1. Every 12 months, a non-financial counterparty taking positions in OTC derivative contracts may calculate its uncleared positions in accordance with paragraph 3.

Where a non-financial counterparty does not calculate its uncleared positions, or where the result of the calculation of those uncleared positions in respect of one or more classes of OTC derivatives exceeds the clearing thresholds specified pursuant to paragraph 4, first subparagraph, point (b), that non-financial counterparty shall:

(a) immediately notify ESMA and the relevant competent authority thereof, and, where relevant, indicate the period used for the calculation;

(b) establish clearing arrangements within four months of the notification referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph;

(c) become subject to the clearing obligation referred to in Article 4 for the OTC derivative contracts entered into or novated more than four months following the notification referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph that pertain to those asset classes in respect of which the result of the calculation exceeds the clearing thresholds or, where the non-financial counterparty has not calculated its position, that pertain to any class of OTC derivatives which is subject to the clearing obligation.