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# Article 1 — Classes of OTC derivatives subject to the clearing obligation

**Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 · binding · OJ L 314, 1.12.2015 · dated 6 Aug 2015 [in force]**

*In force · Consolidated version of 11 February 2024 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02015R2205-20240211)*

1. <a id="art-1-p-1"></a>The classes of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives set out in the Annex shall be subject to the clearing obligation.

2. <a id="art-1-p-2"></a>[Deleted by [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/447](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/447/oj) of 16 December 2019.]
