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10For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has considered the 

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, 

and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 

11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The platform also permits users to submit orders 

for commodity futures, commodity options and 

other non-security products to be sent to designated 

contract markets, futures commission merchants, 

introducing brokers or other applicable destinations 

of the users’ choice. 

believes that waiver of the operative 

delay is consistent with the protection 

of investors and the public interest. 

Accordingly, the Commission hereby 

waives the operative delay and 

designates the proposal as operative 

upon filing.10

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

FINRA–2018–027 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–FINRA–2018–027. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of FINRA. All comments received 

will be posted without change. Persons 

submitting comments are cautioned that 

we do not redact or edit personal 

identifying information from comment 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–FINRA– 

2018–027 and should be submitted on 

or before August 31, 2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17123 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83782; File No. SR–CBOE– 

2018–053] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change Relating to the Silexx 

Trading Platform Fees Schedule 

August 6, 2018. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on July 31, 

2018, Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the Exchange. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The purpose of this filing is to amend 

the Silexx Fees Schedule to introduce a 

waiver of Login ID fees for the first 

month for new users of any of the Silexx 

platforms and eliminate obsolete 

language. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://www.cboe.com/ 

AboutCBOE/ 

CBOELegalRegulatoryHome.aspx), at 

the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, 

and at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of this filing is to amend 

the Silexx Fees Schedule to introduce a 

waiver of Login ID fees for the first 

month for new users of any of the Silexx 

platforms and eliminate obsolete 

language. 

By way of background, Silexx is an 

order entry and management trading 

platform for listed stocks and options 

that support both simple and complex 

orders.3 The platform is a software 

application that is installed locally on a 

user’s desktop. It provides users with 

the capability to send option orders to 

U.S. options exchanges and stock orders 

to U.S. stock exchanges (and other 

trading centers), and allows users to 

input parameters to control the size, 

timing, and other variables of their 

trades. Silexx includes access to realtime options and stock market data, as 

well as access to certain historical data. 

The platform also provides users with 

the ability to maintain an electronic 

audit trail and provide detailed trade 

reporting. In addition, Silexx offers 

other functionality such as access to 

crossing orders tickets, equity order 

reports, and market data feeds (for 

specific fees). Use of Silexx is 

completely optional. 

Login IDs 

Platform Login IDs may be purchased 

for different versions of the platform, 

including Basic, Pro, Sell-Side, Pro Plus 


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4For example, if a new firm subscribes to 3 Basic 

Login IDs and 4 Pro Login IDs in August 2018, all 

7 Login IDs will be waived for the month of August 

2018. All other applicable Silexx fees would apply. 5For example, if a new firm subscribes to a Silexx 

Login ID on August 15th, the firm’s Login ID fee 

would be waived for the month of August 2018 

only. 

6 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

7 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

8 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 

9 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

10 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f). 

Risk, and Buy-Side Manager. The 

Exchange now proposes to provide that 

Login ID fees are waived for the first 

month for any new user firm (i.e., a firm 

that has never used any Silexx platform 

before).4 The proposed fee waivers 

apply during the calendar month in 

which Login IDs are first subscribed.5

Clean Up Change 

The Exchange recently introduced a 

two-month free-upgrade period for users 

that are currently on Silexx Basic. The 

upgrade allowed users of Silexx Basic to 

use the functionality of Silexx Pro for a 

period of two months (May 1, 2018 

through June 30, 2018) at the current 

Silexx Basic rate of $200 per month per 

Login ID. After the two-month period 

ends, beginning July 1, 2018, the users 

were to be charged at the Silexx Pro rate 

of $400 per month until they choose to 

downgrade. As the free-upgrade period 

has since ended, the Exchange proposes 

to delete the obsolete language and 

eliminate the reference in the Silexx 

Fees Schedule 

These proposed changes to the Silexx 

Fees Schedule are to take effect on 

August 1, 2018. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to the Exchange 

and, in particular, the requirements of 

Section 6(b) of the Act.6 Specifically, 

the Exchange believes the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Section 

6(b)(5) 7 requirements that the rules of 

an exchange be designed to prevent 

fraudulent and manipulative acts and 

practices, to promote just and equitable 

principles of trade, to foster cooperation 

and coordination with persons engaged 

in regulating, clearing, settling, 

processing information with respect to, 

and facilitating transactions in 

securities, to remove impediments to 

and perfect the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, to protect 

investors and the public interest. 

