Code of Federal Regulations Title 17. Commodity and Securities Exchanges § 17.44.02 Reporting pre-enactment swaps to a swap data repository or the Commission

(1) Report to a registered swap data repository or the Commission by the compliance date established in the reporting rules required under Section 2(h)(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act, or within 60 days after a swap data repository becomes registered with the Commission and commences operations to receive and maintain data related to such swap, whichever occurs first, the following information with respect to the swap transaction:

(2) Report to the Commission on request, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commission, any information relating to the swap transaction.

Note to paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2):  In order to comply with the reporting requirements contained in paragraph (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, each counterparty to a pre-enactment unexpired swap transaction that may be required to report such transaction should retain, in its existing format, all information and documents, to the extent and in such form as they presently exist, relating to the terms of a swap transaction, including but not limited to any information necessary to identify and value the transaction;  the date and time of execution of the transaction;  information relevant to the price of the transaction;  whether the transaction was accepted for clearing and, if so, the identity of such clearing organization;  any modification(s) to the terms of the transaction;  and the final confirmation of the transaction.

(1) Where only one counterparty to a swap transaction is a swap dealer or a major swap participant, the swap dealer or major swap participant shall report the transaction;

(2) Where one counterparty to a swap transaction is a swap dealer and the other counterparty is a major swap participant, the swap dealer shall report the transaction;  and

(3) Where neither counterparty to a swap transaction is a swap dealer or a major swap participant, the counterparties to the transaction shall select the counterparty who will report the transaction.