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# Article 1

**Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2318 · binding on its addressees · dated 13 Dec 2017 [in force]**

*In force · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2318, OJ L 331, 14.12.2017 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2017/2318/oj/eng)*

For the purposes of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, the legal and supervisory framework in Australia applicable to financial markets authorised therein and set out in the Annex to this Decision shall be considered to be equivalent to the requirements resulting from Directive 2014/65/EU, Regulations (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 596/2014 and Directive 2004/109/EC and to be subject to effective supervision and enforcement.