Daehre Commission

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Submission of the final report to the Federal Council on December 12, 2012
Submission of the final report in the Federal Council on December 12, 2012 from left: Rainer Bomba (BMVI), Karl-Heinz-Daehre (Commission chairman), Jörg Vogelsänger (Brandenburg)

The Daehre Commission (actually Commission “Future of Transport Infrastructure Financing” ) was a commission on the future of transport infrastructure financing that was convened in December 2011 by the Conference of Transport Ministers. It is named after its chairman Karl-Heinz Daehre .

aims

The commission was formed by active transport ministers or senators from all political parties, who at that time headed transport departments in the federal states. The Federal Government was represented by the State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure ( BMVI ). The chairman was Karl-Heinz Daehre (former Minister for State Development and Transport of the State of Saxony-Anhalt ).

With the commission mandate, the transport ministers of the federal states had once again taken up fundamental issues that were dealt with in the years 1999 to 2000 by the “Commission for Transport Infrastructure Financing ( Pällmann Commission )” appointed by the federal government .

The goal of the Daehre Commission was initially to carry out an analysis of the situation and a description of the state of the rail, road and waterway modes of transport for the federal government as well as for the federal states and municipalities. Building on this, options for future financing of the transport infrastructure should be shown. The Daehre Commission should also stimulate a socio-political discussion on the future financing of transport infrastructures.

The results of the commission's work in turn formed the basis for the “Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Financing ( Bodewig Commission )” commission appointed by the Transport Ministers' Conference in 2013 , which was charged with developing politically feasible measures.

Members of the Commission

Commission staff:

Adviser to the Commission:

  • Till Ackermann (Cologne)
  • Klaus J. Beckmann (Berlin)
  • Torsten R. Böger (Berlin)
  • Andreas Kossak (Hamburg)
  • Werner Rothengatter (Karlsruhe)
  • Frank M. Schmid (Willich)

Results

Financing options (proposal by the Daehre Commission)
Fund model street

The report of the commission “Future of Transport Infrastructure Financing” is based on the fundamental determination of the Transport Ministers' Conference that Germany as a business location and the mobility of its citizens are seriously endangered by the ongoing depletion of the transport infrastructure . This is determined for all modes of transport in the federal, state, rural and local government building loads. Since this awareness of the problem in the professional public has not yet been adequately perceived by society, it is considered necessary to initiate an event-oriented debate on the importance of an efficient transport infrastructure as an essential part of public services and their needs-based financing.

Deficit determination by the Daehre Commission

The report aims to create a qualified basis for objectifying the debate for the necessary political and social discussion process. “Felt” perceptions should be given a real basis. The determined deficit of at least € 7.2 billion per year for the road, rail and waterway modes of transport more than clearly shows the need to catch up (annual deficit for maintenance and operation at the 2012 cost level including a reduction in the need to catch up over 15 years) to avoid economic damage and not to endanger Germany as a business location.

Through a discussion of principles and guidelines in the conference of transport ministers , the commission's work is first placed in the current challenges for transport policy, such as social changes, increased environmental requirements and the financial framework, in addition to the direct question of financing.

Following on from the definition of transport policy objectives and the current need for action to maintain and operate the existing networks, the report assumes that the financial resources will initially be used primarily in this area. According to this, new construction projects still require a clear political decision, including project-related financing.

With regard to the instruments of financing, the report calls for possible changes that are initially obvious, such as raising savings potential in the current system, increasing the share for the transport sector from the revenues from mineral oil tax and increasing the budget for transport in line with demand.

The report also discusses forms of financing and governance that may a. enable a flexible and long-term use of financial resources. Fund solutions are examined in more detail. In this context it is stated that for a permanent acceptance of the financial needs of the transport infrastructure, transparent and periodically produced infrastructure status and performance reports are required.

Based on elements of user financing that already exist nationally, such as tolls for heavy trucks and train path charges for railways, further conceivable instruments will be discussed based on the relevant EU requirements, especially for the road mode of transport . These are presented with their legal, financial and societal, including social effects - if necessary, compensation needs - and their advantages and disadvantages are summarized. It was also determined which building contractor with which measure a legal claim to any additional income arises.

The result report of the Daehre Commission was also presented to the Committee for Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the German Bundestag, in several state parliaments as well as the associations, institutions and scientific conferences with an affinity for transport.

In addition, the report was translated into Japanese at the request of a Japanese scientific society ( Express Highway Research Foundation of Japan ) and was also taken into account when designing future forms of financing for European transport infrastructure.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sebastian Trojahn: Submission of the final report in the Federal Council on December 12, 2012 .
  2. Bundesrat - Homepage - Report of the Commission "Future of Transport Infrastructure Financing" (Daehre Commission). In: www.bundesrat.de. Retrieved October 19, 2016 .
  3. Bodewig: Final report Bodewig Commission. (PDF) February 23, 2016, accessed October 19, 2016 .