CEF 2 Transport - Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility - General envelope

Home Funding Calls for proposals Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Facility: Road & Air Transport - works Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Facility: Road & Air Transport - works CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN-COSTS Topic Call for proposal Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Call CEF 2 Transport - Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility - General envelope (CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN) Type of action CEF-INFRA CEF Infrastructure Projects Type of MGA CEF Action Grant Budget-Based [CEF-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model single-stage Opening date 18 June 2026 Deadline date 06 October 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Objective: The objective of this call is to support the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road transport, and airport ground operations, contributing to decarbonising transport along the TEN-T network. Scope: 1. General provisions Activities eligible for funding under this call relate to the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure. The infrastructure shall be deployed in accordance with: Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (hereafter “the AFIR Regulation”) and, Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) 1315/2013, and, The requirements listed below. The definitions set in AFIR and the TEN-T Regulations apply to this call for proposals. 2. Publicly accessible charging pools for Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDV) Infrastructure Publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles equipped with at least 4 Megawatt Charging System (MCS) recharging points having each a minimum power output of 1MW; however not necessarily charging simultaneously at their maximum power. Publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles equipped with a combination of at least 4 MCS recharging points having each a minimum power output of 1MW) and of Combined Charging System (CCS) recharging points having each a minimum power output of 350kW (however not necessarily charging simultaneously at their maximum power). In this case, for each pool, the number of supported recharging points with a minimum power output of 350kW cannot exceed the number of supported recharging points with a minimum power output of 1MW. The following elements strictly related to the recharging infrastructure deployment inside the recharging pool area are eligible for support: construction costs including chargers or power cabinet serving charging satellites, canopy, safety and security devices, parking, circulation, and electricity infrastructure (including cabling, electricity substations, batteries and on-site dynamic energy management devices). Locations The recharging infrastructure must be located: on the TEN-T road network or within 3 km driving distance from the nearest exit of a TEN-T road, in Safe and Secured Parking Areas (SSPA) certified Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum levels, in line with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1012, and located on the TEN-T road network or within 3 km driving distance from the nearest exit of a TEN-T road [1], in TEN-T urban nodes, including in port and airport areas provided that the horizontal requirements mentioned in 2.2.5 below are fulfilled. 3. Electrification of airport ground operations Infrastructure Electricity and preconditioned air supply to stationary aircraft and airships through fixed or zero-tailpipe emission mobile equipment. Electricity supply facilities for ground operation vehicles. Electricity supply facilities for electric or hybrid electric aircraft and airships. Related and electricity storage inside the airport area. Location In TEN-T airports. 4. Horizontal requirements for all alternative fuels infrastructure The beneficiary shall operate and maintain the supported infrastructure for a minimum period of 5 years starting from the end date of the related grant agreement. For beneficiaries operating under a Public Service Obligation contract which expires before the end of the 5-year period, this requirement will be fulfilled if the supported infrastructure is transferred and operated by the successor contract holder until the end of the 5-year period. 5. Horizontal requirements for all publicly accessible electricity recharging points for Heavy Duty road transport The recharging points must comply with the requirements set in the AFIR Regulation. The charging pools must be publicly accessible on a 24/7 basis irrespective of whether the infrastructure is located on a public or private site or premise. The recharging pools must be equipped with an energy management system allowing a dynamic allocation of power to the various recharging points. The HDV charging pools must be exclusively dedicated to HDV usage and designed accordingly in terms of dimension and circulation. Exclusive use can be ensured by signage combined with one or more of the non-exhaustive following measures: physical segregation from Light Duty Vehicles if any on the same location, digital restrictions for HDV recognition, The power capacity of the HDV recharging pool cannot be shared -in whole of in part- to supply demand at a Light Duty Vehicle (LDV) pool even if both pools are using the same grid connection. Separate metering and load management must ensure HDV power availability is ring-fenced at all times. 24/7 phone assistance shall be provided to end users. 6. Non eligible costs costs related to vehicles; costs related to land acquisition, renting/leasing of facilities, procurement and permits; costs related to grid connection equipment owned by the Distribution System Operator (DSO) or the Transmission System Operator (TSO); administrative costs, including travel and subsistence costs and any indirect costs; staff costs of the applicant even for work done in-house; costs relating to any type of studies, design and work supervision, commissioning, communication, dissemination and project management either in-house or outsourced; Operating Expenditure (OPEX) including consumables and energy consumption; upgrade of existing electric recharging infrastructure; recharging pools for electric vehicles located in elevated or underground parking buildings or in car/truck dealer or other premises, that are typically utilized by a specific group of users. 7. Synergetic elements The following activities are eligible as synergetic elements: On-site electricity generation based on renewable energy sources; Electricity grid connection. The total costs of these synergetic elements shall not exceed 20% of the total eligible costs of the Action and part of a dedicated work package. [1] In Safe and Secure Parking Areas (SSPA), only the cost of chargers and electricity infrastructure serving the recharging points will be eligible. Surfacing, lighting, civil works, safety and security components, canopies and other service buildings will not be eligible for funding. Show more Topic updates 18 June 2026 The submission session is now available for: CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN-COSTS Show more Topic conditions and documents Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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 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. 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: CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN-COSTS Application form templates Standard application form the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Detailed budget table per WP Letter of support/MS agreement Timetable (Gannt Chart) Environmental compliance file Financial Approval Letter Additional documents: Amended Work Programme 2021-2027 - 5 June 2026 CEF Regulation 2021/1153 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN-COSTS - CEF-INFRA CEF Infrastructure Projects 130 000 000,00 € Single-stage 18 June 2026 6 October 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Partner search announcements 18 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Please select the type of your submission: CEF Infrastructure Projects [CEF-INFRA], CEF Action Grant Budget-Based [CEF-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As35 item(s) found General FAQ Under CEF transport, how will the Commission/CINEA deal with projects that are twinned? Asset out in Section 6 of the call texts, twinned proposals are proposals relating to the same project that are submitted under different calls and/or topics. Where proposals form pa... Under CEF Transport, what are the requirements for the submission of the Environmental Compliance File? Applicants must submit (upload) the Environmental Compliance File for all applications. For works applications and study applications with physical intervention, the ECF must be comp... Under CEF Transport, CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN call, for a given deployment of HDV charging points, will the evaluation consider whether the rollout is concentrated in certain areas or more evenly distributed along the TEN-T road network? No. There is no priority given to any specific road section on the TEN-T road network or particular geographical distribution for HDV recharging points deployment. Under CEF Transport, CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN call, in a recharging pool where HDVs and LDVs share the same grid connection, can part of the capacity allocated to the HDV pool be temporarily used by a LDV pool that it is not in the scope of the project? No. While the same grid connection may supply one HDV pool and one LDV pool, the HDV pool must have a dedicated power allocated to guarantee that HDV demand may be satisfied at any t... Under CEF Transport, CEF-T-2026-AFIFGEN call, is eSAF (electro-fuel Sustainable Aviation Fuel) production eligible under this call? No,eSAF production and supply…