Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 Text with EEA relevance
Modified by
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 275/2014of 7 January 2014amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility(Text with EEA relevance), 32014R0275, March 19, 2014
- Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 June 2015on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments, 32015R1017, July 1, 2015
- Regulation (EU) 2017/1953 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 October 2017amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014 as regards the promotion of internet connectivity in local communities(Text with EEA relevance), 32017R1953, November 1, 2017
- Regulation (EU) 2017/2396 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 December 2017amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) 2015/1017 as regards the extension of the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as well as the introduction of technical enhancements for that Fund and the European Investment Advisory Hub, 32017R2396, December 27, 2017
- Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 18 July 2018on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, 32018R1046, July 30, 2018
- Regulation (EU) 2019/495 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 25 March 2019amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union(Text with EEA relevance), 32019R0495, March 27, 2019
- Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 7 July 2021establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R1153, July 14, 2021
(1) "project of common interest" means a project identified in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 or Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 283/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on guidelines for trans-European networks in the area of telecommunications infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC (OJ L 86, 21.3.2014, p. 14 ).(2) 'cross-border section' means, in the transport sector, the section which ensures the continuity of a project of common interest between the nearest urban nodes on both sides of the border of two Member States or between a Member State and a neighbouring country; (3) 'neighbouring country' means a country falling within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy including the Strategic Partnership, the Enlargement Policy, and the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association; (4) 'third country' means any neighbouring country or any other country with which the Union may cooperate to achieve the objectives pursued by this Regulation; (5) "works" means the purchase, supply and deployment of components, systems and services including software, the carrying-out of development and construction and installation activities relating to a project, the acceptance of installations and the launching of a project; (6) "studies" means activities needed to prepare project implementation, such as preparatory, mapping, feasibility, evaluation, testing and validation studies, including in the form of software, and any other technical support measure, including prior action to define and develop a project and decide on its financing, such as reconnaissance of the sites concerned and preparation of the financial package; (7) 'programme support actions' means, at the level of the CEF, all accompanying measures necessary for its implementation and the implementation of the individual sector-specific guidelines, such as services, in particular the provision of technical assistance, including for the use of financial instruments, as well as preparatory, feasibility, coordination, monitoring, stakeholder consultation, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required directly for the management of the CEF and the achievement of its objectives. Programme support actions include, in particular, studies, meetings, infrastructure mapping, information, dissemination, communication and awareness raising actions, expenditure linked to IT tools and networks focusing on exchanges of information about the CEF, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenditure incurred by the Commission that may be required for the management of the CEF or implementation of the individual sector-specific guidelines. Programme support actions also include activities required in order to facilitate the preparation of projects of common interest, in particular in the Member States, eligible for financing from the Cohesion Fund, with a view to obtaining financing under this Regulation or on the financial market. Programme support actions shall also include, where appropriate, meeting the costs of the Executive Agency entrusted by the Commission with the implementation of specific parts of the CEF ("Executive Agency"); (8) "action" means any activity which has been identified as financially and technically independent, has a set time-frame and is necessary for the implementation of a project of common interest; (9) "eligible costs" has the same meaning as in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012; (10) "beneficiary" means a Member State, an international organisation, or a public or private undertaking or body that has been selected to receive Union financial assistance under this Regulation and in accordance with the arrangements established in the relevant work programme referred to in Article 17; (11) "implementing body" means a public or private undertaking or body designated by a beneficiary, where the beneficiary is a Member State or an international organisation, to implement the action concerned. Such designation shall be decided upon by the beneficiary under its own responsibility and, if it requires the award of a procurement contract, in compliance with the applicable Union and national public procurement rules; (12) "comprehensive network" means the transport infrastructure identified in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (13) "core network" means the transport infrastructure identified in accordance with Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (14) "core network corridors" means an instrument to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the core network as provided for in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 and listed in Part I of Annex I to this Regulation; (15) "bottleneck" in the transport sector means a physical, technical or functional barrier which leads to a system break affecting the continuity of long-distance or cross-border flows and which can be surmounted by creating new infrastructure, or substantially upgrading existing infrastructure, that could bring significant improvements which will solve the bottleneck constraints; (16) "priority" means any priority electricity corridors, priority gas corridors or priority thematic areas designated in Regulation (EU) No 347/2013; (17) "telematic applications" means the applications as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (18) "energy infrastructure" means the infrastructure as defined in Regulation (EU) No 347/2013; (19) "synergies between sectors" means the existence, across at least two of the transport, telecommunications and energy sectors, of similar or complementary actions that may enable costs or results to be optimised through the pooling of financial, technical or human resources; (20) 'isolated network' means the rail network of a Member State, or a part thereof, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013.
