REGULATION (EU) 2021/1153 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 7 July 2021
establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014
(Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Objectives
Article 4
Budget
Article 5
Third countries associated to the CEF
Article 6
Implementation and forms of Union funding
Article 7
Cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy
Article 8
Projects of common interest in the area of digital connectivity infrastructure
CHAPTER II
ELIGIBILITY
Article 9
Eligible actions
Article 10
Synergies between the transport, energy and digital sectors
Article 11
Eligible entities
Article 12
Specific eligibility rules concerning actions relating to the adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use
CHAPTER III
GRANTS
Article 13
Grants
Article 14
Award criteria
Article 15
Co-financing rates
Article 16
Eligible costs
Article 17
Combination of grants with other sources of financing
Article 18
Reduction or termination of the grants
Article 19
Cumulative and alternative funding
CHAPTER IV
PROGRAMMING, MONITORING, EVALUATION AND CONTROL
Article 20
Work programmes
Article 21
Granting of Union financial support
Article 22
Monitoring and reporting
Article 23
Evaluation
Article 24
Committee procedure
Article 25
Delegated acts
Article 26
Exercise of the delegation
Article 27
Information, communication and publicity
Article 28
Protection of the financial interest of the Union
CHAPTER V
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 29
Repeal and transitional provisions
Article 30
Entry into force
ANNEX
PART I
INDICATORS
Sectors |
Specific Objectives |
Key Indicators |
Transport |
Efficient, interconnected and multimodal networks and infrastructure for smart, interoperable, sustainable, inclusive, accessible, safe and secure mobility |
Number of cross-border and missing links addressed with the support of the CEF (including actions relating to urban nodes, regional cross-border rail connections, multimodal logistics platforms, maritime ports, inland ports, connections to airports and rail-road terminals of the TEN-T core network and comprehensive network) |
Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to the digitalisation of transport, in particular through the deployment of ERTMS, RIS, ITS, VTMIS/e-Maritime services and SESAR |
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Number of alternative fuel supply points built or upgraded with the support of the CEF |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to the safety of transport |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to transport accessibility for persons with reduced mobility |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to the reduction in rail freight noise |
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Adaptation for the dual-use of transport infrastructure |
Number of transport infrastructure components adapted to dual-use requirements |
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Energy |
Contribution to interconnectivity and integration of markets |
Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to projects interconnecting MS networks and removing internal constraints |
Security of supply |
Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to projects ensuring resilient gas network |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to the smartening and digitalisation of grids and increasing energy storage capacity |
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Sustainable development through enabling decarbonisation |
Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to projects enabling increased penetration of renewable energy in energy systems |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy |
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Digital |
Contribution to the deployment of digital connectivity infrastructure throughout the Union |
New connections to very high capacity networks for socioeconomic drivers and very high-quality connections for local communities |
Number of actions supported by the CEF enabling 5G coverage along major transport paths |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF enabling new connections to very high capacity networks |
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Number of actions supported by the CEF contributing to the digitalisation of energy and transport sectors |
PART II
INDICATIVE PERCENTAGES FOR THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
PART III
TRANSPORT CORE NETWORK CORRIDORS AND CROSS-BORDER LINKS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK
Core network corridor “Atlantic” |
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Alignment |
Gijón – León – Valladolid A Coruña – Vigo – Orense – León Zaragoza – Pamplona/Logroño – Bilbao Tenerife/Gran Canaria – Huelva/Sanlúcar de Barrameda – Sevilla – Córdoba Algeciras – Bobadilla – Madrid Sines/Lisboa – Madrid – Valladolid Lisboa – Aveiro – Leixões/Porto – Douro river Sionainn Faing or Shannon Foynes/Baile Átha Cliath or Dublin/Corcaigh or Cork – Le Havre – Rouen – Paris Aveiro – Valladolid – Vitoria-Gasteiz – Bergara – Bilbao/Bordeaux – Toulouse/Tours – Paris – Metz – Mannheim/Strasbourg Sionainn Faing or Shannon Foynes/Baile Átha Cliath or Dublin/Corcaigh or Cork – Saint Nazaire – Nantes – Tours – Dijon |
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Cross-border links |
Évora – Mérida |
Rail |
Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastián – Bayonne – Bordeaux |
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Aveiro – Salamanca |
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Douro river (Via Navegável do Douro) |
Inland waterways |
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Missing links |
