Article 1

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.