; • Assignment of maintenance work on a public road; • The use of a public road (organization and control of the collection of fees for use of the public road, performing

the public authority, and the like), marking the public road and keeping records on public roads and traffic-technical data for these roads;

• Monitoring safety on the road, controlling and monitoring the road for safe and smooth flow of traffic; • Elimination of defects that lead to traffic accidents.


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Regulation Body: • Government of Brcko District-Department of Public Af fairs: preparation of plans for rehabilitation, upgrade

and construction of roads in the BD, including the funding

Infrastructure management: • Road Safety Council of Brcko District: consideration and analysis of road safety conditions in the BD and

recommendation of road safety measures to the Department of Public Affairs • Public Enterprise Putevi Brcko District: is the infrastructure manager for all roads in BD and in charge for the

implementation of plans approved by the Government of BD (Department of Public Affairs)


The following laws represent the legislative framework for roads management and development in BD:

• Law on Roads of BD (Sept 2004) defines the legal status of road managers, managing, planning, funding, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and protection of public roads, PPP in roads and enforcement monitoring. Amendments from 2013 included the setup of Public Enterprise Putevi Brcko District.

• Law on Road Safety of BD (Mar 2007) defines the road safety issues, creation of the Road Safety Council and other road safety issues related to Brcko District area.

• Law on Road Transport of BD (Feb 2006) defines the conditions for road transport of passengers and goods in Brcko District.

• Law on Public Enterprises of BD

The main regulatory issues not fully addressed by the relevant legislation are presented here below:

• Conditions for roads, its management with major three functions (planning, funding and implementation)

• Road safety requirements, responsibilities of participants in road traffic, creation and role of the Road Safety Council

• Conditions for transport of passengers and freight by roads in the BD

• Rules of management and responsibilities of a public enterprise


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2.2.4 Technology

ITS - Intelligent Transport Systems

RS plans the introduction of ITS. This should offer a set of services to road users. These services are represented by providing timely information to users, which they can use to appropriately optimize the journey, increasing safety and efficiency of transport of passengers and goods, as well as in any other field.

ITS is planned to be introduced on existing motorway Gradiska – Banja Luka E-661 and motorway Banja Luka – Doboj (under construction), for monitoring, managing and controling traffic (UNKS).

The motorway Gradiska – Banja Luka is part of Route 2a: Okucani – Gradiska – Klasnice – Banja Luka – Donji Vakuf – Lasva. This route is direct link between Corridor Vc and Corridor X. It is anticipated that all the subsystems of this system are integrated to the Centre for maintenance and traffic control Laktasi, and this Center should start operating in next two years. In this regard, these sections would be controlled from the same control centre, Laktasi.

On the other hand, construction of the UNKS Center in Johovac (Kladari) near Doboj is already finished, and all the equipment will be installed in next three months. This centre will be in charge for management, monitoring and control of traffic flows on the motorway section Prnjavor - Doboj and on planned section of motorway Corridor Vc, passing through Republika Srpska.

Telematic system equipment is comprised of several components, such as: • Subsystems for traffic management and traffic signalization, that monitor traffic flows by inductive loops or by

cameras, provide information on possible malfunctions on the signalization or emergency situations in traffic, and on the basis of embedded algorithms perform harmonization of traffic;

• Subsystems for weather conditions control (often within the UNKS system), which collects information about the weather conditions on the motorway and road surface conditions;

• Subsystems for traffic management and emergency situations, which control, direct and warn road users, to improve the flaw of people and goods.

In the Brcko district, ITS systems do not exists and seem to not be planned.

Tolling systems

Currently, there is one tolling station (Jakupovci) on motorway Gradiska – Banja Luka, with ’’open tolling system’’ and ETC system in use. Documentation for the other tolling stations is in final stage, so the shift to closed tolling system is expected in the near future.


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2.2.5 Conclusions

2.2.5.1 Infrastructure

On the basis of the analysis carried out in the previous sections, the following table provides a summary of the main issues and needs related with road infrastructure.

Administrative

level Description

State Level Road infrastructure plays a relevant role in meeting social and economic demands. In order to achieve this objective, the following interventions will have to be implemented:

• integrating road infrastructure into European transport corridors (i.e. TEN-T Road Comprehensive / Core Network, Corridor Vc)

• the general framework for the implementation of EU Freig ht Corridors shall be defined

• development of inter-entity projects and cross border sections (e.g. cross border Svilaj bridge on Sava River at the end of motorway section Odzak-Svilaj)

•

FBIH The main needs and objectives related to the development of road network in FBiH are summarised here below:

• In general, magistral and regional roads shall be upgraded; more specifically: a) With respect to magistral roads: The priority is completing the modernisation of

magistral roads following the ongoing 2016 – 2020 programme and realization of other strategic projects 2020-2030.

b) With respect to regional roads : It is necessary to set a specific investment programme for regional roads, which are managed by Cantons. The establishment of Public Institutions for Regional Roads in all Cantons is now ongoing and is finalised in three Cantons out of ten

• Furthermore, considering motorways and expressways , the priority is to complete the motorway network (92 km out of the planned 285 km long motorway network has been built); therefore all the pre-defined projects included into the Western Balkans 6 Connectivity Agenda 2015 shall be implemented. These refer mainly to the Pan European Corridor Vc.

• Studies to identify needs for adding any roads to the TEN-T core/comprehensive network.

• Building of cross border Svilaj Bridge on the Sava River (end of motorway section Odzak-Svilaj).

• Removal of capacity bottlenecks in the main urban nodes

• Removal of road speed bottlenecks through:

- Completion of motorways and expressways sections on th indicative extension of TEN-T network;

- Issuing a new planning cycle of investments on motorway network;

- Building by-passes in major cities

Republika Srpska During the period of the past 20 years, Republika Srpska made significant efforts to improve quality of the network of public roads on its territory. Nevertheless, the current state of the network is not satisfactory. More in detail, in order to improve the quality of the road network, it is necessary to:

• Improving the quality of main and regional road network

• Integration of road infrastructure into European Transport corridors (i.e. extension of Corridor Vc to RS). The major projects for completing priority sections of motorways and expressways in the short-medium term are listed in Annex.

• Studies to identify needs for adding any roads to the TEN-T core/comprehensive network.

• Building of bridge on Sava River (route 2a, in Gradiska, cross-border section with Croatia – link to Corridor X and Vc)

Brcko District The main needs and objectives related to the development of road network in BD are


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Administrative level Description

summarised here below:

• In general, magistral and regional roads shall be upgraded.

• Overcome the most critical bottleneck related to M14.1 in urban area of Brcko . • Removal of road speed bottlenecks

• Paving and rehabilitation of local roads

• Construction of new links. The major planned investments are the construction of:

- West-East bypass road, which will have the role of deviating transit traffic flows from the urban area of Brcko (80 km/h, 18 km long), and

- Motorway Tuzla-Orasje (i.e. 50 km passing through BD including links to the existing road network).

2.2.5.2 Services

On the basis of the analysis carried out in the previous sections, the following tables provide a summary of the main issues and needs related to road transport.

Administrative

level Description

FBiH / RS / BD Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have an adopted strategy for road traffic safety, which represents a relevant issue considering that the number of accidents is significantly higher than the EU average. In order to satisfy safety requirements and decrease the number of accidents some interventions can be made as reported here: • Drafting a Strategy for road safety • Upgrading resting stations on motorways and expressways

• Road safety audits (RSI and RSA) Regarding reduction of environmental impact, interventions on modal shift and pollution emission are needed: • Modal shift enhancement throught the definition of incentive schemes for intermodal

transport; • Reduction of emissions throught measures to stimulate the import of new and more ecologic

vehicles.

Concerning level of services and passengers rights, implementation of Public Service Obligation in passenger transport is needed.

FBIH / BD With exception to existing motorways, the level of service is not adequate in terms of speeds, presence of bottlenecks, blackspots, etc. In order to provide a better level of service, the quality of magistral and regional roads will have to be improved (as stated in par. 2.2.5.1 Infrastructure).

As concerns only BD, interventions are also required for decongestion of road urban traffic. Regarding commercial aspects, the definition of commercial services for passengers and related operating model are needed in FBIH.

Republika Srpska Although road transport is based on the principle of free market access to provide the services to all users under the same conditions, it is necessary to improve this system in order to increase quality of service and cost-effective transport operations for the carrier. In this view, definition of commercial services for passengers and related operating model are needed.

Other key aspect to bear in mind is the upgrading of business environment by removing administrative barriers, in order to improve quality of public road network facilitating investments.


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2.2.5.3 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) outlook

On the basis of the analysis carried out in the previous sections, the following table provides a summary of the main issues and needs related to road infrastructure.

Administrative

level Description

FBiH / RS / BD Necessary to improve ICT in the road sector. In order to achieve this objective, several interventions can be made: • Full implementation of the road traffic management system, communication facilities (i.e. SOS

network on motorways) • Development of an information system for passengers and road haulers on the motorways • Development of SEED Plus (CEFTA data exchange agreement)

2.2.5.4 Regulation

On the basis of the analysis carried out in the previous sections, the following table provides a summary of the main issues and needs related to road infrastructure.

Administrative

level Description

FBiH / RS / BD • Establish a sustainable funding system, (i.e.motorways charging based on tolls and excise duties)

• Generally state legislation shall be aligned with EU one (e.g. directive and legislation on vehicle emission and on Environmental Impact Assessment)

• Environmental Impact Assessment law and procedures shall be harmonised with EU standards • Alignment with EU policy for road safety is needed • Definition of a stable road funding is needed:

- Introduction of a funding system based on fuel excise duties - Aligning fuel tax levels with neighbouring countries

FBiH • Defining stable road funding:

- Define a regulatory framework for access charges to tolled roads - Establishing public institution for regional roads in all Cantons

• EIA shall be harmonised with EU standards

• Modal shift for passenger and freight shall be enhanced Republika Srpska

• Motorways charging based on tolls and excise duties.

• Review of the motorway charge model on the basis of user pay principle; such toll system shall be based on operational costs and costs of infrastructure investments

• Aligning fuel tax levels with neighbouring countries • EIA shall be aligned with EU standards

BD • Alignment of existing BD legislation with EU Directives and legislation on vehicle emissions • Alignment with EU policies for road safety


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2.3 Railways


2.3.1.1 State level (international and inter-entity connections)

Out of 1.030,389 km of railway lines in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 91.48% are single-track and 8.52% are double-track lines. The network is deployed 57% in FBiH, 40.4% in RS, and 2.6% in BD.

The entire network is based on a standard gauge (1,435 mm) and the majority is single track (92%). More than 85% of the network is now classified as D4 in terms of UIC load categories, allowing maximum loads of 22.5 Tonnes per axle or 8.0 Tonnes per linear meter.

Around 76% of the network is electrified with a mono-phase 25kV, 50HZ AC system.

Map 10

Overview of BiH railway network Source: RRB BiH

The railway network consists of two main strategic lines, which are also the main railway lines for cargo: • The North-South line Bosanski Samac-Doboj-Zenica-Sarajevo-Mostar-Capljina, located on Corridor Vc; • The West-East line Dobrljin–Bosanski Novi-Banja Luka-Doboj-Tuzla-Zvornik which is the railway line parallel to

Corridor X.

There are certain limitations in respect of the speed and safety of railway traffic oin the BiH railway network. These are mainly due to the unfavourable geographical configuration, incomplete safety system at stations, outdated signalling, lack of protection at level crossings etc.

The main operational and organizational limitations are the following: • Maximum train length: 550 m,


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• Maximum speed: 100 km/h, • Change of locomotives to access non-electrified sections, • Lack of communication devices.

The following maps show the BiH railway lines included in the indicative extension of TEN-T Core and Comprehensive Network, as per Regulation (EU) No 2016/758, and as reported in SEETO MAP 2016.

Map 11 Indicative extension of TEN-T rail network in Western Balkans EU neighbouring countries

Source: Regulation (EU) No 2016/758 (left) and SEETO MAP 2016 (right)

It is evident that the proposed extension of Core Network in BiH includes the entire extension of Corridor Vc in BiH (428 km), from Bosanski Samac to Capljina through Sarajevo. Comprehensive Network includes the entire “East-West” rail route from Bosanski Novi to Zvornik through Banja Luka and Tuzla, including Tuzla-Brcko branch. However, SEETO MAP2016 identifies only the section from Banja Luka eastwards to Tuzla-Brcko as “Route 9a” (see the following map). Moreover, SEETO MAP 2016 reports the section between Bosanski Novi and Dobrljin (border with Croatia) as part of the Comprehensive network.


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Map 12 Railway network in BiH – Mediterranean corridor

Source: SEETO

According to the specified documents, the following railway sections are part of the proposed extension of TEN-T network and SEETO Corridors/Routes.

SEETO Route / Corridor

From To Distance

(km)

Core / Comprehensive TEN-T section


Competence

Vc Bosanski Samac Doboj 85 Core ZRS

Vc Doboj Jelina 87 Core ZRS

Vc Jelina Sarajevo 86 Core ZFBiH

Vc Sarajevo Capljina 170 Core ZFBiH

Vc Capljina (BiH - Cro) Metkovic (Cro - BiH) Core Cross border

Dobrljin - (Cro border) Banja Luka 110 Comprehensive ZRS

R9a Banja Luka Doboj Comprehensive ZRS

R9a Doboj Petrovo 35 Comprehensive ZRS

R9a Petrovo Tuzla 25 Comprehensive ZFBiH

R9a Tuzla Brcko 60 Comprehensive ZFBiH

Tuzla Zvornik 55 Comprehensive ZFBiH

Table 5

Rail sections included in SEETO Corridor/Routes, TEN-T network extension, and competent railway company Source: Regulation (EU) No 2016/758, SEETO MAP 2016, ZRS, ZFBiH


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As concerns the list of “pre-identified projects ”, i.e. the identification of priority works and studies to improve the quality of infrastructure on the extension of TEN-T Corridors and Core Network to Western Balkans, one rail project in BiH, Mediterranean Corridor, is included in Annex 1 of the WB6.

Mediterranean Corridor:

Works for the section Sarajevo – Podlugovi: • Length: 24 km; • Estimated cost: EUR 23 M; • Description: Overhaul of the railway on the corridor Vc, section Sarajevo- Podlugovi, which includes:

- track overhaul in order to restore the railway to the condition foreseen in the original project, i.e. enable achieving speeds of 80-100 km/h;

- installation of new rails and switches at stations; - repair of bridges, culverts, slopes and embankment; - installation of signalling/security system at the stations and level crossing where currently not

existing, and - adaptation of level crossings.

This project is the only “project eligible for funding” identified by SEETO MAP 2016, which justifies the project relevance with the big benefits brought by the line overhaul, such as “shortening of transport distances; savings of travel time for passengers; savings of transport time for freight transport. Last repair was performed 45 years ago, this project would also remove a bottleneck section on the line Sarajevo – Zenica –Doboj”.

No rail projects in BiH have been included in the list of “projects for preparation” in the SEETO MAP 2016.


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2.3.1.2 FBiH

The railway company of the FBiH is the Public Enterprise ZFBiH (Zeljeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine). ZFBiH is in charge of the public transport of passengers and goods and infrastructure management in the territory of FBiH entity.

Railway network in FBiH is characteristised by: • The total extension of the rail network is 608.5 km in FBiH

• Electrified network 440.9 km

• Double track 68.5 km

• Poor performance of the rail network

• Axle load mostly 22.5 t, Brcko–Banovici and C3 20 t

• Maximum speed 70 km/h for passenger trains (on the most part of network) and 50 km/h for freight trains

In order to improve the quality of the Railway network two investment cycles9 of railway reconstruction in BiH were implemented in the period 2002–2014 by the Project Implementation Unit for the reconstruction of railways in Bosnia and Herzegovina PIU BIH ZJK. Within these two cycles the following interventions were performed:

• Reconstruction works: - Bradina–Konjic and Capljina–Konjic, length 130 km

- Sarajevo–Bradina, length 32 km

• Reconstruction of railway superstructure (rails, sleepers, stone surfacing, fastening)

• Contact network partly corrected, where the reconstruction of the superstructure was required

• Renewal of cellular security systems

However, some projects are still in the implementation phase:

• Sarajevo–Bradina link (tunnel Ivan)

• Train Control System

• Telecommunications and power stations for energy supply

Priority interventions for railway network in FBiH are the following:

• Improvement and electrification of Brcko–Tuzla line, length 67 km

• Improvement and electrification of Doboj (Dobosnica in FBiH)–Tuzla–Zivinice–Kalesija–Zvornik, length 138 km

• Improvement of the unrepaired part of Corridor Vc in the FBiH (Sarajevo–Doboj), length 162 km

These interventions are also part of the SEETO network.

Map 13 Priorities for railway network, according to SEETO

Source: ZFBiH

9 Regional project of railways in BiH I 2002 – 2004 and Regional project of railways in BiH II 2008 – 2014


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Republika Srpska railway network has a total of 425 km of tracks and is basically divided into two major railways: • Direction North-South, as a part of the Corridor Vc connects Republika Srpska with Croatia and countries of

northern Europe in the north, and in the south with Federation of BiH and port Ploce on Adriatic Sea. • Main railway East-West, called corridor X, connects RS with Federation of BiH and Croatia in the west, and in the

east with Serbia and to the countries of the Middle East and Southeast Europe.

Public enterprise ZRS (Zeljeznice Republike Srpske i.e. RS Railways) manages the infrastructure for this entity.

About 80% of the railway is electrified with single-phase system of 25 kV, 50 Hz. More than 95% is in service and 80 % of the railway have been built for axle load of 22.5 t / axle, i.e. 8 t/m

From Length (in km)

Standard gauge railway line 407.30

Narrow gauge railway line 18.14

Overall length railway on territory RS 425.44

Two-gauge railway line 24.60

One-gauge railway line 339.31

Railway line in service 363.91

Railway line licensed for use to Railway of Serbia 46.47

Electrified 306.54

Non electrified 57.38

Railway line out of service 15.05

Table 6

Railway network in RS Source: ZRS

Table 7

Facilities on the railway network in RS Source: ZRS

Type of facilities Number of facilities

Road crossing 278

Bridges 110

Underpasses 26

Overpasses 10

Culverts 892

Tunnels 14


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Map 14 Railway network in RS

Source: Amendment of Spatial plan of RS to 2025

Priority interventions for the railway network in RS are the following:

• Reconstruction: Construction part of overhaul of the track Doboj (Kostajnica) - Josavka and part of the security station and rail was completed with the funds provided by the EIB loan (EUR 50.4 M) and the EBRD loan (EUR 36.38 M) (total of EUR 86,785,000). The remaining sum of EUR 23 M will be used for completion of the SS and TC devices and inter-station insurance on the part of the railway Josavka - Banja Luka. Construction works are currently on-going.

