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Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) · CEF-T-2026-SIMOBGEN-NEWTECH-WORKS
Works for control centres and digital infrastructure supporting autonomous vehicles on the TEN-T road network.
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Quel est l’objet de cet appel ?
The topic co-finances works for control centres and digital infrastructure that support commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles on the TEN-T road network. Public and private legal entities in EU Member States and CEF-associated countries can apply, without a consortium.
Que finance cet appel ?
Scope
The topic funds works that modernise transport infrastructure and advance the digitalisation of road transport on the TEN-T network. It is part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport general envelope for smart and interoperable mobility. The focus is on test-beds and infrastructure for the commercial pre-deployment or deployment of autonomous vehicles, using technology that is mature enough not to require research and innovation activities.
Eligible activities
Projects should contribute to putting highly automated vehicles on the road for real operation, through investment in two areas:
- Establishing control centres: IT equipment for remote supervision of highly automated vehicles, giving support in challenging or unexpected situations. The construction of buildings, such as traffic management centre buildings, is not supported.
- Deploying digital infrastructure for accurate vehicle positioning and for communication with the surrounding environment, including interaction with emergency services. Particular attention goes to infrastructure that enables automatic transmission of driving data and recording of events such as accidents or near-accidents.
Where needed to complement the digital infrastructure, modifications to road infrastructure, such as extending merging lanes, may also be supported if limited to what autonomous vehicle deployment requires.
Requirements for projects
Applicants should explain whether and how the project uses EU harmonised digital infrastructure, for example C-Roads, and sovereign digital infrastructure. Funded infrastructure should be in line with Directive 2010/40/EU on intelligent transport systems, as amended. Projects may complement those financed by Horizon Europe. They can be located on the core, extended core or comprehensive TEN-T network and in urban nodes; road sections outside the TEN-T network must be justified and shown to benefit the TEN-T network.
Exclusions
Funding of vehicles, vehicle equipment and alternative fuels infrastructure is not supported.
Project size
Applicants are strongly encouraged to request an EU contribution of at least €1,000,000 and to group related projects where possible. Requests above €10,000,000 per grant agreement are ineligible.
Quelles sont les informations clés ?
- Budget du thème
- 20 000 000 €
- Taux de financement
- jusqu’à 50 %
- Code de l’appel
- CEF-T-2026-SIMOBGEN-NEWTECH-WORKS
- Programme
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
- Funder
- European Union, through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme
- Eligible applicants
- public or private legal entities established in EU Member States or countries associated to the CEF Programme
- Funding per project
- capped at €10,000,000; requests of at least €1,000,000 are strongly encouraged
- Duration
- works should end by 31 December 2030 at the latest
Qui peut candidater à cet appel ?
- Applicants and affiliated entities must be legal entities, public or private.
- They must be established in an EU Member State, including overseas countries and territories, or in a country associated to the CEF Programme.
- Entities from other countries may exceptionally take part in projects of common interest in transport if the granting authority considers their participation essential.
- A consortium is not required.
- Letters of support signed by the Member State(s) or CEF-associated country(ies) benefiting from the project (Member State agreement) are a mandatory annex.
- Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submission and be validated.
- Natural persons are excluded, except self-employed sole traders without separate legal personality. EU bodies, other than the Joint Research Centre, cannot take part.
- Entities subject to EU restrictive measures, or to conditionality measures under Regulation 2020/2092, cannot take part.
- Only works projects are covered, and they must not include research and innovation activities.
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Quelle est la date limite ?
6 octobre 2026
6 October 2026, 17:00:00 CET (Brussels). Proposals are submitted electronically through the Funding and Tenders Portal. The indicative timetable foresees evaluation from October 2026 to March 2027, results in April 2027 and grant agreement signature in May or June 2027.
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Source : portail Funding & Tenders de l’UE et documents officiels de l’appel. Page officielle de l’appel Dernière mise à jour : 6 octobre 2026.