Procedure for suspension of market activities
Article 35
1. A TSO may temporarily suspend one or more market activities laid down in paragraph 2 where: (a) the transmission system of the TSO is in blackout state; or (b) the TSO has exhausted all options provided by the market and the continuation of market activities under the emergency state would deteriorate one or more of the conditions referred to in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485; or (c) the continuation of market activities would decrease significantly the effectiveness of the restoration process to the normal or alert state; or (d) tools and communication means necessary for the TSOs to facilitate market activities are not available. 2. The following market activities may be suspended pursuant to paragraph 1: (a) the provision of cross zonal capacity for capacity allocation on the corresponding bidding zone borders for each market time unit where it is expected that the transmission system shall not be restored to the normal or alert state; (b) the submission by a balancing service provider of balancing capacity and balancing energy bids; (c) the provision by a balance responsible party of a balanced position at the end of the day-ahead timeframe if required by the terms and conditions related to balancing; (d) the provision of modifications of the position of balance responsible parties; (e) the provision of schedules referred to in Article 111(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1485, and (f) other relevant market activities the suspension of which is deemed necessary to preserve and/or restore the system. 3. In case of suspension of market activities pursuant to paragraph 1, upon request of the TSO, each SGU shall operate, where technically possible, at an active power set-point established by the TSO. 4. When suspending market activities pursuant to paragraph 1, the TSO may fully or partially suspend the operation of its processes impacted by such suspension. 5. When suspending market activities pursuant to paragraph 1, the TSO shall coordinate at least with the following parties: (a) the TSOs of the capacity calculation regions of which the TSO is a member of; (b) the TSOs with which the TSO has arrangements for the coordination of balancing; (c) the ‘NEMO’ and other entities assigned or delegated to execute market functions in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 within its control area; (d) the TSOs of a load-frequency control block of which the TSO is a member of; and (e) the coordinated capacity calculator of the capacity calculation regions of which the TSO is a member of. 6. In case of suspension of market activities, each TSO shall launch the communication procedure set out in Article 38.