• Upgrading: in addition to continuing the increase of the level of security by introducing new technologies and overhaul railway lines, there are also plans to expand the existing information system with computer networking equipment and the construction of an autonomous part of the technological system with a central management (intranet). There is also support from the budget of RS

• New sections: planned construction of a railway line Brod - Modrica, Samac - Bijeljina but when financial conditions are met. For the time being negotiations are taking place regarding track overhaul Banja Luka - Novi Grad - Croatian border and Tuzla - Zvornik - Serbian border (including the tunnel Krizevici).

• Bottlenecks: main bottlenecks are tunnel Krizevici (5 km in length, on section Doboj – Tuzla – Zvornik) and one part of corridor Vc (section Samac – Doboj), damaged in 2014 floods.

• Subsidies: For operation and maintenance of the railway network, every year the budget of RS provides for the subsidy for the ZRS. In the last 5 years this sum amounted to BAM 25 M and under the contract awarded to ZRS to finance the railway infrastructure in the amount of BAM 17 M and co-financing of the railway traffic of interest for Republika Srpska in the amount of BAM 8 M.


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Brcko District includes one single track railway line, whose total length is 35 km and which is jointly operated by the two entities’ railway operators (ZFBiH and ZRS) along the principal line Brcko-Banovici.

In BiH rail network map, and for the purpose of path allocation and timetable design, railway Brcko-Banovici (87 km) is coded as line number 14.

Part streaks of 27 km is located in the territory of Brcko District, however the District of Brcko has no legal entity dealing with the organization and regulation of rail transport.

Infrastructure management and regulation of traffic is shared by the two entities’ railway operators as follows:

- ZFBiH with a total length of 19.3 km

- ZRS with a total length of 7.7 km

The line is not electrified, with outdated signalling from early 1950s, poor telecommunications and dozens of level crossings with no safety devices. Substructure condition is satisfactory, whereas superstructure condition is rather poor, causing speed reduction of all trains to 50 km/h maximum.

Map 15 Rail line 14 Brcko – Banovici

Source: Network statement ZFBiH 2011

The last overhaul of the superstructure (track overhaul) was carried out in 1963, whereas the line is originally built in 1946. The line has primarily purpose of Brcko Port rail servicing, as well as servicing certain industries in Brcko area.

The only railway station in Brcko is under the supervision of ZRS. The rest of the railway Brcko - Banovici, a distance of 60 km and all train stations on the line are under the supervision and in the network of Railways of the Federation BiH (ZFBiH).

The key problem of the railways in the territory of the Brcko District is the rail link between the Brcko station and the Port of Brcko. The railway runs through the urban part of the city and there are 11 unsecured level crossings along this section. Several projects were carried out to address this.

The investment scenario on railway in Brcko District can be summarised as follows:

- Upgrading: there have been no investments of this type along this line. However, certain level of reconstruction of the existing line is planned in Brcko urban area in order to enable better access to the Port and industrial users of the railways.

- New sections: there were no investments of this type by now along this line.

- Bottlenecks: unprotected level crossings (without any interlocking), outdated signalling and poor condition of the superstructure components (ballast, sleepers, rails and fastenings)

Two railway lines, Doboj-B. Poljana and B. Poljana-Brcko are parts of the SEETO rail network.


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2.3.2 Services

The following figure shows historical trend of passenger traffic in BiH, and passenger-km in BIH. We can conclude that this number has decreased throughout the years (2010 -2014), for both national and international passengers.

Figure 17

Historical trend of passenger transport – number of passengers, 2010 – 2014 (in thousand) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS

Figure 18 Historical trend of passenger traffic – million passengers*km, 2010 – 2014 (in thousand)

Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS

The following figure shows the historical trend of freight traffic in BiH in tonnes and tonnes*km. We can conclude that the transport of the freight, in tones has decreased from 2010 to 2014. Opposite situation is for numbers tones-km, where the number has increased.

Figure 19

Historical trend of freight traffic – cargo volume (in million tonnes), 2010 - 2014 Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS


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Figure 20 Historical trend of freight traffic – cargo volume (in thousand tonne*km), 2010 - 2014

Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS

The following figures show the historical trend of passenger and freight traffic in BiH. Through the years FBiH shows larger figures in the traffic of passengers, but in 2013 figures were almost equal for both entities. The largest differences can be observed in 2012 when passenger traffic in FBiH made 71% of all traffic in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As we can conclude from the figure, numbers in both FBIH and RS decreased from 2010 to 2014.

Figure 21

Historical trend of passenger traffic by entities, 2010 – 2014 (in million) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS

The next figures shows tones-km in million. In freight traffic. Figures shows volatility over the years in FBiH and RS, in 2012 freight traffic decreased, but in 2013 it increased again for both entities and figures were largest in 2014. Freight traffic through Federation makes approximately 70% of total and the rest refers to RS.

Figure 22

Historical trend of freight traffic by entities, 2010 – 2014 (in thousands) Source: Statistical Yearbook 2015, Institute for statistics of FBiH, Institute of statistics of RS

The main railways clients include companies, as follows: 1. Elektroprivreda BiH with coal transported from the coal mines to coal-fired power stations, mainly in Tuzla and

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2. Mittal Prijedor export of iron ores; 3. GIKIL Lukavac with imports of coking coal and export of coke; 4. Birac Zvornik and hydrated alumina; 5. Mittal Zenica with scrap and metallurgical products; and 6. Aluminij Mostar.

The following table refers to quantification of freight rail transport by type of goods. The largest proportion of goods in freight transport refers to metal ores and other products of mining and quarrying; peat, mining of uranium and thorium and coal and lignite, crude petroleum and natural gas.

Table 8 Quantification of freight rail transport by type of goods (in million tonnes)

Freight traffic forecast is presented in three type of scenarios (optimistic and least optimistic one). If we look the most optimistic one freight traffic figures would be largest in export, than import, other and smaller in transit. The least optimistic one shows largest figures in internal transport.

Figure 23 Freight flows forecasts scenarios (in million tonnes)

Source: Based on Study on TER Compliant Railway Corridor Vc in BiH- ZFBiH and ZRS


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Figure 24

Freight flows forecasts scenarios based on main corridors distribution (in million tonnes) Source: Based on Study on TER Compliant Railway Corridor Vc in BiH- ZFBiH and ZRS

Freight flows forecasts scenarios based on main corridors distribution are shown below. The most optimistic scenario shows larger distribution in corridor Vc, the slightly less optimistic scenario shows larger distribution in line parallel to corridor X, but both numbers are much lower than the most optimistic scenario one.

Table 9

Freight flows forecasts scenarios based on main corridors distribution Source: Based on Study on TER Compliant Railway Corridor Vc in BiH - ZFBiH and ZRS


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2.3.3 Regulation

2.3.3.1 State level

Institutions

Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH (Mo CT BiH) includes Sector for Transport with Department for Railway Traffic; and Sector for Transport Infrastructure, Preparation and Implementation of Projects with Department for Roads, Railways, Waterways, Ports and Pipelines and Department/Unit for Implementation of Projects (PIU);

Key roles of the MoCT at the moment: − Drafting the laws and other legal acts for road transport, including international agreements (bilateral and

multilateral). − Monitoring the status and implementation of the international conventions and agreements related to the road

transport. − Participation in relevant international organisations (SEETO, OTIF, etc.). − Participation in policy development in co-ordination with the entities and BD.

Railways Regulatory Board of BiH (RRB) is an administrative organization within the MoTC BiH. RRB is, in terms of organization, financing, powers and decision-making, independent from railway operators and infrastructure management. The headquarters of Regulatory Board is in Doboj. The powers of the regulatory board are: regulatory; authority for issuing licenses, security certificates and permits; other powers and functions.

BIH Railway Public Corporation (BIHRPC) was created by the Agreement of the Government of RS and FBiH Government on the establishment. BIHRPC is not a regulatory body but a common structure between the entities and between their railway companies or other organizations designated by the Entity. The purpose of the Corporation was to establish institutional cooperation between the entities and to facilitate the adoption of all the necessary decisions so that a smooth, safe and regular inter-entity and international traffic can take place. BIHRPC’s only remaining role upon creation of the RRB is the coordination of the major rail infrastructure projects between the entities and Brcko District.

Legislation • Law on Ministries and Other Bodies of Administratio n of BiH (Feb 2003) defines the following

responsibilities for MoTCBiH relevant for the railways:

− Policy and regulation of international and inter-entity communication facilities;

− International and inter-entity transportation and infrastructure;

− Preparation of treaties, agreements and other acts in the field of international and inter-entity transport;

− Relations with international organisations in the field of international and inter-entity transport;

− Preparation and drafting of strategic and planning documents in the field of international and inter-entity transport for transport, infrastructure and information technologies;

• Law on Railways of BiH (Jul 2005) defines the roles and responsibilities of the Railway Regulatory Board of BiH (RRB), which primarily refers to the roles of rail market and safety regulator. The responsibilities include enactment of rail technical regulations and specifications, issuing of licences for both Infrastructure Managers and Train Operators, issuing of the safety certificate, issuing permits for the vehicles and infrastructure equipment, appeals, rail accident investigations, statistics of rail accidents, etc.

• Agreement between FBiH and RS on the establishment o f the joint railway public corporation (BIHRPC) as a part of Transportation Corporation (1998). The roles and responsibilities of the BIHRPC were nearly the same as for the RRB. The BIHRPC has not taken these roles and the RRB took it over in the meantime. The only practical role of the BIHRPC at the moment is to coordinate the implementation of rail projects in the country between the entities and BD.

Main Regulatory Issues:

Making railway transport more competitive in the tr ansportation system:

− Taking measures for common clear and economically oriented criteria for railway investment plans and prioritisation, so that only infrastructure improvements justified by feasibility studies should be carried out.

− Taking measures to ensure that the two railway companies (ZFBiH and ZRS) can collect appropriate revenues to cover infrastructure maintenance costs and passenger services costs.


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− Taking measures to eliminate operational bottlenecks in railway passenger traffic (without stopping trains on inter-entity boundary line for change of a locomotive and train crew; similar is already done for freight trains)

− To identify proper incentive measures for stimulating the intermodal transport with the key role of railways.

Encouraging the railways to operate in a business-li ke-manner:

− Completion without delays the accounting separation in both existing companies in order to allow complete organisational and managerial separation of railway Infrastructure (the management and maintenance) from railway operations (the provision of transport services).

− Extension of the separation concept in the areas of railway operations by establishing separate commercial lines of business between freight market and passengers market. Possible new and real role of the BIHRPC as the joint railway infrastructure manager in the country.

− Shared definition by the state and the entities on Public Service Obligation (PSO), to compensate passengers’ loss making services (definition of PSO standards and modes of subsidies).

Other key issues:

− Opening of the railway market for railway undertakings. A very critical issue, since there is a strong initiative to prevent such opening before joining the country to the EU. So, conditions to be met firstly and then opening once the official „line” is moved to the EU.

− Application of the EU Directives on interoperability and safety. Regulatory Board is responsible for the interoperability and safety, according to Law on BiH Railways. Special attention should be given to the application of the TSIs for conventional railways primarily, since the standards have been adopted but technical regulations do not follow such application.

− A safety issue is further on regulated by a separation between market regulatory and safety regulation functions, but this should be a long-term perspective (problem with resources, enforcement, etc.).

EU Directives which were partially transposed in the railway regulations are:

− Directive 2008/57/ES of European Parliament and Council of Europe of July 20th 2008, about interoperability of rail system within Community.

− Directive 2004/49/ES of European Parliament and Council of April 29th 2004, about Safety Rail Community and change Directive of Council 95/18/ES about issuing licenses for the provision of services on rail transport and Directive 2001/14/ES about the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and levying of changes for the use of railway infrastructure and allocation decisions on security.

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2.3.3.2 FBiH

Current regulatory framework: Regulatory Board:

Figure 25 Current regulatory framework: Regulatory Board

Source: BiH Railways Public Corporation (http://www.BiHzjk.ba/ENG/about.html)

Institutions

Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBiH (M oTC FBiH) includes Sector for Rail Transport and Sector for Rail Infrastructure.

Key roles of the MoTC FBiH at the moment:

− Drafting the laws and other legal acts for rail transport.

− Managing and monitoring the law enforcement of the obligations stipulated by the current legislation.

− Participating in coordination for implementation of the projects with international and inter-entity relevance (railway line in Corridor Vc and the line in parallel to Corridor X-SEETO lines).

− Drafting the strategic planning documents and infrastructure projects related to railways.

Public Enterprise (PE) Railways of FBiH (Zeljeznice FBiH) is the infrastructure manager and train operator for all traffic types on railways in FBiH

Legislation

− Law on Federal Ministries and Other Bodies of Admin istration of FBiH (2002) defines the following responsibilities for the MoTC FBiH relevant for the railways: administrative and professional work for railway traffic and its safety and inspections. These responsibilities are accepted for the international and inter-entity transport and infrastructure.

− Law on Railways of FBiH (2001) defines the legal status of the PE Railways of FBiH, its relation with the BIHRPC, responsibilities of the FBiH Government, general conditions for the infrastructure and transport.

− Law on Funding the Railway Infrastructure and Co-fu nding the Passenger and Combined Transport (2003) defines very general conditions for funding of railway infrastructure, rail passenger services and combined transport. The key problem of this law is its generality, since no provision includes funding details/sources, funding of passenger services is left to the „expression of Interest“ of FBiH and Cantons, etc.

− Law on Railway Safety (1995). This law is inherited from Republic of BiH legislation and applied on FBiH only. It includes all rail safety issues (infrastructure, trains, traffic rules, drivers, etc.)

− Law on Financial Consolidation of the PE "Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina" Sarajevo for the period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2012 (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 4/09)

− The agreement between FBiH and RS on the establishm ent of a common railways public corporation as a part of transport corporation, (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 46/98, “Official Gazette of RS”, 21/99)


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− Decree on the work of the Railways of the FBiH and the authorities in response to extraordinary events (“Official Gazette of FBiH”, 66/04)

Main Regulatory Issues: − Application of the EU Directives on interoperability and security, − Application of EU standards in the renewal of railway sections

− Creating a sustainable system of financing the maintenance of the railway infrastructure, by introducing excise tax on oil or tobacco products

− Full application of the Law on the financing of the railway infrastructure, by allocating the total costs of maintenance from the budget

− Restructuring of the railway company in accordance with EU Directives, upon BiH joining the EU

− Railway market opening, after BiH joins the EU, and after previous goals are achieved


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Institutions

Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS (MoTC RS) is a republic administrative body whose competencies are stipulated by the Law on Republic Administration. Railway transport is addressed by the Sector for Rail Transport and Sector for Rail Infrastructure.

Key roles of the MoTC RS at the moment are: − Drafting the laws and other legal acts for rail transport. − Managing and monitoring the law enforcement for the responsibilities given by the current legislation.

− Participating in coordination for implementation of the projects with international and inter-entity relevance (railway line in Corridor Vc and the line in parallel to Corridor X-SEETO lines).

− Drafting the strategic planning documents and infrastructure projects related to railways.

PE RS Railways (ZRS) , infrastructure manager and train operator, were founded in 1992 with headquarters in Banja Luka, and since 1996 the company headquarters was in Doboj. ZRS is company for the public transport of passengers and goods and infrastructure management in the territory of RS. ZRS is a joint stock company whose capital structure is as follows: action fund participates with 65%, the pension fund with 10%, restitution fund with 5% and private capital with 20%. Macro-organizational scheme consists of four divisions: Infrastructure, Operations, Economic and Legal.

RS Railways were admitted to the membership of many international organizations. Five years after its establishment, in June 1997, ZRS applied for accession to the international railway union (UIC), which accepted ZRS as its member in June 1998 in Brussels. The decision was confirmed by the General Assembly in October same year in Berlin, when ZRS were assigned the international code 004. ZRS obtained membership in the International Railway Committee (CIT) in May 2000, in TCV in 2001, in Southeast Europe Railways Group in November 2002, in the Alliance of railways passenger rates for South East Europe in April 2002, in Transit Europe-Asia (TEA) in Athens in October 2002, in InterRail alliance in 2003, in BCC in January 2004 and in FIP association in June 2004 in Athens.

Legislation

Law on Republika Srpska Railways governing on the territory of Republika Srpska:

− Conditions and technical elements for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of railway lines, plant, equipment and accessories thereof,

− Conditions to be met by railway vehicles, tools and equipment on them, and the way the inspection and maintenance of the same,

− Conditions of performing rail transport and the organization of transport of passengers and goods,

− Conditions to be met by railway workers who directly participate in the performance of rail transport,

− Total working hours and specific security measures, traffic safety and order on the rail, the control of organizing a safe railway transport, as well as specific issues of industrial and urban rail lines and the narrow track.

Law on railway of Bosnia and Herzegovina governs structural and service field of railway transport system in BiH, conditions and ways of managing the railway infrastructure, transport performance in rail traffic, inspection, supervision, regulatory and complaint functions, as well as other issues of importance for the operation and functioning of railway transport system.

Law on Ministries of Republika Srpska (Oct 2002) defines the following responsibilities for the Ministry of Traffic and Communications of the RS relevant for the railways: administrative and professional work for railway traffic and its safety, as well as managing the coordination policy, all in accordance with the laws of RS and BiH.

Law on Railways of Republika Srpska (Nov 2001) defines the conditions and technical elements for construction, reconstruction and maintenance of railway lines, conditions for railway vehicles, drivers, other safety measures, etc.

Main Regulatory Issues

− The separation of rail infrastructure and transport operations. According to the law on railways by Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH Official Gazette br52 / 05) the organization of the railway system is based on the principle of separation of services in railway transport and railway infrastructure. Also, the Law on railways of RS (RS Official


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Gazette No. 58/01, 110/03, 59/08 and 24/12 and 33/14) provides accounting separation of infrastructure and transport operations, while Draft on railways of RS, which is under construction, elaborates more.

− Compliance regulations for maintenance of railway infrastructure and rolling stock with the EU Directives. Regulations are harmonized with EU directives, otherwise the vehicles from Republika Srpska could not operate beyond the borders of Republika Srpska, all according to the Law on railways of RS (Official Gazette of RS, No. 58/01, 110/03, 59/08 and 24/12 and 33/14) and the Law on railways of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH Official Gazette br52 / 05).

− The openness of the railway market for railway companies. Before entering the EU it’s not possible to open market for foreign operators, because there are no conditions for the same (state of infrastructure and investments)

− Application of EU directive on interoperability and safety. The Regulatory Board adopts instructions for interoperability and safety, according to the Law on railways of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, the Draft on railways of RS predicts that the MoTC of Republika Srpska, in accordance with the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) will issue instructions for safety and interoperability of the railway system of Republika Srpska.


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Institutions

- Railway Regulatory Board of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RRB BiH)

- Government of Brcko District - Department of Public Affairs

All railway transport to/from Brcko District is jointly operated by the railway companies from both entities.

