17 CFR §242.823
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- (a)General. The security-based swap execution facility shall establish and enforce rules and procedures for ensuring the financial integrity of security-based swaps entered on or through the facilities of the security-based swap execution facility, including the clearance and settlement of security-based swaps pursuant to section 3C(a)(1) of the Act.
- (b)Required clearing. Transactions executed on or through the security-based swap execution facility that are required to be cleared under section 3C(a)(1) of the Act or are voluntarily cleared by the counterparties shall be cleared through a registered clearing agency or a clearing agency that has obtained an exemption from clearing agency registration to provide central counterparty services for security-based swaps.
- (c)General financial integrity. A security-based swap execution facility shall provide for the financial integrity of its transactions:
- (1)By establishing minimum financial standards for its members, which shall, at a minimum, require that each member qualify as an eligible contract participant;
- (2)For transactions cleared by a registered clearing agency:
- (i)By ensuring that the security-based swap execution facility has the capacity to route transactions to the registered clearing agency in a manner acceptable to the clearing agency for purposes of clearing; and
- (ii)By coordinating with each registered clearing agency to which it submits transactions for clearing, in the development of rules and procedures to facilitate prompt and efficient transaction processing.
- (d)Monitoring for financial soundness. A security-based swap execution facility shall monitor its members to ensure that they continue to qualify as eligible contract participants.