no 07/09 Important dates to note before the launch of system upgrades of CLICK Trade XT and SECUR Participant Interface (PI)


Lysaker, 12 January 2009

With reference to exchange and clearing information nos. 73/08, 94/08 and 04/09,
Nord Pool hereby notifies our members of the timeline and important dates.

The release of the new version of electronic CLICK Trade XTTM    for testing will be available for downloads as from 16 January 2009, whilst the new clearing application SECUR Participant Interface (PI) will be accessible from 29 January 2009. Nord Pool will perform a mandatory test for our clients to login to these systems on 5 February 2009 and 6 February 2009. 

During the period from 2 February 2009 to 13 February 2009 Nord Pool strongly recommends that application adjustments based on OMnet API or SECUR XML is implemented at member sites in order to be ready for the Market Wide Test.

Nord Pool Clearing will provide free seminars for SECUR Participant Interface (PI) in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the UK in the period from 26 January 2009 to 11 February 2009. Please note that the registration deadline for the PI seminar is the 15 January 2009. 

Please note the following dates for the Market Wide Test (MWT) are 17 February 2009 and 26 February 2009. It is mandatory for our clients to be a part of the MWT. For more information:http://www.nordpool.com/en/asa/Markets/System-upgrades/marketwidetest  

An overview of the system upgrades actions can be found under /en/asa/Markets/System-upgrades/ system upgrades » 

For enquiries and general information, please contact 
market.readiness@nordpool.com market.readiness@nordpool.com  // market.readiness@nasdaqomx.com market.readiness@nasdaqomx.com 
For further information, please contact Nord Pool Clearing ASA, a part of NASDAQ OMX Commodities: 

Camilla Christiansen, head of market & credit, phone +47 6710 8414/ +47 9181 4112

Ronny Hagen, technical account manager, phone +47 6752 8058/ +47 4542 4893
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