Operators and infrastructure Managers:

- Railways of FBiH

- Railways of RS

Legislation

- Law on Railways of BiH (2005)

- Rulebooks approved by the RRB BiH

- Inherited rulebooks from the previous system of the Community of Yugoslavian Railways, which were not replaced by new ones by the RRB BiH in the meantime

Main Regulatory Issues:

− Position of the RRB BiH is clearly defined as the rail market and safety regulator of the railway system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which includes Brcko District as well.

− Two integrated companies agreed with the BD to jointly operate and manage the infrastructure along this railway line. This would trigger the issue of subsidies for infrastructure and passenger trains but also triggers the efficiency issue for the train operations.

− The Port of Brcko is directly influenced by the efficiency of two rail operating companies.


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2.3.4 Regulations on intermodal transport

Institutions

There are some institutions carrying out competencies on intermodal transport but they have no specific key rule.

State level

Monitoring the status and implementation of the international conventions and agreements related to the intermodal transport.

FBiH

Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBiH (M oTC FBiH) includes two relevant sectors as follows:

• Sector for Railways, Waterborne and Combined Transport with the Group for Combined Transport (old terminology);

• Sector for Transport Infrastructure with the Group for Rail, Waterborne and Combined Transport infrastructure

Both groups are with no specific key role.

RS

Ministry of Traffic and Communications of the RS (Mo TC RS) includes the Sector for Railways, Waterborne and Combined Transport. There is no specific key role.

Brcko District

No specific institution is in place.

Legislation

Neither the state, nor the entity levels or the District Brcko have any specific legislation relating to intermodal transport.


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2.3.5 Conclusions

2.3.5.1 Infrastructure

On the basis of the analysis carried out in the previous sections, the following table provides a summary of the main issues and needs related with rail infrastructure.

Administrative

level Description

BiH Projects and interventions regarding extension of TEN-T network to BiH are priorities for the development of the transport system at state level as well as those concerning Corridor Vc and inter-entity projects.

Targeting adequate railway accessibility to all parts of the State will also require the re-definition of the SEETO railway network; administrative procedures to meet such target shall be identified

FBIH The improvement of rail network infrastructure in FBiH has to be continued both by track and signalling reconstruction (with priority on Corridor Vc) and by pursuing the electrification on the entire network in the medium-long term.

Besides ensuring connectivity throughout the territory in reasonable lead times for passengers and freight, the improvement of investments in existing infrastructure has the aim to increase allowed speed and safety levels on the network, in order to meet the EN standards, TSI and UIC high speed standards.

The improvement of loading and unloading capacities on freight terminals is needed to enable a significant domestic and international intermodal transport.

The main needs of and objectives related to the development of the rail network in FBiH can be summarised in the following main actions:

- Reconstruction of the rail sections of Corridor Vc in FBiH

- Feasibility study of a new line Vares-Banovici

- Finalising the two “investment cycles of railway reconstruction in BiH”

- Electrification of Brcko-Tuzla and Doboj-Zvornik line

- Building a new container terminal

Republika Srpska

During the past 20 years, there were no significant investments to improve the quality of railway lines network in Republika Srpska. The current state of the network is not satisfactory, and requires huge investments in infrastructure, rolling stock and traction means to achieve EU standards and to improve quality of rail transport to a level close to neighboring countries. The objective of developing the rail network in RS will be achieved by the following main actions:

- Reconstruction of railway sections of Corridor Vc in RS, and construction of new sections (main projects are listed in Annex)

- Facilitate intermodal transport by building intermodal terminals in Banja Luka and Doboj

Brcko District The rail infrastructure in Brcko District is in a rather poor condition, requiring urgent rehabilitation and upgrade, in particular Doboj-B. Poljana and B. Poljana-Brcko lines, belonging to the SEETO rail network. As in the two BiH entities, the rail infrastructure has to be updated to meet EN standards and TSI.

One specific objective is finalising the planned reconstruction of existing line in Brcko urban area in order to enable better access to Brcko Port. On the same line, the removal of level crossings has become urgent to enhance safety in Brcko urban area.

The electrification of the rail network is another urgent action to be undertaken.

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Administrative

level Description

FBIH The rail service quality has to be improved both for passenger and freight transport. Besides completing investment on rail infrastructure, the goal of improving mobility by rail and enhancing modal shift from private cars to rail passenger transport can be achieved by the following actions:

- Restructuring of the railway undertaking (ZFBiH) business modelling

- Implementation of Public Service Obligation in passenger transport

- Renewal of rolling stock

- Definition of commercial services for passengers and defining an operating model for passenger services

As concerns rail freight transport, a significant degree of modal shift from road will be achieved by the develpment of actions such as:

- Development and improvement of loading/unloading capacity of freight terminals

- Definition of incentive schemes for intermodal transport

Republika Srpska

The rail service quality has to be improved to the level of neighbouring countries. The goal of attracting passengers to railway can be achieved by the following actions:

- Restructuring of the railway undertaking (ZRS) business modelling

- Implementation of PSO in passenger transport

- Renewal of rolling stock

- Definition of commercial services for passengers and defining an operating model for passenger services.

Brcko District The most relevant objective connected to rail services is the restoring of rail passenger services on Tuzla-Brcko line, since services are no longer available since the releasing of 2013 timetable.

The traffic volume of Brcko rail lines is strongly dependent to the volumes of Brcko Port and local industries in Brcko, both of which have been stagnating.

Renovation / investment in rolling stock is needed.

2.3.5.3 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) outlook


Administrative

level Description

FBIH The rail sector needs a strong improvement in ICT field, mainly to meet the key objective of increasing railway safety, and meeting EN standards and TSI.

The reconstruction of signalling on Corridor Vc lines is another key objective needing ICT-based actions.

Other goals for the medium-long term are establishing the passenger information system and develop information systems in freight transport.

Republika Srpska

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Brcko District As already described in “Infrastructure” sub-section, the rail network is outdated and requires urgent upgrade. The objective leads to the need of ICT-based actions too. The poor endowment of telecommunications, outdated signalling and dozens of existing level crossings (with no safety devices) hamper the achievement of an adequate level of efficiency and safety.


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2.3.5.4 Regulation


Administrative

level Description

BiH Institution of an independent Rail Safety Investigation Authority

Investigate new ways to finance railway maintenances, such as introducing specific excise duties on oil or tobacco

Adoption of UIC high speed railway standard

Adoption of the EU Directives on interoperability and safety

FBIH The process of harmonization of rail transport regulation in FBiH with EU standards needs to achieve specific objectives such as:

- Restructuring of the railway company in accordance with EU Directive 2012/34

- Ensuring the technical improvement and integration of ZFBIH into the single European railway system

- Enabling a single European railway system, in accordance with EU directives, through facilitating the access of other railway undertakings in the medium term, and preparing to railway market opening after BiH joins the EU.

- Creating a sustainable funding system for the maintenance of railway infrastructure

Such objectives have to be achieved by the following specific actions in the medium term:

- Introduction of an excise on oil or on tobacco products to finance railway maintenance

- Full application of the Law on the financing of the rail infrastructure, by allocating the total costs of maintenance from the budget

- Adoption of the EU Directives on interoperability and safety

- Defining a scenario of alignment of existing FBiH legislation with EU Directives and legislation on rail market access

- Defining long term scenarios for rail market opening

Republika Srpska

Regulation in the field of rail transport is partially compliant with regulations, standards and practices of the EU, but need further harmonization. The goals to prepare the railway sector for the joint EU market and establishing a sustainable funding system for railway will be achieved by the following actions:

- Definition of the model for financing railway infrastructure

- Finalisation of the separation of rail infrastructure and transport operation-

- Alignment of RS legislation with EU legislation e.g. implementaton of EU Directive 2012/34 and – in general – integrating ZRS in the Single European railway system

Brcko District Rail network in Brcko District is subject to the State jurisdiction of the Railway Regulatory Board BiH, and rail services are operated both by ZRS and ZFBiH.

Hence, Brcko District shares with the two entities of BiH the same objectives and actions to be undertaken in the field of rail sector regulation.


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2.4 Inland Waterways

Taking into account the morphological and hydrological characteristics of the watercourses in BiH as well as possibilities and needs for development of transport on the rivers, it is necessary to observe separately the Sava River from other rivers, the Sava's tributaries: the rivers Una with Sana, Vrbas, Bosna and Drina. Both the Drina and Una are navigable with a length of about 15 km from theirs confluences in the Sava River.

The Sava River, as a border waterway, deserves a special attention because it is a valuable economic potential, particularly in terms of navigation and providing conditions for economic transport of goods.

On the Sava River, an international regime of navigation is established and jurisdiction over traffic is divided on three levels:

• MoTC BiH, in charge of international traffic; • MoTC FBIH, responsible for infrastructure; • MoTC RS, responsible for infrastructure; • Traffic Department in Brcko District, responsible for infrastructure.

As concerns the navigation, the Harbourmasters' Office in Brcko District maintains the Register of ships/vessels.There are 18 inland vessels with a motor drive, six barges, three ferries and three floating structures which are registered. Local governments lead register of boats, and are obliged to report on the number of registered boats to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republika Srpska each year by 30 January.


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Sava River

Inner waterway network in RS is managed by the MoTC RS.

Map 16

Transport infrastructure on watercourses in Republika Srpska

Before 1990, the Sava River, a major tributary of the Danube, had a significant role in the regional transport network. Navigation was formally possible from the confluence of the Sava into Danube in Belgrade, upstream to Rugvice in Croatia, with a total length of 683 river kilometres (rkm). In 1990, the total amount of cargo transported along the Sava River was 5.2 million tonnes, mostly bulk cargo. Today, Sava is categorized as an international waterway, making the border between BIH and Serbia with a length of 33 river km, and between BIH and Croatia in a length of 305 river km. Serbia owns 178 rkm, and Croatia 79 rkm (all the way to Sisak).

After 1990, the economic potential of the transportation along the Sava River is limited to existing condition of infrastructure. As a consequence of the regional conflicts in the 1990s, the Sava and its port have remained significantly damaged, and riverside was mined in many areas. In addition, since the end of the conflict, the Sava was neglected, with little or no maintenance and investment, so the annual volume of transportation was really scarce, with just under 250,000 tonnes in the whole Sava River Waterway in 2012. The reason for scanty traffic is limited navigability during the year, respectively the unreliability of receipt and dispatch of goods most of the year.

It has to be stressed that the Sava River had Class IV of navigability from the embouchure of the Danube upstream to the Port of Brcko (234 rkm), Class III from Port of Brcko up to Brod (356 rkm) and Class II upstream to Rugvica in Croatia (653 river km). Class II means that the river is navigable for ships/vessels up to 650 tonnes, Class III - to 1,000 tonnes, and Class IV up to 1,500 tonnes and draught of 2.5 m. This classification is in line with European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance10.

The potential of the Sava River was not used to its full capacity, due to the difficulties in the transport due to poor navigational conditions, low water levels of the Sava River, where the obstacles occur in the waterway (shallows). There

10European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance(AGN), Geneva, 1996, United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe

Inner waterway

Port

Dock


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are three critical sections: location Nakic Kula, river km 209 + 000 to 212 + 000; location Savulja, river km 310 + 000 to 311 + 000 (FBiH) and location Jaruge - Novi Grad (FBiH) rkm 326 to rkm 329. The water flow rate along the Sava River varies significantly resulting in large variations in water level and depth of the river during the year. Creation of alluvial deposit in some areas along with inadequate maintenance of the river bed, led to the reduction in the width and depth of the waterway. As a result, conditions for navigation along the Sava River can be quite heavy during the most of the year.

Inadequate conditions resulting from:

• draught' limitations during the low water period (the number of navigable days are reduced to below 200 days in some locations, but further upstream even less);

• limited width and depth of the waterway;

• sharp bends / curves on the river limit the length and width of vessels and convoys,

• height restriction under bridges during the high water levels,

• no river information system for vessels,

• the existence of submerged vessels and unexploded devices.

Since the navigational/shipping and bank marks were destroyed or were in very poor condition, the restoration of the river marking system are done. Renovation of marking system was carried out in 2009 - 2010 and it was financed by the joint funds of Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS, Federal Ministry of transport and communications (FBIH), Brcko District and the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BIH.

In accordance with the Agreement signed in 2002, the tendency has focused on activities for the reconstruction and modernization of the Sava River waterway, which implies the regulation of the waterway and determination of the control lines of the river from Racinovci (Brcko) up to Sisak. Accordingly, the waterway will be brought to Va class of navigability on the section from Brcko to Belgrade respectively to IV class on the section from Brcko up to Sisak. Enabling the waterway to a higher class of navigability would provide safe and secure navigation, and therefore increased transport of passengers and goods.

Map 17 The Sava River

Sava River Inland Waterway total length (Croatia/Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina): Belgrade - Sisak is 593km. Prior to the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, navigation on the Sava was possible from the river confluence on the Danube up to the Galdov and Rugvica for a length of 683 rkm. The Sava River in Bosnia and Herzegovina runs for a length of 332.4 river kilometres (rkm).

The Bosnian section of the river runs from rkm 175 to rkm 507.4, through the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), Republika Srpska (RS), and Brcko Administrative District (BAD). The largest share is in the RS (61%), followed by the FBiH (32 %), with the remaining 7 % or 24 km under the responsibility of Brcko Administrative District.


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Map 18 Brcko Port disposition on Sava River

Source: Pacific Consultants International, 2008.

There are still of some unfavourable conditions for navigation, caused by the following:

• A limited draft during long periods

• The limited width of the waterway

• Sharp river bends limiting the length and width of vessels and convoys

• The limited width under bridges

• Insufficient labelling

• Sunken vessels or objects

ISRBC applies two standards for navigability:

• Navigation should be possible with reduced freeboard 95% of the time

• Navigation with maximum freeboard must be possible 65% of the time.

• World Bank is currently in the process of preparing the project for Rehabilitation of the fairway on the Sava river, which aims to improve the navigability of the Sava River for operators

• Vessels to improve the safety and operation of the vessel in the fairway, and to strengthen the management and operations in ports, including the Port of Brcko.

Figure 26

Navigable days on the Sava River by quarters in 2009 Source: PPIF and MTBS, 2009


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Figure 27

Historical overview and forecast of navigable days (2009 – 2013 and forecast 2013 - 2030) Source: PPIF and MTBS, 2009.

Annex 1 to the WB6 11 agreed in the Vienna summit established among the pre-identified projects:

• Studies and works for rehabilitation of the Sava River Waterway (Sisak – Brcko – Belgrade).

• Works for demining of the Sava River right bank from the confluence of the Drina River to the conluence of the Una River

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Vienna Western Balkans Summit 2015 - Annex 1 “Connectivity”.


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2.4.1 Inland Ports

In BiH, there are the following main ports: Brcko, Samac and Brod (dock of Oil Refinery).

2.4.1.1 Port of Brcko12

• Since 2004 the port operates under the name of Public Enterprise (PE) Port of Brcko. As the Port of public services, all assets are in public property.

• PE Port of Brcko performs the role of the port operator (cargo handling operations)

• In September 2006, the Port has received international status.

• The Steering Committee of PE Port of Brcko functions as Port Authority. However, it does not have the mandate to decide on the development of ports, investments in port or port operations and strategic plan; for now that mandate is entrusted to the Government of Brcko District.

• PE Port of Brcko is in fact made up of the following business units: - loading and unloading, - renting - storage facilities (warehouses) and - customs terminals.

• Current income of PE Port of Brcko mainly depends on the customs terminal, which in fact has very little to do with its core activities. (In accordance with the agreement between the Indirect Taxation Authority and the District, PE Port of Brcko is obliged to provide services to the customs terminal).

The port of Brcko is located in the north-eastern part of BiH, on the right side of the Sava River waterway. Class IV navigability, an average navigation period of 260 days/year, and gravitation area economy, determined the importance of the port in relation to the upstream piers. Possibility of establishing shipment of goods through Brcko Port: it is possible to establish direct shipments of goods from the Sava River to Danube basin ports in Western and Eastern Europe as well as to the ports on the North and Black Sea.

Table 10 Distance of Brcko Port by different mode of transport

Source: Port of Brcko, 2005 Japanese Grant Aid request

Port of Brcko could play a central role in providing interconnectivity with the land-based transport modes (road, rail) and is an essential transit point for cargo traffic flows to and from the heavy industries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the European railway network is connected to the traffic road Tuzla-Vinkovci (permitted axle load may 18 t). Near Luke is the dual carriageway M14.1. Good connections by land roads opens up the possibility for the establishment of transit cargo flows, and flows whose destination is the narrow gravitational region Port of Brcko.

Even the majority of the rail lines are longer than the road connections with the port of Brcko, due to expected congestion on the roads, railways can become a primary connection with the port of Brcko. Shippers recently estimated

12 Regional unit of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS is Harbourmasters' Office Brcko located in Brcko District.


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that restoration of traffic on the Sava River could lead to one million tonnes of cargo moving through the Brcko Port immediately, most of it coal and steel exports from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Investment plan of Brcko Port

The Development Programme for the period 2007-2016 planned capital investments in the revitalization of the port and predicted that emergency repairs are necessary to improve facilities for handling and operational performance activities: loading and unloading in port. Investments in infrastructure and equipment are required in order to meet the objective relating to improving the work of the port and increase the flow of traffic.

The revised investment plan prepared by PPIF and MTBS (2009) proposed the following necessary investments (see Figure 28):

Figure 28

Proposed investment projects – long term (in thousand BAM) Source: PPIF and MTBS, 2009

Investment planning was related to the development of traffic levels and consisted of short-term investments, which would address issues critical to the operation of ports and their capacity, as well as long-term investments, which would create additional port capacity.

• Capacity after urgent investments ~ 430,000 tonnes/year

• Capacity after long term investments ~ 720,000 tonnes/year

The rehabilitation and development programme for Sava river navigation includes following projects and project activities:

a) Rehabilitation and modernization of the Sava river waterway; b) Implementation of RIS for Sava river waterway; c) Port infrastructure development; d) Development of domestic operators for navigation and maintenance of waterways; e) Legal framework and institutional development in the sector of inland navigation.

The Port of Brcko could play a central role in providing interconnectivity with the land-based transport modes (road, rail) and it is an essential transit point for cargo traffic flows to and from the heavy industries in BiH. With an expected increase in cargo volume after the rehabilitation, the port will have a significant positive influence on regional economic growth.

Infrastructure development of the Port of Brcko

A study on reforming the management system of port of Brcko was commissioned by Brcko District in 2009. It provides a review of institutional framework and proposes alternatives for management structures and ownership models for the Port of Brcko – Public-Private Partnership. Modernization foresees: reconstruction of the port quay, railway access to


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the main railway track, procurement of modern port equipment. Planned investments were from the credit of the World Bank in the amount of USD 10 M.

