Notice2025-15526

Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Credit LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the ICC CDS Instrument On-Boarding Policies and Procedures

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 156 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39454-39457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15526]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103687; File No. SR-ICC-2025-011]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; ICE Clear Credit LLC; Notice of 
Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the ICC CDS Instrument On-
Boarding Policies and Procedures

August 12, 2025.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1) and Rule 19b-4, 17 CFR 240.19b-4, notice is 
hereby given that on August 07, 2025, ICE Clear Credit LLC (``ICC'' or 
``ICE Clear Credit'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II and III below, 
which Items have been primarily prepared by ICC. The Commission is 
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change 
from interested persons.

I. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the 
Proposed Rule Change

    The principal purpose of the proposed rule change is to revise the 
ICC CDS Instrument On-boarding Policies and Procedures (``Instrument 
On-boarding Policy''). These revisions do not require any changes to 
the ICC Clearing Rules (``Rules'').\1\
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    \1\ ICC's Rules are available on ICC's public website: <a href="https://www.ice.com/publicdocs/clear_credit/ICE_Clear_Credit_Rules.pdf">https://www.ice.com/publicdocs/clear_credit/ICE_Clear_Credit_Rules.pdf</a>.
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II. Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, ICC included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change, 
security-based swap submission, or advance notice and discussed any 
comments it received on the proposed rule change, security-based swap 
submission, or advance notice. The text of these statements may be 
examined at the places specified in Item IV below. ICC has prepared 
summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B), and (C) below, of the most 
significant aspects of these statements.

(A) Clearing Agency's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis 
for, the Proposed Rule Change

(a) Purpose
    ICC proposes to amend its Instrument On-boarding Policy. This 
document provides an overview of ICC's on-boarding process for new 
instruments, which includes selecting new instruments for clearing, 
configuring internal systems, notifying and receiving feedback from 
stakeholders, and ensuring operational readiness by ICC and its 
Clearing Participants (``CPs''). The proposed changes (1) amend the 
guiding principles that ICC maintains for instrument selection, (2) 
reflect current practices and other updates, and (3) include clarifying 
or non-substantive changes. ICC believes that such changes will 
facilitate the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of 
securities transactions and derivative agreements, contracts, and 
transactions for which it is responsible. ICC proposes to make such 
changes effective following Commission approval of the proposed rule 
change. The proposed rule change is described in detail as follows.
1. Guiding Principle Amendments
    ICC proposes to amend Section III.A. of the Instrument On-boarding 
Policy, which discusses the guiding principles that ICC maintains for 
considering instruments for clearing. Such principles are designed to 
ensure that ICC proceeds in a prudent manner with respect to instrument 
selection while also providing the best opportunity for CPs to minimize 
their risk. The changes to the guiding principles are designed to 
promote ICC's ability to consider additional instruments for clearing.
    Currently, ICC maintains a guiding principle to consider 
instruments for clearing that are constituents of currently clearable 
On-The-Run (``OTR'') indices. When adopted in 2021, this guiding 
principle was designed to provide the market with additional 
instruments to hedge and mitigate indirect risk exposure from OTR 
indices.\2\ ICC proposes to remove reference to OTR indices, such that 
ICC will consider instruments for clearing that are constituents of 
currently clearable indices. ICC believes it is appropriate to expand 
this guiding principle because many market participants hedge and 
mitigate indirect risk exposure from credit default swap (``CDS'') 
indices (including but not limited to OTR indices) with the 
constituents of those indices. The proposed change would promote ICC's 
risk management by providing increased transparency to the clearing 
house regarding the risk exposure of market participants to allow ICC 
to better assess and manage its credit risk.
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    \2\ See Exchange Act Release No. 93581 (November 16, 2021), 86 
FR 66382 (November 22, 2021) (File No. SR-ICC-2021-019).
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    ICC maintains another guiding principle applicable to instruments 
that are not constituents of such indices. Under this guiding 
principle, ICC considers such instruments for clearing that meet an 
open interest threshold or a volume threshold. Currently, ICC considers 
either instruments with uncleared gross notional open interest equal to 
or greater than the average combined cleared open interest and 
bilateral open interest of instruments belonging to the same, currently 
cleared instrument types among ICC CPs, or instruments with an average 
bilateral weekly volume equal to or greater than the average bilateral 
and cleared volume across all currently cleared instrument types over 
the last twelve months and with an average weekly volume of at least 
five contracts per week over the last twelve months. ICC also currently 
considers instruments with bilateral open interest held by at least 
half, but no less than three, CP Affiliate Groups (``AGs''). As 
amended, ICC would consider instruments with uncleared gross notional 
open interest among ICC CPs, or with an average bilateral weekly volume 
equal to or greater than the average cleared volume across currently 
cleared instruments belonging to the same product type over the last 
twelve months. ICC would also consider instruments with bilateral open 
interest held by at least three CP AGs. This guiding principle was 
formally adopted in 2020 with the formalization of the Instrument On-
boarding Policy \3\ and has allowed ICC to consider the most liquid 
single names, most of which ICC currently clears. The proposed changes 
expand the thresholds to consider instruments for clearing that have 
any uncleared gross notional open interest (rather than those with a 
specified uncleared gross notional open interest) or an average 
bilateral weekly volume equal to or greater than the average cleared 
volume across comparable cleared instruments (removing reference to 
bilateral cleared volume and the requirement for an average weekly 
volume of at least five contracts), and bilateral open interest held by 
at least three CP AGs (removing the requirement that bilateral open 
interest be held by at least half of the CP AGs). The revisions thus 
allow ICC to consider additional instruments for clearing, including 
those requested by market participants, i.e., currently less liquid 
single name instruments that, in ICC's view, still have sufficient 
trading volume and market liquidity, and are held widely enough by CPs. 
Instruments subject to the amended guiding principles would

