UIP guidelines on CEF calls 2018 for telematics

These UIP Guidelines should facilitate the submission of project proposals for EU funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The guidelines have been prepared in a Q&A Format to guide members and individual Keepers through the application process. It focuses on project proposals for telematics under the CEF priority (Rail interoperability).

With this CEF call, the European Commission wants to support activities towards the introduction of predictive and condition-based maintenance. This means in particular that projects aiming at capturing data by installing sensors and telematic devices on freight wagons to track and trace, detect collisions, identify wear and tear and monitor the proper functioning or the condition of rolling stock can be proposed for funding.

Projects for Rail Interoperability & telematics are funded under the TEN-T Multi-Annual Call and should be best submitted as studies that include some deployment activities (e.g. include some testing of sensors/telematic devices in pilot projects) on the Trans European transport network. CEF funding offers 50% reimbursement of the eligible costs for such studies.
The evaluation and selection process for project proposals is managed by INEA, the Commission’s Executive Agency for Innovation and Networks, which is also responsible for awarding the funds and monitoring the realisation of the approved projects under their relevant programmes.