Figure 29

Inland waters priority list – total costs, MAP 2014 (in EUR M) Source: SEETO, 2013 SEETO Comprehensive Network Development Plan 2014, MAP 2014-2018

Investments planned:

- Rehabilitation of the river bottom in order to extend the possible use of Class IV vessels (1.000 tonnes capacity), upstream from Brcko

- Installation of the River Information System (RIS)

- Mine Clearance Works

- Reconstruction of the Brcko Port facilities, including rail links in the urban area of Brcko

Annex 1 to the WB613 agreed in the Vienna summit established among pre-identified projects the “Reconstruction and upgrading of functional facilities in the Port of Brcko.”

2.4.1.2 Port of Samac

Commodity - transportation centre Port Samac Ltd. was founded in 1979. Main activity is transhipment and transportation of goods. In 2006 the Balkan Steel Company privatized Port of Samac (65% stakeholder). The Port has obligation to report to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS about its work. In the years following privatization, began the activities on restoration of war - damaged transhipment capacity of the Port for deployment of various types of cargo: heavy unit loads (heavy single pieces cargo), containers, pallets and bulk cargo.

During the reconstruction of the Port, the following corrections were made:

• operational coast length 311 m, width 14.5 mfor heavy loads;

• operational coast length 150 m;

• open warehouse - plateau port area of 30,000 m²;

• closed storage area of 3,600 m²;

• two substations 10/0.4 kV, 630 kV;

• asphalt access road length of 560 m;

• industrial railway track (length 1,630 m) connected with the Railway station of Samac;

• reconstruction of the embankments along the river Sava to defend the town from flooding,

• levee over the future harbour basin, the harbour pool type, was built;

• fence around the company plot was built.

This Port has a good position in relation to the vicinity to planned Corridor Vc, as well as the railway Samac - Doboj - Zenica - Tuzla - Sarajevo - Mostar - The Port of Ploce in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.

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Port of Samac offers the following equipment for handling and storage of various types of cargo in the warehouses area and docks:

• port cranes to lift loads up to 5 tonnes,

• 1 level luffing crane with a lifting capacity up to 150 tonnes,

• 1 level luffing crane with a lifting capacity up to 35 tonnes,

• closed storage area of 3,600m²,

• open warehouse of 30,000m²

Port of Samac was not active for 15 years. In February 2006, the ship from Ukraine sailed with the heavy units of goods of larger dimensions for the "Unis" factory in Derventa. In this way, the barrier of the Sava River navigability to Samac has broken through and thus prerequisites for the start of activities on revitalization of this important river port were created.

Basic services of Port of Samac that should provide and generate revenue in the coming period are:

• cargo handling services (heavy unit loads /heavy single pieces cargo, containers, pallets and bulk cargo);

• services of mooring (berthing of ships);

• rental of customs warehouse;

• rental of public warehouses.

The expected effects in sale in Port of Samac

The geographical position of the Port of Samac is such that it represents the closest location for using the inner waterway transport for the companies located in the central and north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina to carry out import - export transactions with the companies in Danube region countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine).

Geographically, the primary market of the Port of Samac services are companies from a wider region of Banja Luka, Prijedor, Doboj, Bihac, Sarajevo and Zenica. Additional benefit is railway route Samac - Sarajevo - Ploce on the Adriatic coast, as well as a developed road network.

The nearest competitive ports are located in Brcko (BIH) on Sava River and Vukovar (Croatia) on Danube. Others nearby ports are located in Belgrade and Pancevo in Serbia on Danube River, from where goods are transported from Serbia to BIH market. By modernization of the Port of Samac, the abovementioned ports will lose its importance for transport toward BIH.

Target customers are both direct manufacturers and wholesalers engaged in the distribution of different kinds of goods. In the first year, the planned structure of sales is planned to be:

• 47% of the services of mooring (berthing of ships) and transhipment of various types of cargo and

• 53% of the customs and public storage and service14.

Later, in accordance with the development of transhipment services there will be the tendency to increase the share of revenues from these services. According to projections in the business plan, revenue from services, transhipment or mooring vessels accounted for 55% of total revenues.

2.4.1.3 Brod - Oil Refinery

Dock of Oil Refinery, Brod (oil terminal)

Raw materials are importerd in the Refinery in Brod which are after the processing exported as petroleum products (mainly high octane components for fuel mixes) to Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, etc. The total amount of transhipped goods in the Refinery amounted to 14,544,334 tonnes in 2012. In 2013 it was 24,724.591 tonnes; in 2014 - approximately 40,347,990 tonnes and 17,634,252 tonnes in 2015. Oil refinery in Brod has a dock for landing ships and decanting of oil and petroleum products.

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2.4.2 Services

In accordance with the Framework Agreement, the Sava River and its tributaries are open for international navigation. The Sava River is positioned in the central part of the main transport network for South East Europe and could complement to road and rail corridors, as well as to European waterway corridor that is focused on the Danube River.

Map 19 Intermodal network of transport system of the Sava Waterway15

Yearly throughput of Samac and Brcko ports is shown on Figure 30. We recognised that the loading volume in Port of Brcko doubled from 2008 to 2012 and consolidated at the amount of 100,000 tonnes in the years 2014 and 2015. Whereas there is a negative trend in the loading volumes in the Port of Samac.

Figure 30 Yearly throughput of ports of Brcko and Samac(in thousand tonnes)

Source: Port of Brcko, Public Announcements by Port Authority

15Source: Rehabilitation and development of navigation in the Sava River Basin with comments of Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS

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Yearly throughput of Samac Ports (in thousand tonnes) Source: Port of Brcko, Public Announcements by Port Authority

The following figure16 shows the future river traffic, cumulatively per river segment (year 2027 according to economic scenario, predicting a 10% additional cargo)

Figure 32 Three scenarios for future river traffic, cumulatively per river segment

2.4.3 Technology

The Introduction of the River Information System (RIS) is done on the Sava River Waterway

16Source: Feasibility Study and Project Documentation for the Rehabilitation and Development of Transport and Navigation on the Sava River Waterway, Executive Summary, September 2008

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2.4.4 Regulation

2.4.4.1 State level

Institutions

Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH (Mo CT BiH) includes Sector for Transport with Department for Air, Waterborne and Pipeline Traffic; and Sector for Transport Infrastructure, Preparation and Implementation of Projects with Department for Roads, Railways, Waterways, Ports and Pipelines and Department/Unit for Implementation of Projects (PIU). Relevant key roles of the MoTC are: − Drafting the laws and other legal acts for waterborne transport, including international agreements (bilateral and

multilateral). − Monitoring the status and implementation of the international conventions and agreements related to the

waterborne transport. − Monitoring the international and inter-entity waterborne transport. − Participation in relevant international organisations (IMO, REMPEC, EMSA, International SRB Commission,

Danube Commission, etc.). − Participation in policy development in co-ordination with the two entities and Brcko District.

International Sava River Basin Commission is an international organization with permanent secretariat in Zagreb, Croatia. Sava Commission has been established for purpose of the implementation of the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB), namely the provision of cooperation of the parties to the FASRB, for realization of the following goals: establishment of an international regime of navigation on the Sava River, establishment of sustainable water management and undertaking of measures to prevent or limit hazards.

Legislation • Law on Ministries and Other Bodies of Administratio n of BiH (Feb 2003) defines the following responsibilities for

the MoTC BiH relevant for the inland waterways: − Policy and regulation of international and inter-entity communication facilities; − International and inter-entity transportation and infrastructure;

− Preparation of treaties, agreements and other acts in the field of international and inter-entity transport; − Relations with international organisations in the field of international and inter-entity transport; − Preparation and drafting of strategic and planning documents in the field of international and inter-entity

transport for transport, infrastructure and information technologies; • Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (Dec 2002) the multilateral agreement (BiH, Croatia, Slovenia

and Serbia/formerly FRY as a signatory) that created the „International Sava River Basin Commission“ with the international legal capacity in order to enable decision making about conditions for safe navigation, about conditions for funding, construction and maintenance of the Sava River Basin waterways, about its own work and about other issues related to the implementation of the agreement. The objectives of this agreement were to establish the conditions for international traffic navigation along Sava River and its navigable tributaries, to establish a sustainable water management of the Basin and to undertake measures for prevention/limitation of hazards, floods and similar. The agreement was based on the EU Directive 2000/60/EC (EU Water Framework Directive).

Main Regulatory Issues: • Harmonisation at State level of the separate waterborne legislation passed by two entities and BD for the sections

of Sava River within their boundaries, since the Sava River is regarded as an international inland waterway. • Delineation of responsibilities and coordination between the state, the entities and BD to enforce river traffic

navigation enacted by the SRB established by the four riparian countries (BiH, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia). • Strengthening the mechanisms of coordination between the state and the entities when drafting laws and ensuring

that the “mirroring” approach is actually implemented. • Ensuring that by-laws and decrees of applications taken by the entities follow comparable procedures. • Delineating the responsibilities between the state and the entities in regulating the private sector involvement

particularly when using PPP in financing infrastructure development and avoiding financial over commitment of the entities.

The adoption of the Law on Maritime and Inland Waterway Transport of BiH (draft pending since 2005) would be a key first step in addressing the confusion and improving compliance with EU directives and acquis, particularly with regard to the freedom of chartering and pricing, conditions on sabotage, rules for access to profession, boat master certificates, and technical and safety conditions.


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2.4.4.2 FBiH

Institutions

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of FBi H (MoTC FBiH) includes Sector for Railway, Waterborne and Combined Transport.

Key roles of the MoTC FBiH at the moment: − Drafting the laws and other legal acts for waterborne transport. − Managing and monitoring the law enforcement for the responsibilities given by the current legislation. − Participating in coordination for implementation of the projects with international and inter-entity relevance (Sava

River). − Drafting the strategic planning documents and infrastructural projects related to waterborne transport.

Port Authorities Neum and Ostrozac (FBiH) ; Neum on seaside with marina only; Ostrozac on Neretva River for inland navigation boats only

Legislation

• Law on Federal Ministries and Other Bodies of Admin istration of Federation of BiH (2002) defines the following responsibilities for the MoTC FBiH relevant for the inland waterways: administrative and professional work for maritime and inland waterway traffic and its safety and inspections. These responsibilities do not include the international and inter-entity transport and infrastructure.

• Law on Inland and Sea Navigation of FBiH (Dec 2005) defines the following responsibilities of FBiH authorities: conditions for navigation, navigation safety, managing of vessels, port infrastructure and offices, conditions for carriage of passengers and transport of goods and provisions for inspections.


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Institutions

Regulatory body that manages the IWW network in RS is the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Republika Srpska (MoTC RS) . It has the following organizational units: sector for the road traffic and roads, sector for the railway, waterway and airway traffic, sector for postal traffic, telecommunications and European integration.

Sector for the railway, waterway and airway traffic performs administrative and technical tasks, inter alia, related to river and lake traffic, safety lake and river traffic, regulation of waterways, registration of vessels, waterways infrastructure (ports, docks, cargo hold, etc.), the issuance of certificates of competence to steer a boat, traffic approval for landing the ships; combined transport and transhipment services; coordination of traffic legislation according to the rules of the European Union; proposing the laws and adoption of by-laws in the field of transport; coordination in the preparation of long-term and medium-term planning documents; development of strategic infrastructure projects and investment programs in the field of transport, etc.

Harbourmasters' Office in Brcko District is responsible for: − Inspection Affairs for the navigation safety, − Supervision over navigation of vessels and the installation and removing the floating structures,

− Supervision over the proper functioning of Safety of Navigation, − Search and rescue services of persons and goods on inland waterways, − Hydrological security of navigation on inland waterways,

− Supervision over inland waterways in order to prevent water pollution from floating structures, − Registration and deletion of vessels and floating structures, − Issuing of ship documents and books in accordance with the Law on internal navigation,

− Establishing seaworthiness of specific vessels and floating structures, − Determination of qualification for the management over specific vessels and floating structures, − Maintenance of order in ports and docks, winter quarters, winter shelters, wharfs, marinas, ferry-boat approaches,

swimming areas and other parts of the waters and shores of inland waterways, − Technical and other administrative tasks for navigation safety and − Other activities specified by the MoTC RS.

Legislation

• Law on Ministries of Republika Srpska (Oct 2002) defines the following responsibilities for the Ministry of Traffic and Communications of the RS relevant for the inland waterways: administrative and professional work for maritime and inland waterway traffic and its safety, as well as managing the coordination policy, all in accordance with the laws of RS and BiH.

• Law on Inland Navigation of Republika Srpska (Oct 2002) defines the following responsibilities of the RS authorities: managing the inland waterways, navigation safety, managing of vessels, provisions for the crew, port infrastructure and offices, conditions for carriage of passengers and transport of goods and provisions for accidents. The law regulates the use of inland waters and watersides for navigation in Republika Srpska, safety of navigation on inland waterways, identification and registration of vessels, procedure for registering or cancelling of ships, contractual obligations related to ships, transport and navigational operations, navigation incidents, etc.


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Institutions

− Government of Brcko District with no specific department in it and with the key roles similar to the entities but applied within BD.

− PE Port of Brcko is the operator of Brcko port, primarily handling goods with traffic volumes in stagnation over last years.

− Public Authority ; inspections and other responsibilities given by the current legislation of the District.

− Sava River Multilateral Commission (BiH, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia)

Legislation

− Law on inland waterways of RS

− Law on inland waterways of FBiH

− Law on inland waterways and seaways of BiH is pending drafted

− Law on Inland Navigation in Brcko District (Jun 200 8) defines the following responsibilities of the BD authorities: conditions for navigation, navigation safety, managing of vessels, port infrastructure and offices, provisions for the crew, conditions for carriage of passengers and transport of goods and provisions for inspections

Main Regulatory issues

The responsibility for regulations and infrastructure management for Sava River waterway in BiH is still undefined.

Figure 33 – Port of Brcko organization chart Source: Port of Brcko


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2.4.5 Conclusions

Sava River

• Inland navigation both from and toward the ports on the Sava River should be combined with rail and road transport in order to connect industrial sites, and set up efficient supply chains. This should be a key factor for the development of the industry (factories of large capacity) that would allow better competitiveness on the world market17. In this view, rehabilitation of the Sava River waterway, according SEETO plan, is a key topic.

• Determining the type and volume of transport goods along the Sava River.

Inland Ports

Within the general concept of spatial development of Republika Srpska, general objectives for the development of inland waterway are:

• renovation and development of inland waterways, • renovation and development of ports and docks, • renovation and development of the fleet, • initial analysis of the possibility of forming an intermodal transport node Samac - Brod.

Concerning infrastructure located in Brcko District, following interventions are needed: • rehabilitation of Brcko inland port • improvement of transhipment and loading/unloading equipment in Brcko port in order to expand its capacity

and to establish it as an intermodal terminal

Services

• Removing all obstacles which limit the capacity or performance of inland waterways navigation

• Increasing inland waterway transport safety by implementation of River Information System (RIS)

• Undertake the necessary action to implement the planned construction of two new ports (Brod and Gradiska) and 9 docks (Prijedor, Novi Grad, Kozarska Dubica, Laktasi, Banja Luka, Modrica, Doboj, Bijeljina and Zvornik). In the planning period, it is assumed, that the inland waterway transport would be the most convenient, safest and most cost-effective mode of transport of goods.

• Preliminary analysis and study of connectivity of ports in Brod and Samac in a unique intermodal node associated with Pan-European Corridor Vc and X (in Croatia).

The concept of the development of intermodal transport in Republika Srpska is directly linked to the modernization and development of railway, inner waterway and road transport, as well as transport networks in Posavina, from Bijeljina in the east to Banja Luka on the west. Development Study is necessary to perform evaluation, feasibility and orientation to the formation of commodity - transport centres.

Regulation

• Harmonization of the legal relations between two countries on the border part of the waterway

• Harmonisation of IWW regulation with EU standards

• Active involvement of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of RS in cooperation with neighbouring countries in terms of completing the documentation / studies necessary for improving the inland waterway;

• Rehabilitation of the Sava River waterway, that implies regulation of the waterway in Va class of navigability on the section Brcko - Belgrade, respectively, in the IV class on the section from Brcko to Sisak;

• Signing of a public - private partnership between the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Port of Samac in order to put into operation all the capacity of the port;

• Creating a new Law on Internal Navigation of Republika Srpska.

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2.5 Air transport


There are four main airports: Sarajevo, Mostar, Banja Luka and Tuzla (Map 21).

Map 20 Main airports in BiH

2.5.1.1 Sarajevo International Airport

The main airport located in FBiH is Sarajevo International Airport . The airport is located 6, 1 km southwest of the Sarajevo. The main characteristics of the Sarajevo airport are presented here below:

• Runway: ICAO code: 4 D; length and width: 2600 m x 45 m; airport elevation: 511 m; PCN 60/F/C/X/T

• Maximum passenger capacity per year: 800,000

• Terminal surfaces: Asphalt; LCN 60; 7 parking positions for aircraft types A320, 321, 319, B727, B737, B757

• Terminal surfaces for commercial activities: duty free shops; 4 restaurants and bars; newsstand; post office; 3 ATMs; 11 operating airlines; 12 car rentals; 4 internet kiosks

• Number of check-in points: 12

• Number of gates: 5 (3+2 air bridges)

Airport accessibility by road: good (15 - 20 minutes are required from the city centre of Sarajevo). Investments that are planned (expansion of the existing terminal and access to the airport) and value estimated at EUR 40 M..

The following figures show the traffic of Sarajevo Airport.

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Figure 34

Monthly trend of passenger traffic of Sarajevo Airport (thousands passengers) Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

Figure 35

Yearly trend of passenger traffic of Sarajevo Airport (thousands passengers) Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

Figure 36 Number of operations during peak days* on a monthly basis at Sarajevo Airport (in thousands)

Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015


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Figure 37

Number of operations during peak hours* on a monthly basis at Sarajevo Airport Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

Based on the expected development of air traffic and the current status of airport infrastructure, airport in Sarajevo requires capacity expansion. Annex 1 to the WB6 18 agreed in the Vienna summit established among the pre-identified projects works for increasing operational capacity for the Sarajevo airport.

2.5.1.2 Mostar Airport

The main characteristics of the Mostar airport:

• Runway: ICAO code: 4 D; length and width: 2400m x 49m; airport elevation: 48 m; PCN 44/R/B/W/U

• Terminal surfaces: Asphalt; LCN 60; 2 parking positions: for aircraft types A320 + 4 parking positions: for types 6M (for daylight use only)

• Good airport accessibility

Planned investments arethe following: extension of taxiway shoulders, access light for take-off/landing strip, paving Platform II, additional four positions for Code C "push back„, etc.

The following figures provide details on the traffic of the Mostar Airport.

