The Commission’s regulations establish
a process for swap execution facilities and designated contract
markets to make a swap “available to trade” for purposes of the
trade execution requirement. The regulations require swap execution
facilities and designated contract markets to consider certain
factors when determining whether to make a swap “available to
trade,” and under §§ 37.10(a) or 38.12(a) of the Commission’s
regulations, a swap execution facility or designated contract
market, respectively, would submit its determination to the
Commission pursuant to the rule filing procedures of part 40 of the
Commission’s regulations. Sections 40.5 and 40.6 of the
Commission’s regulations establish the procedures for swap
execution facilities and designated contract markets to submit rule
filings to the Commission. In connection with this rule filing, a
swap execution facility and designated contract market must provide
an explanation and analysis of the submission and its compliance
with statutory provisions of the Act. This explanation and analysis
is necessary for the Commission to approve or certify a swap
execution facility’s or designated contract market’s “available to
trade” determination before the swap would be subject to the trade
execution requirement (i.e., be required to trade only on a swap
execution facility or designated contract market). Without this
collection of information, certain swaps may inappropriately be
subject to the trade execution requirement. In addition, this
process allows the Commission to provide market participants with
notice as to which swaps are subject to the trade execution
requirement.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.