The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today issued a letter providing a conditional extension of the relief provided in CFTC Letters 16-03 and 16-33, regarding masking of certain identifying information required to be reported. The extension is valid through September 1, 2017 (12:00 am EST) for certain French and Swiss swaps described in the extension as “French Reportable Swaps” and “Swiss Reportable Swaps.” For all other swaps, the extension is valid with respect to each reporting counterparty for as long as the reporting counterparty reasonably believes that reporting the relevant identifying information would violate applicable foreign laws.
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