(a) contributing to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, by developing modern and high-performing trans-European networks which take into account expected future traffic flows, thus benefiting the entire Union in terms of improving competitiveness on the global market and economic, social and territorial cohesion in the internal market and creating an environment more conducive to private, public or public-private investment through a combination of financial instruments and Union direct support where projects could benefit from such a combination of instruments and by appropriately exploiting synergies across the sectors. The achievement of this objective shall be measured by the volume of private, public or public-private partnership investment in projects of common interest, and in particular the volume of private investment in projects of common interest achieved through the financial instruments under this Regulation. Special focus shall be placed on the efficient use of public investment; (b) enabling the Union to achieve its sustainable development targets, including a minimum 20 % reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels and a 20 % increase in energy efficiency, and raising the share of renewable energy to 20 % by 2020, thus contributing to the Union's mid-term and long-term objectives in terms of decarbonisation, while ensuring greater solidarity among Member States.
(a) removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and, in particular, improving cross-border sections. The achievement of this objective shall be measured by: (i) the number of new or improved cross-border connections; (ii) the number of kilometres of railway line adapted to the European nominal gauge standard and fitted with ERTMS; (iii) the number of removed bottlenecks and sections of increased capacity on transport routes for all modes which have received funding from the CEF; (iv) the length of the inland waterway network by class in the Union; and (v) the length of the railway network in the Union upgraded following the requirements set out in Article 39(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013;
(b) ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems in the long run, with a view to preparing for expected future transport flows, as well as enabling all modes of transport to be decarbonised through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies, while optimising safety. The achievement of this objective shall be measured by: (i) the number of supply points for alternative fuels for vehicles using the TEN-T core network for road transport in the Union; (ii) the number of inland and maritime ports of the TEN-T core network equipped with supply points for alternative fuels in the Union; and (iii) the reduction in casualties on the road network in the Union;
(c) optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing the interoperability of transport services, while ensuring the accessibility of transport infrastructures. The achievement of this objective shall be measured by: (i) the number of multimodal logistic platforms, including inland and maritime ports and airports, connected to the railway network; (ii) the number of improved rail-road terminals, and the number of improved or new connections between ports through motorways of the sea; (iii) the number of kilometres of inland waterways fitted with RIS; and (iv) the level of deployment of the SESAR system, VTMIS and ITS for the road sector.
(a) increasing competitiveness by promoting the further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders. The achievement of this objective shall be measured ex post by: (i) the number of projects effectively interconnecting Member States' networks and removing internal constraints; (ii) the reduction or elimination of Member States' energy isolation; (iii) the percentage of electricity cross-border transmission power in relation to installed electricity generation capacity in the relevant Member States; (iv) price convergence in the gas and/or electricity markets of the Member States concerned; and (v) the percentage of the highest peak demand of the two Member States concerned covered by reversible flow interconnections for gas;
(b) enhancing Union security of energy supply; The achievement of this objective shall be measured ex post by: (i) the number of projects allowing diversification of supply sources, supplying counterparts and routes; (ii) the number of projects increasing storage capacity; (iii) system resilience, taking into account the number of supply disruptions and their duration; (iv) the amount of avoided curtailment of renewable energy; (v) the connection of isolated markets to more diversified supply sources; (vi) the optimal use of energy infrastructure assets;
(c) contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment, inter alia by the integration of energy from renewable sources into the transmission network, and by the development of smart energy networks and carbon dioxide networks. The achievement of this objective shall be measured ex post by: (i) the amount of renewable electricity transmitted from generation to major consumption centres and storage sites; (ii) the amount of avoided curtailment of renewable energy; (iii) the number of deployed smart grid projects which benefited from the CEF and the demand response enabled by them; (iv) the amount of CO 2 emissions prevented by the projects which benefited from the CEF.
(a) transport sector: EUR 24050582000 , of which EUR11305500000 shall be transferred from the Cohesion Fund to be spent in line with this Regulation exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund;(b) telecommunications sector: EUR 1066602000 ;(c) energy sector: EUR 5075075000 .
(a) actions contributing to projects of common interest and programme support actions as provided for in Article 7; (b) programme support actions consisting of technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the CEF, including those necessary to ensure the transition between the CEF and the measures adopted under Regulation (EC) No 680/2007, up to 1 % of the financial envelope; the costs of the Executive Agency shall be included under this ceiling.
(a) actions implementing the core network in accordance with Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, including the deployment of new technologies and innovation in accordance with Article 33 of that Regulation, and projects and horizontal priorities identified in Part I of Annex I to this Regulation; (b) actions implementing the comprehensive network in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, when such actions contribute to bridging missing links, facilitating cross-border traffic flows or removing bottlenecks and when those actions also contribute to the development of the core network or interconnect core network corridors, or when such actions contribute to the deployment of ERTMS on principal routes of rail freight corridors as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 913/2010, up to a ceiling of 5 % of the financial envelope for transport as specified in Article 5 of this Regulation; (c) studies for projects of common interest as defined in points (b) and (c) of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (d) studies for cross-border priority projects as defined in Annex III to Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (OJ L 204, 5.8.2010, p. 1 ).(e) actions supporting projects of common interest as defined in points (a), (d) and (e) of Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (f) actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the core network, including urban nodes, as defined in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (g) actions supporting telematic applications systems in accordance with Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (h) actions supporting freight transport services in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (i) actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting existing rolling stock in cooperation with, inter alia, the railway industry; (j) programme support actions; (k) actions implementing safe and secure infrastructure in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (l) actions supporting motorways of the sea as provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013; (m) actions adapting the transport infrastructure for purposes of security and checks on external borders.
