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05.12.2018

XBID – 2nd Wave Go-Live and Changes in Gate Opening Time from 1st January 2019

For issue at 10:00h CET on Wednesday 5th December 2018 – to coincide with MESC meeting RE: XBID – 2nd Wave Go-Live and Changes in Gate Opening Time from 1st ...

Position Papers
08.11.2018

Article 13 (9) of the Electricity Regulation: The basic implementation phase for reconfigured bidding zones should be 24 instead of 12 months

Brussels, 8 November 2018 | Ensuring bidding zones are configured efficiently is necessary in order to address long-term structural congestion. However, any change to the configuration of bidding zones has ...

Position Papers
08.11.2018

Capacity allocation in Article 14 of the Electricity Regulation recast: Setting the right principles to maximise transmission capacity available for trading in order to foster further market integration

Brussels, 8 November 2018 | In the EU’s internal energy market, the amount of trade between bidding zones is constrained by the amount of available cross-zonal transmission capacity. Maximising the ...

Press Releases
12.10.2018

Europex General Assembly elects Jonas Törnquist as new Board Member and makes its farewell to Jean-François Conil-Lacoste

Brussels, 12 October 2018 | Related to the announced end of his mandate as Chairman and CEO of EPEX SPOT on 13 October 2018, Jean-François Conil-Lacoste will simultaneously resign from ...

Position Papers
11.10.2018

Electricity market design – Europex positions on the Electricity Regulation, Electricity Directive and the ACER Regulation

Brussels, 11 October 2018 | The trilogue negotiations for the electricity market design files (the draft recasts of the Electricity Regulation, Electricity Directive and ACER Regulation) are well under way. ...

Consultation Responses
09.10.2018

Europex response to the Commission consultation on the strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions

Brussels, 9 October 2018 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes the opportunity to participate in the present forward-looking consultation. In our response, we would like to underline ...

Press Releases
02.10.2018

Tackling VAT fraud: Europex welcomes the extension of the domestic reverse charge mechanism for electricity, gas and emissions trading

Brussels, 2 October 2018 | Europex welcomes today’s ECOFIN Council decision to extend the derogation in Article 199a of the VAT Directive which allows Member States to apply the domestic ...

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06.09.2018

European Cross-Border Intraday (XBID) Solution trades exceed 2.5 million since go-live

For issue at 15:00 CET on Thursday 6th September European Cross-Border Intraday (XBID) Solution trades exceed 2.5 million since go-live. Solution is stable and therefore availability of roll back systems ...

Position Papers
04.09.2018

Common energy sector statement – Keeping EU energy and emissions markets protected from VAT fraud beyond 2018

Urgent need to confirm the extension of the derogation for a domestic reverse charge mechanism for electricity, gas and emission allowances in Art. 199a of the VAT Directive Brussels, 4 ...

Position Papers
16.08.2018

The Essential Tasks of Third Party Market Operators/Facilitators in the Electricity Market (update)

Brussels, 16 August 2018 (updated)| In a number of EU Member States/EEA countries, certain functions related to the operation of the electricity market, which are necessary for the electricity market ...

Consultation Responses
09.08.2018

Europex response to the CEER Public Consultation on the draft 3D Strategy and CEER 2019 Work Programme

Brussels, 9 August 2018 | Europex welcomes the efforts by the Council of European Energy Regulators to address upcoming challenges of the energy sector with a 3D strategy. An increasingly ...

Position Papers
25.06.2018

MiFIR pre-trade transparency regime: making it work for commodity derivatives – recommendations

Brussels, 25 June 2018 | The purpose of this paper is to provide ESMA and National Competent Authorities with specific recommendations in support of their work with regard to amending ...

Position Papers
25.06.2018

Europex reactions to the CEER study on the Future Role of Gas

Brussels, 25 June 2018 | Europex welcomes the initiative from the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) to explore the Future Role of Gas (FROG) as well as its implications ...

Position Papers
18.06.2018

Europex recommendations ahead of the electricity market design trilogues

Brussels, 18 June 2018 | In this document, Europex provides its recommendations ahead of the electricity market design trilogues, with a focus on the Electricity Regulation and Directive. We make our ...

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14.06.2018

European Cross-Border Intraday (XBID) Solution and 10 Local Implementation Projects successfully launched

Brussels, 14 June 2018 | European Cross-Border Intraday (XBID) Solution and 10 Local Implementation Projects successful go-live. Nominated Electricity Market Operators (NEMOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are pleased to ...

