Statement of General Policy on the Sequencing of the Compliance Dates for Final Rules Applicable to Security-Based Swaps Adopted Pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Dodd-Frank Act (SEC Statement)

The SEC is requesting public comment on a statement of general policy ("Statement") on the anticipated sequencing of the compliance dates of final rules to be adopted by the SEC pursuant to certain provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, and the Exchange Act, as amended by those provisions. These provisions establish a framework for the regulation of security-based swaps and security-based swap market participants under the Exchange Act. The Statement presents a sequencing of the compliance dates for these final rules by grouping the rules into five categories and describes the interconnectedness of the compliance dates for these rules, both within and among the five categories. The Statement also describes the timing of the expiration of the relief previously granted by the SEC that provided exemptions from certain provisions of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

Comments Due: August 13, 2012.

View statement in full here (links externally to SEC website).