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continue to be subject to effective controls through existing 
governance,\4\ risk,\5\ pricing,\6\ and operations \7\ reviews, which 
ultimately determine the instruments that ICC may clear. As such, ICC 
believes that expanding these guiding principles is appropriate to 
ensure that ICC continues to provide the best opportunity for CPs to 
minimize their risk while proceeding in a prudent manner with respect 
to instrument selection.
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    \3\ See Exchange Act Release No. 88925 (May 21, 2020), 85 FR 
32073 (May 28, 2020) (File No. SR-ICC-2020-004).
    \4\ Once it has been determined that the proposed instrument 
meets ICC's guiding principles, appropriate governance actions must 
be taken to determine whether ICC should proceed with clearing such 
instrument. For example, a risk review process is performed by the 
ICC Risk Committee, which includes the review of a risk impact 
analysis and pricing analysis. Additional review and approval by 
ICC's Board may also be necessary depending on whether clearing the 
new instrument requires changes to ICC's Rulebook or risk 
methodology. See Section IV. in the Instrument On-Boarding Policy.
    \5\ As part of its risk management evaluation, ICC ensures that 
the risks associated with the proposed instrument is appropriately 
accounted for by ICC's risk models and that risk requirements will 
provide adequate protection to the clearing house and its CPs. See 
Section VI. in the Instrument On-Boarding Policy.
    \6\ As part of its pricing evaluation, ICC ensures that its end-
of-day price discovery process operates effectively with the 
proposed instrument, including that sufficient CPs are available to 
readily provide prices to ensure the effectiveness of such process. 
See Section VII. in the Instrument On-Boarding Policy.
    \7\ New instruments are subject to an operational setup. In 
particular, a reference obligation, which specifies a particular 
bond that is either guaranteed or issued by the reference entity, is 
one product attribute that must be defined for each reference 
entity. See Section V. in the Instrument On-Boarding Policy.
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2. Changes To Reflect Current Practices and Other Updates
    ICC proposes amendments throughout the Instrument On-Boarding 
Policy to reflect current practices or make other updates regarding 
governance, operations, and instruments that are outside the scope of 
the standard on-boarding process. With respect to governance, ICC 
proposes adding references to the recently established Board Risk 
Committee in Section IV. to memorialize the types of matters related to 
instrument on-boarding that are subject to Board Risk Committee 
review.\8\ In particular, such matters would include changes to the ICC 
Rulebook and ICC risk methodology related to new instruments. ICC 
proposes removing outdated references in Section IV. to the Risk 
Management Subcommittee, which is no longer in existence.\9\ ICC also 
proposes adding references to the recently established Risk Advisory 
Working Group to memorialize its role in reviewing matters that could 
materially affect the risk profile of ICC, including the addition of a 
new product category or material modifications to ICC's risk 
methodology.\10\
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    \8\ ICC previously filed a proposed rule change to establish the 
Board Risk Committee. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 103161 
(May 30, 2025), 90 FR 23970 (June 5, 2025) (File No. SR-ICC-2025-
006).
    \9\ ICC previously filed a proposed rule change to eliminate 
references to the ICC Risk Management Subcommittee from its Rules 
and related policies and procedures. See Exchange Act Release Nos. 
100876 (August 29, 2024), 89 FR 72538 (September 5, 2024) (File No. 
SR-ICC-2024-009); 101382 (Oct. 18, 2024), 89 FR 84979 (Oct. 24, 
2024) (File No. SR-ICC-2024-009).
    \10\ Id.
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    ICC also proposes changes to Sections III. and V. regarding its 
instrument on-boarding operational practices. ICC proposes removing a 
reference to an external system that it no longer uses for purposes of 
processing post-trade life cycle events (e.g., coupon payments, credit 
events, succession events) in Section V. In Section III.C. and Section 
V., ICC also proposes removing a reference to a service provider for 
market data and intraday pricing, as ICC does not intend for the 
Instrument On-boarding Policy to list or control ICC service providers 
