Unified for New Opportunities rollout documentation

23.09.2025

The rollout related client documentation can be found consolidated on this page by topic and market.

Further documentation will be added once more markets have been activated.

In case of any questions, clients may contact the project via UNO@clearstream.com or their Relationship Manager.

General documentation

Topic

Document

Announcements

CBF extending its service offering by making further markets T2S eligible

CBF erweitert ihr Dienstleistungsangebot, indem sie weitere Märkte T2S-fähig macht

Detailed Business Specifications

Information will be provided in the course of October 2025.

Tax announcement

Tax certification duplication process:

From CBF-i to CEU:
See Announcement D25021.
This is possible for valid certificates referring to CEU.

From CBF-i to CBL:
See Announcement D25032.
This is possible for valid certificates referring to both CEU and CBL.

FAQ Document

 Unified for New Opportunities - Frequently Asked Questions

Market-specific information

Wave 1: December 2025 (Norway and Australia)

  • ISIN “T2S” Activation: 12 December 2025​​.
  • All German stock exchange trades concluded from 12 December 2025 (Trade Date) will settle on CEU accounts. 

Topic

Document

Detailed Functional Specifications: Norway and Australia

Unified for New Opportunities - Detailed Functional Descriptions

Tax forms and certification

For CEU clients:

Unified for New Opportunities - Norway - New tax forms for Clearstream Banking AG clients

Unified for New Opportunities - Australia - New tax forms for Clearstream Banking AG clients

For CBL clients:

The current is still applicable: Tax Forms to use - Norway

The current is still applicable: Tax Forms to use - Australia

Client Test

Clients are invited to test the optional UCSA service from 27 August to 10 September 2025.

Please register by 25 August 2025 by sending your request using the following link

Registrations received after this date will be processed on a best-effort basis.

Note: The test environment will be unavailable for three weeks starting 26 September 2025.

Client Testing for the first wave in December 2025 will begin on 3 November 2025.

Please register by 27 October 2025 
using the following link.

Further details will be communicated in due course.

For any other testing-related inquiries, please contact 
uno-test@clearstream.com.

Impacted ISINs

Updated ISIN lists will be published several times: 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days before the market activation date.​

Summary Session 2

The session took place on 16 September 2025.

The slides are available here.

The recording is available here:

Wave 2: (USA, Canada and Switzerland)

  • ISIN “T2S” Activation and update to custody type "NCSC-T": 1 June 2026
  • All German stock exchange trades concluded from 1 June 2026 (Trade Date) will settle on CEU accounts. 

Please note that all active CSC ISINs for these markets will also be in scope. They are already active in T2S, and the German Stock Exchange is already settling in CEU. Their custody type will change to NCSC-T, OneCAS will be activated and new domestic security CSD links to DTCC and SIX SIS via CBL will be valid from 1 June 2026.

Topic

Document

Tax forms and certification

General information for U.S.A:

Unified for New Opportunities - U.S.A - New tax forms for Clearstream Banking AG clients 

For CEU clients:

Tax Forms to use - U.S.A. - CEU

For CBL clients:

Tax forms to use – U.S.A. – CBL