Schedule of capacity allocations

Application for a Long-Term Storage Services Agreement be submitted on the SSP only under an ongoing Application Procedure, provided that:

• The Application Procedure concerning the Long-Term SSA shall be carried out at least once a year, at a date that allows for Storage Capacity to be made available for the coming Storage Year. The Application submission period under the procedure, for Applications to be considered on a pro-rata basis, shall begin no later than at 03:00 p.m. on 1 February of the calendar year in which the provision of Storage Service is to start, and shall end at 03:00 p.m. on 20 February of the calendar year in which the Storage Year in which the provision of Storage Services is to begin, will start. When the above dates fall on a day other than a Business Day, they will be adjusted accordingly so that they fall on the first following Business Day.
• Under the annual procedure described above, the SSO may set up a separate Cluster in which Applications will be considered on a first-come-first-served (FCFS) basis, unless all Storage Capacity is allocated within a previous Cluster, on a pro rata The submission date for Applications to be considered on a FCFS basis shall begin following the conclusion of submission period for Applications to be considered on a pro-rata basis and end at 03:00 p.m. on 17 March of the calendar year in which the Storage Year in which the provision of Storage Services is to begin, will start.

Applications for Short-Term Storage Services Agreement be submitted on the SSP only under an ongoing Application Procedure, provided that:

• The application may be submitted not sooner than 4 months and not later than 7 Business Days before the starting date for the provision of Storage Services.