ERTMS – unit contribution
CEF ERTMS Unit Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CEF-T-2022-SIMOBGEN-ERTMS-UNITS
- Programme
- CEF 2 Transport - Actions related to smart and interoperable mobility – General envelope
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- September 13, 2022
- Deadline
- January 18, 2023
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €400,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CEF-T-2022-SIMOBGEN-ERTMS-UNITSCEF-T-2022-SIMOBGEN
Description
The general objective is to modernise transport infrastructure on the Core and Comprehensive Networks of the TEN-T.
Scope:In accordance with the Article 9(2)(b)(ii) of the CEF Regulation, the following works will be supported:
- European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) on-board and track-side deployment with a priority to rolling out ERTMS on the entire Core Network. projects shall be:
- compliant with Commission Regulation (EU) No 2016/919 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 of 27 May 2016 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘control-command and signalling’ subsystems of the rail system in the European Union (OJ L 158, 15.6.2016, p. 1)) as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/776 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/776 of 16 May 2019 amending Commission Regulations (EU) No 321/2013, (EU) No 1299/2014, (EU) No 1301/2014, (EU) No 1302/2014, (EU) No 1303/2014 and (EU) 2016/919 and Commission Implementing Decision 2011/665/EU as regards the alignment with Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the implementation of specific objectives set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/1474 (OJ L 139 I, 27.5.2019, p. 108)), or subsequent versions, and with Directive (EU) No 2016/797 (Directive (EU) 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 (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44)) and Directive (EU) No 2016/798 (Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 102)) or subsequent versions;
- baseline 3 (B3) compliant - the set of specifications #2 or #3 in table A2.2 or A2.3 of the Annex of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2016/919 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/776 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/776 of 16 May 2019 amending Commission Regulations (EU) No 321/2013, (EU) No 1299/2014, (EU) No 1301/2014, (EU) No 1302/2014, (EU) No 1303/2014 and (EU) 2016/919 and Commission Implementing Decision 2011/665/EU as regards the alignment with Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the implementation of specific objectives set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/1474 (OJ L 139 I, 27.5.2019, p. 108)), or subsequent versions;
- supported in the form of unit contributions as defined in the Commission Decision authorising the use of unit costs to support the deployment of ERTMS under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Transport (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/cef/guidance/unit-cost-decision-cef-ertms-afif-evri-rfn_en.pdf).
Where relevant, ERTMS projects will be coordinated with 5G corridors deployment.
Where relevant, the above mentioned projects shall take into account the innovative new technologies and solutions in the fields of smart applications for transport resulting from Horizon Europe activities.
Support for retrofitting will be limited to locomotives which have been put into operation before 31/12/2020.
Support will not be provided to fitment of new rolling stock.
Digital platforms 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
Call documents:
Call document CEF-T-2022-SIMOBGEN
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)
Support & Resources
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
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 SIMOBGEN call
Call published: 13/09/2022
Call deadline: 18/01/2023
Indicative budget: EUR 400 000 000
Total budget requested by the applicants: EUR 1 110 153 879
Number of admissible and eligible proposals: 76
Number of inadmissible proposals: 2
Number of ineligible proposals: 1
Number of successful proposals: 20
Total budget for the successful proposals: EUR 399 671 139
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 11:10
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!