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2. The CEF lays down the general rules for the granting of Union financial aid in the field of the
trans-European transport, energy and telecommunication networks, replacing the existing
legal bases. Sectoral policy guidelines (TEN-T Guidelines, TEN-E Guidelines and INFSO
Guidelines) determining priorities and complementary measures of implementation are also
proposed in each sector.
II. Work within the Council
3. The Budget Committee has examined the proposal under the Danish Presidency. The above
mentioned sectoral Working Parties provided input on sectoral specific issues to the Budget
Committee. The Impact Assessment accompanying the CEF Regulation was presented by the
Commission on 2 February 2012.
4. As some budgetary provisions of the CEF were related to the negotiations ongoing on the next
MFF and on the new Financial Regulation, the Danish Presidency decided to leave them out
of the scope of the partial general approach which was reached at the TTE Council meeting of
7 June 2012 (doc. 11236/12).
5. The Cyprus Presidency established a specific procedure in order to deal with this proposal,
through the setting-up of a Friends of the Presidency (CEF) working group as responsible for
this file (doc. 12603/12). The last discussion on the CEF in the FoP (CEF) working group
took place on 6 December 2012.
6. The Cyprus Presidency has presented three revised versions of the proposal in the light of the
discussions in the FoP (CEF) working group. For ease of reference, a revised version of the
Presidency compromise proposals is to be found in the Annex to this report. Changes
compared to the previous text (doc. 16864/12) are marked with bold and strikethrough
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