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Figure 38

Monthly trend of passenger traffic of Mostar Airport (thousands passengers) Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

Figure 39 Number of operations during peak days* on a monthly basis at Mostar Airport


Figure 40 Number of operations during peak hours* on a monthly basis at Mostar Airport



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2.5.1.3 Tuzla Airport

Main characteristics of theTuzla airport:

• Runway: ICAO code: 4 D; length and width: 2,484m x 45m; PCN 44/R/B/W/U

• Airport accessibility is good. Investments that are planned: the development of the airport for cargo air traffic.

The following figures illustrate the traffic trends in the airport of Tuzla.

Figure 41

Monthly trend of passenger traffic of Tuzla Airport (thousands passengers) Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

Figure 42

Number of operations during peak days* on a monthly basis at Tuzla Airport Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015


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Figure 43

Number of operations during peak hours* on a monthly basis at Tuzla Airport Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015

2.5.1.4 Banja Luka International Airport

There is one international airport in Republika Srpska, “Banja Luka International Airport”, also known as “Mahovljani Airport”. It is located in settlement Mahovljani, about 20 km from centre of Banja Luka. The airport is located 18 km north northeast of the railway station in the city of Banja Luka. The airport is well connected with road network. It is situated about one kilometre from main road Banja Luka – Gradiska, and about 3 kilometres from interchange Mahovljani on highway Banja Luka – Gradiska. The airport is about 35 kilometres from interchange Okucani, on highway on corridor X.

The Airport is managed by the government-owned company "Aerodromi Republike Srpske". In 2014 "Aerodrom Trebinje“ (Trebinje Airport) was incorporated into the Public Enterprise "Aerodromi Republike Srpske".

The main characteristics of the Banja Luka airport are presented below:

• Runway is 2,500 meters long and 45 meters wide

• Apron is 240x90 m with four parking positions for DC9 (A320)

• Approach and runway lighting: Direction 17 - long culvert САТ I; Direction 35 - red Т

• Radio-navigation equipment: VOR/DME - LAK 115.3MHz

• Passenger terminal is outdated, it was made about 40 years ago. Terminal is equipped with waiting room, restaurant, one small shop, information service and security service. There are two gates (one for arrivals and one for departure) and two check-ins.

• In front of the passenger terminal are parking with 40 places (15 public parking places), five parking places for taxi vehicles and two parking places for buses.

• Airport is equipped with some special equipment such as the refuelling truck (capacity 30,000 litres), snow removal equipment, fire trucks VI category, fire trucks VII category (on demand), vehicle for unfreezing and protection of airplanes and other equipment for handling of aircrafts.

Control tower is situated nearby terminal, but it is physically separated from terminal. In the control tower are located workers of BIHANSA (Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency).

Airport technologies used on Banja Luka International Airport include Flight control system, using of Flight planning tools, Fuel system (JET A1), Aircraft weight and balance systems (automatic and manual), departure control system (DCS-RTB Amadeus) and boarding tools used during boarding phase.

Banja Luka International Airport uses some passenger services for real time information regarding the flight for traveller as well as Information systems in terminal building (Flight information system displays and information management to travellers.

“Banja Luka International Airport” is a part of Comprehensive network.

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equipment on Banja Luka Airport (new fire truck, new loader for pallets up to 14t, new approach and runway lighting, new aggregate for supply of electric power). Designs for cargo warehouse and expansion of passenger terminal are finished. “Aerodromi Republike Srpske” have medium terms planes for investments in infrastructure, like widening of runway, construction of new part of passenger terminal building, improvement of security supervision, new fence around complex, upgrading of lighting (LED lights) and upgrading of equipment.

There is a plan for construction of Trebinje Airport, which will be part of the company „Aerodromi Republike Srpske“

During the last 15 years number of passengers and flights from “Banja Luka International Airport” was varying due to the influence of various factors. The most passengers on “Banja Luka International Airport” was during UN sanctions to Serbia (1999) when Belgrade Airport was closed. After that period there was stagnation and decrease in the number of passengers and flights. In period 2009-2015 number of passengers and flights varying depending of contracts between Airport and different air carriers who provide flights from “Banja Luka International Airport”. In this moment there is only one regular international line, between Banja Luka and Belgrade, and Air Serbia is the only operator who flies from Banja Luka Airport.

“Banja Luka International Airport” has strategic cooperation with Air Serbia and “Nikola Tesla Airport” in Belgrade. Cooperation is in development of new technologies, training of staff and exchange of information.

City of Banja Luka has a population of about 200,000, and wider city area has a population of about 500,000. According to Strategy of development of "Aerodromi Republike Srpske" 2016-2018, catching area of Banja Luka Airport is north part of Republika Srpska and few nearby municipalities in FBiH with population of about 1,000,000.There is evaluation that about 300,000 pre-war residents of this area now live in Europe countries and that is one additional potential of this Airport.

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Commercial traffic (thousand passengers) recorded at Banja Luka airport Source: Banja Luka Airport

Figure 45

Commercial traffic (number of flights) recorded at Banja Luka airport Source: Banja Luka Airport


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Freights traffic recorded in 2015 was 114 flights in 2015 with 4,860 tones transported. The most of transported goods was meat and destination country was Turkey.

Figure 46 Financial performance of "Aerodromi Republike Srpske" (in million BAM)

Figure 47

Business plan of "Aerodromi Republike Srpske" (in million BAM)

Figure 48 Monthly trend of passenger traffic of Banja Luka Airport (in thousand passengers)



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Figure 49 Number of operations during peak days* on a monthly basis at Banja Luka Airport


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Number of operations during peak hours* on a monthly basis at Banja Luka Airport Source: BIHANSA Annual Report 2014-2015


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2.5.2 Regulation

2.5.2.1 State level

Institutions

• BIHDCA is the authority responsible for performing regulatory functions and supervision in the area of civil aviation and air traffic control. BIHDCA has the objective of aligning the obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Member State of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and as a signatory to the Chicago Convention. Its organization and management, competences and responsibilities are regulated by the Aviation Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina and by the Regulation on amendments to the Regulation on the internal organization of MoTC BiH.

• BIHANSA is the authority/agency responsible for provision of the air traffic control services, provision of communication, navigation and surveillance services, provision of aeronautical information services, provision of aeronautical meteorological services, operations of rescue coordination centre in searching and rescuing, education and training of the air traffic control staff, export and import for the needs of the Agency, and other tasks and operations that are related to the provision of safe air navigation.

• Four international airports: Sarajevo (main international airport for passengers and includes cargo operations as well), Tuzla (international airport for both passengers and cargo), Mostar (international airport for passengers) and Banja Luka (international airport for passengers and recently opened for cargo as well). Each airport operates with international traffic only at the moment.

Regulatory bodies

• BiH Directorate of Civil Aviation (BIHDCA): authority responsible for performing regulatory functions and supervision in the area of civil aviation and air traffic control

• BiH Air Navigation Services Agency: secures the conditions for taking over the control and management of airspace

Legislation • Law on Ministries and Other Bodies of Administratio n of BiH (Feb 2003) defines the following responsibilities

for the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH relevant for the air transport: − Policy and regulation of international and inter-entity communication facilities; − International and inter-entity transportation and infrastructure; − Preparation of treaties, agreements and other acts in the field of international and inter-entity transport; − Relations with international organisations in the field of international and inter-entity transport; − Preparation and drafting of strategic and planning documents in the field of international and inter-entity

transport for transport, infrastructure and information technologies; − Civil aviation and air traffic control

• The Aviation Law of BiH (Apr 2009) clearly defines the roles and responsibilities in the civil aviation. MoCT BiH keeps the role of policy matters, where the Directorate is for Civil Aviation (BIHDCA) has the principle roles of market and air traffic safety regulator. This law also stipulated the creation of a separate body responsible for the air navigation services.2

• Law on Air Navigation Services of BiH (Jul 2009). Following the previous law, this law defines the responsibilities for the ANS provider called BiH Air Navigation Services Agency (BIHANSA). It principally includes: air traffic services, air traffic flow management services, airspace management and coordination with the Airspace Management Cell (AMS).

• Law on Obligations in Civil Aviation of BiH (Jun 2015) defines the conditions and responsibilities for an air traffic operator in the civil aviation.

Main Regulatory Issues: • BIHANSA: from January 2014, the BIHANSA started to take over all responsibilities and staff formerly under the

Entity-based civil aviation authorities. In November 2014, the BIHANSA took over the air traffic control for the sky below 10,000 m and it has become a certified body for such services. The BIHANSA is in the procedure for air traffic control of the sky above 10,000 m („upper sky“).

• The negotiations for „upper sky “control by BIHANSA over BiH territory started a few years ago within the so-called „multilateral transition team“, actually between three concerned countries (BiH, Serbia and Croatia). The negotiations are related to the technicalities and modalities for the transfer of airspace control in accordance with the agreed subdivision of the Functional Airspace Bloc (FAB) for the Central Europe.


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• Complete transposition of the ECAA for the free access to the market, freedom of establishment, equal conditions for the competition and common rules in areas of air traffic safety, security, management, social and environment.

• Ful implementation of EU Regulation on safety in civil aviation and setting up of the Institution of an independent Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority.

• Complete transposition of EU legislation on airport charge.

Ful transposition of the European Common Aviation Ag reement • Free market access, • Freedom of establishment • Equal conditions of competition • Common rules including the areas of safety, security, air traffic management, social and environment

2.5.3 Conclusions

The following conclusions have been summarized based on the current situation in the air transport sector:

Infrastructure:

• Sarajevo Airport: capacity expansion necessary

• Mostar Airport: capacity expansion is needed. Compared with other airoprts higher investment is required due to the anticipated significant increase of traffic

• Tuzla Airport: the development of the airport could be focused on cargo air traffic

• Banja Luka International Airport. Modernisation and expansion of airport infrastructure and technological systems in order to overcome current issues: outdated equipment, lack of commercial lines, limited number of movements. The airport needs to increase its competitiveness vis-a-vis other airports in region. Potential development of freight transport needs to be supported through implementation of relatedinvestment. Eligibility of the airport as TEN-T core network airport needs to be considered.

• Building of Trebinje airport has to be considered.

Services

• Marketing and commercial initiatives oriented at attracting air carriers and logistic operators

• Traffic levels need to be improved in line with the needs of future development

• Current traffic levels do not gurantee financial sustainability of all airports in BiH. For example Banja Luka International Airport recorded 18,966 commercial passengers on 1,307 of commercial flights in 2015.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) out look

• To be improved in parallel with the development of infrastructure

• Take control of BiH airspace from Croatia and Serbia

• Technologies applied on Banja Luka Airport has to be improved with infrastructure

Regulation

• Review the airport charge model on the basis of operating costs and investment recovery

• Harmonize with EU standards

• Full implementation of the aviation law of BiH which foreseen, among others, financing of airport infrastructure from fees paid by passengers and air carriers.

• Legislation concerning the air transport in Republika Srpska is based on

- Law on Aviation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

- Law on Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency, and

- Law on Obligations in Civil Aviation.

• All of the laws are harmonized with EU laws.


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3 OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK TRANSPORT STRATEGY

3.1 Transport Policy: context for the Framework Tra nsport Strategy

The Framework Transport Strategy is developed in coherence with the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Framework Transport Policy 2015 – 2030. Such document represents “a framework and baseline document on the grounds of which a development strategy, laws, regulations, programs, plans and other documents will be produced and decisions will be made, in the process of progress and development of the transport sector” as to the directions of development, action plans and priorities at the level of BiH, its entities and the Brcko District, pursuant to the Constitution of BiH.

The Framework Transportation Policy 2015 – 2030 defines:

• the vision articulated for transport sector in BiH:

• an efficient and cost-effective transport system

• a market driven and competition-based development process of the transport system

• A transport system that is fully harmonized with the regulations and standards of the European Union (EU) and rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

• the overall goal: “build on the anticipated process of countrywide economic and social development to ensure the sustainable development of the transport system, and to develop a system that will meet requirements in terms of improved mobility of goods and persons and physical access to markets, jobs and education, as well as all other social and economic needs” to be developed according to the attainment of defined objectives.

• the details for the Transport Policy implementation must be elaborated in a Transport Strategy (for 2015-2030) and Action Plan, that will have to set out the actions and programmes to be undertaken (administrative reform, regulatory harmonization, capacity building and investment programs) as well as the associated allocation of responsibilities, timeframe and key performance indicators.

A horizontal objective is set by the Transport Policy of BiH 2015-2030, towards the country’s integration in the EU, following the Protocol on Land Transport built into the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

The Transport sector has to contribute to sustainable and steady economic development through four general objectives:

i. ensuring institutional efficiency,

ii. ensuring financial sustainability,

iii. stimulating economic development, and

iv. addressing the environmental and social impacts,

These four objectives will have to be achieved through specific actions according to the needs and peculiarities of the entities and Brcko District. Furthermore, the Transport Policy sets six objectives to achieve the overall goal of sustainable development of the transport system, as presented here below:

• meet social and economic demands,

• provide the best level of services at the lowest possible cost,

• satisfy safety and information requirements,

• be financially sustainable and based on the principal financing sources ranging from user charges, municipal budgetary resources and private sector involvement, satisfy the needs in terms of maintenance, improvement and development of transport infrastructure,

• comply with EU standards and regulations,

• have a minimal permissible environmental impact.

The Framework Transport Strategy has been based on the above general objectives, which have been detailed in specific objectives, according to the needs and peculiarities of BiH, FBiH, RS and BD, as presented in the following section.


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3.2 Objectives

3.2.1 Regulation

The table below shows the high level objectives and Framework Transport Strategy specific objectives

High level objectives

(BiH Framework

Transport Policy 2015

– 2030)

Framework Transport Strategy specific objective SEETO “Soft measures”

Comply with EU standards and regulations

Improving regulatory framework for all modes of transport

• Implementation of Border Crossing Agreement

Establishment of the legislation for the separation of rail infrastructure and transport operation

Restructuring of the railway companies in accordance with EU Directive 2012/34

Meeting UIC high-speed railway standards

Opening of the railway market to RUs after BiH joins the EU, according to EU Regulation

Institution of independent Rail Safety and Accident Investigation Authorities

Harmonising IWW regulation with EU standards

Financial sustainability of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Directorate of Civil Aviation

Institution of an independent Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority

Harmonising air transport regulation with EU standards

Be financially sustainable and based on the principal financing sources ranging from user charges

Defining stable road funding

Creating a sustainable funding system for the maintenance of railway infrastructure

Financially sustainable air transport

Have minimal permissible environmental impact

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Harmonisation with EU standards

• Have minimal permissible environmental impact

Monitoring polluting emissions

Enhancing modal shift for passenger and freight

Harmonisation with EU standards on vehicle emissions (cars and heavy vehicles)

Reducing the average age of vehicles

Satisfy safety and information requirements

Decreasing road accidents (nowadays above EU average)


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3.2.2 Infrastructure and services

The table below shows the high level objectives and Framework Transport Strategy specific objectives

High level objectives

(BiH Framework Transport

Policy 2015 – 2030)

Framework Transport Strategy specific objective SEETO Soft “Measures”

Meet social and economic demands

Ensuring BiH internal cohesion through the development of safe and faster transport network, connecting North-South and East-West

• Definition of a framework for implementation of EU Freight corridors to the Western Balkans Attracting international transit flows, by integrating infrastructure

into European transport corridors

Provide the best level of services at the lowest possible cost

Improving quality of public road networks

Decongestion of road urban traffic

Improving quality of road and railway public transport services

Development of inland waterway navigation and intermodality

Improving quality of passenger air services

Satisfy safety and information requirements

Improving ICT in the transport sector • Adoption of Road Safety Inspection (RSI) guidelines and curriculum

• Strategic framework for the implementation of ITS on the Core Network

• Development of SEED Plus (CEFTA data exchange agreement)

Decreasing road accidents (nowadays above EU average)

Increasing railway security, signalling and safety equipment

Increasing water transport safety

Taking control of BiH airspace from Croatia and Serbia

Satisfy the needs in terms of maintenance, improvement and development of transport infrastructure

Development of motorway and expressway network in accordance to Corridor Vc, SEETO routes extensions, and other routes ensuring North-South and East-West connectivity

• Adoption of maintenance Plan for 2016-2020 for the entire Core Network

Improvement and development of magistral and regional roads

Removing road low speed bottlenecks

Completion of railway reconstruction and signalling, and electrification of the whole rail network

Developing railway infrastructure with EN standards and TSI

Developing/improving loading and unloading capacity and equipment for IWW and rail-road-IWW intermodality

Upgrading Sava river inland waterway

Expanding capacity of airports

Developing air cargo terminals

Developing/improving loading and unloading capacity of freight terminals


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4 THE STRATEGY

The strategic planning of the transport sector can be defined as a tool at the service of major economic and social policy objectives. For each transport mode, the Framework Transport Strategy aims at defining the actions to be implemented to achieve the general and specific objectives in the short (2016-2020), medium (2021-2025) and long term (2026-2030). Below are the most important elements of the Framework Transport Strategy:

• Meet social and economic demands

• Satisfy the needs in terms of maintenance, improvement and development of transport infrastructure

• Be financially sustainable

• Comply with EU standards and regulations

• Satisfy safety and information requirements

• Have a minimal permissible environmental impact

Actions have been allocated to different time periods on the basis of their maturity, budget restriction, etc. The following development categories can be defined: actions to be implemented primarily (in the short term), action to be implemented after proper preparation (in the medium term) and actions with low level of maturity and/or constrains (in the long term).

For each action, the Framework Transport Strategy defines:

• The stakeholders responsible to implement the action (e.g. Ministry, Infrastructure manager, etc.)

• The instruments to be used to implement the action (e.g. financial instruments, legislative changes, etc.)


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4.1 Strategic actions

4.1.1 Regulation

4.1.1.1 State level

The following table shows the high level objectives of the strategy and Framework Transport Strategy specific objectives, as well as the actions and instruments that will be used.

