No L $§4/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 78 I1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 20 February 1978 instituting a consultation procedure and setting up a committee in the field of transport infrastructure (78/174/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (1), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas the implementation of the common trans- port policy involves the establishment of Community measures aimed at the coordinated development of links within the Community ; Whereas these measures must be based on informa- tion concerning plans and programmes for developing transport infrastructures and also concerning projects of Community interest ; whereas such measures must take into account all the factors relevant to the assess- ment of infrastructure requirements ; Whereas it is desirable that projects of Community interest should be subject to a consultation procedure ; Whereas a clear definition of ‘infrastructure plans and programmes and of ‘project of Community interest’ should be established ; Whereas an organizational framework should be created to guarantee the effectiveness, consistency and continuity of these measures ; (') OJ No C 183, 1. 8. 1977, p. 10. () O] No C 56, 5. 3. 1977, p. 83. Whereas a report should be compiled at regular inter- vals on the various aspects of these measures and guidelines should be determined for the guidance of the Member Statcs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 For the purposes of this Decision : 1. plans and programmes for the development of transport infrastructures are defined as any overall framework for major future work in the field of transport infrastructure serving as a guide for action by the Governments of the Member States ; 2. a project of Community interest 1s defined as any major project which is designed to: — create new transport links, — remove a bottleneck, or — appreciably increase the capacity of existing transport links, and which belongs to one of the following catego- ries : (a) projects concerning cross-frontier routes ; (b) projects of a Member State having a significant effect on traffic between Member States or with third countries ;