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6. Multiannual and annual work programmes may provide additional specific rules on the
submission of proposals.
Article 10
Funding rates
1. Except in those cases referred to in Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [New Financial
Regulation], proposals shall be selected through calls for proposals based on the work
programmes referred to in Article 17.
2. In the transport sector, the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed:
(a) with regard to grants for studies, 50 % of the eligible costs;
(b) with regard to grants for works:
(i) for rail and inland waterways and for road networks in the case of Member States
with no railway network established in their territory or in the case of a Member
State with an isolated network as defined in Article 3(qq) of Regulation (EU) No
XXXX/2012 [TEN-T guidelines] without long distance rail freight transport,
20 % of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased up to 30 % for actions
addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate may be increased up to 40 % for actions
concerning cross-border sections and enhancing rail interoperability actions;
(ii) for inland transport connections to ports and airports, actions to reduce rail noise
including by retrofitting existing rolling stock, as well as development of ports
and multi-modal platforms, 20 % of the eligible cost;
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