(a) generic services, core service platforms and programme support actions shall be financed through grants and/or procurement; (b) actions in the field of broadband networks shall be financed through financial instruments; (c) actions in the field of providing local wireless connectivity that is free of charge and without discriminatory conditions in local communities shall be financed through grants or other forms of financial assistance, not including financial instruments.
(a) with regard to grants for studies, 50 % of the eligible costs; (b) with regard to grants for works: (i) for railway networks, and road networks in the case of Member States with no railway network established in their territory or in the case of a Member State, or part thereof, with an isolated network without long-distance rail freight transport: 20 % of the eligible costs; the funding rate may be increased to a maximum of 30 % for actions addressing bottlenecks and to 40 % for actions concerning cross-border sections and actions enhancing rail interoperability; (ii) for inland waterways: 20 % of the eligible costs; the funding rate may be increased to a maximum of 40 % for actions addressing bottlenecks and to a maximum of 40 % for actions concerning cross-border sections; (iii) for inland transport, connections to and the development of multimodal logistics platforms including connections to inland and maritime ports and airports, as well as the development of ports: 20 % of the eligible costs; (iv) for actions to reduce rail freight noise including by retrofitting existing rolling stock: 20 % of the eligible costs up to a combined ceiling of 1 % of the budgetary resources referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1); (v) for better accessibility to transport infrastructure for disabled persons: 30 % of the eligible cost of adaptation works, not exceeding in any case 10 % of the total eligible cost of works; (vi) for actions supporting new technologies and innovation for all modes of transport: 20 % of the eligible costs; (vii) for actions to support cross-border road sections: 10 % of the eligible costs;
(c) with regard to grants for telematic applications systems and services: (i) for land-based components of the ERTMS, of the SESAR system, of RIS and of VTMIS: 50 % of the eligible costs; (ii) for land-based components of ITS for the road sector: 20 % of the eligible costs; (iii) for on-board components of ERTMS: 50 % of the eligible costs; (iv) for on-board components of the SESAR system, of RIS, of VTMIS and of ITS for the road sector: 20 % of the eligible costs, up to a combined ceiling of 5 % of the budgetary resources referred to in point (a) of Article 5(1); (v) for actions to support the development of motorways of the sea: 30 % of the eligible costs. The Commission shall create conditions conducive to the development of projects involving motorways of the sea with third countries; (vi) for telematic applications systems other than those mentioned in points (i) to (iv), freight transport services and secure parkings on the road core network: 20 % of the eligible costs.
(a) for actions in the field of generic services: 75 % of the eligible costs; (b) for horizontal actions including infrastructure mapping, twinning and technical assistance: 75 % of the eligible costs.
(a) actions with regard to grants for studies; (b) actions with regard to grants for works: (i) railways and inland waterways; (ii) actions to support cross-border road sections and, in the case of Member States with no rail networks, the TEN-T road network; (iii) actions for inland transport, connections to and the development of multimodal logistics platforms including connections to inland and maritime ports and airports, including automatic gauge-changing facilities, and the development of ports including ice-breaking capacities, as well as interconnecting points, with particular attention being given to rail connections, except in the case of Member States with no rail network;
(c) actions with regard to grants for telematic applications systems and services: (i) ERTMS, RIS and VTMIS, the SESAR system and ITS for the road sector; (ii) other telematic applications systems; (iii) actions to support the development of motorways of the sea;
(d) actions with regard to grants to support new technologies and innovation for all modes of transport.
(a) provide for specific conditions, such as the place of performance of the procured activities, where such conditions are duly justified by the objectives of the actions and provided such conditions do not infringe Union and national public procurement principles; (b) authorise the multiple award of contracts within the same procedure ("multiple sourcing").
(a) equity instruments, such as investment funds with a focus on providing risk capital for actions contributing to projects of common interest; (b) loans and/or guarantees facilitated by risk-sharing instruments, including the credit enhancement mechanism for project bonds, backing individual projects or portfolios of projects issued by a financial institution on its own resources with a Union contribution to the provisioning and/or capital allocation.
(a) represent European added value; (b) respond to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; (c) present a leverage effect with regard to Union support, i.e. aim at mobilising a global investment exceeding the size of the Union contribution according to the indicators defined in advance.
(a) represent European added value; (b) respond to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; (c) contribute, where possible, to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
(a) that the projects of common interest in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 are likely to be realised fully or partly under the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020; (b) that the modifications comply with the eligibility criteria set out in Article 7 of this Regulation; (c) as regards Part I of Annex I to this Regulation, that all sections include infrastructure projects the realisation of which will necessitate their inclusion in a multiannual work programme under Article 17(3) of this Regulation, without changing the alignment of the core network corridors.
