Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2275 of 15 December 2016 on the equivalence of the regulatory framework for central counterparties in Japan in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the legal and supervisory arrangements of Japan consisting of the Commodities Derivatives Act 2009 as complemented by the Basic Guidelines on Supervision of Commodity Clearing Organisations, and applicable to commodity transaction clearing organisations (CTCOs) 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.