High level

objectives

Framework

Transport Strategy

specific objective

Action Timing Body in charge Instruments

No. Description ST MT LT

Be financially

sustainable and

based on the

principal

financing

sources ranging

from user

charges

Defining stable road

funding

1

Aligning fuel tax levels

with neighbouring

countries x

Management Board of

Indirect Tax Authority

BiH / MoTC FBiH /

MoTC RS /

Government BD

Legislative

interventions

2

Introduction of a funding

system based on fuel

excise duties x

Council of Ministers

BiH

Legislative

interventions

Creating a sustainable

funding system for the

maintenance of

railway infrastructure

3

Introduction of oil or

tobacco excise to finance

railway maintenance x


BiH

Legislative

interventions

Financially sustainable

air transport 4

Review the airport charge

model on the basis of

operating costs and

investment recovery

x Directorate of Civil

Aviation (BIHDCA)

Legislative

interventions

Financial sustainability

of the BiH Directorate

of Civil Aviation

5

Full implementation of the

Aviation Law of BiH (i.e.

financing from fees paid

by passengers and air

carriers)

x Council of Ministers

BiH

Legislative

interventions

Comply with EU

standards and

regulations

Institution of an

independent Civil

Aviation Safety

Investigation Authority

6

Alignment of existing

legislation with EU

legislation (Regulation

(EU) No 996/2010)

x MoTC BiH Legislative

interventions

Improving regulatory

framework for all

modes of transport

7

Creating the Integration

Programme BiH-EU

Transport Sector x

Directorate for EU

Integration /

MoTC BiH

Legislative

interventions

Meeting UIC high-

speed railway

standards

8 Adoption of UIC high

speed railway standards x MoTC BiH

RRB BiH

Legislative

interventions

Institution of

independent Rail

Safety and Accident

Investigation

Authorities

9


legislation with EU

legislation x MoTC BiH

Legislative

interventions

Harmonising IWW

regulation with EU

standards

10

Participation in the

definition of competences

in the navigation of Sava

River

x x

BiH Presidency as

appointer of the BiH

representative in the

International Sava

River Basin

Commission

Legislative

interventions

Have a minimal

permissible

Harmonisation with

EU standards on 11


legislation on standard x x x MoTC BiH / MoTC

FBiH / MoTC RS /

Legislative

interventions


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport Strategy

specific objective



environmental

impact

vehicle emissions

(cars and heavy

vehicles)

vehicle emissions with EU

legislation

Government BD

Satisfy safety

and information

requirements

Increasing railway

security, signalling

and safety equipment

12

Adoption of the EU

Directives on

interoperability and safety x RRB BiH

Legislative

interventions

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU average)

13 Alignment with EU

policies for road safety x MoTC BiH Legislative

interventions


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4.1.1.2 FBiH

High level

objectives

Framework

Transport Strategy

specific objective



Be financially

sustainable and

based on the

principal

financing

sources ranging

from user

charges


funding

1

Define a regulatory

framework for access

charges to tolled roads x Government of FBiH

Legislative

interventions

2

Establishing Public

Institutions for Regional

Roads in all Cantons x

Governments of

Cantons

Legislative

interventions



maintenance of


3

Full application of the

Law on the financing of

the rail infrastructure, by

allocating the total costs

of maintenance from the

budget

x Government of FBiH Legislative

interventions


air transport 4

Review the airport

charge model on the

basis of operating costs

and investment

recovery

x Government of FBiH Legislative

interventions

Comply with EU

standards and

regulations

Restructuring of the

railway company in

accordance with EU

Directive 2012/34

5 Railway corporate

reconstruction x

MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

BiH Railway Public

Corporation

Master Planning and

Business modelling

for ZFBiH

Enabling a single

European railway

system (through

facilitating access to

other railway

company) after BiH

joins the EU, in

accordance with EU

directives

6

Defining a scenario of

alignment of existing

FBiH legislation to EU

Directives and

legislation on rail market

x MoTC FBiH

RRB BiH

Legislative

interventions

Opening of the railway

market to RUs after

BiH joins the EU,

according to EU

Regulation

7

Defining long term

scenarios for rail market

opening x

MoTC FBiH

RRB BiH

Legislative

interventions

Have a minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Environmental Impact

Assessment (EIA)

Harmonisation with EU

standards

8



Directives and

legislation on EIA

x MoTC FBiH Legislative

interventions


standards on vehicle

emissions (cars and

heavy vehicles)

9



Directives and

legislation on vehicle

emissions

x MoTC FBiH Legislative

interventions

Satisfy safety

and information

requirements

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU average)

10 Alignment to EU policies

for road safety x MoTC FBiH Legislative

interventions


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing

Body in charge Instruments No. Description ST MT LT

Be financially

sustainable and

based on the

principal

financing

sources ranging

from user

charges


funding 1

Review of the motorway

charge model on the basis

of user pay principle x x

MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

Legislative

interventions



maintenance of


2

Definition of the model for

financing railway

infrastructure x x

MoTC RS

ZRS

Legislative

interventions


air transport 3

Review the airport charge

model on the basis of

operating costs and

investment recovery

x

MoTC RS

Airport of Republika

Srpska

Legislative

interventions

Comply with EU

standards and

regulations

Establishment of the

legislation for the

separation of rail

infrastructure and

transport operation

4

Alignment the RS

legislation with EU

legislation x

MoTC RS

ZRS

Legislative

interventions

Opening of the railway

market to RUs after

BiH joins the EU,

according to EU

Regulation

5


legislation with EU

legislation x x x MoTC RS

Legislative

interventions

Harmonising IWW

regulation with EU

standards

6


legislation with EU

legislation x x

MoTC RS

Legislative

interventions

Have a minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

EIA Harmonisation

with EU standards 7


legislation with EU

legislation x x x

MoTC RS and

Ministry for spatial

planning, building and

ecology RS

Legislative

interventions



emissions (cars and

heavy vehicles)

8


legislation with EU

legislation x x x MoTC RS

Legislative

interventions


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing


Comply with EU

standards and

regulations

Harmonising IWW

regulation with EU

standards

1


alignment process of

existing legislation with

EU legislation

x x

Government of BD Legislative

interventions

2

Definition of “Port

Authority” competences

between PE Port of

Brcko and the

Government

x

Government of BD

PE Port of Brcko

Legislative

interventions

3


definition of

competences in the

navigation of the Sava

River

x x

Government of BD Legislative

interventions

Have a minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Environmental Impact

Assessment (EIA)


standards

4


BD legislation with EU

Directives and

legislation on EIA

x Government of BD Legislative

interventions



emissions (cars and

heavy vehicles)

5


BD legislation with EU

Directives and

legislation on vehicle

emissions

x Government of BD Legislative

interventions

Satisfy safety

and information

requirements

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU average)

6 Alignment with EU

policies for road safety x

Government of BD

Road Safety Council

of Brcko District

Legislative

interventions


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4.1.2 Infrastructure and services

4.1.2.1 State level

Objectives and actions related with international or inter-entities connections are relevant at BiH level. The following table shows a list of actions related to international projects and cross-borders projects.

High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategyspecific

objective



Meet social

and economic

demand

Ensuring BiH internal

cohesion through the

development of safe

and faster transport

network, connecting

North-South and East-

West

Attracting international

transit flows, by

integrating BiH

infrastructure into

European transport

corridors

1

Definition of motorway

and expressway

sections on the

indicative extension of

the TEN-T Road

Comprehensive/Core

Network to BiH, SEETO

Corridors and Routes,

and other routes

connecting North-South

and East-West

x x x MoTC BiH

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

2

Building of bridge on the

Sava River on (route

2a, in Gradiska, cross-

border section with

Croatia – link to corridor

X and Vc)

x

MoTC BiH (Bilateral

Agreement with

Croatia)

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

3

Building of cross border

Svilaj bridge on the

Sava River (end of

motorway section

Odzak-Svilaj)

x

MoTC BiH (Bilateral

Agreement with

Croatia)

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

4

Administrative procedu-

re/studies to identify

new roads to be added

to the TEN-T core

/comprehensive and

SEETO network

x x MoTC BiH

Master planning /

Studies, Spatial

planning

5



new railways to be

added to the TEN-T

core/comprehensive

and SEETO network

x x MoTC BiH

Master planning,

Studies, Spatial

planning

6

Rehabilitation of Sava

River waterway

(according to SEETO

Development Plan)

x x x

BiH Presidency as

appointer of the BiH

representative in the

International SRB

Commission

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Satisfy safety

and

information

requirements

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU

7 Road safety audits (RSI

and RSA) x MoTC BiH

Project manage-

ment and tender

procedures


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategyspecific

objective



Have a

minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Enhancing modal shift 8

Definition of incentive

schemes for intermodal

transport

x


BiH

ZFBiH, ZRS

Legislative

interventions

Incentive schemes

Monitoring polluting

emissions – Reducing

the age of vehicles

9

Stimulate the import of

new and more ecologic

vehicles

x x Council of Ministers

BiH

Revision of existing

fees (e.g. import,

registration, tolls,

etc.)


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4.1.2.2 FBiH

High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing


Meet social and

economic

demands

Ensuring BiH

internal cohesion

through the

development of safe


network, connecting

North-South and

East-West

Attracting

international transit

flows, by integrating

FBiH infrastructure

into European

transport corridors

1

Building of cross border

Svilaj bridge on the Sava

River (end of motorway

section Odzak-Svilaj)

x MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

2

Completion of motorway

and expressway sections

on the indicative

extension of the TEN-T

Road Comprehensive

/Core Network to BiH,

SEETO Corridors and

Routes and other routes


and East-West

x x x MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

3

Reconstruction and

electrification of the rail

sections

x x MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

4


re/studies to identify new

roads to be added to the

TEN-T core/

comprehensive and

SEETO network

x x MoTC FBiH

Master planning /

Studies, Spatial

planning

5


re/studies to identify new

railways to be added to

the TEN-T core/

comprehensive and

SEETO network

x x MoTC FBiH

Master planning,

Studies, Spatial

planning

Satisfy the needs

in terms of

maintenance,

improvement and

development of

transport

infrastructure

Removing road low

speed bottlenecks

6


and expressway sections

on the indicative

extension of the TEN-T

Road Comprehensive

/Core Network to BiH,

SEETO Corridors and

Routes, and other routes


and East-West

x x x PE FBiH Autoceste

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

7

Issuing a new planning

cycle of investments on

motorway network

x MoTC FBiH

Master planning,

Studies, Spatial

planning

8

Building by-passes in

major cities, according to

specific Programmes

x x

MoTC FBiH

PE FBIH Autoceste, PE

FBIH Ceste, Public

institutions for Regional

Roads

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Development of

motorway and

expressway network

in accordance to

- See Action 2 x x x PE FBIH Autoceste

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing


Corridor Vc, SEETO

routes extensions,

and other routes

ensuring North-

South and East-

West connectivity

Improvement and

development of

magistral and

regional roads

9

Definition of new,

reconstruction and re-

habilitation of existing

magistral roads

x x MOTC FBiH

PE FBiH Ceste

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

10

Definition of new,



regional roads

x x x

Public Institutions for

Regional Roads

Master planning,

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Completion of

railway

reconstruction and

signalling, and

electrification of the

whole rail network

- See action 3 x x MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Developing railway

infrastructure with

EN standards and

TSI 11

Technical improvement

and modernization of the


investments in existing

infrastructure to increase

the speed and safety in

order to meet the EN and

TSI

x

MoTC FBiHZFBiH

BiH Railway Public

Corporation

Financial

instruments

Project

management

Expanding capacity

of airports

12

Expanding capacity of

Sarajevo Airport: Air side:

infrastructure

restructuring and

expansion

x x PE Sarajevo

International Airport

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

13


Sarajevo Airport:

Terminal capacity

expansion

x x PE Sarajevo

International Airport

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

14


Sarajevo Airport:

Improvement of road

accessibility

(infrastructure and

services)

x

PE FBiH Ceste

Bus operators

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

15 Expanding capacity of

Mostar Airport x

PE Mostar International

Airport

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

Developing air

cargo terminals 16 Developing Tuzla airport

as an air cargo terminal x -

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

Developing/improvin

g loading and

unloading capacity

of freight terminals

17 Building a new container

inland terminal x MoTC FBiH

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management;

Spatial planning


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing


Provide the best

level of services

Improving quality of

public road

networks

- See actions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 x

PE FBiH Autoceste

MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Ceste

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management


road and railway

public transport

services

18 Railway undertaking

business modelling x

Government of FBiH

ZFBiH

Business

modelling

19

Implementation of Public

Service Obligation in

passenger transportation

x MoTC FBiH

RRB BiH

Financial instru-

ments and

contracting

20

Definition of commercial

services for passengers

and definition of an

operational mode for

passengers services

x MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

Business

modelling

21 Renew / invest in rolling

stock x x ZFBiH

Financial

instruments

Decongestion of

road urban traffic - See Action 8 x x

PE FBIH Autoceste

PE FBIH Ceste


Regional Roads

Project

management,

tendering

procedures


passenger air

services

- See actions 12, 13, 14,

15 x x -

Financial instru-

ments; Project

management

Satisfy safety and

information

requirements

Improving ICT in the

transport sector

22

Fully implementing of the

road traffic management

system, communication

facilities (i.e. SOS

network on motorways)

x MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

23

Develop an information

system for passengers

and road hauliers on

motorways

x MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

Decreasing road

accidents

(nowadays above

EU average)

24 Implementing Strategy for

road safety x

MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

PE FBiH Ceste

Road Safety Agency


Regional Roads

Adoption of

strategy for road

safety

25

Upgrading resting

stations on motorways

and expressways

x

MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

PE FBiH Ceste

Project manage-

ment and tender

procedures


and RSA) x

MoTC FBiH

PE FBiH Autoceste

PE FBiH Ceste

Road Safety Agency

Project manage-

ment and tender

procedures

See actions 6, 7, 8

Increasing railway

security, signalling

and safety

equipment

27 See actions 6 and 7 x x x ZFBiH

Be financially

sustainable and

based on the

Creating a

sustainable funding

system for the

28 See action 20 x MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

Business

modelling


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High level

objectives

Framework

Transport

Strategyspecific

objective

Action Timing


principal financing

sources ranging

from user charges

maintenance of

railway

infrastructure

Have a minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Enhancing modal

shift 29



transport

x MoTC FBiH

Legislative

interventions

Incentive

schemes


emissions –

Reducing the age of

vehicles

30



vehicles

x x MoTC FBiH

Revision of exis-

ting fees (e.g.

import, registra-

tion, tolls, etc)


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategyspecific

objective



Meet social

and economic

demands



development of safe and

faster transport network,


and East-West


transit flows, by

integrating RS

infrastructure into

European transport

corridors

1

Building of bridge on

the Sava River on

(Route 2a, in Gradiska,

cross-border section

with Croatia – link to

Corridor X and Vc)

x MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

2

Completion of

motorway and

expressway sections on

the indicative extension

of the TEN-T Road

Comprehensive/Core


Corridors and Routes

and other routes


and East-West

x x x

MoTC RS

PE RS RS

Motorways

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

3

Reconstruction and

electrification of the rail

sections

x x MoTC FBiH

ZFBiH

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

4



new roads to be added

to the TEN-T core/

comprehensive and

SEETO network

x x

MoTC RS, and



ecology RS

Master planning /

Studies, Spatial

planning document

5



new railways to be

added to the TEN-T

core/comprehensive

and SEETO network

x x

MoTC RS, and



ecology RS

Master planning,

Studies, Spatial

planning document

6

Assess eligibility of

Banja Luka Airport as

Core Network airport

x x MoTC RS Studies

Satisfy the

needs in terms

of

maintenance,

improvement

and

development

of transport

infrastructure

Development of motorway

and expressway network

in accordance to Corridor

Vc, SEETO routes

extensions, and other

routes ensuring North-

South and East-West

connectivity

7 See action 2 x x x MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Improvement and

development of magistral

and regional roads

8

Definition of new,



magistral and regional

roads

x x x MoTC RS

PE RS Roads

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Completion of railway

reconstruction and

signalling, and

electrification of the whole

- see Action 3 x x x

MoTC RS

ZRS (Infrastructure

manager)

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategyspecific

objective



rail network

Developing /improving

loading and unloading

capacity and equipment

for IWW and rail-road-

IWW intermodality

9 Upgrading Sava river

inland waterway x x MoTC RS

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

10 Upgrading port of

Samac x x

MoTC RS and Port of

Samac

Sign contract

between MoTC RS

and Port Samac

about PPP


airports

11 Building of Trebinje

airport x x x

MoTC RS and Airport

of Republika Srpska

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

12

Upgrading Banja Luka

Airport facilities and

equipment (both for

cargo and passengers)

x x MoTC RS and Airport

of Republika Srpska

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Provide the

best level of

services

Improving quality of public

road networks

- See actions 7 and 8

13 Upgrading business

environment x x MoTC RS

Remove

administrative

barriers

Improving quality of road

and railway public

transport services

14 Railway undertaking

business modelling x

ZRS (railway

undertaking) Business modelling

15

Implementation of

Public Service

Obligation in passenger

transportation

x

MoTC RS

ZRS (railway

undertaking)

Financial

instruments and

contracting


stock x x

ZRS (railway

undertaking)

Financial

instruments


passenger air services - See action 11 and 12

Developing/improving


capacity of freight

terminals

17

Construction of

intermodal terminal in

Banja Luka and Doboj

x x x

MoTC RS

ZRS (infrastructure

manager)

Local authorities

Project

management,

tender procedures

Satisfy safety

and

information

requirements


transport sector

18

Fully implementing to

the road traffic

management system,

communication facilities

(i.e. SOS network on

motorways)

x MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

19

Develop an information

system for passengers

and road hauliers on

the motorways

x MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU average)

20 Implementing Strategy

for road safety x

MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

PE RS Roads

Road Safety Agency

and others

Adopted strategy for

road safety

21

Upgrading resting

stations on motorways

and expressway

x

MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

PE RS Roads

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures


and RSA) x

MoTC RS

PE RS Motorways

Project manage-

ment, tendering


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategyspecific

objective



PE RS Roads

Road Safety Agency

procedures

- See actions 7 and 8

Increasing railway

security, signalling and

safety equipment

- See action 3 x x x ZRS (Infrastructure

manager)

Developing /improving




IWW intermodality

See actions 9 and 10 x x x MoTC RS and Port of

Samac

Increasing water transport

safety 23

Develop River

Information System x x MoTC RS

Be financially

sustainable

and based on

the principal

financing

sources

ranging from

user charges

Financially sustainable air

transport 24

Attracting air carriers

and logistics operators

(e.g. promote the start-

up of new international

connections, airport

accessibility in terms of

public services, etc.)

and develop

commercial activities

x

MoTC RS

Airport of Republika

Srpska

Business modelling

and airport

promotion



maintenance of railway

infrastructure

25


services for passengers

and defining an

operating model for

passengers services

x

MoTC RS

ZRS (railway

undertaking)

Business modelling

- See action 14

Have a

minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Enhancing modal shift

26

Develop intermodal

terminals by including

ZRS with full capacity

Develop rail terminals /

intermodal terminals for

freight traffic (combined

traffic and conventional

traffic)

x x

MoTC RS

ZRS (railway

undertaking)

Drafting

development plan

- See action 17

Reduction the average

age of the vehicles 27



vehicles

x x MoTC RS


fees (e.g. import,

registration, tolls,

etc.)


