
Article 1 
For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the legal and supervisory arrangements of the DIFC consisting of the DIFC Regulations and the DFSA Rulebook, and applicable to Authorised Market Institutions authorised therein shall be considered to be equivalent to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.
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