(9)Concerning the margins for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP, the legally binding requirements of Japan consist of a set of final regulations adopted by the JFSA, published on 31 March 2016 which entered into force on 1 September 2016. Those regulations comprise the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Financial Instrument Businesses No 52 of 6 August 2007 including the Supplementary Provisions, the Financial Services Agency Public Notices No 15, 16 and 17 of 31 March 2016 and No 33 of 25 August 2017, the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc., the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Small- and Medium-Sized and Regional Financial Institutions, the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Cooperative Banks, the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc., the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Insurance Companies and the revised Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision with respect to Trust Companies, etc. The rules applicable to OTC Commodity derivatives under the jurisdiction of METI and MAFF replicate the set of final regulations adopted by the JFSA, (together ‘the margin rules of Japan’).