2014/754/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 30 October 2014 on the equivalence of the regulatory framework of Hong Kong for central counterparties to the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories

For the purposes of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the legal and supervisory arrangements of Hong Kong consisting of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) as complemented by the Guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 399(1) of the SFO and applicable to Recognised Clearing Houses (‘RCHs’) authorised therein shall be considered to be equivalent to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.