Recital 4

(4)Since central counterparties (‘CCPs’) might be authorised as a credit institution according to Union legislation, it is necessary to exclude non-centrally cleared OTC derivative contracts that CCPs enter into during a default management process from the requirements of this Regulation since those contracts are already subject to the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 153/2013 ² and therefore they are not subject to the provisions of this Regulation.