or manage the on-boarding or review of such providers. Consistent with 
current practices, ICC service providers are subject to contractual 
arrangements entered into by authorized ICC officers and governed by 
the Operational Risk Management Framework, if appropriate.\11\
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    \11\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 101819 (December 5, 
2024), 89 FR 99949 (December 11, 2024) (File No. SR-ICC-2024-011).
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    Additionally, ICC proposes revisions throughout the document with 
respect to new instruments that are outside of the scope of the 
standard on-boarding process. As noted in Section IV.D., such 
exceptions include, in respect of CDS indices, a new index series with 
updated reference entity constituents.\12\ ICC proposes to clarify 
relevant processes pertaining to such instrument on-boarding. Namely, 
for those indices and corresponding new reference entity constituent(s) 
falling under an already approved CDS index product type, ICC proposes 
to clarify that it will begin clearing the new series from the index 
roll date, followed by the corresponding new reference entity 
constituent(s) once ICC reviews the parameters and analysis with the 
relevant working groups, consistent with current practices. ICC also 
proposes additional edits in Sections VI and VIII to specify which 
processes are applicable to instruments that are outside of the scope 
of the standard on-boarding process. Consistent with current practices, 
ICC proposes to specify that for all proposed instruments, excluding 
those that are outside of the scope of the standard on-boarding 
process, stress-testing is performed.\13\ Additionally, with respect to 
instruments that are outside of the scope of the standard on-boarding 
process, ICC proposes to collect voluntary quote submissions from CPs 
for a period of at least one week, instead of two weeks.\14\ ICC 
believes this update is warranted to promote the timely clearing of 
constituents of new index series following the index roll date \15\ by 
ICC and would not create operational problems because CPs are, in 
general, operationally ready for a new index series on the index roll 
date, including pricing constituents of the new index. In general, ICC 
believes that the aforementioned changes generally improve the clarity 
and effectiveness of this document by setting out current ICC practices 
and making other updates.
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    \12\ A new series of CDS indices is issued every six months and, 
pursuant to ICC's rule-filed Risk Management Framework, ICC clears 
subsequent versions of cleared indices.
    \13\ In place of stress-testing, ICC conducts pricing and risk 
parameter analyses which are reviewed with relevant working groups 
for instruments that are outside of the scope of the standard on-
boarding process.
    \14\ Currently, ICC collects voluntary quote submissions from 
CPs for a period of at least two weeks, including for instruments 
that are outside of the scope of the standard on-boarding process. 
ICC initially selected a period of two weeks to provide CPs with 
sufficient time to become operationally ready to price a new 
instrument.
    \15\ ICC's current process is to begin clearing the new index 
series from the index roll date.
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3. Clarifying or Non-Substantive Changes
    ICC proposes making certain clarifying, conforming and other non-
substantive changes to the Instrument On-Boarding Policy, as further 
set out below.
    <bullet> ICC proposes replacing ``instrument type'' with ``product 
type'' throughout the document. Such revisions are intended for clarity 
to generally mirror the product-specific subchapters of the ICC 
Rulebook. ICC proposes clarifying footnotes to distinguish between a 
product type and a product category, the former of which can be 
identified based on a review of the product-specific subchapters of 
Chapter 26 \16\ and the latter of which represents a collection of 
product types.
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    \16\ See the product-specific subchapters of Chapter 26 
``Cleared CDS Products'' of the ICC Rules for the approved product 
types. For the avoidance of doubt, Index Swaptions represent a 
product category and not a product type.
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    <bullet> In Section IV., ICC proposes updating certain instrument 
naming conventions (e.g., Standard Emerging

