Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2040 of 13 November 2015 on the equivalence of the regulatory framework of certain provinces of Canada 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 the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec consisting of the Securities Act (Alberta), the Securities Act (British Columbia), the Commodity Futures Act (Manitoba), the Securities Act (Manitoba), the Securities Act (Ontario), the Securities Act (Quebec), the Derivatives Act (Quebec), the Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers, and the rules, regulations, decisions, directions and orders adopted pursuant to them, including recognition orders applicable to CCPs 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.