ERTMS – unit contribution
CEF ERTMS Unit Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CEF-T-2023-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 26, 2023
- Deadline
- January 30, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €400,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CEF-T-2023-SIMOBGEN-ERTMS-UNITSCEF-T-2023-SIMOBGEN
Description
The general objective is to modernise transport infrastructure on the Core and Comprehensive Networks of the TEN-T and facilitate interoperable railway traffic in EU.
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695, and with Directive (EU) 2016/797 and Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council or subsequent versions;
- at least baseline 3 (B3) compliant - the set of specifications #2 or #3 in table A2.2 or A2.3 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2016/919 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/776, or subsequent versions;
- introduce modularity at the interoperability constituent level as specified in Annex 1 Table B3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695;
- 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.
Support for retrofitting will be limited to vehicles which have been put into operation before 31/12/2020. Support will not be given to fitment of new vehicles.
Projects covering interlocking and/or GSM-R works as a stand-alone project shall demonstrate a link with ETCS deployment on the railway lines in subject.
Where relevant, ERTMS projects should be coordinated with 5G corridors deployment. Investments in GSM-R need at least to study and take into account the future upgradability to FRMCS.
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
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Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document
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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
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)
Additional documents:
CINEA Guide for Economic Appraisal for CEF Projects
Decision on unit costs for SME owners
Decision on unit costs for personnel (usual cost accounting practices)
Framework Partnership Agreement FPA
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
DG REGIO Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects
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 2023 CEF Transport SIMOBGEN call
Call published: 26/09/2023
Call deadline: 30/01/2024
Indicative budget: EUR 250 000 000
Total budget requested by the applicants: EUR 899 015 011.70
Number of admissible and eligible proposals: 66
Number of inadmissible proposals: 1
Number of ineligible proposals: 2
Number of successful proposals: 28
Total budget for the successful proposals: EUR 405 803 894.50*
* The budget flexibility provided in the 2021-2027 Work Programme has been applied in this call
List of successful projects under the 2023 CEF Transport call for proposals
List of funded projects under CEF
Dear Applicants,
The CEF Transport calls for proposals closed as planned on 30 January 2024 at 17:00. The SIMOBGEN call received 69 applications requesting almost EUR 900 million co-funding from the Connecting Europe Facility. Including all nine calls together, there is an oversubscription of over 3 times the total budget of EUR 7 billion available.
CINEA will check the admissibility and eligibility of the submitted proposals. The evaluation will continue based on the award criteria of the call, with the assistance of external independent experts. The results will be announced in July 2024.
Information of CEF Transport supported projects is published on CINEA public dashboard
Dear Applicant,
The 9 CEF Transport calls for proposals will soon close on 30 January 2024 at 17:00. In total, 37 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. In addition, more than 400 FAQs are available on the FAQ support on the Funding & Tenders portal. An excel extract can also be downloaded from Info Day page under the Q&A session.
We wish you the best of luck in your application!
Dear Applicant,
It has come to our attention that the links embedded within the CINEA Guide on economic appraisal for CEF Transport Projects as well as in section 4.2 Economic and Financial analysis to the DG REGIO CBA guidance are no longer functioning.
Please find attached the direct links to these guidance materials:
- DG REGIO Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/guides/2014/guide-to-cost-benefit-analysis-of-investment-projects-for-cohesion-policy-2014-2020 )
- DG REGIO CBA Economic Appraisal Vademecum: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/guides/2021/economic-appraisal-vademecum-2021-2027-general-principles-and-sector-applications)
We wish you a lot of success with the completion of your applications.
Kind regards,
CEF Transport Evaluation Team