[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 188 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 55259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19174]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 56510]


Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Order Granting Registration of 
Japan Credit Rating Agency, LTD., as a Nationally Recognized 
Statistical Rating Organization

September 24, 2007.
    Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., a credit rating agency, furnished 
to the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') an 
application for registration as a nationally recognized statistical 
rating organization (``NRSRO'') under Section 15E of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') for the classes of credit 
ratings described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 3(a)(62)(B) of 
the Exchange Act. The Commission finds that the application furnished 
by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. is in the form required by Exchange 
Act Section 15E, Exchange Act Rule 17g-1 (17 CFR 240.17g-1), and Form 
NRSRO (17 CFR 249b.300) and contains the information described in 
subparagraph (B) of Section 15E(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.
    Based on the application, the Commission finds that the 
requirements of Section 15E of the Exchange Act are satisfied.
    Accordingly, It is ordered, under paragraph (a)(2)(A) of Section 
15E of the Exchange Act, that the registration of Japan Credit Rating 
Agency, Ltd., with the Commission as an NRSRO under Section 15E of the 
Exchange Act for the classes of credit ratings described in clauses (i) 
through (v) of Section 3(a)(62)(B) of the Exchange Act is granted.

    By the Commission.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-19174 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
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