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Market Corporate Single Name) to be consistent with the terminology in 
the ICC Rulebook or industry terminology.
    <bullet> In Section IV.D., with respect to the publication of new 
index series, ICC proposes to update the name of such publisher to be 
current and make a conforming change in a footnote in Section V.
    <bullet> In Section V., ICC proposes to remove an introductory 
phrase to clarify that the selection of reference obligations has more 
than just one purpose.\17\
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    \17\ See supra note 7.
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    <bullet> In Section V., ICC proposes to clarify that it generally 
maintains a list of the versions of the Credit Derivatives Physical 
Settlement Matrix (``Matrix'') that are applicable, rather than a 
separate list for each reference entity.\18\
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    \18\ See the publicly available ICC list of clearing eligible 
products available at: <a href="https://www.ice.com/publicdocs/clear_credit/ICE_Clear_Credit_Clearing_Eligible_Products.xls">https://www.ice.com/publicdocs/clear_credit/ICE_Clear_Credit_Clearing_Eligible_Products.xls</a>. Relevant tabs note 
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    <bullet> ICC proposes clarifying changes throughout the document, 
including adding defined terms in quotations, updating a policy name to 
match its current title, updating references to ICC Rules, and adding 
``ICC'' as a qualifier in front of certain department and committee 
names.
    <bullet> ICC proposes making certain grammatical updates throughout 
the document, including changes in capitalization and adding or 
expanding abbreviations.
    <bullet> Lastly, ICC proposes to revise the revision history to 
reflect the above-described changes.
(b) Statutory Basis
    ICC believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the 
requirements of Section 17A of the Act \19\ and the regulations 
thereunder applicable to it, including the applicable standards under 
Rule 17Ad-22.\20\ In particular, Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act \21\ 
requires that the rule change be designed to promote the prompt and 
accurate clearance and settlement of securities transactions and 
derivative agreements, contracts and transactions cleared by ICC, to 
assure the safeguarding of securities and funds in the custody or 
control of ICC or for which it is responsible, and to protect investors 
and the public interest. As described above, the proposed changes (1) 
amend the guiding principles that ICC maintains for instrument 
selection, (2) reflect current practices and make other updates, and 
(3) make clarifying or non-substantive changes. The amended guiding 
principles would continue to ensure that ICC proceeds in a prudent 
manner with respect to instrument selection while also providing the 
best opportunity for CPs to minimize their risk, including by providing 
additional instruments to hedge and mitigate indirect risk exposure 
from indices and allowing ICC to consider additional instruments for 
clearing, including those requested by market participants, i.e., 
currently less liquid single name instruments that, in ICC's view, 
still have sufficient trading volume and market liquidity, and are held 
widely enough by CPs. The additional changes that reflect current 
practices and make other updates or clarifying or non-substantive 
changes generally improve the clarity and effectiveness of the 
Instrument On-Boarding Policy and ensure that it remains readable, 
transparent, and up-to-date. The proposed rule change is therefore 
consistent with the prompt and accurate clearing and settlement of the 
contracts cleared by ICC, the safeguarding of securities and funds in 
the custody or control of ICC or for which it is responsible, and the 
protection of investors and the public interest, within the meaning of 
Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act.\22\
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    \19\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1.
    \20\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22.
    \21\ 15 U.S.C. 78q-1(b)(3)(F).
    \22\ Id.
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    The amendments would also satisfy relevant requirements of Rule 
17Ad-22.\23\ Rule 17Ad-22(e)(2)(i) and (v) \24\ requires each covered 
clearing agency to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to provide for governance 
arrangements that are clear and transparent and specify clear and 
direct lines of responsibility. The proposed rule change updates ICC's 
governance arrangements by adding references to the newly established 
Board Risk Committee and Risk Advisory Working Group and removing 
references to the retired Risk Management Subcommittee to ensure that 
the Instrument On-boarding Policy continues to describe the roles and 
responsibilities of relevant stakeholders with respect to instrument 
selection and subject new instruments to ICC's governance process. As 
such, in ICC's view, the proposed rule change continues to ensure that 
ICC maintains policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to 
provide for clear and transparent governance arrangements and specify 
clear and direct lines of responsibility, consistent with Rule 17Ad-
22(e)(2)(i) and (v).\25\
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    \23\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22.
    \24\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(2)(i) and (v).
    \25\ Id.
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    Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(ii) \26\ requires each covered clearing agency 
to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written policies and 
procedures reasonably designed to effectively identify, measure, 
monitor, and manage its credit exposures to participants and those 
arising from its payment, clearing, and settlement processes, including 
by maintaining additional financial resources at the minimum to enable 
it to cover a wide range of foreseeable stress scenarios that include, 
but are not limited to, the default of the two participant families 
that would potentially cause the largest aggregate credit exposure for 
the covered clearing agency in extreme but plausible market conditions. 
As discussed above, the proposed changes to the guiding principles 
would, among other things, promote ICC's risk management by providing 
increased transparency to the clearing house regarding the risk 
exposure of market participants to allow ICC to better assess and 
manage its credit risk. Furthermore, instruments subject to the amended 
guiding principles would continue to be subject to effective controls 
through existing governance, risk, pricing, and operations reviews, 
which support ICC's ability to maintain its financial resources and 
withstand the pressures of defaults, consistent with the requirements 
of Rule 17Ad-22(e)(4)(ii).\27\
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    \26\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(4)(ii).
    \27\ Id.
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    Rule 17Ad-22(e)(17) \28\ requires, in relevant part, each covered 
clearing agency to establish, implement, maintain, and enforce written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to manage its operational 
risks by (i) identifying the plausible sources of operational risk, 
both internal and external, and mitigating their impact through the use 
of appropriate systems, policies, procedures, and controls; and (ii) 
ensuring that systems have a high degree of security, resiliency, 
operational reliability, and adequate, scalable capacity. As discussed 
above, ICC proposes revisions to ensure that the document reflects 
current practices and is up-to-date, clear, and transparent, including 
with respect to ICC's operational practices for instrument on-boarding. 
The Instrument On-boarding Policy would thus continue to appropriately 
describe the process for the introduction of new instruments to ensure 
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operationally ready and that ICC proceeds in a controlled manner, 
thereby supporting ICC's ability to identify the plausible sources of 
operational risk and mitigate their impact and ensure that systems have 
a high degree of security, resiliency, operational reliability, and 
adequate, scalable capacity, consistent with the requirements of Rule 
17Ad-22(e)(17).\29\
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    \28\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(17)(i) and (ii).
    \29\ Id.
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    Rule 17Ad-22(e)(21) \30\ requires, among other things, that each 
covered clearing agency establish, implement, maintain, and enforce 
written policies and procedures reasonably designed to be efficient and 
effective in meeting the requirements of its participants and the 
markets it serves. Such changes to promote ICC's ability to consider 
additional instruments for clearing, including those requested by 
market participants, would support and enhance the guiding principles 
by ensuring that ICC continues to proceed in a prudent manner with 
respect to instrument selection while also providing CPs the best 
opportunity to minimize their risk, thereby allowing ICC to be 
efficient and effective in meeting the requirements of its participants 
and the markets it serves, consistent with Rule 17Ad-22(e)(21).\31\
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    \30\ 17 CFR 240.17ad-22(e)(21).
    \31\ Id.
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(B) Clearing Agency's Statement on Burden on Competition

