Rules for the registration of cross-border schedules
General information
The following table contains information on schedule registration depending on the time frame and border for which a schedule is being registered. You can also download the rules for schedule registration here. For general information on schedule registration, please refer to the E-Control-approved Other Market Rules, chapter 3 “Schedules”, as well as the related links.
For trading on all borders and in all trade directions managed by APG we reserve the right to allocate border capacity subject to the successful confirmation by the control area manager of the destination or origin control area (matching).
All time series of a schedule registration which are allocated to a neighbouring control area are described as corresponding provided that all header attributes “In Party”, “Out Party”, “Capacity Agreement Identification” and “Capacity Contract Type” match. In principle, the values of these corresponding schedule time series should be offset (i.e., only one energy direction per interval has a value greater than 0 MW).
Amendments to schedule rules are possible. If this happens, all balancing group representatives in the APG control area shall be notified by e-mail.
Switzerland / Swissgrid
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow Auction)** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | 15 min. / 0,001 MW | - | 15 min. / 0,001 MW | 15 min. / 0,001 MW |
CCT | A04 (Yearly) / A03 (Monthly) | - | A01 (Daily) | A07 (Intraday) |
CAI | allocated by JAO | - | allocated by JAO | allocated by ICS |
Earliest possible Nomination | D-2 12:30 | - | after Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | D-1 08:00 | - | D-1 14:30 | 45 min prior to every quarter hour |
Correction Cycle | D-1 08:00-08:20 | - | D-1 14:30 - 15:30 | - |
Nomination Procedure | 1:1 | - | 1:1 | 1:1 |
Germany / Amprion, Transnet BW, Tennet-D
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow Auction)** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | - | 60 min. / 0,1 MW | 15 min. / 0,001 MW | 15 min / 0,001 kW |
CCT | - | A05 | A05 | A05 |
CAI | - | EIC of Rights Holder | EIC of Rights Holder | EIC of Rights Holder |
Earliest possible Nomination | - | after Global Final Confirmation | after Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | - | D-1 14:30 | D-1 14:30***) D-1 15:00***) D-1 15:30***) | 45 min prior to every quarter hour |
Correction Cycle | - | D-1 14:30-15:30 | - | - |
Nomination Procedure | - | 1:1 | 1:1 | 1:1 |
Czech Republic / Ceps
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow Auction)** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | - | 60 min / 0,1 MW | 60 min. / 1 MW | 60 min / 0,1 MW |
CCT | - | A01 (Daily) | A01 (Daily) | A07 (Intraday) |
CAI | - | allocated by Core tool (JAO) | allocated by JAO | allocated by SIDC |
Earliest possible Nomination | - | after Global Final Confirmation | After Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | - | D-1 14:30 | D-1 14:30***) D-1 15:00***) D-1 15:30***) | 45 min prior to start of full delivery hour |
Correction Cycle | - | D-1 14:30-15:30 | - | - |
Nomination Procedure | - | A:B | n:m | A:B |
Hungary / Mavir
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow) Auction** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | - | 60 min / 0,1 MW | 60 min / 1 MW | 15 min / 0,1 MW |
CCT | - | A01 (Daily) | A01 (Daily) | A07 (Intraday) |
CAI | - | allocated by Core tool (JAO) | allocated by JAO | allocated by SIDC |
Earliest possible Nomination | - | after Global Final Confirmation | after Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | - | D-1 14:30 | D-1 14:30***) D-1 15:00***) D-1 15:30***) | 45 min prior to every quarter hour |
Correction Cycle | - | D-1 14:30-15:30 | - | - |
Nomination Principle | - | A:B | n:m | A:B |
Slovenia / Eles
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow Auction)** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | - | 60 min / 0,1 MW | 60 min. / 1 MW | 15 min / 0,1 MW |
CCT | - | A01 (Daily) | A01 (Daily) | A07 (Intraday) |
CAI | - | allocated by Core tool (JAO) | allocated by JAO | allocated by SIDC |
Earliest possible Nomination | - | after Global Final Confirmation | after Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | - | D-1 14:30 | D-1 14:30***) D-1 15:00***) D-1 15:30***) | 45 min prior to every quarter hour |
Correction Cycle | - | D-1 14:30-15:30 | - | - |
Nomination Procedure | - | A:B | n:m | A:B |
Italy / Terna
| Longterm Capacities | Shortterm Capacities | Intraday Capacities | |
| SDAC Market Coupling | JAO (Shadow Auction)** | |||
Time/Quantity Resolution *) | 60 min / 1 MW | 60 min / 1 MW | 60 min. / 1 MW | 60 min. / 0,1MW |
CCT | A04 (Yearly) / A03 (Monthly) | A01 (Daily) | A01 (Daily) | A07 (Intraday) |
CAI | allocated by JAO | allocated by Core tool (JAO) | allocated by JAO | allocated by SIDC |
Earliest possible Nomination | D-2 12:30 | after Global Final Confirmation | after Publication of Auction Results | D-1 22:00 |
Nomination Gate Closure | D-1 08:30 | D-1 14:30 | D-1 14:30***) D-1 15:00***) D-1 15:30***) | 45 min prior to every delivery hour |
Correction Cycle | D-1 08:30-09:00 | D-1 14:30-15:00 | - | - |
Nomination Procedure | 1:n | A:B | 1:1 | A:B |
*) 60 minutes equals 4 identical quarter-hour-values, whereas 15 minutes result in different possible quarter-hour-values. Both 1MW and 1kW resolution requires 3 decimals.
**) Regular allocation method for APG<>SWISSGRID and backup allocation method (Shadow Auction) for SDAC in case of Market Decoupling.
***) In case of Market Decoupling the applicable timings will be communicated.
Intraday capacities
Schedules that use intraday capacities must be registered separately from other schedule time series in accordance with their own rules. When making an intraday change it must generally be ensured that only the version numbers of those schedule time series which are changed or added in the intraday change are incremented. Any schedule time series not affected by the intraday change must not, under any circumstances, have their version numbers changed (Senders Time Series Version). Intraday changes that do not comply with this requirement shall be rejected altogether.
Attention: At the Austrian-Swiss border any nomination or amendment to cross-border schedules must be made in the intraday time frame via the ICS platform .
Registration procedure
| 1:1 | The cross-control area schedules should be registered between the balancing group of the same balancing group representative with an identical Energy Identification Code (EIC), i.e., the capacity rights holder must register the schedule themselves to use their capacity right on both sides of the border. |
| B:N | Cross-border schedules can be registered either by the capacity rights holders themselves or by their appointed representatives (“nomination agents”). On the export side, holders may appoint a maximum of one representative (B); on the import side, any number (N) may be appointed. Representative B is always entered in the rights document (“programming authorisation”), i.e., insofar as a representative has been appointed, the capacity rights holder may not register the schedule themselves on this side of the border. Details are stipulated in the corresponding auction rules. |
| N:B | As with B:N, but on the export side, any number of representatives may be appointed and a maximum of one on the import side. |
| N:M | The EIC of the balancing group must match the EIC of the capacity rights holder on at least one side of the border, i.e., direct cross-border transactions with an arbitrary number of trading partners are possible. |
| A:B | Nomination of one fixed representative in each case (A, B) in the respective control area. |
To avoid any discrepancies, it is strongly recommended to always register cross-control area schedules according to the 1:1 variant (mirror-image balancing groups of the same representative). This has been shown to guarantee a reduction in schedule registration errors and thus a very secure business transaction.
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