This Regulation shall not affect the granting, continuation or modification of financial assistance awarded by the Commission on the basis of calls for proposals launched under Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (22) to projects listed in Annexes I and III to Decision No 1364/2006/EC or in view of the targets, based on the relevant categories of expenditure for TEN-E, as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (23).
For projects of common interest in the permit granting process for which a project promoter has submitted an application file before 16 November 2013, the provisions of Chapter III shall not apply.