
Sole Article 
Decision 2007/60/EC is amended as follows:

1.. Decision 2007/60/EC is amended as follows:
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Article 3 
The Agency shall be set up for a period starting on 1 November 2006 and ending on 31 December 2015.'
2.. In Article 4, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The Agency shall be responsible, in the framework of Community action in the field of the trans-European transport network, for the implementation of tasks concerning the granting of Community financial aid pursuant to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 and the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, with the exception of tasks requiring discretionary powers in translating political choices into action, such as programming, the establishment of priorities, the selection of projects according to Article 5 of the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007, programme evaluation and legislative monitoring. The Agency shall be responsible in particular for the following tasks:
(a) assistance to the Commission during the programming and selection phases, as well as management of the monitoring phase of the financial aid granted to projects of common interest under the budget for the trans-European transport network, as well as carrying out the necessary checks to that end, by adopting the relevant decisions using the powers delegated to the Agency by the Commission;
(b) coordination with other Community financial instruments, in particular by ensuring the coordination of the granting of financial aid, over the entire route, for all projects of common interest which also receive funding under the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and from the European Investment Bank;
(c) technical assistance to project promoters regarding the financial engineering for projects and the development of common evaluation methods;
(d) adoption of the budget implementation instruments for revenue and expenditure and implementation, where the Commission has delegated responsibility to the Agency, of all operations required for the management of Community actions in the field of the trans-European transport network, as provided for in the Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 and the Regulation (EC) No 680/2007;
(e) collection, analysis and transmission to the Commission of all information required by the Commission for the implementation of the trans-European transport network;
(f) accompanying measures to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the TEN-T programme in order to maximise its European added value, including promotion of the TEN-T programme to all parties concerned and the improvement of its visibility to the general public, in the Member States and bordering third countries;
(g) any technical and administrative support requested by the Commission.'
Done at Brussels, 11 July 2008.
For the Commission
Antonio TAJANI
Vice-President