In order to handle complaints related to the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of obligations of ECC as defined in the clearing conditions, ECC has established a Complaint Management Procedure. This can likewise be used for complaints in connection with the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of regulatory requirements that must be met by ECC in a fair and professional manner.
How to file a complaint?
Please send complaints in written form in German or English to ECC.
Your complaint should include the following contact information and a description of the event that gave rise to the complaint:
- full name of the Complainant,
- telephone number (including area code) of the Complainant,
- one of the following contact options of the Complainant,
- e-mail-address of the Complainant,
- fax number of the Complainant,
- postal address of the Complainant,
- full name of a contact person,
- telephone number (including area code) of the contact person,
- one of the following contact options of the contact person,
- e-mail-address of the contact person,
- fax number of the contact person,
- postal address of the contact person,
- account number of the Complainant
The Complaint can be send to ECC via postal service, via fax or via e-mail.
Postal Address::
European Commodity Clearing AG
Legal Department
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig
Fax Number: + 49 341 24680-409
E-mail address: legal@eex.com
What is the procedure for handling a complaint?
Once ECC has received your complaint, it will check whether the Complaint meets the requirements as mentioned above.
If the Complaint meets the requirements as mentioned above, the Complaint Manager shall acknowledge the receipt of the Complaint to the Complainant in writing at the latest within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Complaint and start internal investigations.
If the Complaint does not meet the requirements as mentioned above, the Complaint Manager shall ask the Complainant to revise the Complaint within ten (10) Business Days. If the requirements are still not met after the Complainant has revised the Complaint, the Complaint Manager shall reject the Complaint in writing.
ECC will respond to your Complaint within thirty (30) business days from receipt of the Complaint. Where, in exceptional cases, it is not reasonably possible for the Complaint Manager to meet the deadline due to the nature or complexity of the matter referred to him or her, the Complaint Manager shall inform the Complainant promptly in writing (“Textform”) of this fact and provide a further deadline while taking the interests of the Complainant and the need for swift processing into account.