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Modernisation of vessels leading to increased safety of inland waterway transport. Call 48/2017

 · Aimed at increasing the involvement of waterway transport in the multimodal transport chain by making the vessels more competitive, operationally flexible and secure in the context of multimodal transport chain by modernising them.

Contact points
Actions able to be supported
  • Purchasing lightweight stacking covers for the cargo compartment, incl. installation in the vessel
  • Raising hatchways, including the purchase of material
  • Purchasing transportation frames for passenger cars
  • Broadening a vessel (push boats) or prolonging a vessel, incl. materials
  • Broadening of hatchways, incl. the purchase of material
Rate of co-financing and conditions

EU contribution (public support):

  • Max. 75% from eligible costs for medium enterprises
  • Max. 85% from eligible costs for small enterprises
Other important information

The total eligible costs of the project must be lower than the threshold of the so-called large project under Article 100 of EU Regulation 1303/2013 (i.e. EUR 75 million). The minimum is not fixed.

Title of the instrument
State aid scheme for modernisation of inland waterway freight transport vessels
Type of aid

Non-reimbursable direct grant

Eligible beneficiaries
All owners or operators of fleets of inland waterway vessels whose vessels are recorded in the Waterways Register of the Czech Republic, regardless of the nationality of the operator. Only small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are eligible under the scheme.
Time frame
01/09/2017 - 10/11/2017
Total budget
30,000,000.00 CZK contribution from the Cohesion Fund
Legal basis
Czech Government Resolution N° 449 of 12 June 2013 approving the Transport policy for 2014-2020, looking ahead to 2050;Czech Government Resolution N° 558 of 9 July 2014 approving the draft Operational Programme Transport 2014-2020 (draft approved by the European Commission on 11 May 2015);Czech Government Resolution N° 37 of 11 January 2010 approving the Strategic Framework for the Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic;Regulation N° 560/2006 Coll. on the participation of the State budget in financing asset renewal programmes, as amended;Act N° 218/2000 Coll. on budgetary rules, as amended
Usefull links
Operational Programme Transport Official Website of the Czech Ministry of Transport
Link to the Call 48/2017