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategy specific

objective



Meet social

and economic

demands



development of safe


network, connecting

North-South and East-

West


transit flows, by

integrating BD

infrastructure into

European transport

corridors

1

Rehabilitation of the

Sava River waterway

(according to SEETO

Development Plan)

x x x Government of BD

(participant)

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

2


and expressway

sections on the

indicative extension of

the TEN-T Road

Comprehensive/Core


Corridors and Routes

and other routes


and East-West

x x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Concessionaire to be

defined

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Satisfy the

needs in terms

of

maintenance,

improvement

and

development

of transport

infrastructure

Development of

motorway and

expressway network in

accordance to Corridor

Vc, SEETO routes

extensions, and other

routes ensuring North-

South and East-West

connectivity

See Action 2 x x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Concessionaire to be

defined

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Removing road low

speed bottlenecks 3

Construction of Brcko

Bypass road x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Improvement and

development of


roads

4

Paving and

rehabilitation of local

roads

x x Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

5

Definition of new,




roads


PE Putevi Brcko

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Development railway

infrastructure with EN

standards and TSI

6 Improvement of

outdated rail signalling x x ZFBiH, ZRS

Financing, Project

management, ten-

dering procedures

Developing/improving




IWW intermodality

7 Rehabilitation of Brcko

Port infrastructure x x x

Government of BD

PE Port of Brcko

Financing, Project

management, ten-

dering procedures

8

Improving transship-

ment and loading/

unloading equipment of

Brcko Port, to expand

the capacity and estab-

lish it as an intermodal

terminal (Realisation of

Investment Plan 2009)


PE Port of Brcko

Financing, Project

management,

tendering

procedures

Provide the

best level of

services


public road networks -

See actions 2, 3, 4 and

5 x x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Financial instru-

ments, Project

management


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High level

objectives

Framework Transport

Strategy specific

objective




road and railway public

transport services

9

Implementation of

Public Service

Obligation in passenger

transportation

x

Government BD

ZFBiH, ZRS

Financial

instruments and

contracting


stock x x

Government BD

ZFBiH

ZRS

Financial

instruments

Development of inland

waterway navigation

and intermodality

- See actions 7 and 8 x x Government of BD

PE Port of Brcko

Financial instru-

ments, Project

management

Decongestion of road

urban traffic - See action 3 x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Project manage-

ment, tendering

procedures

Satisfy safety

and

information

requirements


transport sector 11

Fully implementing the

road traffic manage-

ment system, commu-

nication facilities (i.e.

SOS network on

magistral roads)

x Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

Financial

instruments

Decreasing road

accidents (nowadays

above EU average)

12 Implementing Strategy

for road safety x Government of BD

Adoption of strategy

for road safety


and RSA) x

MoTC BiH

Government of BD

Project manage-

ment and tender

procedures

Increasing railway

security, signalling and

safety equipment

14

Removing level

crossings on the rail line

to Brcko Port

x x

Government of BD

PE Putevi Brcko

ZFBiH, ZRS

Financing, Project

management, ten-

dering procedures

Have a

minimal

permissible

environmental

impact

Enhancing modal shift 15



transport

x Government of BD

ZFBiH, ZRS

Legislative

interventions

Incentive schemes


emissions - Reducing

the age of vehicles

16



vehicles



fees (e.g. import, re-

gistration, tolls, etc.)

In addition to the actions included in the table above, some interventions requiring further analysis were identified and are listed here below:

• Construction of a new bridge over the Sava River, linking the magistral road M 14.1 from the motorway Belgrade-Zagreb (Corridor X)

• Reconstruction of the existing bridge on the Sava River (border crossing Brcko-Gunja) • Construction of the Brcko Port-bypass around Brcko • Reconstruction of the existing railway bridge on the Sava river • Construction of the marina on the Sava River in Brcko • Construction of the airport for small aircraft


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4.2 Action plan

4.2.1 Road

Road

Administrative

level Short term Medium term Long term

BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

1 Regulation

1.1

Review of the motorway charge

model on the basis of user pay

principle

x x x x x x

1.2 Alignment of fuel tax levels with

neighboring countries x x x x x x x x x

1.3 Introduction of a funding system

based on fuel excise duties x x x x x x x x x

1.4 Define regulatory framework for

access charges to tolled roads x x x x x x

1.5

Alignment of existing legislation

with EU Directives and legislation

on EIA

x x x x x x x x x

1.6

Alignment of existing legislation

with EU Directives and legislation

on vehicle emissions

x x x x x x x x x

1.7 Alignment with EU policies for

road safety x x x x x x x x x

1.8 Establishing public institutions for

regional roads in all cantons x x x x x x

2 Infrastructure

2.1

Definition of motorway and

expressway sections on the

indicative extension of the TEN-T

Road Comprehensive/Core


Corridors and Routes, and other

routes connecting North-South

and East-West

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.2

Completion of motorway and

expressway sections on the

indicative extension of the TEN-T

Road Comprehensive/Core


Corridors and Routes, and other

routes connecting North-South

and East-West

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.3

Building of bridge on Sava River

on (Route 2a, in Gradiska, cross-

border section with Croatia – link

to Corridor X and Vc)

x x x x x x x

2.4

Building of cross border Svilaj

bridge on Sava River (end of

motorway section Odzak-Svilaj)

x x x x x x x

2.5

Construction of a new bridge

over the Sava River, linking the

magistral road M 14.1 from the

motorway Belgrade-Zagreb, and

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x


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Road

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

reconstruction of the existing

bridge on the Sava River (border

crossing Brcko-Gunja)

2.6

Administrative procedure/ studies

to identify new roads to be added

to the TEN-T core/comprehend-

sive and SEETO network

x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.7

Issuing a new planning cycle of

investments on motorway

network in FBiH

x x x x x x

2.8

Definition of new, reconstruction

and re-habilitation of existing

magistral roads


2.9

Definition of new, reconstruction

and re-habilitation of existing

regional roads


2.10

Building by-passes in major

cities, according to specific

Programmes

x x x x x x x x x x x

2.11 Building of Brcko bypass road x x x x x x

2.12 Paving and rehabilitation of local

roads x x x x x x x x x x x

3 Services

3.1 Implementing Strategy for road

safety x x x x x x x x x

3.2 Upgrading resting stations on

motorways and expressway x x x x x x x

3.3 Road safety audits (RSI and

RSA) x x x x x x x x x

3.4 Stimulate the import of new and

more ecologic vehicles x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

3.5 Upgrading business environment x x x x x x x x x x x

4 ICT

4.1

Full implementation of the road

traffic management system,

communication facilities (i.e.

SOS network on motorways)

x x x x x x x x

4.2

Develop an information system

for passengers and road hauliers

on the motorways

x x x x x x x x x x x x


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4.2.2 Railway

Railway

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

1 Regulation

1.1 Definition of the model for

financing railway infrastructure x x x x x x x x x x x

1.2

Full application of the Law on

the financing of the rail

infrastructure, by allocating the

total costs of maintenance

from the budget

x x x x x x x

1.3

Introduction of an excise on oil

or on tobacco products to

finance railway maintenance

x x x x x x x

1.4 Railway corporate restructuring

in FBiH x x x x x x

1.5

Alignment of existing legisla-

tion with EU legislation for the

separation of rail infrastructure

and transport operation in RS

x x x x x x

1.6

Defining a scenario of align-

ment of existing FBiH legisla-

tion with EU Directives and

legislation on rail market and

Defining long term scenarios

for rail market opening

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

1.7 Adoption of the EU Directives

on interoperability and safety x x x x x x x x x x x x

1.8

Alignment of existing legisla-

tion with EU legislation

Institution of an independent

Rail Safety and Accident


x x x x x x

1.9 Adoption of UIC high speed

railway standards x x x x x x

2 Infrastructure

2.1 Reconstruction of Corridor Vc

for railway in FBiH and RS x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.2

Administrative procedure/

studies to identify new railways

to be added to the TEN-T

core/comprehensive and

SEETO network


2.3

Finalising the two “investment

cycles of railway reconstruction

in BiH”

x x x x x x

2.4 Reconstruction and electri-

fication of the rail sections x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.6 Construction of intermodal ter-

minal in Banja Luka and Doboj x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.7 Building a new inland container

terminal in FBiH x x x x x x x x x x x


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Railway

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

2.8 Removing level crossings on

the rail line to the Port of Brcko x x x x x x x x x x x

2.9 Reconstruction of the existing

rail bridge on the Sava River x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

3 Services

3.1 Railway undertaking business

modelling - Restructuring x x x x x x x x

3.2 Implementation of PSO in

passenger transportation x x x x x x x x

3.3 Renew / invest in rolling stock x x x x x x x x x x x x x

3.4


services for passengers and

defining an operating model for

passengers services

x x x x x x x x

3.5

Develop intermodal terminals

by including ZRS with full

capacity

Develop rail terminals /

intermodal terminals for freight

traffic (combined traffic and

conventional traffic)


3.6 Definition of incentive sche-

mes for intermodal transport x x x x x x x x x

4 ICT

4.1

Technical improvement and

modernization of the railway

infrastructure investments in

existing infrastructure to

increase speed and safety in

order to meet the EN and TSI

x x x x x x

4.4 Improvement of outdated rail

signalling x x x x x x x x x x x


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4.2.3 Inland waterway

Inland waterway

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

1 Regulation

1.1 Harmonization of IWW

regulation with EU standards x x x x x x x x x x x x x

1.2

Definition of “Port Authority”

competences between PE Port

of Brcko and the Government

x x x x x x

1.3

Participation in the definition of

competences in the navigation

of Sava River


2 Infrastructure

2.1 Upgrading Sava River inland

waterway x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.2 Upgrading the Port of Samac x x x x x x x x x x x

2.3

Rehabilitation of Sava River

waterway (according to SEETO

Development Plan)


2.4 Rehabilitation of Brcko Port

infrastructure x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.5

Improving transhipment and

loading/unloading equipment of

Brcko Port, to expand the

capacity and establish it as an

intermodal terminal (Realisation

of Investment Plan 2009)


2.6 Construction of the marina on

the Sava River in Brcko x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

3 Services

3.1

Development and implement-

tation of intermodal system

focusing on the Sava River


3.2

Increasing inland waterways

safety simultaneously with

development of infrastructure


4 ICT

4.1 Introduction of River Information

System (RIS) x x x x x x x x x x x x


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4.2.4 Air transport

Air transport

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

1 Regulation

1.1 Financial sustainability of BiH

Directorate of Civil Aviation x x x x x x

1.2


Civil Aviation Safety


x x x x x x

1.3

Review airport charge model

on the basis of operating costs

and investment recovery

x x x x x x x x

1.4


safety investigation authority

(according to Regulation (EU)

No 996/2010)

x x x x x x

2. Infrastructure

2.1 Assess eligibility of Banja Luka

Airport as Core Network airport x x x x x x

2.2

Sarajevo Airport capacity

expansion: air side

infrastructure restructuring and

expan-sion, terminal capacity

expan-sion, improvement of

road accessibility

(infrastructure)

x

2.3 Mostar Airport capacity

expansion x x x x x x x x x x x

2.4 Tuzla Airport development as

an air cargo terminal x x x x x x

2.5

Banja Luka Airport expansion

and modernization: passenger

terminal, cargo warehouse,

upgrading equipment, runway

widening, construction of new

part of passenger terminal buil-

ding, security supervision

improvement, new LED

reflectors


2.6 Building of Trebinje airport x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

2.7 Construction of airport for small

aircrafts in Brcko x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

3 Services

3.1

Attracting air carriers and

logistics operators (e.g.

promote the start-up of new

international connections,

airport accessibility in terms of

public services, etc.) and

develop commercial activities

x x x x x x

3.2

Sarajevo Airport capacity

expansion: Improvement of

road accessibility (services)

x x x x x x


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Air transport

Administrative


BiH

FB

iH

RS

BD

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030

4 ICT

4.1 Upgrading technology with

infrastructure x x x x x x x x x x x


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ANNEXES

Definitions

Term Description

Road rehabilitation

Activity on editing and improving existing routes without expanding or changing technical elements of the road. This activity does not involve profile expansion so property issues are avoided. Works which do not require obtaining of a building permit.

Reconstruction of roads

Activity on the reconstruction of roads that includes the introduction of new technical elements of the roads which implies the modification of the route, its profile and correction – change of the building parcel of the road. Works which require obtaining of a building permit.

Overhaul (railways) Work on major repairs to the existing construction and electrical infrastructure with the aim to achieve the designed parameters.

Motorway

The motorway is a public road built and designed exclusively for the traffic of motor vehicles, characterized by a prescribed traffic sign. It has two physically separate lanes for traffic in opposite directions, without crossing with another road or railway or tramway on the level and which can be accessed, or exited only at specific and specially constructed connection public roads on the appropriate motorway traffic lane.

Expressways

The expressway is a public road intended exclusively for traffic of motor vehicles, with one or two separate lanes, which has all the intersections in two or more levels with cross roads and other roads (railway or tramway tracks), as a rule, there are no emergency lanes and which is designated as such by the prescribed traffic signs.

Magistral roads

The magistral road is a public road that has the function of connecting the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European transport system, achieving continuation of European roads, traffic connections of all or most of the territory of the Federation with the relevant roads in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighbouring countries, allowing transit traffic which enables passage through local government units.


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List of projects – FBiH

Location Section

Length Type of Project Project Description Promoter Start Date End Date

Estimated Investment

total cost

(in Eur M)

Financing sources

(in Eur M)

Pre identified

Project

Motorways

Corridor V C

Nemila - Klopce 21.48

Preparation and

construction

The continuation of the construction

of the northern part of Vc -

anticipated funding from loan

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2016 2019 400.63

Credit:

KFAED/OFID/EIB/EBRD,

RD

Corridor V C

Mostar Jug – Zvirovici 31.91

Preparation and

construction


of the northern part of Vc -

anticipated funding from loan

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 391.54 Credit: EIB/EBRD

Corridor V C

Svilaj- Odzak 11.00

Finalising

construction Past investment cycle

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2015 2017 109 Credit: EBRD

Corridor V C

Tarcin – Ovcari 18.15

Preparation and

construction


of the south part of Vc - anticipated

funding from loan

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2021 2025 425.5 unknown concessionaire

Corridor V C

Karuse - Zepce – Nemila 45.67

Preparation and

construction

Medium-term continuation of the

construction of the northern part of

the Vc - financing concessions

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2021 2025 676.6 unknown concessionaire

Corridor V C

Mostar sjever - Mostar jug 15.40

Preparation and

construction


of the south part of Vc - anticipated

funding from loan

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 357.56 Credit: unknown

Corridor V C

Ovcari – Salakovac 21.65

Preparation and

construction


of the south part of Vc

PE Autoceste/


Corridor V C

Salakovac – Mostar Sjever 13.35

Preparation and

construction


of the south part of Vc

PE Autoceste/



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Motorway A2

Orasje – Tuzla 61

Preparation and

construction

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 743 Own funds

Motorway A3

Tuzla - Zepce 56

Preparation and

construction

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 598 Own funds

Adriatic-Ionian Motorway

(FBiH) Inter-regional

interchange Pocitelj –

Neum

Preparation and

construction Start of construction

PE Autoceste/

MoTC FBiH 2016 2018 300 Credit

Vienna 2015

WB6

Adriatic-Ionian Motorway

(FBiH) Inter-regional

interchange Pocitelj –

Neum

Project-investment

documentation

Preliminary design + EIS +

Feasibility study

MoTC BiH/

MoTC FBiH/

MoTC RS 2016 2018 3 MKT

Vienna 2015

WB6


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Location Section

Length Type of Project Project Description Promoter Start date End Date

Estimated

Investment

total cost

Financing sources

Expressways

Lasva - Nevic Polje 24.50

Preparation and

construction Start of construction

PE Autoceste/ MoTC

FBiH 2018 2020 217.6

Credit or investment by the

concessionaire

Nevic Polje - Jajce 51,2

Preparation and

construction

Make a plan to prepare and

define priority expressways

PE Autoceste/ MoTC

FBiH 2021 2021 660.5

Credit or investment by the

concessionaire

Bihac - Velika Kladusa - border

Croatia 56

PE Autoceste/ MoTC

FBiH 2017 2030 - -

Turbe - Donji Vakuf - Bugojno -

Kupres - Livno - border Croatia 135

PE Autoceste/ MoTC

FBiH 2017 2030

Mostar – Siroki Brijeg- Grude –

border Croatia 66

Preparation and

construction

Start of construction

according to priorities

PE Autoceste/ MoTC

FBiH 2017 2030 JP Autoceste own funds

Modernisation of magistral roads to the level of ex pressways

Ključ- Bosanski Petrovac – Bihać 114

Preparation and

construction



PE Autoceste/ MoTC


Prača – tunel Hranjen - Goražde 13,7

Preparation and

construction



PE Autoceste/ MoTC



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Location Section Length Type of Project Project Description Promoter Start date End Date

Estimated Investment total cost

Financing sources

Magistral roads

FBiH Preparation and construction Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 168.39 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 60.39

1. construction of roads - improving

elements in the existing corridor Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 85.18 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 43.11 2. additional lane for slow vehicles Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 18.77 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 20.15

3. reconstruction of roads and

pavement, axis correction Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 7.52 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 2.23 4. reconstruction of tunnels Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 10.99 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 1.59 5. reconstruction of bridges Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 7.04 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 2.90

6. reconstruction of blackspots and

critical sections Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 2.76 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 15.20 7. construction of bypass Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 15.65 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 41.41

8. repairing the damage after

floods Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 10.53 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

FBiH 9. consulting services Modernization Program Phase I PE Ceste / MoTC FBiH 2016 2020 9.7 Credit: EIB/WB/EBRD

Regional roads

FBiH/ cantons ? Preparation and construction

Start of construction of the priorities

of Phase I MoTC FBiH / cantons 2021 2025 ?

FBiH/ cantons ? Preparation and construction

Continued construction of the

priorities of Phase II MoTC FBiH / cantons 2025 2030 ?


