Deadline: 29 April 2015
The European Union is currently seeking proposals from independent experts for the 2015 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy to finance projects of common interest in the energy sector, namely in electricity and gas. The projects must be based upon common interest in the field of trans-European energy infrastructure and must seek to fulfill following objectives:
- ending energy isolation
- eliminating energy bottlenecks
- completion of the internal energy market
Maximum budget: €100 million
Key dates
- Date of publication of call for proposals : 4 March 2015
- Deadline for the submission of proposals: 29 April 2015
- Evaluation of proposals: May-June 2015 (indicative)
- Consultation of CEF Coordination Committee: July 2015 (indicative)
- Adoption of the Selection Decision: July 2015 (indicative)
- Signature of individual grant Agreements: October 2015 (indicative)
Eligible applicants
- According to the CEF Regulation, only those proposals submitted by one of the following types of applicants are eligible:
- One or more Member States;
- With the agreement of the Member States concerned, international organisations, joint undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies established in Member States.
- Proposals may be submitted by entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf and offer guarantee for the protection of the Union’s financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons. Such applicants are therefore requested to provide their statutes or relevant abstracts in the application.
- Third countries and entities established in third countries may participate in actions contributing to the projects of common interest.
- Applications presented by third countries and entities established in third countries must contain the agreement of the Member State concerned by the proposed Action, a letter of support from the European partner involved in the project of common interest to which the proposal relates, as well as a declaration on why the participation of the applicant is indispensable.
- For multi-applicant proposals, it is recommended that an applicant is designated to coordinate the application.
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit joint applications for actions relating to the same project of common interest.
- Proposals submitted by natural persons shall not be eligible.
- Any applicant that cannot provide the agreement of the Member State concerned shall not be eligible.
How to Apply?
- Proposals must be submitted electronically using the application forms provided on the website.
- The application consists of 4 parts- A,B,C,D
- Application form part A is automatically generated by the eSubmission module.
- Application forms parts B, C and D must be downloaded from the call website at the link above and have to be duly filled in. Once final they must be uploaded into the TENtec eSubmission module.
- Annexes or supporting documents must accompany the proposal.
- Any parts of the application form that require signatures of applicants or relevant authorities must be scanned and uploaded into the TENtec eSubmission module.
For more information, please visit CEF Proposals.