Additionally, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,8 which 

requires that Exchange rules provide for 

the equitable allocation of reasonable 

dues, fees, and other charges among its 

Trading Permit Holders and other 

persons using its facilities. 

Particularly, the Exchange believes 

the proposed fee waiver provides for the 

equitable allocation of reasonable fees 

because the waiver of Platform Login ID 

fees for the first month will apply to all 

new users of new firms, regardless of 

which version of the platform they 

subscribe to. Additionally, the Exchange 

believes the proposed fee waiver is 

reasonable because new user firms will 

not have to pay those fees and because 

it serves as an incentive to market 

participants to start using the Silexx 

platform as an additional trading tool on 

their trading desks. The Exchange also 

notes that use of the platform is 

discretionary and not compulsory. 

Lastly, the Exchange believes 

eliminating obsolete language maintains 

clarity in the Silexx Fees Schedule and 

alleviates potential confusion, thereby 

removing impediments to and 

perfecting the mechanism of a free and 

open market and a national market 

system, and, in general, protecting 

investors and the public interest. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

Cboe Options does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. The 

Exchange believes that the proposed 

rule change will not impose any burden 

on intramarket competition because the 

proposed rule change applies to all new 

user firms of Silexx. The Exchange notes 

that each version of Silexx is available 

to all market participants, and users 

have discretion to determine which 

version of the platform they register for 

based on functionality. 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule changes will impose 

any burden on intermarket competition 

that is not necessary or appropriate in 

furtherance of the purposes of the Act 

because the proposed change applies 

only to Cboe Options. To the extent that 

the proposed changes make Cboe 

Options a more attractive marketplace 

for market participants at other 

exchanges, such market participants are 

welcome to become Cboe Options 

market participants. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 9 and paragraph (f) of Rule 

19b–4 10 thereunder. At any time within 

60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission will institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

CBOE–2018–053 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CBOE–2018–053. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 


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11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–CBOE– 

2018–053 and should be submitted on 

or before August 31, 2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17122 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10493] 

Determination Under Section 

7070(c)(1) of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 

Regarding the Government of Nauru 

Pursuant to section 7070(c)(1) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Div. K, Pub. 

L. 115–141), I hereby determine, by 

delegation from the Secretary of State, 

that the Government of Nauru has 

recognized the independence of, or has 

established diplomatic relations with, 

the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 

Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. 

This determination shall be published 

in the Federal Register and on the 

Department of State website and, along 

with the accompanying Memorandum 

of Justification, shall be reported to 

Congress. 

Dated: July 30, 2018. 

John J. Sullivan, 

Deputy Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17109 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10495] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: Exhibition 

of Two Renaissance-Era Italian 

Paintings 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that two objects to be 

exhibited in the Italian Renaissance 

Paintings Gallery of The J. Paul Getty 

Museum at the Getty Center, imported 

from abroad for temporary exhibition 

within the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at The J. Paul Getty 

Museum at the Getty Center, Los 

Angeles, California, from on or about 

December 17, 2018, until on or about 

August 5, 2019, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 

236–11 of July 27, 2018. 

Jennifer Z. Galt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17148 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10497] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Celebrating Tintoretto: Portrait 

Paintings and Studio Drawings’’ 

Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Celebrating 

Tintoretto: Portrait Paintings and Studio 

Drawings,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at The Metropolitan Museum of 

Art, New York, New York, from on or 

about October 15, 2018, until on or 

about January 27, 2019, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 

236–11 of July 27, 2018. 

Jennifer Z. Galt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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