http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/149/chapter/VIICommission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on indirect clearing arrangements, the clearing obligation, the public register, access to a trading venue, non-financial counterparties, and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a CCP (Text with EEA relevance)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 of 19 December 2012 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on indirect clearing arrangements, the clearing obligation, the public register, access to a trading venue, non-financial counterparties, and risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a CCP (Text with EEA relevance)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0149-20180103texttext/xmlen2023-12-11Expert Participation2023-07-11 CHAPTER VII <Strong>NON-FINANCIAL COUNTERPARTIES</Strong> (Article 10(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012)Criteria for establishing which OTC derivative contracts are objectively reducing risks Article 10 1 An OTC derivative contract shall be objectively measurable as reducing risks directly relating to the commercial activity or treasury financing activity of the non-financial counterparty or of that group, when, by itself or in combination with other derivative contracts, directly or through closely correlated instruments, it meets one of the following criteria: a it covers the risks arising from the potential change in the value of assets, services, inputs, products, commodities or liabilities that the non-financial counterparty or its group owns, produces, manufactures, processes, provides, purchases, merchandises, leases, sells or incurs or reasonably anticipates owning, producing, manufacturing, processing, providing, purchasing, merchandising, leasing, selling or incurring in the normal course of its business; b it covers the risks arising from the potential indirect impact on the value of assets, services, inputs, products, commodities or liabilities referred to in point (a), resulting from fluctuation of interest rates, inflation rates, foreign exchange rates or credit risk; c it qualifies as a hedging contract pursuant to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. (Article 10(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012)Clearing thresholds Article 11 The clearing thresholds values for the purpose of the clearing obligation shall be: EUR 1 billion in gross notional value for OTC credit derivative contracts; EUR 1 billion in gross notional value for OTC equity derivative contracts; EUR 3 billion in gross notional value for OTC interest rate derivative contracts; EUR 3 billion in gross notional value for OTC foreign exchange derivative contracts; EUR 3 billion in gross notional value for OTC commodity derivative contracts and other OTC derivative contracts not provided for under points (a) to (d). OJ L 243, 11.9.2002, p. 1.