Trans-European Combined Transport network

The Trans-European Combined Transport network is one of a number of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) of the European Union.{{Cite book|title=The trans-European transport network. : Ten-T priority projects.|date=2002|publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities|others=European Commission.|isbn=9289439637|location=Luxemburg|oclc=51985520}}{{Cite web|url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~twod/oil-ns/articles/eu/ten-t-priority.pdf|title=Trans-European Transport Network|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

According to Article 14 of the Decision No 1692/96/EC{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996D1692:EN:HTML|title=Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network |work=EUR-Lex - 31996D1692 - EN, Official Journal L 228 , 09/09/1996 P. 0001 - 0104|language=en|access-date=2019-05-25}} of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, the Trans-European Combined Transport network comprises the following:

• Railways and inland waterways suitable for combined transport and shipping which, combined where appropriate with the shortest possible initial and/or terminal road haulage, permit the long-distance transport of goods
• Inter-modal terminals equipped with installations permitting transhipment between railways, inland waterways, shipping routes and roads
• Suitable rolling stock, on a provisional basis, where the characteristics of the infrastructure, as yet unadapted, so require.