On February 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) and the European Commission announced a common approach relating to requirements for transatlantic central clearing parties (CCPs). The CFTC and the European Commission will work together to adopt (1) an equivalence decision that will allow US CCPs to continue to provide services in the EU whilst complying with CFTC requirements and (2) a determination of comparability that will allow EU CCPs to provide services to US clearing members whilst complying with EU requirements. These next steps will be put into place as soon as practicable.