Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Facility: Road & Air Transport - works
European Commission · Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Posted 18 Jun 2026 · 6 days left
In plain terms
The European Commission funds the deployment of alternative fuels supply infrastructure for road transport and airport ground operations across the TEN-T network to support decarbonisation, with a total budget of 130 million euros. Eligible applicants must be established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, and applications in English are due by 6 October 2026.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
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…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- eu_only
Who can apply
- ngo_cso
- academia_research
- private_company
- government
- social_enterprise
Eligibility and conditions
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">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