(a) the amendments are made in accordance with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, including the ex ante evaluation referred to in point (f) of Article 140(2) thereof, and (b) the amendments are limited to: (i) modification of the threshold of the subordinated debt financing as referred to in I.1(a) and I.1(b) of Part III of Annex I to this Regulation, with a view to seeking sectoral diversification and geographical balance across the Member States in accordance with Article 15; (ii) modification of the threshold of the senior debt financing as referred in I.1(a) of Part III of Annex I to this Regulation, with a view to seeking sectoral diversification and geographical balance across the Member States in accordance with Article 15; (iii) the combination with other sources of funding as referred in I.3 and II.3 of Part III of Annex I; (iv) the selection of entrusted entities as referred in I.4 and II.4 of Part III of Annex I; and (v) pricing, risk and revenue-sharing as referred in I.6 and II.6 of Part III of Annex I.
(i) the evaluation of the pilot phase of the Project Bond Initiative carried out in 2015 is positive; and (ii) the take-up of financial instruments exceeds 6,5 % in terms of project contractual commitments.
| Innovative management & services | Single European Sky – SESAR system |
| Innovative management & services | |
| Innovative management & services | Core network ports, motorways of the sea (MoS) and airports, safe and secure infrastructure |
| New technologies and innovation | New technologies and innovation in accordance with points (a) to (d) of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 |
| Gdynia - Katowice | Rail | Works |
| Gdynia, Gdańsk | Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Warszawa - Katowice | Rail | Works |
| Wroclaw – Poznań – Szczecin/Świnoujście | Rail | Works |
| Świnoujście, Szczecin | Port | Port interconnections |
| Bielsko Biala – Žilina | Road | Works |
| Katowice - Ostrava - Brno - Wien & Katowice - Žilina - Bratislava - Wien | Rail | Works, in particular cross-border sections PL-CZ, CZ-AT, PL-SK and SK-AT, Brno-Přerov line; (further) development of multimodal platforms and airport-rail interconnections |
| Wien - Graz - Klagenfurt - Udine - Venezia - Ravenna | Rail | Partial construction of new lines (Semmering Base Tunnel and Koralm Railway line), rail upgrading; works ongoing; (further) development of multimodal platforms; upgrading of existing two-track line between Udine - Cervignano and Trieste |
| Graz - Maribor - Pragersko | Rail | Studies and works for second track |
| Trieste, Venenezia, Ravenna, Koper | Ports | Port interconnections; (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Helsinki - Tallinn | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections; (further) development of multimodal platforms and their interconnections; icebreaking capacity; MoS |
| Tallinn - Rīga - Kaunas - Warszawa | Rail | (Detailed) studies for new UIC gauge fully interoperable line; works for new line to start before 2020; upgrading and new line on PL territory; rail – airports/ports interconnections, rail-road terminals, MoS |
| Ventspils – Rīga | Rail | Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS |
| Klaipėda – Kaunas | Rail | Upgrading, port interconnections, MoS |
| Kaunas – Vilnius | Rail | Upgrading, airports interconnections, rail-road terminals |
| Via Baltica Corridor | Road | Works for cross-border sections (EE, LV, LT, PL) |
| BY border - Warszawa - Poznań - DE border | Rail | Works on existing line, studies for high-speed rail |
| PL Border - Berlin - Hannover - Amsterdam/Rotterdam | Rail | Studies and upgrading of several sections (Amsterdam – Utrecht – Arnhem; Hannover – Berlin) |
| Wilhelmshaven - Bremerhaven - Bremen | Rail | Studies and works |
| Berlin - Magdeburg – Hannover, Mittellandkanal, western German canals, Rhine, Waal, Noordzeekanaal, IJssel, Twentekanaal | IWW | Studies, works for better navigability and upgrading waterways and locks |
| Amsterdam locks & Amsterdam - Rijnkanaal | IWW | Locks studies ongoing; port: interconnections (studies and works, including Beatrix lock upgrade) |
| Algeciras - Madrid | Rail | Studies ongoing, works to be launched before 2015, to be completed 2020 |
| Sevilla - Antequera - Granada - Almería - Cartagena - Murcia - Alicante - Valencia | Rail | Studies and works |
| Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona | Rail | Upgrading of existing lines (gauge, sidings, platforms) |
| Valencia - Tarragona - Barcelona | Rail | Construction between 2014 - 2020 |
| Barcelona | Port | Interconnections rail with port and airport |
| Barcelona - Perpignan | Rail | Cross-border section, works ongoing, new line completed by 2015, upgrading existing line (gauge, sidings, platforms) |
| Perpignan - Montpellier | Rail | Bypass Nîmes - Montpellier to be operational in 2017, Montpellier - Perpignan for 2020 |
| Lyon | Rail | Relieving Lyon bottlenecks: studies and works |
| Lyon – Avignon – Marseille | Rail | Upgrading |
| Lyon - Torino | Rail | Cross-border section, works base tunnel; studies and works access routes |
| Milano - Brescia | Rail | Partially, upgrading and, partially, new high-speed line |
| Brescia - Venezia - Trieste | Rail | Works to start before 2014 on several sections in synergy with upgrading actions undertaken in overlapping stretches as in the Baltic-Adriatic Corridor |
