Regulatory Framework
Regulatory Framework
As of 11 June 2014, ECC has been granted a Central Counterparty licence according to Article 14 (1) of the Regulation (EU) 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). This licence authorizes ECC to offer services and activities in the European Union. It covers commodity transactions or transactions with commodities as the underlying. ECC is supervised by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, the German Central Bank and the European Securities and Markets Authority:
ECC is a member of the European Association of Clearing Houses (EACH) and complies with the risk standards promoted by EACH, namely the CPSS-IOSCO principles for Financial Market Infrastructures.
With effect from 26 March 2018 ECC is recognised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) as a recognised Clearing House (RCH) in Singapore according to section 51 (2) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA). ECC's recognition is restricted to its operation of a clearing facility for the clearing of specified derivative contracts only.
Risk Committee
The Risk Committee of ECC has at least 5 voting members and if required independent experts in a non-voting capacity. The committee meets at least four times a year and advises the ECC management board with regard to questions of risk management.
The current members of the committee are:
| Member | Representative of |
|---|---|
| Thomas Laux (Risk Advisory Coach) | Supervisory Board Member; as Chairperson of the Risk Committee |
| Prof. Harald Pfab (Consultant) | Supervisory Board Member; as Deputy Chairperson of the Risk Committee |
| Wolfgang Behr (Head of Trading Credit Risk Management, Unicredit Bank AG) | Clearing Member Representative |
| Tobias Krause (Senior Vice President Commodities and Global Markets, Macquarie) | Clearing Member Representative |
| Aurélien Martini (CCP Risk Analyst, Société Générale) | Clearing Member Representative |
| Ed van der Star (Global Manager Credit Risk Management, ABN AMRO) | Clearing Member Representative |
| Haiyi Lan (Credit Risk Officer – Funds & CCPs, BNP Paribas) | Clearing Member Representative |
| Mathieu Doucy (Vice President Trading Support, Total Energies Gas & Power Ltd.) | Client Representative |
| Dr.-Ing. Guido Hirsch (Head of Risk Methods & Market Risk, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG) | Client Representative |
| Dr. Michael Jost (Head of Credit Risk Control, RWE Supply & Trading GmbH) | Client Representative |
| Udo Königs (Head of Credit Risk Management, Statkraft Markets GmbH) | Client Representative |
| Jeroen van Gerven (Head of Credit and Transversal Risk, Engie SA) | Client Representative |
| Further Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-15 | ECC Risk Committee - Terms of Reference | pdf (148 KB) | |||
Clearing Working Group
In the ECC Clearing Working Group, which meets quarterly, ECC informs the participants about ECC’s ongoing and new projects/initiatives related to all markets cleared by ECC and ECC’s Risk Management. Additionally, ECC presents the developments of its Partner Exchanges (e.g. market volume, registered participants).
Participants of the ECC Clearing Working Group are:
- ECC’s Clearing Members
- Partner Exchanges and
- selected Non-Clearing Members.