- On the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts - Continuous Negotiation Mechanism (CMBC-CN), can register:
- license holders in the domains of electrical energy;
- Private Person or Legal Entity, according to the law, that can carry out activities in the energy sector without holding a license granted by ANRE, namely legal entities that resides in an EU member state whose rights to participate on power exchange markets in Romania were confirmed by ANRE.
All applicants will file to OPCOM a letter of intention to register as Participant to Continuous Negotiation Mechanism CMBC-CN, accompanied by following documents:
- The participation Agreement on the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts – Continuous Negotiation Mechanism, two originals signed and stamped by legal representative;
- In case if it is already registered to another electricity centralized market, the applicant will file the additional documents, if necessary, specific to the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts – Continuous Negotiation Mechanism, accompanied by an affidavit that all documents filed in the previous registration process/processes are in force, fully applicable and requires no update;
- In case if it is not already registered to another centralized electricity market, the applicant will file the documents specific to Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts – Continuous Negotiation Mechanism.
Steps to follow by applicants during registration process as Participant to Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts – Continuous Negotiation Mechanism:
- Submission of a letter of intent to OPCOM, accompanied by documents specific to electricity centralized market (if appropriate);
- Payment of the invoice corresponding to the payment obligation for the CMBC-CN regulated tariff – registration component (if appropriate).
Documents available in Romanian only
- Procedure regarding participants’ registration at centralized electricity markets administered by OPCOM S.A.;
- Regulation (consolidated form) for the modalities of concluding electricity bilateral contracts by means of Extended Auctions Mechanism and Continuous Negotiation Mechanism and by means of processing contracts, approved by ANRE’s order no. 78/2014, subsequently amended and supplemented:
- ANRE Order no. 27 of March 31, 2021, amending and supplementing some orders of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority
- ANRE Order no. 65/31.03.2020 for amending and supplementing of some orders of ANRE president in the electricity field
- ANRE Order no. 50/ 10 April 2019 (consolidated form) concerning amending the Annex to the Order of the President of the National Regulatory Authority no. 78/2014 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the modalities to conclude the electricity bilateral contracts by means of Extended Auctions Mechanism and Continuous Negotiation Mechanism and by means of processing contracts, published in the Official Journal no 344/ 6 May 2019, applicable starting with 01.09.2020
- ANRE Order no. 78 din 14 august 2014 concerning the approval of the Regulation for the modalities of concluding electricity bilateral contracts by means of Extended Auctions Mechanism and Continuous Negotiation Mechanism and by means of processing contracts
- Participation Agreement on the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts – Continuous Negotiation Mechanism applicable starting with 01.07.2021
- Addendum to the Participation Agreement – template for recording any modification of market participants' identification data;
- The Procedure concerning the modalities to conclude the electricity bilateral contracts by means of Continuous Negotiation Mechanism, applicable starting with 01.07.2021
- Standard Contract to sell-buy the electricity on CMBC-CN applicable for trades concluded starting with 01.07.2021
- Procedure concerning amending the delivery profiles on the electricity bilateral contracts by means of Extended Auctions Mechanism and products that ensure the flexibility of tranding and Continuous Negotiation Mechanism, applicable starting with 01.07.2021
- Tariffs applied by the centralized electricity markets administered by OPCOM S.A.;
- Unique Bailment Agreement for USB Token key necessary for access to trading platform;
- CMBC-CN Market Participant’s Guide (for continuous trading mechanism);
- ActivID ActivClient Installation Manual Guide
05.06.2019
Important: Maintaining the participant status on CMBC-CN
Following the implementation of Order no. 50/10 April 2019 regarding the amendment of the Annex to the Order of the President of the National Energy Regulatory Authority no.78/2014 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the modalities to conclude the electricity bilateral contracts by means of Extended Auctions Mechanism and Continuous Negotiation Mechanism and by means of processing contracts, published in the Official Journal no. 344 as of May 6 2019, the provisions in force as of 05.06.2019 of the Participation Agreement on the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts by means of continuous negotiation are fully applicable to the participants registered on this market since 05.06.2019.
CMBC-CN participants who do not accept the provisions of the Participation Agreement on the Centralized Market for Electricity Bilateral Contracts by means of continuous negotiation in the applicable form starting with 05.06.2019, may decide to terminate the applicability of the Participation Agreement, in compliance with the provisions of the specific operational procedures.