Maritime ports – works or mixed

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Connecting Europe Facility

Programme Description

The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CEF-T-2021-COREGEN-MARP-WORKS

Call

Maritime ports – works or mixed

Summary

The objective is to develop infrastructure projects in maritime ports on the Core Network of the TEN-T.

Detailed Call Description

Works on core maritime ports, with the possibility to include studies, related to:

  • port access aiming at providing safe maritime access in the form of breakwaters, access channels, fairways, locks and navigational aids;
  • basic port infrastructure, with a priority on:
    • development of zero or low-emission multimodal solutions, or;
    • development of ports´ capacities and facilities in relation with offshore wind farms, or;
    • improving connectivity of remote, insular or outermost regions (as defined in Article 349 TFEU) or of Member States with no land border with another Member State;
  • shore-side electricity supply;
  • port reception facilities for oil and other waste (including residues from exhaust gas cleaning systems) to meet environmental requirements;
  • ensuring year-round navigability by means of capital dredging and ice-breaking facilities;
  • providing or improving road/rail access and connections within maritime ports.

Support will not be given to infrastructure dedicated for cruise ships, except as regards shore-side electricity supply.

Hinterland connections to the maritime ports are covered by the respective transport mode priorities but may be part of a single Action.
The basic infrastructure for development of zero or low-emission multimodal solutions could include basic infrastructure for improving the interconnection between the maritime transport and inland waterways.

Actions addressing the Core Network may include related elements on the Comprehensive Network, when necessary to optimize the investment. These elements may form up to 10% of the total eligible costs of the action and shall be presented as a separate work package.

Call Total Budget

€1 620,000,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement (50% for the costs of studies70% for the costs of works in outermost regions (not applicable for inland waterways), 50% for the other costs categories (‘project funding rate’) for actions supporting inland waterways and 30% for the other costs categories (‘project funding rate’) for actions supporting the other transport modes.

Thematic Categories

  • Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
  • Transport

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • International Organisations
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  •  be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • third countries associated to the CEF (list [none])

Call Opening Date

16/09/2021

Call Closing Date

19/01/2022

National Contact Point(s)

Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Department of Public Works
https://bit.ly/3BoYoGo
165 Strovolou Avenue, 2048 Strovolos
Telephones: +357 22806521, +357 22806550, +357 22806537
Email: info@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

Contact person:
Elpida Epameinondas
Senior Executive Engineer
Τelephone: +357 22806643
Email: eepamenonda@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

(Publish Date: 22/10/2021-for internal use only)

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