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Aug 14, 2014

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Euro-Swap Futures: No trading admission for U.S. Persons at Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich

Central Counterparties (CCPs) that directly and/or indirectly clear over the counter (OTC) swaps for U.S. Persons need to register with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). According to the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), it is unlawful for a CCP to “perform the functions of a DCO” with respect to OTC swaps, unless the CCP is registered as DCO with the CFTC.

Since Eurex Clearing AG’s registration as DCO with the CFTC is not yet completed, Eurex Clearing AG is obliged to identify and reject OTC Interest Rate Derivative Transactions for clearing in which U.S. Persons are involved.

Since upon maturity of the futures contract, trading of Euro-Swap Futures may result in physical delivery and clearing of OTC Interest Rate Swaps, trading in Euro-Swap Futures for U.S. Persons at Eurex Deutschland and Eurex Zürich will not be permissible until a procedure for effective exclusion of physical delivery for U.S. Persons with OTC Interest Rate Swaps by Eurex Clearing AG has been announced.  

In order to further fulfill regulatory requirements, the document “Euro-Swap Futures – U.S. Person Representation Letter“ is attached to this circular. Trading Participants who wish to take part in trading of Euro-Swap Futures are requested to declare vis-à-vis Eurex Frankfurt AG until start of trading of Euro-Swap Futures on 1 September 2014 that they and/or their customers for whom they submit Euro-Swap Futures for trading and clearing, do not qualify as U.S. Persons.

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