6.8 Data fields related to Bid header document and bid document fields for organised market places (applicable for secondary trading)

6.8 Data fields related to Bid header document and bid document fields for organised market places (applicable for secondary trading)

This section includes the following fields:

54 Subject party
55 Subject role
56 Divisible
57 Linked bids identification
58 Block bid

Data Field (54) Subject party

No. Field Identifier Description
54 Subject party The market participant for whom the bid is being submitted (EIC Code).
Description of Accepted Values Type Length Examples
EIC Alphanumeric Maximum 16 10X1001A1001A450

This field identifies the party that is the Capacity Trader for whom the bids are being submitted. The codification scheme used for the coded identification is indicated by the coding scheme attribute.

This field is mandatory.

Data Field (55) Subject role

No. Field Identifier Description
55 Subject role The role of the subject party
Description of Accepted Values Type Length Examples
Refer to ENTSO-E Code list for data interchange document for the valid list of codes. A29 = Capacity Trader Alphanumeric Maximum 3 A29

This field identifies the Role of the Subject Party. In this current implementation of ECAN the role shall always be A29, Capacity Trader.

This field is mandatory. 

Data Field (56) Divisible

No. Field Identifier Description
56 Divisible An indication whether or not each element of the bid may be partially accepted or not.
Description of Accepted Values Type Length Examples
  • A01 : “Yes”
  • A02: “No”
Alphanumeric Maximum 3 A01

This field indicates whether or not each element of the bid may be marginal. That is to say that the quantity allocated to each element of the bid may be anything between 0 and the quantity asked. If it is not divisible the quantity may be only 0 or the quantity asked. This is only applicable for last assessed bid. In the case of capacity auctions if the ATC limit is reached divisible means that it may be reduced to the ATC limit and partly accepted.

This field is mandatory if available.  

Data Field (57) Linked bids identification

No. Field Identifier Description
57 Linked bids identification (if applicable) Unique identification associated with all linked bids.
Description of Accepted Values Type Length Examples
Unique linked bid identification. Alphanumeric Maximum 35  

This field identifies a set of bids that are linked together signifying that they are either all accepted or are all rejected. This identification is defined by the bidder and must be unique for a given auction. The linked bid identification is only provided if a bid is associated with the current bid. Both bids must be cross linked to be valid.

This field is mandatory if available.  

Data Field (58) Block bid

No. Field Identifier Description
58 Block bid An indication that the values in the period constitute a block bid and that they cannot be changed.
Description of Accepted Values Type Length Examples
  • A01 : “Yes”
  • A02: “No”
Alphanumeric Maximum 3 A01

This field indicates that all the time intervals in the time series are to be considered as a whole and that they cannot be subdivided. The default value for this attribute is A02 = No.

This field is mandatory if available.

Updated: 
31/03/2022