[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3350-3351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01667]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Chapter 1

RIN Number 3038-AE79


Post-Trade Name Give-Up on Swap Execution Facilities

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY:  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'') is 
extending the comment period for a request for public comment regarding 
the practice of ``post-trade name give-up'' on swap execution 
facilities (the ``Name Give-Up Request for Comment'') that published 
November 30, 2018 in the Federal Register.

DATES: The comment period for the Name Give-Up Request for Comment is 
extended until March 15, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``Post-Trade Name 
Give-Up on Swap Execution Facilities'' and RIN 3038-AE79, by any of the 
following methods:
     The agency's website: http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make 
available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information 
that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of 
Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt 
information may be submitted according to the procedures established 
under 17 CFR 145.9.
    The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to 
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all 
submissions from http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be 
inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All 
submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments on 
the merits of the rulemaking will be retained in the public comment 
file and will be considered as required under the Administrative 
Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be accessible under 
the Freedom of Information Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleko Stamoulis, Special Counsel, 
(202) 418-5714, [email protected]; or Nhan Nguyen, Special Counsel, 
(202) 418-5932, [email protected], Division of Market Oversight, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 6, 2018, the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (``Commission'') approved a request for public 
comment regarding the practice

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of ``post-trade name give-up'' on swap execution facilities (the ``Name 
Give-Up Request for Comment''). The Name Give-Up Request for Comment 
was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2018, with a 60-
day comment period closing on January 29, 2019 (83 FR 61571). On 
November 6, 2018, the Commission also approved a notice of proposed 
rulemaking regarding swap execution facilities and the trade execution 
requirement (the ``SEF NPRM''). Like the Name Give-Up Request for 
Comment, the SEF NPRM was published in the Federal Register on November 
30, 2018 (83 FR 61946). However, the SEF NPRM was published with a 75-
day comment period that is scheduled to conclude on February 13, 2019. 
By a separate Federal Register release also published today, the 
Commission has determined to extend the comment period for the SEF NPRM 
until March 15, 2019. The Commission anticipates that there will be a 
large degree of overlap between the group of commenters on the SEF NPRM 
and the group of commenters on the Name Give-Up Request for Comment, as 
well as certain overlaps in the issues raised by the two matters. In 
light of these factors, the Commission believes that it would be 
sensible for the comment periods for the two matters to conclude on the 
same date. Accordingly, the comment period for the Name Give-Up Request 
for Comment is open through March 15, 2019.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2019, by the 
Commission.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.

    Note:  The following appendix will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Appendix to Post-Trade Name Give-Up on Swap Execution Facilities--
Commission Voting Summary

    On this matter, On this matter, Chairman Giancarlo, and 
Commissioners Quintenz, Behnam, Stump, and Berkovitz voted in the 
affirmative. No Commissioner voted in the negative.

[FR Doc. 2019-01667 Filed 2-11-19; 8:45 am]
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