# Commission Decision of 4 April 2006 on the State Aid which the United Kingdom is planning to implement for the establishment of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (notified under document number C(2006) 650) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/643/EC), Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Exceptional market circumstances shall be deemed to exist if:
(a) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority offers to sell […] for a period of […] a minimum of […] for a winter season trade and […] for a summer season trade at the prevailing wholesale market price in the wholesale market and at the end of that period such offers have not been accepted (Test A); or
(b) reported trades of season ahead baseload electricity on the United Kingdom wholesale electricity market have totalled less than […] (gross), averaged over the preceding […] weeks (Test B).
2. If either test is fulfilled, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Site Licensee Companies for power plants may sell new contracts for up to […] to end-users for contracts at prices below the prevailing wholesale market price on the condition that such pricing behaviour is a commercial necessity during such a period of exceptional market circumstances.
3. A period of exceptional market circumstances shall not exceed […]. In order for a subsequent period of exceptional market circumstances to commence, either Test A or Test B must again be satisfied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/643/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-643/article-4
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