No-Action Relief from Certain Conditions of the Swap Dealer Exclusion for Registered Floor Traders

Time-Limited No-Action Letter from Certain Entity-Level Internal Business Conduct Requirements for Certain Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Established under the Laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, and Switzerland.

Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Certain Members of Swap Execution Facilities from the Requirement to Record Oral Communications Pursuant to Commission Regulation 1.35(a).

Conditional Time-Limited No-Action Relief for Yieldbroker Pty Ltd with Regard to Section 5h(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulation 37.3(a)(1).

CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief from Certain Requirements of Part 45 and Part 46 of the Commission’s Regulations, for Certain Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Established under the Laws of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan or Switzerland.

The Division of Clearing and Risk issued a letter stating that it will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (SGX-DC) clearing members for failing to comply with the Commodity Exchange Act Section 4d(f)(1) registration requirements in carrying existing positions and accepting for clearing offsetting positions in certain commodity swaps for U.S. customers; or SGX-DC for engaging in activities related to its clearing members carrying and accepting for clearing such positions for U.S. customers.

Extension of a Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Japan Securities Clearing Corporation and Its Qualifying Participants and Affiliates concerning Sections 5b(a) and 2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

No-action relief for certain branch office operations of CHS Hedging, Inc. and MID-CO Commodities, Inc. with regard to the oral recording requirements of Regulation 1.35(a)(1).

Time-limited no-action relief for Non-U.S. SDs with respect to compliance with Transaction-Level Requirements when entering into Covered Transactions, until January 14, 2014.

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter that provides relief for certain regulatory obligations of SDs and MSPs in the context of an “Intended-To-Be-Cleared Swap,” which, as defined in the letter, is a swap that is: (i) of a type accepted for clearing by a DCO, and (ii) intended to be submitted for clearing contemporaneously with execution. The relief extends to certain requirements under the External BCS and Commission Regulation 23.504, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the letter. This letter supersedes Letter No.