The HETS Operator shall provide the specified access to the Balancing Market System if the following conditions are met:

a) the registered Balancing Service Provider/registered Balance Responsible Party has fulfilled the authentication requirements. These requirements may include, inter alia, the obligation to provide an electronic certificate for signature, encryption or other authentication technology purposes, and

b) the representative(s) of the Registered Balancing Service Provider/registered Balance Responsible Party, for whom the user account (s) is (are) created in the Balancing Market System, has (have) succeeded in the suitability test conducted by the HETS Operator on the proper use of the Balancing Market System.

The HETS Operator shall confirm the creation of the User Account (s) or send a rejection note to the registered Balancing Service Provider/Balance Responsible Party, no later than five (5) business days from the completion of the suitability test by the Balancing Market representative(s) of the registered Balancing Service Provider/Balance Responsible Party. The confirmation or rejection shall be sent by any means to the designated representative of the registered Balancing Service Provider / Balance Responsible Party.

If the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are not met, the HETS Operator shall notify the registered Balancing Service Provider / Balance Responsible Party of the rejection and shall not grant access to the Balancing Market System.