Non-UIC gauge interoperable lines on the Iberian Peninsula |
Rail |
Core network corridor “Baltic – Adriatic” |
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Alignment |
Gdynia – Gdańsk – Katowice/Sławków Gdańsk – Warszawa – Katowice/Kraków Katowice – Ostrava – Brno – Wien Szczecin/Świnoujście – Poznań – Wrocław – Ostrava Katowice – Bielsko-Biała – Žilina – Bratislava – Wien Wien – Graz– Villach – Udine – Trieste Udine – Venezia – Padova – Bologna – Ravenna – Ancona Graz – Maribor –Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste |
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Cross-border links |
Katowice/Opole – Ostrava – Brno Katowice – Žilina Bratislava – Wien Graz – Maribor Venezia – Trieste – Divača – Ljubljana |
Rail |
Katowice – Žilina Brno – Wien |
Road |
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Missing links |
Gloggnitz – Mürzzuschlag: Semmering base tunnel Graz – Klagenfurt: Koralm railway line and tunnel Koper – Divača |
Rail |
Core network corridor “Mediterranean” |
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Alignment |
Algeciras – Bobadilla –Madrid – Zaragoza – Tarragona Madrid – Valencia – Sagunto – Teruel – Zaragoza Sevilla – Bobadilla – Murcia Cartagena – Murcia – Valencia – Tarragona/Palma de Mallorca – Barcelona Tarragona – Barcelona – Perpignan – Narbonne – Toulouse/Marseille – Genova/Lyon – La Spezia/Torino – Novara – Milano – Bologna/Verona – Padova – Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste/Koper – Ljubljana – Budapest Ljubljana/Rijeka – Zagreb – Budapest – UA border |
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Cross-border links |
Barcelona – Perpignan |
Rail |
Lyon – Torino: base tunnel and access routes |
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Nice – Ventimiglia |
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Venezia – Trieste – Divača – Ljubljana |
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Ljubljana – Zagreb |
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Zagreb – Budapest |
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Budapest – Miskolc – UA border |
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Lendava – Letenye |
Road |
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Vásárosnamény – UA border |
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Missing links |
Almería – Murcia |
Rail |
Non-UIC gauge interoperable lines on the Iberian Peninsula |
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Perpignan – Montpellier |
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Koper – Divača |
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Rijeka – Zagreb |
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Milano – Cremona – Mantova – Porto Levante/Venezia – Ravenna/Trieste |
Inland waterways |
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Core network corridor “North Sea – Baltic” |
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Alignment |
Luleå – Helsinki – Tallinn – Rīga Ventspils – Rīga Rīga – Kaunas Klaipėda – Kaunas – Vilnius Kaunas – Warszawa BY border – Warszawa – Łódź/Poznań – Frankfurt (Oder) – Berlin – Hamburg – Kiel Łódź – Katowice/Wrocław UA border – Rzeszów – Katowice – Wrocław – Falkenberg – Magdeburg Szczecin/Świnoujście – Berlin – Magdeburg – Braunschweig – Hannover Hannover – Bremen – Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven Hannover – Osnabrück – Hengelo – Almelo – Deventer – Utrecht Utrecht – Amsterdam Utrecht – Rotterdam – Antwerpen Hannover/Osnabrück – Köln – Antwerpen |
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Cross-border links |
Tallinn – Rīga – Kaunas – Warszawa: Rail Baltic new UIC gauge fully interoperable line |
Rail |
Świnoujście/Szczecin – Berlin |
Rail and inland waterways |
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Via Baltica Corridor EE-LV-LT-PL |
Road |
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Missing links |
Kaunas – Vilnius: part of Rail Baltic new UIC gauge fully interoperable line |
Rail |
Warszawa/Idzikowice – Poznań/Wrocław, incl. connections to the planned Central Transport Hub |
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Nord-Ostsee-Kanal |
Inland waterways |
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Berlin – Magdeburg – Hannover; Mittellandkanal; western German canals |
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Rhine, Waal |
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Noordzeekanaal, IJssel, Twentekanaal |
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Core network corridor “North Sea – Mediterranean” |
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Alignment |
UK border – Baile Átha Cliath or Dublin – Sionainn Faing or Shannon Foynes/Corcaigh or Cork Sionainn Faing or Shannon Foynes/Baile Átha Cliath or Dublin/Corcaigh or Cork – Le Havre/Calais/Dunkerque/Zeebrugge/Terneuzen/Gent/Antwerpen/Rotterdam/Amsterdam UK border – Lille – Brussel or Bruxelles Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerpen – Brussel or Bruxelles – Luxembourg Luxembourg – Metz – Dijon – Mâcon – Lyon – Marseille Luxembourg – Metz – Strasbourg – Basel Antwerpen/Zeebrugge – Gent – Calais/Dunkerque/Lille – Paris– Rouen – Le Havre |
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Cross-border links |
Brussel or Bruxelles – Luxembourg – Strasbourg |
Rail |
Terneuzen – Gent |
Inland waterways |
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Seine – Scheldt Network and the related Seine, Scheldt and Meuse river basins |
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Rhine-Scheldt corridor |
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Missing links |
Albertkanaal/Canal Albert and Kanaal Bocholt-Herentals |
Inland waterways |
