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# Article 1

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2040 · binding on its addressees · dated 13 Nov 2015 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2040, OJ L 298, 14.11.2015 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2015/2040/oj/eng)*

For the purposes of [Article 25](../../articles/25.md) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the legal and supervisory arrangements of the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec consisting of the Securities Act (Alberta), the Securities Act (British Columbia), the Commodity Futures Act (Manitoba), the Securities Act (Manitoba), the Securities Act (Ontario), the Securities Act (Quebec), the Derivatives Act (Quebec), the Act respecting the Autorité des marchés financiers, and the rules, regulations, decisions, directions and orders adopted pursuant to them, including recognition orders applicable to CCPs authorised therein shall be considered to be equivalent to the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012.