Connecting Europe Facility - CEF Transport

CEF Transport Call 2024

CINEA launched the 2024 CEF Transport Call on 24 September 2024. The call closes on 21 January 2025 at 17:00 CET.

Based on the CEF Transport work programme 2021-2027, CINEA launched the 2024 CEF Transport Call on 24 September 2024. The call closes on 21 January 2025 at 17:00 CET.  

The call within the General envelope covers the following priorities:

• Actions related to smart and interoperable mobility.
• Actions related to multimodal mobility  i.e. short sea shipping and multimodal passenger hubs.
• Actions related to safe and secure mobility.

This call does not cover spendings for completing the TEN-T network within the General envelope. 

Deadlines

There will still be a second and third Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) cut off in 2025 (see below).

Alternative Fuels Infrastructure facility (AFIF)

The objective of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) call for proposal is to support the deployment of alternative fuel supply infrastructure, contributing to decarbonising transport along the TEN-T network.

With a total budget of €1 billion, the AFIF funds actions by combining CEF grants with financial support from financial institutions. It is implemented through a rolling call for proposals which was launched on 29 February 2024, with three cut-off dates for the submission of proposals until 17 December 2025.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management will take notice of your project idea. If the Ministry approves your idea, you will receive a signed approval form (Member State Agreement) when you have finished part B of the application. Without the Member State Approval, you cannot apply for CEF Transport successfully. 

We will inform you of the ministries' opinion within 10 days after receiving the project idea form. Once you have uploaded your application in the CINEA submission tool, full access must be granted to RVO.

Environmental compliance form

Does your project include on-site (physical) interventions that affect protected nature areas or water organisations (bodies)? If so, you need written statements from the responsible authorities in the Netherlands. In most cases, you will need statements from regional authorities.

Please contact these authorities at the earliest stage possible as it may take some time to process your request.
Please contact us for authorities’ names and addresses at rvotent@rvo.nl.

Financial Approval letter

Applicants for AFIF funding also need a financial approval letter from a financial institution. This can be the European Investment Bank (EIB), an Implementing Partner (registered national development bank such as Invest-NL in the Netherlands) or a non-Implementing Partner (usually a regular bank). View the documents list of a sub-call for the complete actual list of Implementing Partners. In the financial approval letter, the financial institution confirms that the project has been subject to a comprehensive risk-based appraisal process and that it is willing to co-finance the project.