[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 8450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01606]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-79821; File No. SR-ICC-2016-014]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Credit LLC; Notice of 
Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change To Provide for the Clearance of Additional Credit Default Swap 
Contracts

January 18, 2017.
    On November 18, 2016, ICE Clear Credit LLC (``ICC'') filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 
19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to provide for the 
clearance of additional credit default swap contracts. (File No. SR-
ICC-2016-014). The proposed rule change was published for comment in 
the Federal Register on December 7, 2016.\3\ To date, the Commission 
has not received comments on the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79439 (Dec. 1, 2016), 81 
FR 88291 (Dec. 7, 2016) (SR-ICC-2016-014).
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day from the publication of notice of filing of this proposed rule 
change is January 20, 2017.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission is extending the 45-day time period for Commission 
action on the proposed rule change. ICC's proposes to revise the ICC 
Rulebook (the ``Rules'') to provide for the clearance of Standard 
Australian Corporate Single Name CDS contracts (collectively, ``STAC 
Contracts'') and Standard Australian Financial Corporate Single Name 
CDS contracts (collectively, ``STAFC Contracts''). The Commission finds 
it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take 
action on the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to 
consider ICC's proposed rule change.
    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) \5\ of 
the Act, designates February 24, 2017, as the date by which the 
Commission should either approve or disapprove, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule 
change (File No. SR-ICC-2016-014).
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-01606 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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