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Location Section

Length Type of project Project Description Promoter Start date End date

Estimated

Investment

total cost

Financing sources

Railways

Corridor V c

Sarajevo – Doboj 33+2x4,5 Reconstruction

The main interventions and

signaling repair - Phase I (projects

made 33 km + 2x4,5 km) PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 42.5

Corridor V c

Network Preparation and reconstruction

Reconstruction of bridges, tunnels

and walls PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 34

Corridor V c

Network

Purchase of equipment and

installation

Supply of railway machinery for

track maintenance and installation PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 20

Zenica –Mittal

Steel (Zenica) 7.00 Preparation and reconstruction Reconstruction works PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 7

Corridor V c

Sarajevo - Doboj 54+2x63 Preparation and reconstruction

The main interventions and

signaling repair - Phase II: sections

Maglaj-Jelina 2x63 and Zenica -

Podlugovi 54 PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2020 2025 211.5

SEETO network

Doboj - Tuzla -

Brcko; Tuzla –

Zivinice – Zvornik

Reconstruction, electrification,

signalling Preparation and implementation PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2020 2025 211.5

Corridor V c

Network Preparing documentation Preparing documentation PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 7

SEETO network

Doboj - Tuzla -

Brcko; Tuzla –

Zivinice - Zvornik Preparing documentation Preparing documentation PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 2

Vares – Banovici

line

Feasibility study and preliminary

design PE ZFBiH / MoTC FBiH 2017 2019 1.5


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Location Section

Length Type of project Project Description Promoter Start date End date

Estimated

Investment

total cost

Financing

sources

Pre identified

projects

Air traffic

Airport Sarajevo

Infrastructure developments

and technical improvements

Expansion of the existing terminal and

access to the airport 2017 2019 40 Airport Sarajevo

Airport Mostar



Expansion of existing facilities and the

improvement of technical conditions 2017 2019 15 Airport Mostar

Airport Tuzla



Development of the airport for cargo air

traffic 2017 2019 25 Airport Tuzla


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List of projects – RS

Transport Mode Location Section


Estimated Investment total cost (in EUR M)

Funding Amount

(in EUR M) Financing Sources

Pre-identified Project

Road Banja Luka - Prnjavor 35,3 New

construction motorway PE RS Motorways IX 2014 2018 160

Road Prnjavor - Doboj 36,6 New construction motorway PE RS Motorways

XI 2012 2016 180

Road Gradiška Over the Sava river / New

construction Bridge/border crossing over the Sava river (BiH / Republic

of Croatia)

PE RS Motorways 2017 2019 34

Road Glamocani – Mrkonjic Grad 62,35 New

construction motorway PE RS Motorways 2017 2021 690

Road Mrkonjic Grad – Mliništa 30,65 New


Road Vukosavlje – Doboj Vc 46,6 New


Road Banja Luka – Prijedor – N Grad – Croatia 72

New construction motorway

PE RS Motorways 2018 2025 600

Road Vukosavlje - Modrica-Brcko –Bijeljina-Serbia 98 New


Road Adriatic-Ionian highway 95 New

construction motorway PE RS Motorways 2018 2025 Data n/a

Road Lukavica – Pale – Sokolac – Rogatica – Visegrad –

128 New construction express way PE RS Motorways 2018-

2025 / Data n/a


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Funding Amount



Vardiste

Road Bijeljina – Zvornik - Sokolac 145 New

construction express way PE RS Motorways 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Road Trebinje – Bileca – Gacko – Foca – Miljevno – Ustipraca – Visegrad

/ New construction express way

PE RS Motorways 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Road Prijedor – Kozarska Dubica – D. Gradina 50 New

construction express way PE RS Motorways 2018 2030 Data n/a

Road Banja Luka – Čelinac – Kotor Varoš – Obodnik 50 New

construction express way PE RS Roads 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Road Ljubovija – Bratunac Over the Drina river

/ New construction Bridge/border

crossing over the Drina river

(BiH /Republic of Serbia)

PE RS Roads 2016 2018 4

Road Banja Luka – Bronzani Majdan – Sanski Most / New

construction Regional road PE RS Roads 2013 2020 5.5

Road Foca – Scepan Polje (Montenegro) / New

construction Magistral road PE RS Roads 2015 2025 60

Road Nevesinje – Berkovici / New

construction Regional road PE RS Roads 2017 2020 12

Road Gornji Podgradci – Mrakovica / New

construction Regional road PE RS Roads 2013 2020 12


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Funding Amount



Road Kotor Varos - Mitrovići / New

construction Regional road PE RS Roads 2013 2020 3.4

Road Banja Luka bypass / New construction Magistral road PE RS Roads 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Road Prijedor bypass / New construction Magistral road PE RS Roads 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Road Trebinje bypass / New construction Magistral road PE RS Roads 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Road Gacko bypass / New construction Magistral road PE RS Roads 2018-

2025 / Data n/a


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Length Type of Project Project Description Promoter Start

Date End Date


Funding Amount

(in EUR M)

Financing Sources

Pre identified Project

Rail 2nd rail track Samac - Doboj / Repair Main rail ZRS 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Rail 2nd rail track Novi Grad - Doboj / Repair Main rail ZRS 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Rail Bijeljina - Lesnica / New construction / ZRS 2018-

2025 / Data n/a

Rail Zvornik – Visegrad - Trebinje / New construction

/ ZRS 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Rail Brod – Derventa – Podnovlje - Koprivna / New construction

/ ZRS 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Rail Doboj – Zvornik / Improvement / ZRS 2018-2025 / Data n/a

Rail Capljina (FBiH) – Trebinje – Bileca – Niksic (Montenegro)

/ New construction / ZRS

2018-2025 /

Data n/a

Rail Sid (Serbia) – Bijeljina – Brcko – Samac / New construction

/ Betterment / ZRS’/ Republic of Serbia

2018-2025 /

Data n/a

Rail Sunja – Novi Grad – Blatna – Knin (Croatia) / Betterment / ZRS/ Republic

of Croatia 2018-2025 / Data n/a


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Length Type of Project

Project Description Promoter Start

Date End Date


Funding Amount (in EUR

M)

Financing Sources

Pre identified Project

Air transport Mahovljani – Banja Luka / New

construction Master plan of Airport PE RS

Airports 2016 / 0.45 IRB Loan

Air transport Mahovljani – Banja Luka / New

construction Cargo warehouses PE RS

Airports 2016 / 0.6

IRB Loan

Air transport Mahovljani – Banja Luka / Upgrading

and expansion

Passanger terminal

PE RS Airports 2016 / 0.25 IRB Loan

Air transport Mahovljani – Banja Luka / Upgrading Modernization of

equipment PE RS Airports 2016 / 2.5 IRB Loan

Inland waterways Sisak - Belgrade / Upgrading Regulation of

the Sava river International (Serbia, RS / BiH, Croatia) / / / /

Inland waterways Gradiška / New

construction Port Gradiška RS Government / / / /

Inland waterways Brod / New

construction Port Brod RS Government / / / /

Inland waterways

9 locations (Prijedor, Novi Grad, Kozarska Dubica, Laktaši, Banja Luka, Modrica, Doboj, Bijeljina, Zvornik)

/ New construction Docks

RS Government and local government

/ / / /


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List of projects – BD



Estimated Investment total

cost (in EUR M)

Funding Sources

Road Tuzla-Orasje (Gorica-Brka-Dubrave)

Building Tuzla-Orasje (Gorica-Brka-Dubrave) motorway, as an extension linked to Corridor Vc motorway at Zepce

Road Gorice-Grbavica-Cadjavac-Gredice; Port

Bypass Road: Gorice-Grbavica-Cadjavac-Gredice and Brcko Port bypass outside Brcko 2016 2030

Road Sava River Construction of a new bridge over the Sava River, linking the magistral road M 14.1 from the motorway Belgrade-Zagreb.

2016 2030

Road Brcko-Gunja border crossing

Reconstruction of the existing bridge on the Sava River (border crossing Brcko-Gunja)

2016 2030

Rail Sava River Reconstruction of the existing rail bridge on the Sava River

2016 2030

Inland waterways Sava River Construction of the marina on the Sava

River in Brcko 2016 2030

Air Brcko Construction of airport for small aircrafts 2016 2030

Rail

Port of Brcko / Core SEETO network (TEN-T)

2,500 m + exten-sion 250 m

Con-struction

Railway line (leg for the Port of Brcko): existing 2,500 meters of the railway needs to be extended by 250 m to improve the mobility of cranes and trains

PE Luka Brcko / Government of BD and MoTC BiH

Q2 2017

Q1

2020 1

EBRD, WBIF and

own sources

Rail

Brcko Novo – Port of Brcko / Core SEETO network (TEN-T)

Removal 400 m Recon-struction 4,500 m

Recon-struction

Project of industrial track train station Brcko Novo – Port of Brcko with reconstructing connections to the nearby industrial zone: removal of 400 m of double-track railway and reconstruction of 4,500 meters will


Q2

2017

Q1

2020 4

EBRD, WBIF and

own sources


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Estimated Investment total

cost (in EUR M)

Funding Sources

allow significant improvement in mobility, safety and reducing transport time costs

Inland waterway

Port of Brcko / Core SEETO network (TEN-T) 4,500 m2 Con-

struction

The aim of this project segment is the construction and development asphalt plateau/ terraces in the area of the Port of Brcko of 4,500 m2with the purpose of rainwater drainage (precipitation)


Q2

2017

Q1

2020 1.2

EBRD, WBIF and

own sources

Road

Brcko district / Core SEETO network (TEN-T) 900 m Recon-

struction

Reconstruction of existing segment of the access road which is about 900 m long connecting the Port of Brcko with the network of public roads in BiH (via Bijeljina road). It was built in 1985 and it needs restoration due to exploitation and the current situation


Q2

2017

Q1

2020 1

EBRD, WBIF and

own sources

Inland waterway

Port of Brcko / Core SEETO network (TEN-T)

Purchase and

installation

The Port of Brcko has installed two cranes with carrying capacity of 6.5 tons, 50 years old. New crane with capacity of 16 – 27.5 tons would allow for larger cargo loads

PE Luka Brcko / Government of BD and MoTC BiH Q2

2017 Q1 2020 2.7 EBRD, WBIF and

own sources

Inland waterway

Brcko district / Core SEETO network (TEN-T) Con-

struction

Aquatory, a very important part of the river, especially for the Port of Brcko for ship access. The construction of the Port and cleaning of the border crossing with Croatia to the railway bridge along the bank. Benefits: better conditions for cargo handing in the port, improved working conditions for staff, reduced negative effects on the environment caused by natural conditions and improved livelihood of all citizens in this cross-border area


2017 Q1 2020 1.05 EBRD, WBIF and

own sources

Inland

waterway

Brcko district / Core SEETO network (TEN-T) Con-

struction

Construction of the necessary infrastructure for the streaming liquid cargo: construction of the station for transferring diesel fuel or liquid cargo, including the capacity for auto-streaming in the port area. The position would be on the bank of the Sava river.


2017 Q1 2020 0.3 EBRD, WBIF and

own sources


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Key directives in the transport sector

Directive Transport

mode Status of

transposition Notes

Directive 2004/50/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system (amending Directive 2001/16/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system) Rail Partial

The Railway Regulatory Board (RRB) adopts instructions for interoperability and safety, according to the Law on railways of BiH (OG 52/05) Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability

of the rail system within the Community (Recast).

Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a single European railway area (First Railway Package [2001] recast):

Rail

• List of conditions for the licensing of railway undertakings on an EU wide basis

TBC Do provisions on licensing in the Law of Railways of BiH are in line with Dir 2012/34

• (More detailed) network statements Network Statements not published

• Non-discriminatory access of rail operators to rail-related services

No evidence of market opening. Objectives set by the entities call for market opening as a long term objective, to be achieved after BiH has joined EU

• Independence between service provider and the body with a dominant position on the railway market in question (separate accounts and organisational decision-making, although there is no need to create a separate legal entity);

Partial (TBC) Only accounting separation underway as principle set in RS laws. No evidence in FBiH

• Competitive and non-discriminatory charges for using the infrastructure, facilities and services,

TBC No evidence

• Independence of regulatory bodies Yes RRB is independent from IMs and RUs • Publication of an indicative rail

infrastructure development strategy, based on the sustainable financing of the railway system

Yes Published by entities’ MoTs and railway companies

• Directive 2004/49/EC (amended by Dir.2008/110/EC) on safety on the Community’s railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification

TBC

• Safety rules and standards Performed by RRB. Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2004/49

• Safety certification Performed by RRB. Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2004/49

• Maintenance of vehicles Performed by RRB. Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2004/49

• Establishment of a national safety No Function still performed by the market


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Directive Transport

mode Status of

transposition Notes

authority regulator (RRB).

• Establishment of an investigating body for accidents No

Function still performed by the market regulator (RRB).

Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods

Rail Yes

Directive 2007/59/EC (amended by Directive 2014/82/EU) on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community

Rail

• Certification of drivers TBC

Performed by RRB? Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2007/59

• Requisites to obtain licences and certificates TBC

Performed by RRB? Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2007/59

• National competent authority TBC

Performed by ROZBiH? Investigation needed whether the provisions by the RRB are in line with Directive 2007/59

Compliance to international Agreements such as COTIF

Rail Yes

Council Decision 93/704/EC of 30 November 1993 of the setting-up of a Community database on road traffic accidents

Road Partial (transposed in RS)

Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management


Directive 96/96/EC of 20 December 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to road worthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers;


Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 amending


Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures;


Council regulation EEC No 3820/85 of 20 December 1985 on the harmonization of certain social legislation relating to road transport OJ L 370 31/12/1985;


Council regulation EEC No 881/92 of 26 March1992 on acces to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to or from the territory of a Member State or passing across the territory of one or more member states.


Council regulation EEC No 684/92 of 16 Road Partial


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Directive Transport

mode Status of

transposition Notes

March1992 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus. OJ l 074, 20/03/1992

(transposed in RS)

Council Directive 96/26/EC of 29 April 1996 on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplomas, certifies and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the right to freedom of establishment in national and international transport operations, OJ 124, 23/05/1996.


Council Directive 98/76/EC of 1 October 1998 amending Directive 96/26/EC on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition of diplomas, certifies and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the right to freedom in national and international transport operations, OJ L 277 14/10/1998.


Council regulation EEC No 11/98 of 11 December 1998 amending regulation EEC No 684/92 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus OJ L 004.


Directive 95/50/EC on uniform procedures for the control of road transport of dangerous goods

Road Yes

Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods

Road Yes

Directive 96/35/EC of 3 June 1996 on the appointment and vocational qualification of safety advisers for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterway

Road, Rail, IWW

Partial

EU Directive 2000/60/EC (EU Water Framework Directive)

IWW Yes

EU Regulation No. 996/2010 on the investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation and repealing Directive 94/56/EC

Air transport

Partial Institution of an independent Civil Aviation Safety Invetigation Authority

“European Common Aviation Area ” (ECAA) agreement

Air transport

Yes (TBC)

Complete transposition of the ECAA for the free access to the market, freedom of establishment, equal conditions for the competition and common rules in areas of air traffic safety, security, management, social and environment.

Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on airport charges

Air transport

Partial (TBC) Complete transposition of the EU Directives in order to achieve airport financial sustainability.


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Received materials and data

The following tables show the materials that we have preliminarily scanned and/or received by the stakeholders or from publicly available sources.

Strategies, studies and plans

No. Document name Language

1 The transport master plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina English

2 Implementation Action Plan of Traffic Safety on the Roads in Republika Srpska for 2014-2018 Local

3 Road Traffic Safety Strategy on the roads in Republika Srpska 2013-2022 Local

4 Development Strategy for Railways of Republika Srpska 2009-2015 Local

5 Provision of Studies for Intermodal Transport in Bosnia and Herzegovina (study funded by the EU) English and

local

Regulation


1 Law on Railways of 2005 (principles of free market competition) Local

2 Law on Railways of Republika Srpska (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 58/01, 110/03, 59/08), Local

3 Law on Transport and Road Traffic (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 26/01) Local

4 Law on Roads (“Official Gazette of RS”, No.11/95) - New from 2008 Local

5 Rail Reform in SEE and Turkey WB June 2011 English

Documents received from FBiH


1 The existing road classification in FBiH Local

2 "Three-year plan of the Federation ministries and institutions” Local

3 “Three-year plan for FMPIK 2016-2018" Local

4 Framework transport policy BIH - period 2015 - 2030 Local

5 Framework Strategy on Transportation - Methodology Local

6 The agreed proposal of road categorization Local

7 Study on demand and market for transport of river navigation Local

8 Study TER-compatibility Railway Corridor Vc in BIH Local

9 The study on intermodal transport in BIH Local

10 Energy sector study in BIH - Oil Local

11 GDP by production, income and expenditure Local


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12 Instructions for safety and interoperability railway system - Chapter I, General (Official Gazette no11,

13/02/2012)

Local

13 Law on Financial Consolidation of Public Enterprise "Railways of the FBiH LTD Sarajevo" for the period from

01/01/2008 to 31/12/2012.

Local

14 Law on the financing of the railway infrastructure and co-financing of passenger and combined transport Local

15 Labour Law Local

16 Law on Railways of BIH Local

17 Law on Railways of FBIH Local

18 Railway Act FBiH - Revised text (Official Gazette of BiH No. 41/01 and 25/12) Local

Documents received from RS


1 The agreement between the FBiH and the RS on establishment of a joint railway public corporation as part

of the Transport Corporation Local

2 Law on RS Railways - Draft Local

3 Development strategy for RS Railways 2009-2015. Local

4 Law on BIH Railways 2005 Local

5 Business plan Airport Banja Luka for period 2016 - 2018 Local

6 Amendments to the spatial plan of Republika Srpska 2025 Local

7 Decision on the application of guidelines for the design, construction, maintenance and control of RS Roads Local

8 Decision on setting up advertising boards and signs Local

9 Decision on identification of dangerous places Local

10 Regulations on maintenance, rehabilitation and protection Local

11 Amendments to the Rule book on licensing of transport carriers Local

12 Regulation on fees for posting signs in the protective part of public roads Local

13 Regulation on the amount of compensation for using road land Local

14 Regulation on compensation of special transport Local

15 Review of public roads in the jurisdiction JP "Motorways of RS " d.o.o. Banja Luka Local

16 Decision on determining the magistral roads Local

17 Decision on determining regional roads Local

18 Amendments to the Law on Road Transport of the RS 1 Local

19 Amendments to the Law on Road Transport of the RS 2 Local

20 Decision on the areas of the magistral and regional roads network in RS Local

21 Rule book on basic requirements for public roads, their elements and facilities that need to be fulfilled from

the aspect of transport security (BIH) Local

22 Rule book on keeping records of public roads and buildings thereon (BIH) Local

23 Regulation on the criteria for the classification of public roads Local


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24 Law on grounds of traffic safety on the roads in BIH 06-06 Local

25 Law on Road Transport of RS Local

26 Law on Road Safety of RS Local

27 Law on Public Roads Local

Documents received from BD


1 Project for Technical regulation of road transport in the area of Brcko District BiH, results of counting traffic,

November 2010 Local

2 Orthophoto Local

3 Proposal of resolution intersection with Staklorad Local

4 Signalling Local

5 Tables for managing traffic in the District Local

6 Tables for managing city Brcko Local

7 Tourist signalling Local

8 Designed signalling Brcko District Local

9 Proposals solutions for crossroads Brcko District Local

10 Proposals solutions crossroads Cerik Local

11 Proposals solutions crossroads city Brcko Local

12 The development strategy of the Brcko District for the period 2008 - 2017, June 2009 Local/

English

13 Spatial Plan of Brcko District (Cartographic and text) and a decision on the plan implementation Local/

Italian

14 Excerpt from PhD thesis submitted by working group members Local