On September 30th, the CFTC's Division of Clearing and Risk and Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter providing time-limited and specific relief for futures commission merchants from the requirement to comply with Commission Regulation 1.73(a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii), and for temporarily registered SEFs from the requirement to comply with Commission Regulation 37.702(b), if the SEFs do not already have the ability to facilitate pre-execution screening. The no-action relief commences on September 30, 2013, and expires on November 1, 2013 at 12:01 am EST. CFTC Press Release.