| Milano – Cremona- Mantova – Porto Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste | IWW | Studies and works |
| Cremona, Mantova, Venezia, Ravenna, Trieste | Inland Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Trieste - Divača | Rail | Studies and partial upgrading ongoing; cross-border section to be realised until after 2020 |
| Koper - Divača - Ljubljana – Pragersko | Rail | Studies and upgrading/partially, new line |
| Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest | Rail | Studies and works (including construction of new track and second track between Rijeka and HU border) |
| Rijeka | Port | Infrastructure upgrading and development, development of multimodal platforms and interconnections |
| Ljubljana – Zagreb | Rail | Studies and works |
| Ljubljana node | Rail | Rail node Ljubljana, including multi-modal platform; rail airport interconnection |
| Pragersko - Zalalövö | Rail | Cross-border section: studies, works to start before 2020 |
| Lendava - Letenye | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Boba- Székesfehérvár | Rail | Upgrading |
| Budapest-Miskolc-UA border | Rail | Upgrading |
| Vásárosnamény-UA border | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Dresden - Praha | Rail | Studies for high-speed rail |
| Praha | Rail | Upgrading, freight bypass; rail connection airport |
| Hamburg – Dresden – Praha – Pardubice | IWW | Elbe and Vltava studies, works for better navigability and upgrading |
| Děčín locks | IWW | Studies |
| Praha - Brno - Břeclav | Rail | Upgrading, including rail node Brno and multi-modal platform |
| Břeclav – Bratislava | Rail | Cross-border, upgrading |
| Bratislava – Hegyeshalom | Rail | Cross-border, upgrading |
| Mosonmagyaróvár – SK Border | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Tata – Biatorbágy | Rail | Upgrading |
| Budapest – Arad – Timișoara – Calafat | Rail | Upgrading in HU nearly completed, ongoing in RO |
| Rail | Studies and works Vidin – Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athína; upgrading Sofia – Burgas/TR border | |
| Vidin – Craiova | Road | Cross-border upgrading |
| Thessaloniki, Igoumenitsa | Port | Infrastructure upgrading and development, multimodal interconnections |
| Athína/Piraeus/Heraklion – Lemesos | Port, MoS | Port capacity and multimodal interconnections |
| Lemesos – Lefkosia | Ports, multimodal platforms | Upgrading of modal interconnection, including Lefkosia south orbital, studies and works, traffic management systems |
| Lefkosia – Larnaca | Multimodal platforms | Multimodal interconnections and telematic applications systems |
| Patras | Port | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Athína - Patras | Rail | Studies and works, port interconnections |
| Hamina/Kotka – Helsinki | Port, rail | Port interconnections, rail upgrading, icebreaking capacities |
| Helsinki | Rail | Airport-rail connection |
| RU border – Helsinki | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Helsinki – Turku | Rail | Upgrading |
| Turku/Naantali – Stockholm | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections, icebreaking capacity |
| Stockholm - Malmö (Nordic Triangle) | Rail | Works ongoing on specific sections |
| Trelleborg - Malmö – Göteborg – NO border | Rail, port, MoS | Works, multimodal platforms and port hinterland connections |
| Fehmarn | Rail | Studies ongoing, construction works Fehmarn Belt fixed link to start in 2015 |
| København - Hamburg via Fehmarn: access routes | Rail | Access routes DK to be completed by 2020, access routes DE to be completed in 2 steps: one-track electrification with the completion of the fixed link and two-track seven years later |
| Rostock | Ports, MoS | Interconnections ports with rail; low-emission ferries; ice-breaking capacity |
| Rostock - Berlin - Nürnberg | Rail | Studies and upgrading |
| Hamburg/Bremen - Hannover | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Halle – Leipzig – Nürnberg | Rail | Works ongoing, to be completed by 2017 |
| München – Wörgl | Rail | Access to Brenner Base tunnel and cross-border section: studies |
| Brenner Base Tunnel | Rail | Studies and works |
| Fortezza - Verona | Rail | Studies and works |
| Napoli - Bari | Rail | Studies and works |
| Napoli – Reggio Calabria | Rail | Upgrading |
| Verona – Bologna | Rail | Upgrading ongoing |
| Ancona, Napoli, Bari, La Spezia, Livorno | Ports | Port interconnections, (further) development of multimodal platforms |
| Messina - Catania – Augusta/Palermo | Rail | Upgrading (remaining sections) |
| Palermo/Taranto - Valletta/Marsaxlokk | Ports, MoS | Port interconnections |
| Valletta - Marsaxlokk | Port, airport | Upgrading of modal interconnection, including Marsaxlokk-Luqa-Valletta |
| Bologna – Ancona | Rail | Upgrading |
| Genova | Port | Port interconnections |
| Genova - Milano/Novara - CH border | Rail | Studies; works starting before 2020 |
| Basel – Antwerpen/Rotterdam - Amsterdam | IWW | Works for better navigability |
| Karlsruhe - Basel | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Frankfurt - Mannheim | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Liège | Rail | Port and airport rail connection |
| Rotterdam – Zevenaar | Rail | Studies ongoing, upgrading |
| Zevenaar - Emmerich - Oberhausen | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Zeebrugge – Gent – Antwerpen - DE border | Rail | Upgrading |
| High-speed rail Sines/Lisboa - Madrid | Rail, ports | Studies and works ongoing, upgrading of modal interconnection ports of Sines/Lisboa |
