Framework Loans

Purpose

Deployment and investment

R&D relevance

1 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Projects must benefit EU territories identified in Territorial Just Transition Plans and be linked to an EIB framework loan.

Region

Any

Consortium

Unclear

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Just transition
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable mobility
• District heating
• Environmental infrastructure
• Digitalisation

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant restriction

Stable sufficient resources and relevant know-how/qualifications/experience for comparable projects required. Financial checks normally exempt public bodies/international organisations and individual requests≤EUR60000, but applicable capacity/exclusion checks remain. Staff profiles, team CVs and resources support operational assessment; no job-specific degree, PhD age, headcount or wage is prescribed.

Applicant restriction

EU restrictive measures exclude entities in any participation capacity. Conditionality measures exclude funded roles, including the specified Hungarian public interest trusts/entities maintained by them. Apply actual current measures at award; no specific applicant checked.

Applicant type

EU-Member-State legal entities that are public bodies or private bodies entrusted with a public service mission may be beneficiaries/affiliates. Public-service entrustment is by public authority, legislation or contract for general-interest services. International organisations are eligible without country-rule application; exceptional entities without legal personality need capable representatives and equivalent safeguards. Natural persons excluded except eligible sole traders. EU bodies excluded except JRC.

Application restriction

Each application addresses one topic. Same-loan activities submitted at one cut-off form one proposal. Multiple genuinely different project proposals allowed; very similar proposals cannot be evaluated separately. PartB must describe measurable transition impact and PartC relevant GHG, gender-disaggregated job creation and people-reached KPIs. These outcome KPIs are not advertised jobs or staffing entitlements.

Application restriction

Submit completed Financial Information File with calculator, relevant Input Sheets and financial analysis. For framework sets, use inputs for each project/type. Calculator requested grant G16 equals loan G13 multiplied by grant rate G14 (or Other G15). Use EUR, identify exchange rate when national currency is source, use constant values or disclose nominal inflation, and explain differences from simplified business plan. Reference5–50years is economic analysis horizon, not grant duration; 4% is a benchmark discount rate, different justified rates allowed.

Application restrictionEvaluation-result Portal notification and complaint procedure

Evaluation-procedure complaints follow the deadlines and procedures in the evaluation-result letter. A notification not opened within10days after sending is deemed accessed; deadlines run from actual opening or deemed access. Electronic complaints may have character limits. No fixed appeal deadline is stated in this fact.

Ten days is a notification-access rule measured from sending, not a ten-day appeal window.

Application restriction

EIB loan-signature notification within18months of submission cut-off is required to continue grant preparation; grant signed within3months of notification. Without loan notification proposal rejected. Approved loan must not exceed the amount used in proposal; higher loan needs withdrawal/new proposal. Invitation to grant preparation is not a funding commitment.

Application restriction

Opened 23 October 2025. First cut-off 27 January 2026 is closed. Next cut-off 22 September 2027 at 17:00 Brussels time. Current call PDF V1.6 and explicit CINEA update agree; the page’s structured 16 February 2027 header is stale relative to its update notice.

Application restriction

Register participants and obtain PIC before submission, with legal validation. Applicant mandate, complete accurate information and compliance declarations are required; each beneficiary/affiliate signs declaration of honour before grant.

Application restriction

Electronic Portal submission only, using submission-system forms. Submit PartA admin/budget, PartB technical description max100pages, PartC KPIs, financial calculator, simplified business plan, core-team CVs, prior-year activity report except public bodies, previous key projects over4years, private-body public-service proof, and decarbonisation plans if available. Information-only public templates do not replace the submission forms.

Eligible geography

Activities in eligible countries must benefit a territory covered by an approved Territorial Just Transition Plan, consistent with its sectors/thematic areas. This is the project-benefit geography, distinct from applicant establishment exceptions.

