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The ERDF and the Cohesion Fund shall not support: the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations; investment to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC; the manufacturing, processing and marketing of tobacco and tobacco products; an undertaking in difficulty, as defined in point (18) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, unless authorised under de minimis aid or temporary State aid rules established to address exceptional circumstances; investment in airport infrastructure, except for outermost regions or in existing regional airports as defined in point (153) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, in any of the following cases: in environmental impact mitigation measures; or in security, safety, and air traffic management systems resulting from Single European Sky ATM Research; investment in disposal of waste in landfill, except: for the outermost regions, in duly justified cases only; or for investments for decommissioning, reconverting or making safe existing landfills provided that such investments do not increase their capacity; investment increasing the capacity of facilities for the treatment of residual waste, except for: the outermost regions in duly justified cases only; investment in technologies to recover materials from residual waste for circular economy purposes; investment related to production, processing, transport, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels, with the exception of: the replacement of solid fossil fuels fired, namely coal, peat, lignite, oil-shale, heating systems with gas-fired heating systems for the purpose of: upgrading district heating and cooling systems to the status of ‘efficient district heating and cooling’ as defined in point (41) of Article 2 of Directive 2012/27/EU; upgrading combined heat and power installations to the status of ‘high-efficiency co-generation’ as defined in point (34) of Article 2 of Directive 2012/27/EU; investment in natural gas-fired boilers and heating systems in housing and buildings replacing coal-, peat-, lignite- or oil shale-based installations; investment in the expansion and repurposing, conversion or retrofitting of gas transmission and distribution networks provided that such investment makes the networks ready for adding renewable and low carbon gases, such as hydrogen, biomethane and synthesis gas, into the system and allows to substitute solid fossil fuels installations; investment in: clean vehicles as defined in Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5). for public purposes; and vehicles, aircraft and vessels designed and constructed or adapted for use by civil protection and fire services.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.