Press Releases
23.05.2018

Europex General Assembly calls for strong market focus during Clean Energy Package market design trilogues

Brussels, 23 May 2018 | At its annual meeting on Friday last week, 18 May 2018, in Paris, France, the Europex General Assembly discussed the current state of the Clean ...

Position Papers
25.04.2018

The MiFIR pre-trade transparency regime: making it work for commodity derivatives

Brussels, 25 April 2018 |The purpose of the present paper is to provide ESMA and all interested National Competent Authorities (NCAs) with detailed information in support of their work in ...

Position Papers
16.03.2018

Europex supports EMIR Refit but calls for deletion of Amendment 4 in line with the overall intention to simplify and streamline

Brussels, 19 March 2018 |Europex strongly supports the EMIR Refit process and welcomes the ECON draft report as well as the intended simplification of reporting obligations and improvement of data ...

Consultation Responses
14.03.2018

The need to simplify and streamline reporting obligations under EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR and REMIT – Europex response to Commission fitness check on supervisory reporting

Brussels, 14 March 2018 | Europex welcomes the opportunity to take part in the “fitness check on supervisory reporting” of the European Commission and to discuss the effectiveness and efficiency ...

Consultation Responses
09.03.2018

Europex response to the consultation on the ‘First Edition Bidding Zone Review’

Brussels, 9 March 2018 | Europex’ response is divided into two parts. Comments on the content of the draft report for public consultation are provided first, followed by comments concerning ...

Position Papers
15.02.2018

RED II: Auctioning GOs for supported energy brings wider system benefits and ensures alignment with EU State Aid rules

Brussels, 15 February 2018 | Guarantees of Origin (GOs) are valuable tools for tracking and documenting both renewable and conventional energy. Europex has already put forward several proposals for the ...

Press Releases
06.02.2018

Joint statement by Eurelectric, Europex, WindEurope and EFET: Regulated retail prices

Brussels, 6 February 2018 | For the attention of the European Parliament and Council The Clean Energy for All Europeans Package provides a unique opportunity to empower European energy consumers. It ...

Position Papers
05.02.2018

Electricity market design: Europex urges continued focus on robust market principles

Brussels, 5 February 2018 | Europex generally welcomes the Council’s General Approach on electricity market design (recasts of the Electricity Regulation and Directive, as published on 20 December 2017) which ...

Position Papers
12.01.2018

Europex Feedback to Phase II of the Study “Quo Vadis, EU Gas Market”

Brussels, 12 January 2018 | As a point of departure, the study names the “alleged” main weaknesses of the European gas market, pointing to price differences between countries/zones. These are explained ...

Press Releases
03.01.2018

The entry into application of MiFID II / MiFIR: the start of a new era of European energy commodity derivatives trading

Brussels, 3 January 2018 | Today’s entry into application of the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and its accompanying Regulation (MiFIR) marks a major milestone in European ...

Consultation Responses
08.12.2017

Europex response to ACER’s public consultation on the “Proposed Changes to Electronic Formats for Transaction Data, Fundamental Data and Inside Information Reporting”

Brussels, 8 November 2017 | Europex welcomes the opportunity to take part in ACER’s public consultation on the Proposed Changes to Electronic Formats for Transaction Data, Fundamental Data and Inside ...

Press Releases
05.12.2017

“Delivering the benefits of efficient wholesale energy markets to European consumers” – EFET and Europex hold joint policy lunch hosted by Martina Werner, MEP

Brussels, 5 December 2017 | On Tuesday 28 November 2017, EFET and Europex held a common policy lunch on “Delivering the benefits of efficient wholesale energy markets to European consumers”, ...

Consultation Responses
01.12.2017

Europex response to ENTSO-E’s public consultation on Key Organisational Requirements, Roles and Responsibilities (KORRR)

Brussels, 1 December 2017 | Europex has submitted its response to ENTSO-E’s public consultation on the All TSOs’ proposal for the Key Organisational Requirements, Roles and Responsibilities (KORRR) relating to ...

Position Papers
15.11.2017

Joint IETA, EFET, Europex and ISDA open letter to the Climate Change Committee Members and Experts on Brexit safeguard measures

Brussels, 15 November 2017 | In an open letter to the members and experts of the Climate Change Committee, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the European Federation of Energy Traders ...

Position Papers
15.11.2017

The Essential Tasks of Third Party Market Operators in the Electricity Market

Brussels, 15 November 2017 | In a number of EU Member States/EEA countries, certain functions related to the operation of the electricity market, which are necessary for the electricity market ...