Eligible project scope

Public sector sustainable investment addresses social, economic and environmental transition challenges for Territorial Just Transition Plan territories and projects lacking sufficient revenue to cover investment costs. Scope includes renewable energy/green mobility and hydrogen, efficient district heating, public research, digitalisation, waste/water, energy efficiency/building conversion, urban regeneration, circular economy, ecosystem restoration/decontamination under polluter-pays, biodiversity, up/reskilling/training and care/social housing. Cross-border resilience infrastructure and other sectors consistent with the approved plan may qualify.

Eligible project scope

Projects must link to an EIB framework loan. Other-bank frameworks and EIB intermediated framework or multi-beneficiary intermediated loans cannot use this topic.

Ineligible project scope

Activities must comply with polluter-pays, Paris Agreement and do-no-significant-harm principles, covering climate, water/marine condition, materials/resources/waste, pollution, ecosystems/habitats/species. EU values, equal treatment, accessibility and applicable law apply; proposals describe complementarities with other EU-funded projects.

Ineligible project scope

Excluded: nuclear station construction/decommissioning, tobacco production/processing/marketing, undertakings in difficulty except the stated temporary-State-aid or energy-cost de-minimis exceptions, and production/processing/transport/distribution/storage/combustion of fossil fuel.

Other condition

Awards need available budget; CINEA may not award all funds. All Member States compete without national envelopes. Annual surplus availability may affect timing/funding; final amount remains subject to budgetary resources.

Other condition

CINEA lists the call Open at this capture; this is a source status, not verified application acceptance.

Other condition

No prescribed consortium composition (section6: n/a). Mono- and multi-beneficiary grants exist; multi-beneficiary grants choose a coordinator. Consortium agreement not required. Do not apply Horizon’s three-country minimum.

Other condition

Unless exempted, maintain/use funded equipment for action objectives for at least5years after action or until end economic lifespan, whichever earlier. Communication/dissemination plan and project web/social presentation, infrastructure plaques and public-results upload required. Granting authority has specified non-sensitive-result use rights for protected lifetime; secure relevant third-party rights.

Other condition

One-stage submission/one-step evaluation. Relevance/impact and Quality each scored10 with6pass, total base20 and overallpass12, plus bonuses less-developed region5, climate contribution up3, decarbonisation plan up2, maximum30. Passing thresholds only enters budget-limited ranking. Quality readiness/permits subcriteria are n/a for Framework Loans. Ties prioritise less-developed regions, direct climate contribution, then adopted decarbonisation plans.

Other condition

Framework sets may distribute grants to third parties outside the GrantAgreement only. Describe framework/project types, location, budget estimates, significance/maximum loan-and-grant funding, plan contribution, recipient definition, award criteria and transparency/equal treatment, management and results. Applicant’s own activities must be separate from cascaded support. Application form requires closed eligible-activity list, recipient categories, exact-amount criteria and award procedure, with work package per project/type.

Other condition

The grant is a fixed amount using financing not linked to costs: normally15% of the loan,25% for a project in the defined less-developed region. Denominator is EIB/financial-intermediary loan principal, not project costs or payroll. ModelAgreement art5.3 says funding rate not applicable. Calculate with official financial information file; grant may be lower than requested and may reduce with final loan.

Other condition

Report financing approval, financing-agreement entry into force and financial close within15days. Linked grant/loan managed together; issues/suspension/termination may affect the other action and information may be shared. Loan reduction reduces grant; significant implementation delays may lead to termination/reduction.

Other condition

EIB usually covers up to 50% of total project costs; total costs therefore should normally be at least EUR25million for the direct EIB route. These are usual/normal parameters, not absolute project-cost minimum or universal cofinancing ceiling. The decision notes exceptional increased EIB financing in less-developed/transition regions.

Other condition

Normally70% prefinancing, exceptionally less/none, paid30days after entry into force/required guarantee whichever later. No interim payments. First prefinancing deadline suspended until notified financial close; financial-close evidence required. Balance at project completion depends on expected results and applicable share of final loan; overpayment recovered. Payments to coordinator, EU debts offset; guarantees may be required.

