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The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy is the EU funding programme to implement the Trans-European Networks for Energy policy. It aims at supporting investments in building new cross-border energy infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading the existing one.
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport is the funding instrument to realise European transport infrastructure policy. It aims at supporting investments in building new transport infrastructure in Europe or rehabilitating and upgrading the existing one.
The CEF Digital portion is managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
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CEF is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level.
Data protection rules for CEF programme
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The Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel is a TEN-T flagship infrastructure project in the heart of the Mediterranean Corridor. It will consist of a 57.5-kilometer rail tunnel beneath the Alps, for the cross-border section between Italy and France.
In the European Union, a harmonised and synchronised ITS plays a crucial role in improving cross-border traffic and transport. With over €32 million in funding from the CEF Transport programme, ITS is helping to improve traffic management and foster cooperation in Central Europe.
A new fleet of Parisian taxis is helping improve the air quality in the French capital by driving hydrogen-fuelled cars. As part of the Hydrogen Fuel for Paris project, a network of up to eight hydrogen refuelling stations will be setup across the Paris metropolitan area.
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With this selection, the AFIF will support approximately 2,500 electric recharging points for light-duty vehicles and 2,400 for heavy-duty vehicles along the European TEN-T road network, 35 hydrogen refuelling stations for vehicles, and more.
CINEA received 258 applications requesting over €9.5 billion in co-funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport by the call deadline of 21 January 2025. It is nearly four times more than the €2.5 billion budget available for the 2024 CEF Transport calls for proposals.
This new Synergy Info Pack highlights how projects from different countries, sectors and funding programmes are all working towards the same goal: making Europe’s waterborne transport sector more sustainable, more efficient and more competitive.
The web page features a mix of text as well as pictures, data and, most importantly, interactive maps where users can zoom and identify CEF projects throughout the European Union.
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This new Synergy Info Pack highlights how projects from different countries, sectors and funding programmes are all working towards the same goal: making Europe’s waterborne transport sector more sustainable, more efficient and more competitive.
Factsheet on Military Mobility
The brochure showcases the projects supported by CEF Energy that were completed between January 2022 and June 2023.
CINEA Hydrogen projects