Core network corridor “Orient/East-Med” |
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Alignment |
Hamburg – Berlin Rostock – Berlin – Dresden Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Dresden Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Mělník/Praha – Lysá nad Labem/Poříčany – Kolín Kolín – Pardubice – Brno – Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia Sofia – RS border/MK border Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas/TR border TR border – Alexandroupoli – Kavala – Thessaloniki – Ioannina – Kakavia/Igoumenitsa MK border – Thessaloniki Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina – Piraeus/Ikonio –Irakleio – Lemesos (Vasiliko) – Lefkosia/Larnaka Athina – Patra/Igoumenitsa |
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Cross-border links |
Dresden – Praha/Kolín |
Rail |
Wien/Bratislava – Budapest |
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Békéscsaba – Arad – Timişoara |
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Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia – Thessaloniki |
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Sofia – RS border/MK border |
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TR border – Alexandroupoli |
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MK border – Thessaloniki |
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Ioannina – Kakavia (AL border) |
Road |
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Drobeta Turnu Severin/Craiova – Vidin – Montana |
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Sofia – RS border |
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Hamburg – Dresden – Praha – Pardubice |
Inland waterways |
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Missing links |
Igoumenitsa – Ioannina Praha – Brno Thessaloniki – Kavala – Alexandroupoli Timişoara – Craiova |
Rail |
Core network corridor “Rhine – Alpine” |
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Alignment |
Genova – Milano – Lugano – Basel Genova – Novara – Brig – Bern – Basel – Karlsruhe – Mannheim – Mainz – Koblenz – Köln Köln – Düsseldorf – Duisburg – Nijmegen/Arnhem – Utrecht – Amsterdam Nijmegen – Rotterdam – Vlissingen Köln – Liège – Brussel or Bruxelles – Gent Liège – Antwerpen – Gent – Zeebrugge |
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Cross-border links |
Zevenaar – Emmerich – Oberhausen |
Rail |
Karlsruhe – Basel |
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Milano/Novara – CH border |
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Basel – Antwerpen/Rotterdam – Amsterdam |
Inland waterways |
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Missing links |
Genova – Tortona/Novi Ligure |
Rail |
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Zeebrugge – Gent |
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Core network corridor “Rhine – Danube” |
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Alignment |
Strasbourg – Stuttgart – München – Wels/Linz Strasbourg – Mannheim – Frankfurt am Main – Würzburg – Nürnberg – Regensburg – Passau – Wels/Linz München/Nürnberg – Praha – Ostrava/Přerov – Žilina – Košice – UA border Wels/Linz – Wien – Bratislava – Budapest – Vukovar Wien/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Moravita/Brașov/Craiova – București – Giurgiu/Constanta – Sulina |
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Cross-borderlinks |
München – Praha |
Rail |
Nürnberg – Plzeň |
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München – Mühldorf – Freilassing – Salzburg |
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Strasbourg – Kehl Appenweier |
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Hranice – Žilina |
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Košice – UA border |
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Wien – Bratislava/Budapest |
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Bratislava – Budapest |
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Békéscsaba – Arad – Timişoara – RS border |
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București – Giurgiu – Rousse |
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Danube (Kehlheim – Constanța/Midia/Sulina) and the related Váh, Sava and Tisza river basins |
Inland waterways |
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Zlín – Žilina |
Road |
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Timişoara – RS border |
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Missing links |
Stuttgart – Ulm |
Rail |
Salzburg – Linz |
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Craiova – București |
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Arad – Sighişoara – Brașov- Predeal |
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Core network corridor “Scandinavian – Mediterranean” |
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Alignment |
RU border – Hamina/Kotka – Helsinki – Turku/Naantali – Stockholm – Örebro(Hallsberg)/Linköping – Malmö Narvik/Oulu – Luleå – Umeå – Stockholm/Örebro (Hallsberg) Oslo – Göteborg – Malmö – Trelleborg Malmö – København – Fredericia – Aarhus – Aalborg – Hirtshals/Frederikshavn København – Kolding/Lübeck – Hamburg – Hannover Bremerhaven – Bremen – Hannover – Nürnberg Rostock – Berlin – Halle/Leipzig – Erfurt – München Nürnberg – München – Innsbruck – Verona – Bologna – Ancona/Firenze Livorno/La Spezia – Firenze – Roma – Napoli – Bari – Taranto – Valletta/Marsaxlokk Cagliari – Napoli – Gioia Tauro – Palermo/Augusta – Valletta/Marsaxlokk |
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Cross-border links |
RU border – Helsinki |
Rail |
København – Hamburg: Fehmarn belt fixed link access routes |