    ICC does not believe the proposed amendments will have any impact, 
or impose any burden, on competition not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act. As discussed above, the 
proposed rule change (1) amends the guiding principles that ICC 
maintains for instrument selection, (2) reflects current practices and 
other updates, and (3) makes other clarifying or non-substantive 
changes. Additional instruments selected for clearing under the revised 
guiding principles in the proposed Instrument On-Boarding Policy will 
be available to all ICC CPs for clearing. The clearing of any such 
additional instruments does not preclude the offering of such 
instruments for clearing by other market participants. Moreover, the 
proposed changes to the Instrument On-Boarding Policy, including 
changes to reflect current practices and other clarifying or non-
substantive changes, will apply uniformly across all market 
participants. Therefore, ICC does not believe the proposed rule change 
will impose any burden on competition that is inappropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

(C) Clearing Agency's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change 
Received From Members, Participants or Others

    Written comments relating to the proposed rule change have not been 
solicited or received. ICC will notify the Commission of any written 
comments received by ICC.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking</a>); 
or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#483a3d242d652b2725252d263c3b083b2d2b662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f785829b92da94989a9a92998384b7849294d9909881">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-ICC-2025-011 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

All submissions should refer to file number SR-ICC-2025-011. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help 
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's internet website (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking">https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking</a>). Copies of such 
filings will be available for inspection and copying at the principal 
office of ICE Clear Credit and on ICE Clear Credit's website at <a href="https://www.ice.com/clear-credit/regulation">https://www.ice.com/clear-credit/regulation</a>.
    Do not include personal identifiable information in submissions; 
you should submit only information that you wish to make available 
publicly. We may redact in part or withhold entirely from publication 
submitted material that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. 
All submissions should refer to file number SR-ICC-2025-011 and should 
be submitted on or before September 5, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\32\
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    \32\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15526 Filed 8-14-25; 8:45 am]
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