| High-speed rail Porto - Lisboa | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Rail connection Aveiro – Salamanca – Medina del Campo | Rail | Cross-border: works ongoing |
| Rail connection Bergara - San Sebastián - Bayonne | Rail | Completion expected in ES by 2016, in FR by 2020 |
| Bayonne - Bordeaux | Rail | Ongoing public consultation |
| Bordeaux - Tours | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Paris | Rail | Southern high-speed bypass |
| Baudrecourt - Mannheim | Rail | Upgrading |
| Baudrecourt - Strasbourg | Rail | Works ongoing, to be completed 2016 |
| Le Havre - Paris | IWW | Upgrading |
| Le Havre - Paris | Rail | Studies, upgrading |
| Le Havre | Port, Rail | Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and interconnections |
| Corcaigh/Cork - Dublin - Baile Átha Cliath/Belfast | Rail | Studies and works; Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin Interconnector (DART); |
| Belfast | Port, multimodal connections | Upgrading |
| Glasgow - Edinburgh | Rail | Upgrading |
| Manchester – Liverpool | Rail | Upgrading and electrification, including Northern Hub |
| Birmingham – Reading – Southampton | Rail | Upgrading of the freight line |
| Baile Átha Cliath/Dublin, Corcaigh/Cork, Southampton | Ports, rail | Studies and works on port capacity, MoS and interconnections |
| Dunkerque | Port | Further development of multimodal platforms and interconnections |
| Calais - Paris | Rail | Preliminary studies |
| Bruxelles/Brussel | Rail | Studies and works (North-South connection for conventional and high-speed) |
| Felixstowe – Midlands | Rail, port, multimodal platforms | Rail upgrading, interconnections port and multimodal platforms |
| Maas, including Maaswerken | IWW | Upgrading |
| Albertkanaal/Canal Bocholt-Herentals | IWW | Upgrading |
| Rhine-Scheldt corridor: Volkeraklock and Kreekaklock, Krammerlock and Lock Hansweert | IWW | Locks: studies ongoing |
| Terneuzen | Maritime | Locks: studies ongoing; works |
| Terneuzen - Gent | IWW | Studies, upgrading |
| Zeebrugge | Port | Locks: studies, interconnections (studies and works) |
| Antwerpen | Maritime, port, rail | Locks: studies ongoing; port: interconnections (including second rail access to the port of Antwerpen) |
| Rotterdam - Antwerpen | Rail | Upgrading rail freight line |
| Canal Seine Nord; Seine - Escaut | IWW | Studies and works; upgrading including cross-border and multimodal connections |
| Dunkerque – Lille | IWW | Studies ongoing |
| Antwerpen, Bruxelles/Brussels, Charleroi | IWW | Upgrading |
| Waterways upgrade in Wallonia | IWW | Studies, upgrading, intermodal connections |
| Brussel/Bruxelles - Luxembourg - Strasbourg | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Antwerpen – Namur - LUX border – FR border | Rail | Upgrading of rail freight line |
| Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel | Rail | Upgrading |
| Rail Connections Luxembourg - Dijon - Lyon (TGV Rhin - Rhône) | Rail | Studies and works |
| Lyon | Rail | Eastern bypass: studies and works |
| Canal Saône - Moselle/Rhin | IWW | Preliminary studies ongoing |
| Rhône | IWW | Upgrading |
| Port of Marseille-Fos | Port | Interconnections and multimodal terminals |
| Lyon - Avignon - Port de Marseille - Fos | Rail | Upgrading |
| Rail connection Strasbourg - Kehl Appenweier | Rail | Works interconnection Appenweier |
| Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - München | Rail | Studies and works ongoing |
| Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border | Rail | Upgrading, multimodal platforms |
| Zlín – Žilina | Road | Cross-border road section |
| München – Praha | Rail | Studies and works |
| Nürnberg – Praha | Rail | Studies and works |
| München - Mühldorf - Freilassing - Salzburg | Rail | Studies and works ongoing |
| Salzburg - Wels | Rail | Studies |
| Nürnberg - Regensburg - Passau - Wels | Rail | Studies and works |
| Rail connection Wels - Wien | Rail | Completion expected by 2017 |
| Wien – Bratislava / Wien – Budapest / Bratislava – Budapest | Rail | Studies high-speed rail (including the alignment of the connections between the three cities) |
| Budapest - Arad | Rail | Studies for high-speed network between Budapest and Arad |
| Komárom – Komárno | IWW | Studies and works for cross-border bridge |
| Arad - Brașov - București - Constanța | Rail | Upgrading of specific sections; studies high-speed |
| Main – Main-Donau-Canal | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks; inland waterway ports: multimodal interconnections with rail |
| Slavonski Brod | Port | Studies and works |
| Giurgiu, Galați | Port | Further development of multimodal platforms and connections with the hinterland: studies and works |
| Danube (Kehlheim - Constanța/Midia/Sulina) | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks; inland waterway ports:multimodal interconnections |
| Sava | IWW | Studies and works on several sections and bottlenecks (including cross-border bridge) |
| București – Dunăre Canal | IWW | Studies & works |
| Constanța | Port, MoS | Port interconnections, MoS (including icebreaking services) |
| Craiova – București | Rail | Studies and works |
| Sofia to FYROM border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Sofia to Serbian border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Timișoara – Serbia border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Wrocław – Praha | Cross-border | Rail | Studies |
