| PRESS RELEASE (Bucharest, January 17th, 2017) January  17, 2017 – OPCOM`s new operational role in the 4M MC  January 17, 2017 marks the first trading  day when OPCOM acts in the new operational role in the coupling solution implemented  in the 4M MC operational mechanism, starting with the launch of this project, on  November 19, 2014.We thank all the project partners involved in this complex process of  development of OPCOM and Romanian electricity market, as well as authorities  and all stakeholders involved who supported in 2015 OPCOM`s approach to become  a member of the PCR Initiative and thereafter the entire activity of the  company for integration into the European single market, in compliance with the  national and Community legislation.Thus, the full involvement of OPCOM  in the Price Coupling of Regions Initiative (PCR) proves once again OPCOM`s  commitment to contribute to the permanent development of the national energy  market, as well as to the achievement of a fully functional and interconnected  single European energy market.
 The implementation of OPCOM`s  initiative for the performance of its new  operational role in the 4M MC, started in January 2016, when the company  announced, along with the other partner power exchanges, joining to the Price  Coupling of Regions Initiative (PCR).
 Due to the success of the  implementation process of the changes and tests performed, OPCOM`s launching in  new operational role was carried out in safety conditions of coupled  functioning of 4M MC day-ahead markets, all processes performed in the trading  day January 17, 2017, being operated according to the operational procedures  applied in the 4M MC operational mechanism.
 PRESS RELEASE 17.01.2017  
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