{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-648/article-89a",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/648",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-648",
  "path": "article/89a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "89a",
  "heading": "Further transitional provision",
  "text": "1. Until 3 January 2021:\n(a) the clearing obligation set out in Article 4 and the risk mitigation procedures set out in paragraph 3 of Article 11 do not apply to C6 energy derivative contracts entered into by non-financial counterparties that meet the conditions in paragraph 1 of Article 10 of this Regulation or by non-financial counterparties that are authorised for the first time as investment firms on or after 3 January 2018; and\n(b) such C6 energy derivative contracts are not considered to be OTC derivative contracts for the purposes of the clearing threshold set out in Article 10.\nC6 energy derivative contracts benefiting from the transitional regime set out in point (a) shall be subject to all other requirements laid down in this Regulation.\n2. The FCA shall determine whether paragraph 1 applies to the contract concerned. The FCA shall publish on its website a list of those C6 energy derivative contracts to which that paragraph does apply.\n3. In this Article:\n“C6 energy derivative contracts” means options, futures, swaps, and any other derivative contracts mentioned in paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulated Activities Order relating to coal or oil that are traded on a UK OTF and must be physically settled;\n“investment firms” means investment firms within point (a) of point (8) of Article 2;\n“UK OTF” has the meaning given in Article 2(1)(13A) of the MIFIR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 89a inserted (31.12.2020) by The Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment, etc., and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/335), regs. 1(1), 59(5) (with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/648/article/89a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:18.722951+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}