Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2320 of 13 December 2017 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework of the United States of America for national securities exchanges and alternative trading systems in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance. )

For the purposes of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 the legal and supervisory framework in the United States of America applicable to national securities exchanges and alternative trading systems registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be considered to be equivalent to the requirements for regulated markets as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU resulting from Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, from Title III of Directive 2014/65/EU, from Title II of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and from Directive 2004/109/EC and to be subject to effective supervision and enforcement.

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