1. Until 18 June 2025, the clearing obligation set out in Article 4 shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts that are objectively measurable as reducing investment risks that directly relate to the financial solvency of pension scheme arrangements or EEA pension scheme arrangements, and to entities established to provide compensation to members of such arrangements in case of default.

The clearing obligation set out in Article 4 shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph entered into by pension scheme arrangements from 17 August 2018 until 16 June 2019.

The Treasury may make regulations extending the exemption referred to in the first sub-paragraph by a period of up to two years at a time where it concludes that no appropriate technical solution has been developed for the transfer by pension scheme arrangements and EEA pension scheme arrangements of cash and non-cash collateral as variation margins and that the adverse effect of centrally clearing derivative contracts on the retirement benefits of future pensioners remains.

In this paragraph, and in paragraph 2, "EEA pension scheme arrangement" means a pension scheme arrangement as defined by Article 2(10) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories as it has effect in EU law.

2. This paragraph applies to: