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EU and US announce regulatory cooperation on SEFs and MTFs

The European Commission has released a statement announcing that the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the European Commission have made significant progress towards a harmonised regulatory framework for CFTC-regulated swap execution facilities (SEFs) and EU-regulated multilateral trading facilities (MTFs). 

As a result of this dialogue the CFTC has issued two no-action letters providing relief to certain EU-regulated MTFs.  The conditions in the no action letter are based on the MTF meeting certain reporting and clearing-related requirements and some other conditions.  The CFTC has also issued a conditional Short-Term No Action Letter to provide limited relief for all registered MTFs until 24 March 2014.

Related links: 

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-5_en.htm

http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6857-14

 

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