Document ID: SEC-2018-0373-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: ICE Clear Europe, Ltd.
Posted Date: 2018-03-05T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04336]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82782; File No. SR-ICEEU-2017-017]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Europe Limited; Notice 
of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change Concerning the ICE Clear Europe Wind-Down Plan

February 27, 2018.
    On December 29, 2017, ICE Clear Europe Limited (``ICE Clear 
Europe'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') proposed rule change SR-ICEEU-2017-017 (``Proposed 
Rule Change'') pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ 
concerning the ICE Clear Europe Wind-Down Plan. The Proposed Rule 
Change was published for comment in the Federal Register on January 19, 
2018.\3\ To date, the Commission has not received any comment letters 
to the Proposed Rule Change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ Exchange Act Release No. 82497 (Jan. 12, 2018), 83 FR 2847 
(Jan. 19, 2018) (SR-ICEEU-2017-017) (``Notice'').
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act \4\ provides that, within 45 
days of the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule 
change, or within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission 
may designate if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and 
publishes its reasons for so finding, or as to which the self-
regulatory organization consents, the Commission shall either approve 
the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or 
institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change 
should be disapproved. The 45th day after publication of the Notice for 
this Proposed Rule Change is March 5, 2018. The Commission is extending 
this 45-day time period. In order to provide the Commission with 
sufficient time to consider the Proposed Rule Change, the Commission 
finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which 
to take action on the Proposed Rule Change.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Exchange Act,\5\ designates April 19, 2018 as the date by which the 
Commission shall either approve, disapprove, or institute proceedings 
to determine whether to disapprove proposed rule change SR-ICEEU-2017-
017.
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-04336 Filed 3-2-18; 8:45 am]
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