Actions within the following categories may be funded:

• Core Inland Ports identified in Annex II of the TEN-T Regulation 1315/2013 : (several ports in CCNR Member states are covered, for example, Brussels, Antwerp, Dortmund, Duisburg, Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam etc.).
• Projects on the pre-identified sections of the Core Network Corridors sections, as stipulated in Annex I, Part I, point 2 of the CEF Regulation 1316/2013, including water-side infrastructure development;
• Projects on other sections of the Core Network, as stipulated in Annex I, Part I, point 3 of CEF Regulation 1316/2013, including water-side infrastructure development;

The co-financing rate is 50% for study projects and 20% for works.

For Inland Waterways, priority shall be given to the following:
– Upgrade of waterways in order to achieve stable or improved navigation conditions and/or more capacity for the passage of vessels in the meaning of Articles 15 and 16 of the TENT Guidelines;
– Creation of new waterways;
– Construction/upgrading/modernisation of locks
(including the deployment of remote control systems), to improve the passage of vessels and pushed convoys;
– Increasing of under-bridge clearance;
– Ensuring year-round navigability by means of e.g. hydrological services and dredging;
– Creation and/or upgrade of infrastructure for mooring and waterborne operations along a waterway;
– Interconnection between inland waterways and other modes of transport, in particular rail and maritime transport.

For Inland ports, priority shall be given to providing or improving the following:
– Access to inland ports and connections between inland ports and rail and road sections of the Core Network;
– Access, including safe access through navigational aids, of inland ports to inland
waterways;
– Basic infrastructure in inland ports in accordance with point (g) of Article 16 of the TENT Guidelines;
– Water-side terminals/platforms infrastructure such as storage and stacking areas in accordance with point (g) of Article 16 of the TEN-T Guidelines;
– Reception facilities for oil and other waste, to support the sustainability of waterborne transport services;
– ICT applications, in particular pilot Single Window applications, as well as applications to streamline administrative formalities through a better use of information, communication and positioning technologies, particularly EGNOS and Galileo;
– Providing or improving road/rail access and connections within inland ports;
– Ensuring year-round navigability by means of e.g. hydrological services and dredging of the port and port approaches;
– Implementation of new facilities and technologies regarding provision and use of
alternative fuels or energy.