Smart applications for transport - ERTMS – unit contribution
CEF ERTMS Unit Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CEF-T-2024-SIMOBCOEN-ERTMS-UNITS
- Programme
- CEF 2 Transport - Actions related to smart and interoperable mobility – Cohesion envelope
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- September 24, 2024
- Deadline
- January 21, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €165,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CEF-T-2024-SIMOBCOEN-ERTMS-UNITSCEF-T-2024-SIMOBCOEN
Description
The objective is to increase the interoperability of rail transport by deploying European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
Scope:The following works can be supported:
- European Rail Traffic Management Systems (ERTMS) on-board and track-side deployment.
The projects must be compliant with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695[1], and with Directive (EU) 2016/797[2] and Directive (EU) 2016/798[3] of the European Parliament and of the Council or subsequent versions.
CEF support is granted 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[4].
For ERTMS on-board proposals:
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- Support for retrofitting and upgrade will be limited to vehicles put into operation before 31/12/2020.
- Support will not be given to fitment of new vehicles.
- “International” unit contribution is granted to vehicles planned for authorisation to operate with ERTMS in more than one Member State, including at least 1 Cohesion Member State.
- “Software + Hardware” unit contribution is granted to vehicles demonstrating a necessity for hardware modification(s).
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For ERTMS track-side proposals:
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- Proposals covering electronic interlocking and/or Class A radio communication as a stand-alone project shall demonstrate a link with ETCS deployment on the railway line(s) in subject.
- “Urban Node” unit contribution is granted to lines subject to ERTMS deployment located within the administrative borders of a city referred to in the Annex II of the revised TEN-T Regulation.
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[1] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August 2023 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/919.
[2] 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).
[3] Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast) (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 102).
[4] Decision authorising the use of unit contributions to support the deployment of ERTMS, electric vehicles recharging infrastructure and the retrofitting of noisy wagons under CEF Transport – 22 July 2021, https://transport.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-07/2021-07-22-ertms-af-noise.pdf
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
2. Eligible Countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: 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 document and annexes:
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).
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046
Amended CEF-Transport Multi-Annual Work Programme 2021-2027 - 25 July 2023
DG REGIO Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects
DG REGIO CBA Economic Appraisal Vademecum
Decision on unit costs for SME owners
Decision on unit costs for personnel (usual cost accounting practices)
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 evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
Information update on the 2024 CEF Transport SIMOBCOEN call
Call published: 24/09/2024
Call deadline: 21/01/2025
Indicative budget: EUR 165 000 000
Total budget requested by the applicants: EUR 146.919.905,00
Number of admissible and eligible proposals: 10
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 1
Number of successful proposals: 7
Total budget for the successful proposals: EUR 128.329.770,00
List of successful projects under the 2024 CEF Transport call for proposals
The nine CEF Transport calls for proposals closed on 21 January 2025. In total, 258 proposals were submitted requesting over €9.5 billion co-funding from the CEF Transport budget. It is nearly 4 times more than the €2.5 billion available for these calls
The SIMOBCOEN call received 11 applications for a requested funding of over EUR 146 million from the CEF Transport budget.
CINEA will first check the admissibility and eligibility of the proposals. The evaluation will continue with the support of independent external experts. The results will be made available to applicants in July 2025.