For the purposes of settlement of payments, GME shall determine, for each Market Participant that has been buyer and seller, the net position (debit or credit) to GME, on the basis of the amounts, including VAT, where applicable, related to the invoices issued and received by GME relatively the same billing period (single market session), provided that they meet the following requirements:

• that the invoice of the Market Participant is received by GME within the time limit set by the Technical Rules;
• that the invoice of GME is received by the non-PA and PA Market Participantwithin the time limit set by the Technical Rules.

If this is not the case, GME postpones the compensation of the amounts including VAT, where chargeable, at the time of receipt of the GME’s invoice by the Participant and of the participant’s invoice by GME.
After the end of the market session and within the time limit set in the Technical Rules, GME shall:

• close the claims against the Market Participants, its debtors, using until then the deposit available and paid by them;
• reimburse the amounts paid as guarantees and exceeding with respect to purchases made in the session;
• settle the payables to the Selling Market Participants provided that the invoice has been received.

The payment to the PA Market Participant net creditor will be made within the business day following the determination of the net position.

The payments will be made by SEPA Credit Transfer with Priority or equivalent procedures.