Expected project duration, maximum

60 month

Normal indicative range, not a hard eligibility bound; justified exceptions and amendment extensions allowed.

Expected project duration, minimum

24 month

Normal indicative range, not a hard eligibility bound; justified exceptions and amendment extensions allowed.

Indicative budget

€630,000,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Funding per beneficiary, maximumper third-party recipient of framework cascading grants fixed at 15% of loan

€1,800,000

Recipient is not a GrantAgreement party; conditional cascading support cap, not total framework grant/project cap or personnel payment.

Funding per beneficiary, maximumper third-party recipient of framework cascading grants fixed at 25% of loan

€3,100,000

Recipient is not a GrantAgreement party; conditional cascading support cap, not total framework grant/project cap or personnel payment.

Call allocation

€630,000,000

Estimated shared call allocation across both topics for 2026–2027, not a per-topic or per-project cap and not current remaining balance.

Eligible cost

Lump-sum contributions in Annex2 are eligible on completion/proper implementation or achieved results under Annex1 within action period; actual costs are not the disbursement basis. No independent salary/hour/FTE ceiling or actual-personnel reimbursement rate is established by these sources. Modelbudget flexibility needs amendment; transfers only for uncompleted packages with technical justification.

Grant as a fixed share of the named loanJTM PSLF ordinary grant component

15 percent of the approved relevant loan principal

Fixed relation of EU grant to approved EIB/eligible intermediary loan component. Not a percent of project costs or payroll. The25% branch is conditional on the stated less-developed-region status; final loan/award terms govern.

Grant as a fixed share of the named loanJTM PSLF grant for project in a less-developed region under CPR108(2)/Decision2021/1130

25 percent of the approved relevant loan principal

Fixed relation of EU grant to approved EIB/eligible intermediary loan component. Not a percent of project costs or payroll. The25% branch is conditional on the stated less-developed-region status; final loan/award terms govern.

Ineligible cost

No double funding/cumulation for same action/costs. Completed projects rejected; ongoing proposals case by case without reimbursement before eligible start/submission. Subcontracting normally limited and performed by third parties, over30% total eligible costs needs justification. Associated partners/in-kind third parties bear own costs; this is not a new hard subcontracting cap.

Loan principal, minimumdirect EIB framework loan

€12,500,000

Minimum relevant loan principal under this topic; separate loan application/approval. This is not the EU grant amount.

• Applicants identify actual staff functions and expertise and explain team cooperation and access to missing skills/resources. Generic application-form examples are illustrative functions, not required individual posts.

  Other role · Required staff

  No prescribed headcount/FTE/employment duration, salary/stipend amount, gross/net basis or hiring promise. Application template references categoryA generically; current call/MGA finance fixed contributions, not a separately reimbursable payroll category.

• JTM application form V2.0, 1 June 2022

  ec.europa.eu

• JTM-2026-PSLF call document V1.6, 2 October 2026

  ec.europa.eu

• CINEA current Public Sector Loan Facility call and updated deadline notice

  cinea.ec.europa.eu

• Official JTM PSLF Financial Information File, original XLSX

  ec.europa.eu

• JTM financing-not-linked-to-costs decision, 1 July 2022

  ec.europa.eu

• JTM Lump Sum Model Grant Agreement V1.0, 1 November 2024

  ec.europa.eu

Opens

23 Oct 2025

Deadlines

• 27 Jan 2026 01:00 CET
• 22 Sept 2027 02:00 CEST

Deadline model

Multiple cut-off

Programme

Just Transition Mechanism · 2021 - 2027

Call

JTM-2026-PSLF · PUBLIC SECTOR LOAN FACILITY (PSLF)

Types of action

JTM Lump Sum Grants

Source

ec.europa.eu

Checked

23 Oct 2026

Portal updated

1 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Reviewed

23 Oct 2026