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On February 25, 2016, the CFTC's Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting to discuss (i) the CFTC Proposed Order providing exemptive relief from CEA requirements for transactions administered by regional transmission organizations, and (ii) the Swap Dealer "De Minimis" exception.

The CFTC Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee ("EEMAC") will meet on February 25, 2016 to consider a staff preliminary report regarding the swap dealer de minimis exception. EEMAC will also review a report summarizing 2015 proceedings and examine the CFTC's Proposed Order Exempting the Southwest Power Pool from Certain Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act.

The CFTC will hold an open meeting to consider (i) a proposed rule for Division of Clearing and Risk ("DCR") safeguards, (ii) a proposed rule for Division of Market Oversight ("DMO") safeguard-testing requirements and (iii) its final rule on the margin for uncleared swaps. The meeting will take place on December 16, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") reproposed rules addressing the application of certain requirements under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act (the "Reproposal") to non-U.S. persons dealing in security-based swaps ("SBSs"). [1] I. Amendments to De Minimis Counting Requirements Under the Reproposal and in addition to the circumstances set forth in the Cross-Border Final Rules, [2] an SBS-dealing transaction that is entered into by a non-U.S. person and is "arranged, negotiated or executed" ("ANE") through personnel located in a U.S. branch or office, or through an (affiliated