# Article 8 — Application for the exemption from position limits for positions qualifying as reducing risks directly related to commercial activities **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1302 · binding · OJ L 197, 26.7.2022 · dated 20 Apr 2022 [in force]** *In force · Consolidated version of 8 February 2026 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02022R1302-20260208)* 1. A non-financial entity holding a qualifying position in an agricultural commodity derivative or in a critical or significant commodity derivative shall apply for the exemption referred to in Article 57(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Directive 2014/65/EU to the competent authority which sets the position limit for that commodity derivative. 1. The person referred to in paragraph 1 shall submit to the competent authority the following information which demonstrates how the position reduces risks directly relating to the non-financial entity’s commercial activity: **(a)** a description of the nature and value of the non-financial entity’s commercial activities in the commodity to which the commodity derivative for which an exemption is sought is relevant; **(b)** a description of the nature and value of the non-financial entity’s activities in the trading of and positions held in the relevant commodity derivatives traded on trading venues and in their economically equivalent OTC contracts; **(c)** a description of the nature and size of the exposures and risks in the commodity which the non-financial entity has or expects to have as a result of its commercial activities and which are or would be mitigated by the use of commodity derivatives; **(d)** an explanation of how the non-financial entity’s use of commodity derivatives directly reduces its exposure and risks in its commercial activities. 1. A financial entity holding a qualifying position in an agricultural commodity derivative or in a critical or significant commodity derivative shall apply for the exemption referred to in Article 57(1), second subparagraph, point (b), of Directive 2014/65/EU) to the competent authority which sets the position limit for that commodity derivative. 1. The person referred to in paragraph 3 shall submit to the competent authority: **(a)** appropriate information which demonstrates that the parent undertaking has entrusted to the financial entity the trading of commodity derivatives traded on a trading venue and their economically equivalent OTC contracts to reduce the exposure and risks in the commercial activities of the non-financial entities of the predominantly commercial group; **(b)** the following information which demonstrates how the position reduces risks directly relating to the commercial activity of the non-financial entities of the same predominantly commercial group: **(i)** a description of the nature and value of the non-financial entities’ commercial activities in the commodity to which the commodity derivative for which an exemption is sought is relevant; **(ii)** a description of the nature and size of the exposures and risks in the commodity which the non-financial entities have or expect to have as a result of the non-financial entities’ commercial activities which are or would be mitigated by the use of commodity derivatives; **(iii)** a description of the nature and value of the financial entity’s activities in the trading of and positions held in the relevant commodity derivatives traded on trading venues and in their economically equivalent OTC contracts; **(iv)** an explanation of how the financial entity’s use of commodity derivatives directly reduces the exposure and risks in the non-financial entities’ commercial activities. 1. The competent authority shall approve or reject the application within 21 calendar days after it has received the application and shall notify the applicant of its approval or rejection of the exemption. 1. The non-financial entity shall notify the competent authority if there is a significant change to the nature or value of the non-financial entity’s commercial activities or its trading activities in commodity derivatives and the change is relevant to the information set out in paragraph 2, point (b), and shall submit a new application for the exemption if it wishes to continue to use it. 1. The financial entity shall notify the competent authority if there is a change to the information set out in paragraph 4, point (a), or a significant change to the nature or value of the non-financial entity’s commercial activities or the financial entity’s trading activities in commodity derivatives and the change is relevant to the information set out in paragraph 4, point (b)(iii), and shall submit a new application for the exemption if it wishes to continue to use it.