The BlueNext Outright Spread contract allows members to price the difference between spot CER and EUA contracts.
Placing a ‘bid spread’ on the trading screen or via the OTC registration system will mean you wish to buy CER and sell EUA and the reverse is true for an ‘ask spread’.
The spread will be an instrument by itself for trading but, once traded, it will be “broken” into two legs (one for EUA and one for CER) that will be physically delivered.
The animation below explains how the Outright Spread transaction physically works:
| Contract | BlueNext Spot Outright Spread CER/EUA |
| Mnemonic Code | CER/EUA (o) |
| Underlying | CERs and EUAs |
| Price Tick | 0.01 €/t |
| Minimum Price | 0.01 €/t |
| Volume Tick | 1,000 tons (central market) and 1 ton (OTC registration system) |
| Minimum Volume | 1,000 tons (central market) and 1 ton (OTC registration system) |
| Trading System | Continuous through Global Vision (Trayport) |
| Trading Hours | 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (UTC+1) on the central market from Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 6:30 pm (UTC+1) on the OTC registration systems from Monday to Friday |
| Delivery Place | Registries interfacing with the delivery vs. payment scheme |
| Delivery & Settlement | Delivery and Settlement operated by BlueNext in real time. Delivery consists of the transfer of : EUAs on the French registry from the buyer’s account to the seller’s account via BlueNext’s transit account. CERs on the French registry from the seller’s account to the buyer’s account via BlueNext’s transit account. |