TEN-T guidelines were initially adopted on 23 July 1996, with Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network.
TEN-T的规划最初是在1996年7月23日，由欧洲议会及欧洲理事会根据全欧交通网络的发展方针所作出的第1692/96/EC号决策而制定的。