The decision for the development of Corridor No. 8 was confirmed at the second Pan-European conference of the ministers of transport in Crete in 1994, and was re-confirmed at the third conference in 1997.
Odluka o izgradnji Koridora 8 potvrđena je na drugoj panevropskoj konferenciji ministara za saobraćaj na Kritu 1994, i ponovo na trećoj konferenciji 1997.