The decision taken by the fifteen Ministers for Transport in December 1999 to set plans in motion for the creation of a Trans-European Freight Network that represents 94% of the international freight transport came as a direct response to this challenge.
Det er i denne sammenhæng, at de 15 medlemsstaters transportministres beslutning i december 1999 til fordel for et transeuropæisk jernbanegodstransportnet, der dækker 94% af den internationale jernbanetrafik, kommer ind i billedet.