EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

2019 CEF Transport call

PRIORITY FUNDING OBJECTIVES BUDGET

Projects on the Comprehensive Network

1. Removing bottlenecks and bridging missing links, enhancing rail interoperability, and, in particular, improving cross-border sections

 €65 million

Rail Freight Noise

2. 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

€35 million

Roads: "Ideal" proposals
• Studies, including final designs and environmental permissions, for the upgrade of an existing, or the construction of a new, cross-border section
• Works for the upgrade of an existing, or the construction of a new, cross-border section
• Removal of existing bottlenecks on cross-border sections (or in MS without or with isolated railway
network)
• Tunnel safety upgrades to comply with Directive 2004/54/EC

Railways: "Ideal" proposals
• Studies, including final designs and environmental permissions, for the construction of a new crossborder section
• Electrification of an existing cross-border section
• Migration to 1435 mm nominal gauge
• Works to increase the speed of a conventional line to ≈ 200 km/h