Partial continuation of no-action positions to facilitate physical separation of registrant personnel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

No-action positions for floor brokers and introducing brokers from oral recordkeeping requirements and designated contract markets from audit trail requirements in continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic

No-action letter extending relief from section 2(h)(8) of the Commodity Exchange Act for any eligible affiliate counterparty that executes a swap transaction with another eligible affiliate counterparty

No-action relief permitting an FCM clearing member to, in the event of a customer default, effect swap transactions pursuant to LCH’s default rules and procedures without executing such transactions on a SEF, exempt SEF, or DCM as required by the trade execution requirement.

The Divisions do not interpret Sections (2)(h)(1) and 2(h)(8) of the CEA as subjecting to the clearing and trade execution requirements certain swaps transactions entered into by a DCO to reduce and manage the risk associated with a clearing member default.

Extension of No-Action Relief for Swap Execution Facilities from certain timing requirements for submission of fiscal-year end reports.

Extension of no-action relief 19-08 granted to ensure the continued availability, following completion of Brexit, of regulatory relief under certain existing CFTC comparability determinations and exemption orders originally issued by the CFTC for EU entities.

Extension of 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, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.

Extension of No-Action Relief for Swap Execution Facilities from Certain Audit Trail Requirements in Commission Regulation 37.205 Related to Post-Execution Allocation Information.

Extension of No-Action Relief for Swap Execution Facilities from Certain “Block Trade” Requirements in Commission Regulation 43.2