Article 2
Ancillary activity tests
1. The activities of persons referred to in Article 1 shall be considered to be ancillary to the main business at group level where they comply with any of the following conditions:
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the net outstanding notional exposure in commodity derivatives for cash settlement or emission allowances or derivatives thereof for cash settlement traded in the Union calculated in accordance with Article 3, excluding commodity derivatives or emission allowances or derivatives thereof traded on a trading venue, is below an annual threshold of EUR 3 billion (De-Minimis Threshold Test); |
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(b) |
the size of those activities calculated in accordance with Article 4(1) accounts for 50 % or less of the total size of the other trading activities of the group calculated in accordance with Article 4(2); |
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the estimated capital employed for carrying out those activities calculated in accordance with Article 5, paragraphs 1 and 3, accounts for not more than 50 % of the capital employed at group level for carrying out the main business calculated in accordance with Article 5(4). |
2. A group is considered to comprise the parent undertaking and all its subsidiary undertakings. It includes entities located in the Union and in third countries regardless of whether the group is headquartered inside or outside the Union.