Rail – studies, works or mixed
CEF Infrastructure Projects
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CEF-T-2022-COMPCOEN-RAIL-WORKS
- Programme
- CEF 2 Transport - Projects on the Comprehensive Network – Cohesion envelope
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- September 12, 2022
- Deadline
- January 17, 2023
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €350,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CEF-T-2022-COMPCOEN-RAIL-WORKSCEF-T-2022-COMPCOEN
Description
The objective is to develop rail transport infrastructure projects on the Comprehensive Network of the TEN-T.
Scope:studies and / or works, related to:
- construction/upgrading of cross-border and missing links;
- capacity and performance upgrade of existing lines, including removal of level-crossings and upgrades necessary for 740 meters long trains and upgrades necessary to facilitate international rail passenger and freight transport;
- capacity increase in nodes, including as regards a better articulation of long-distance and local traffic;
- interconnections between rail and other modes of transport, in particular inland waterway and maritime transport and projects aimed at the integration of the rail and air networks to make the feeder network for long-haul flights more sustainable. Projects located exclusively within the perimeter of inland ports and maritime ports shall be submitted under those priorities respectively;
- connections of freight terminals to the TEN-T Network. The works can also include the construction/upgrading of the railway infrastructure component – e.g. siding tracks and adaptations for 740 meters long trains - of new or existing freight terminals;
- electrification of line tracks and upgrade/construction of electrification systems.
Support will not be given to railway stations, except for railway infrastructure components. If the project includes such components, they shall be presented as a separate work package. Neither shall support be given to activities related to the Class B systems. Projects shall comply with the provisions of Directive 2016/797 on the interoperability of the rail system (Directive 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union which replaces Directive 2008/57/EC as of 31 October 2020 (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44)) and with the related Technical Specifications for Interoperability. Where relevant, projects shall also be compatible with the alignment of operating procedures across borders in order to ensure the most effective use of the supported infrastructure.
Support will not be given to studies and/or works covering rolling stock.
Projects cannot combine a railway infrastructure and ERTMS track-side deployment. Each component must be submitted under the respective topic only.
Interlockings as well as GSM-R (Class A radio communication) works can only be supported under the ERTMS Call topic.
Facilities and infrastructure supported under CEF must be accessible for use by all operators on a non-discriminatory basis.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries: described in section 6 of of the call document
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in section 6 of the call document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in section 7 of the call document
- Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the call document
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the call document
Documents
Call document:
Call document CEF-T-2022-COMPCOEN
Application form and annexes:
Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System (NOT the documents available on the Topic page - these are only for information).
Application form (Part A and B)
Letter of support (MS agreement)
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
Information update on the 2022 COMPCOEN call
Call published: 13/09/2022
Call deadline: 18/01/2023
Indicative budget: EUR 350 000 000
Total budget requested by the applicants: EUR 8 009 209
Number of admissible and eligible proposals: 2
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of successful proposals: 2
Total budget for the successful proposals: EUR 7 725 989
List of successful projects under the 2022 CEF Transport call for proposals
List of funded projects under CEF
For questions, please contact [email protected]
15/12/2022 11:13
There are few days left to finish your application in response to any of the 9 CEF Transport calls for proposals, closing on 18 January 2023 at 17:00. In total, 41 topics are open for submission on the Funding & Tenders portal.
We strongly advise you not to wait until the last minute to submit your application!
You may also see the Call page, and the Info Day page to find the presentations and recording of the info day session. More than 600 FAQs are now available on the FAQ support on the Funding & Tenders portal.
To be admissible your application must contain Part A and the GIS duly completed online, and Part B uploaded on time. As indicated in section 5 of the Call document – also available on the Reference Documents of the portal, the mandatory annexes must also be submitted. These documents concern:
- Agreement by the concerned Member States benefitting from the project – for all applications
- Calculator for ERTMS and RFN applications or detailed budget table per Work Package for other applications
- Timetable/Gantt chart – for all applications
- Environmental compliance file including the required declarations for all applications (except ERTMS and RFN applications). Please see the FAQ 18080.
- Activity reports of last year and List of previous projects - unless exempted from operational capacity check such as public bodies, member state organisations, international organisations and beneficiaries of grants under CEF1 and CEF2.
In addition, if the application concerns works:
- Full cost-benefit analysis (CBA) report and CBA cash flow template - only for works or mixed projects with a budget (eligible costs) above EUR 10 million - unless exempted
- Simplified CBA calculator – only for works or mixed projects with a budget (eligible costs) below EUR 10 million - unless exempted
We wish you the best of luck in your application!
There are few days left to finish your application in response to any of the 9 CEF Transport calls for proposals, closing on 18 January 2023 at 17:00. In total, 41 topics are open for submission on the Funding & Tenders portal.
We strongly advise you not to wait until the last minute to submit your application!
You may also see the Call page, and the Info Day page to find the presentations and recording of the info day session. More than 600 FAQs are now available on the FAQ support on the Funding & Tenders portal.
To be admissible your application must contain Part A and the GIS duly completed online, and Part B uploaded on time. As indicated in section 5 of the Call document – also available on the Reference Documents of the portal, the mandatory annexes must also be submitted. These documents concern:
- Agreement by the concerned Member States benefitting from the project – for all applications
- Calculator for ERTMS and RFN applications or detailed budget table per Work Package for other applications
- Timetable/Gantt chart – for all applications
- Environmental compliance file including the required declarations for all applications (except ERTMS and RFN applications). Please see the FAQ 18080.
- Activity reports of last year and List of previous projects - unless exempted from operational capacity check such as public bodies, member state organisations, international organisations and beneficiaries of grants under CEF1 and CEF2.
In addition, if the application concerns works:
- Full cost-benefit analysis (CBA) report and CBA cash flow template - only for works or mixed projects with a budget (eligible costs) above EUR 10 million - unless exempted
- Simplified CBA calculator – only for works or mixed projects with a budget (eligible costs) below EUR 10 million - unless exempted
We wish you the best of luck in your application!