(2)Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, as specified by the technical standards adopted pursuant to Article 11(14)(a) and (b) and Article 11(15) of that Regulation, establish the Union's legal requirements concerning the timely confirmation, portfolio compression and reconciliation applicable to OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP, the valuation and dispute resolution obligations applicable to those contracts (‘operational risk mitigation techniques’) as well as the obligations on the exchange of collateral (‘margins’) between counterparties.