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27 Sep 2013

Eurex

HFT Act: Implementation of Excessive System Usage Fee (ESU Fee)

As announced in Eurex circular 164/13, the two-month testing phase for the Excessive System Usage Fee (ESU Fee) will start on 1 October 2013. The ESU Fee will come into effect on 1 December 2013.

This circular provides a brief description of the ESU Fee and provides further information.

Market Status

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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