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München – Wörgl – Innsbruck – Fortezza – Bolzano – Trento – Verona: Brenner base tunnel and its access routes |
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Göteborg-Oslo |
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København – Hamburg: Fehmarn belt fixed link |
Rail/Road |
Baile Átha Cliath or Dublin/Letterkenny – UK border |
Road |
Pau – Huesca |
Rail |
Lyon – CH border |
Rail |
Athus – Mont-Saint-Martin |
Rail |
Breda – Venlo – Viersen – Duisburg |
Rail |
Antwerpen – Duisburg |
Rail |
Mons – Valenciennes |
Rail |
Gent – Terneuzen |
Rail |
Heerlen – Aachen |
Rail |
Groningen – Bremen |
Rail |
Stuttgart – CH border |
Rail |
Gallarate/Sesto Calende – CH border |
Rail |
Berlin – Rzepin/Horka – Wrocław |
Rail |
Praha – Linz |
Rail |
Villach – Ljubljana |
Rail |
Pivka – Rijeka |
Rail |
Plzeň – České Budějovice – Wien |
Rail |
Wien – Győr |
Rail |
Graz – Celldömölk – Győr |
Rail |
Neumarkt-Kallham – Mühldorf |
Rail |
Amber Corridor PL-SK-HU |
Rail |
Via Carpathia Corridor BY/UA border-PL-SK-HU-RO |
Road |
Focșani – MD border |
Road |
Budapest – Osijek – Svilaj (BA border) |
Road |
Faro – Huelva |
Rail |
Porto – Vigo |
Rail |
Giurgiu – Varna |
Rail |
Svilengrad – Pithio |
Rail |
PART IV
SELECTION OF CROSS-BORDER PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
PART V
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST
Core network corridor “Atlantic” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Porto – Vigo |
Mérida – Évora |
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Paris – Amsterdam – Frankfurt am Main |
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Aveiro – Salamanca |
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San Sebastián – Biarritz |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Metz – Paris – Bordeaux – Bilbao – Vigo – Porto – Lisboa |
Bilbao – Madrid – Lisboa |
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Madrid – Mérida – Sevilla – Tarifa |
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Deployment of backbone networks, including with submarine cables |
Açores/Madeira Islands – Lisboa |
Core network corridor “Baltic – Adriatic” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Gdańsk – Warszawa – Brno – Wien – Graz – Ljubljana – Koper/Trieste |
Core network corridor “Mediterranean” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Budapest – Zagreb – Ljubljana – Rijeka – Split – Dubrovnik |
Ljubljana – Zagreb – Slavonski Brod – Bajakovo (RS border) |
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Slavonski Brod – Đakovo – Osijek |
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Montpellier – Narbonne – Perpignan – Barcelona – Valencia – Málaga – Tarifa with an extension to Narbonne – Toulouse |
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Deployment of backbone networks, including with submarine cables |
Submarine cable networks Lisboa – Marseille – Milano |
Core network corridor “North Sea – Baltic” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Warszawa – Kaunas – Vilnius |
Kaunas – Klaipėda |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Tallinn –Rīga – Kaunas – LT/PL border –Warszawa |
BY/LT border – Vilnius – Kaunas – Klaipėda |
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Via Carpathia: Klaipėda – Kaunas – Ełk – Białystok – Lublin – Rzeszów – Barwinek – Košice |
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Core network corridor “North Sea – Mediterranean” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Metz – Merzig – Luxembourg |
Rotterdam – Antwerp – Eindhoven |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Breda – Lille – Paris |
Brussel or Bruxelles – Metz – Basel |
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Mulhouse – Lyon – Marseille |
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Core network corridor “Orient/East-Med” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Sofia – Thessaloniki – Beograd |
More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Berlin – Praha – Brno – Bratislava – Timişoara – Sofia – TR border |
Bratislava – Košice |
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Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina |
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Core network corridor “Rhine – Alpine” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Bologna – Innsbruck – München (Brenner corridor) |
More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Rotterdam – Oberhausen – Frankfurt am Main |
Basel – Milano – Genova |
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Core network corridor “Rhine – Danube” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
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More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Frankfurt am Main – Passau – Wien – Bratislava – Budapest – Osijek – Vukovar – București – Constanta |
București – Iasi |
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Karlsruhe – München – Salzburg – Wels |
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Frankfurt am Main – Strasbourg |
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Core network corridor “Scandinavian – Mediterranean” |
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Cross-border sections for CAM experimentation |
Oulu – Tromsø Oslo – Stockholm – Helsinki |
More extensive section for larger scale deployment of CAM |
Turku – Helsinki – RU border |
Oslo – Malmö – København – Hamburg – Würzburg – Nürnberg – München – Rosenheim – Verona – Bologna – Napoli – Catania – Palermo |
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Stockholm – Malmö |
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Napoli – Bari – Taranto |
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Aarhus – Esbjerg – Padborg |