
Article 1 
For the purposes of point (7) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the approved exchanges in Singapore and set out in the Annex shall be considered as equivalent to regulated markets as defined in point (14) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2004/39/EC.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 15 December 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Approved exchanges in Singapore referred to in Article 1

((a)) Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited
((b)) Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited
((c)) ICE Futures Singapore.
