(18)To allow for alignment between this Regulation and the Delegated Regulation adopted pursuant to Article 27(3) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 and to provide market participants and competent authorities with enough time to put in place the measures needed to comply with the requirements on reference data, OTC interest rate swaps and OTC credit default swaps should be identified with the identifying reference data set out in this Regulation from 1 September 2026.