Hereby, taking into account the article 69 of European Harmonized Allocation Rules (HAR) the Estonian and Latvian Transmission System Operators Elering AS and AS "Augstsprieguma tīkls" inform on the modification of the Annex 16 to the harmonized Allocation Rules for Forward Capacity Allocation Border specific annex for the border Estonia Latvia (Estonia-Latvia border Regional Annex), which are effective starting from 10th of October 2016 and also will be retroactively applicable to all outstanding auction results.

The modification concern Estonia-Latvia border Regional Annex on HAR articles 34(1), 23(1) and 61(1) which cover the credit limit notice to participants and reimbursement in case of Force Major after the day ahead firmness deadline. Modification of the Regional Annex has been approved by national regulatory authorities of Latvia and Estonia.

We would also like to invite market participants to participate at the PTR-Limited auctions for Year -2017 product, which will be held on 21st of September 2016. All information about the terms and conditions (HAR and modified Regional Annex, Auction Specification, Participant Agreement form and Bank Guarantee template) can be found here: http://elering.ee/ptr-limited-auctions-2017/