# Article 3 — De-Minimis Threshold Test **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833 · binding · OJ L 372, 20.10.2021 · dated 14 Jul 2021 [in force]** *In force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833, OJ L 372, 20.10.2021 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/1833/oj/eng)* 1. The net outstanding notional exposure referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, point (a), shall be calculated by averaging the aggregated month-end net outstanding notional values for the previous 12 months resulting from all contracts in commodity derivatives for cash settlement or emission allowances or derivatives thereof for cash settlement entered into in the Union by a person within a group. The net outstanding notional values referred to in the first subparagraph shall be calculated on the basis of all contracts in commodity derivatives for cash settlement or emission allowances or derivatives thereof for cash settlement that are not traded on a trading venue to which any person located in the Union is a party during the relevant annual accounting period referred to in Article 6(2). The contracts in commodity derivatives or emission allowances derivatives for cash settlement referred to in the first and second subparagraph shall include all derivative contracts relating to commodities or emission allowances which must be settled in cash or may be settled in cash at the option of one of the parties other than by reason of default or other termination event. 1. The aggregation referred to in the first paragraph shall not include positions from contracts resulting from transactions referred to in Article 2(4), fourth subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), of Directive 2014/65/EU or from contracts where the person within the group that is a party to any of them is authorised in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU or Directive 2013/36/EU. 1. The net outstanding notional values referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined pursuant to the netting methodology of Article 5(2). 1. The values resulting from the aggregation referred to in this Article shall be denominated in euro.