| Nowa Sól – Hradec Králové | Cross-border | Road | Works |
| Brno – AT border | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Budapest – Zvolen | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Budapest – SRB Border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies |
| Bothnian Corridor: Luleå – Oulu | Cross-border | Rail | Studies and works |
| Iași- MD border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing and works |
| Suceava-UA border | Cross-border | Rail | Studies and works |
| Priority Projects as defined in Annex III of Decision No 661/2010/EU (Prague - Linz, New High-capacity rail: Central Trans-Pyrenees crossing, "Iron Rhine" (Rheidt-Antwerpen)) | Cross-border | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Târgu Neamt–Ungheni | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Marijampolė-Kybartai (LT/RU border) | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Vilnius-LT/BY border | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Ioannina– Kakavia(EL/AL border) | Cross-border | Road | Studies |
| Kleidi– Polikastro – Evzonoi(EL/FYROM border) | Cross-border | Road | Upgrading |
| Serres– Promahonas – EL/BG border | Cross-border | Road | Works ongoing |
| Alexandroupoli – Kipoi EL/TR border | Cross-border | Road | Studies and works |
| Dubrovnik – HR/ME border | Cross-border | Road | Works |
| Kędzierzyn Koźle – Chałupki-granica | Cross-border | Rail | Works |
| Bottleneck | Rail, MoS | Works ongoing (including ports and multimodal platforms) | |
| Frankfurt – Fulda – Erfurt – Berlin | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies |
| Rail Egnatia | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies ongoing |
| Sundsvall – Umeå – Luleå | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies and works |
| Zagreb – SR border | Bottleneck | Rail | Studies and works |
| A Coruña - Madrid (high-speed passenger service) | Bottleneck | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Stockholm – Gävle – Sundsvall | Other core network | Rail | Works |
| Mjölby – Hallsberg – Gävle | Other core Network | Rail | Works |
| Bothnian – Kiruna – NO border | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Milford Haven – Swansea – Cardiff | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Rail connection Sionainn/Shannon Faing/Foynes - Gabhal Luimnigh/Limerick junction | Other core network | Rail | studies |
| High Speed 2 | Other core network | Rail | Studies & works for a high-speed line London – Midlands |
| UA Border – Kraków – Katowice – Wrocław – Dresden | Other core network | Rail | Works |
| Riga – RU/BY border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Vilnius – BY border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, airport interconnection |
| Kybartai – Kaunas | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Tallinn – Tartu – Koidula – RU border | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading |
| Marseille – Toulon – Nice – Ventimiglia – Genova | Other core network | Rail | Studies high-speed |
| Bordeaux – Toulouse | Other core network | Rail | Studies high-speed |
| Helsinki – Oulu | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading of sections |
| Bilbao – Pamplona – Zaragoza – Sagunto | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Brunsbüttel - Kiel (Nord-Ostseecanal) | Other core network | IWW | Optimisation of navigation status |
| Cardiff - Bristol - London | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, including Crossrail |
| Alba-Iulia – Turda – Dej – Suceava – Pașcani – Iași | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| București - Buzău | Other core network | Rail | Rail infrastructure improvement and repair, and connections with the hinterland |
| Ruhr area - Münster - Osnabrück - Hamburg | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading of the section Münster - Lünen (doubletrack) |
| Nantes - Tours - Lyon | Other core network | Rail | Studies and works |
| Ploiești-Suceava | Other core network | Rail | Studies |
| Heraklion | Other core network | Airport, combined transport infrastucture/systems | Studies and construction works, upgrade and development infrastucture, multimodal interconnections |
| Huelva – Sevilla | Other core network | Rail | Works ongoing |
| Fredericia-Frederikshavn | Other core network | Rail | Upgrading, including electrification |
| Barcelona – Valencia – Livorno | Other core network | MoS | Upgrading |
(a) accommodating ever-increasing wind surplus generation in and around the Northern and Baltic Seas and increasing renewable generation in the East and South of Europe and also North Africa; (b) connecting these new generation hubs with major storage capacities in the Nordic countries, the Alps and other regions with major consumption centres, and (c) coping with an increasingly variable and decentralised electricity supply and flexible electricity demand;
(a) an instrument for loans and guarantees facilitated by risk-sharing instruments, including credit enhancement mechanisms to project bonds ('Debt Instrument'); and (b) an instrument for equity ('Equity Instrument'),
(a) other parts of the CEF; (b) other instruments, programmes and budget lines in the Union budget; (c) Member States, including regional and local authorities, that wish to contribute own resources or resources available from the funds under the cohesion policy without changing the nature of the instrument.
