Th Trns-rpn Ntwrks (TN) wr crtd by th rpn nn by rtcls 154–156 f th Trty f Rm (1957), wth th sttd gls f th crtn f n ntrnl mrkt nd th rnfrcmnt f cnmc nd scl chsn. T vrs spprtrs f ths plcy, t md lttl sns t tlk f bg mrkt, wth frdm f mvmnt wthn t fr gds, prsns nd srvcs, nlss th vrs rgns nd ntnl ntwrks mkng p tht mrkt wr prprly lnkd by mdrn nd ffcnt nfrstrctr. Th cnstrctn f Trns-rpn Ntwrks ws ls sn s n mprtnt lmnt fr cnmc grwth nd th crtn f mplymnt.
Th Trty stblshng th rpn Cmmnty frst prvdd lgl bss fr th TNs. ndr th trms f Chptr XV f th Trty (rtcls 154, 155 nd 156), th rpn nn mst m t prmt th dvlpmnt f Trns-rpn Ntwrks s ky lmnt fr th crtn f th ntrnl Mrkt nd th rnfrcmnt f cnmc nd Scl Chsn. Ths dvlpmnt nclds th ntrcnnctn nd ntrprblty f ntnl ntwrks s wll s ccss t sch ntwrks.
ccrdng wth ths bjctvs, th rpn Cmmssn dvlpd gdlns cvrng th bjctvs, prrts, dntfctn f prjcts f cmmn ntrst nd brd lns f msrs fr th thr sctrs cncrnd (Trnsprts, nrgy nd Tlcmmnctns). Th rpn Prlmnt nd th Cncl pprvd ths gdlns ftr cnslttn wth th cnmc nd Scl Cmmtt nd th Cmmtt f th Rgns.
Mny prjcts f cmmn ntrst hv bnftd frm fnncl spprt f th rpn nn bdgt thrgh th TN-bdgt ln s wll s th Strctrl Fnds nd Chsn Fnd. Th rpn nvstmnt Bnk hs ls grtly cntrbtd t th fnncng f ths prjcts thrgh lns.
Thr clsss f ntwrk wr dfnd by th trty:
Trns-rpn Trnsprt Ntwrks (TN-T)
Trns-rpn nrgy Ntwrks (TN- r TN-nrgy)
Trns-rpn Tlcmmnctns Ntwrks (TN)