External Borders: studies, works or mixed
European Commission · Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
Posted 18 Jun 2026 · 6 days left
In plain terms
The European Commission funds studies and works to modernise transport infrastructure at external border crossing points on the TEN-T network, including rail connections, truck parking, and smart border check systems. Eligible applicants are from EU and associated countries; the total budget is 20 million euros and applications close on 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 modernise transport infrastructure on the TEN-T network with the purpose of facilitating traffic flows for rail and road transport at border control areas at the Union external border of the TEN-T network.
Scope:
Works and / or studies related to:
Projects, targeting only the transport infrastructure, which will inter alia improve the rail and road connections to the border crossing points, as well as parking lines and spaces related to the border controls.
Support will be given to rail projects facilitating traffic flows at the TEN-T Border Crossing Points (BCPs) including as regards interoperability.
Support will also be given to the upgrade of parking spaces for trucks, of waiting areas and of road lane capacity from the parking spaces to the border control points and between them, provided that it facilitates traffic flows at the Union external border.
Border check equipment and facilities cannot be supported, in principle, as a stand-alone project. However, certain border check equipment, such as smart IT solutions which facilitate and/or accelerate border checks and alleviate congestion at border crossing points, or fixed devices…
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
- un_agency
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-SAFEMOBGEN
Application form templates
Standard application form — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table per WP (CEF)
Letter of support/MS agreement (CEF)
Timetable (Gannt Chart) (CEF)
Environmental compliance file (CEF-T and CEF-E)
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