
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50476-50477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20064]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-70166; File No. SR-BATS-2013-035]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To Amend the 
Competitive Liquidity Provider Program

August 13, 2013.
    On June 17, 2013, BATS Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'' or ``BATS'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'' or ``Exchange Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a 
proposed rule change to establish the Competitive Liquidity

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Provider Program for Exchange Traded Products (``ETP CLP Program''), 
and to amend its existing Competitive Liquidity Provider Program to 
only apply to corporate issues, on a pilot basis. On June 24, 2013, the 
Exchange submitted Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.\3\ The 
proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1, was published for 
comment in the Federal Register on July 5, 2013.\4\ The Commission 
received no comment letters on the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ In Amendment No. 1, the Exchange made technical corrections 
and clarifying amendments.
    \4\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 69889 (June 28, 2013), 
78 FR 40531 (``Notice'').
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that, within 45 days of 
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer 
period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that 
it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change. The 
proposed rule change would, among other things, create a one-year pilot 
program, the ETP CLP Program, for issuers of certain exchange-traded 
products listed on the Exchange.
    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\6\ designates October 3, 2013, as the date by which the Commission 
should either approve or disapprove or institute proceedings to 
determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change (File Number 
SR-BATS-2013-035).
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-20064 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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