(a) towards risk provisioning; (b) to cover agreed fees and costs associated with the establishment and management of the Debt Instrument, including its evaluation and support actions, which have been determined in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and market practice. The administrative and performance-based fees to be paid to the entrusted entity shall not exceed 2 % and 3 % respectively of the Union contribution effectively used for individual operations, on the basis of a cost-based agreed methodology between the Commission and the entrusted entities; (c) for directly related support actions.
33 % of the target equity fund size; or co-investment by the Union in a project shall not exceed 30 % of the total equity of a company.
(a) other parts of the CEF; (b) other instruments, programmes and budget lines in the Union budget; and (c) Member States, including regional and local authorities, that wish to contribute own resources or resources available from the funds under the cohesion policy without changing the nature of the instrument.
(a) towards equity participations; (b) to cover agreed fees and costs associated with the establishment and management of the Equity Instrument, including its evaluation, which have been determined in line with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and market practice; and (c) for directly related support actions.
(a) removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and, in particular, improving cross-border sections - 80 %; (b) ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems in the long run, with a view to preparing for expected future transport flows as well as enabling the decarbonisation of all modes of transport through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies, while optimising safety - 5 %; (c) optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability of transport services, while ensuring the accessibility of transport infrastructures, and taking into account the ceiling for on-board components of the SESAR system, RIS, VTMIS and of ITS for the road sector referred to in point (vi) of Article 10(2)(b) - 15 %.
(a) maturity of the action in the project development; (b) soundness of the implementation plan proposed; (c) stimulating effect of Union support on public and private investment, when applicable; (d) the need to overcome financial obstacles, such as the lack of market finance; (e) when applicable, the economic, social, climate and environmental impact, and accessibility; (f) the cross-border dimension, when applicable.
i) Pre-identified projects on the Corridors of the Core Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports). ii) Pre-identified projects on the other sections of the Core Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports). iii) Rail interoperability. iv) Deployment of ERTMS.
i) Deployment of new technologies and innovation in all transport modes, with a focus on decarbonisation, safety and innovative technologies for the promotion of sustainability, operation, management, accessibility, multimodality and efficiency of the network. ii) Safe and Secure infrastructure, including safe and secure parkings on the road Core Network.
i) Single European Sky – SESAR. ii) River Information Services. iii) Intelligent Transport Services for road. iv) Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information Systems. v) Motorways of the Sea. vi) Actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the Core Network, including urban nodes. vii) Connections to and development of multimodal logistics platforms.
i) Railways, inland waterways and roads projects on the Core Network including connections to inland and maritime ports and airports, as well as development of ports. ii) Projects on the Comprehensive Network (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports). iii) Projects to connect the trans-European transport network with infrastructure networks of the neighbouring countries, in particular related to cross-border sections (railways, inland waterways, roads, maritime and inland ports).
i) Deployment of new technologies and innovation, other than those covered by the multiannual Work Programme. ii) Freight Transport Services. iii) Actions to reduce rail freight noise, including by retrofitting of existing rolling stock.
i) Telematic applications systems other than those covered by the multiannual Work Programme. ii) Actions for better accessibility to transport infrastructure for disabled persons. iii) Actions implementing transport infrastructure in nodes of the Core Network, including urban nodes. iv) Connections to and development of multimodal logistics platforms.
i) Contribution to the financial instruments, as defined in article 14 and Part III of the CEF annex. ii) Programme support actions for innovative financial instruments.
| Member States | Principal routes | Establishment of freight corridors: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Rhine-Alpine" | NL, BE, DE, IT | Zeebrugge-Antwerpen/Amsterdam/Vlissingen | By |
| "North Sea – Mediterranean" | NL, BE, LU, FR, UK | Glasgow | By |
| "Scandinavian – Mediterranean" | SE, DK, DE, AT, IT | Stockholm/[Oslo] | By |
| "Atlantic" | PT, ES, FR, DE | By | |
| "Baltic – Adriatic" | PL, CZ, SK, AT, IT, SI | By | |
| "Mediterranean" | ES, FR, IT, SI, HU, HR | By | |
| "Orient/East-Med" | CZ, AT, SK, HU, RO, BG, EL, DE | By | |
| "North Sea – Baltic" | DE, NL, BE, PL, LT, LV | Wilhelmshaven | By |
| "Rhine-Danube" | FR, DE, AT, SK, HU, RO, CZ | By |
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