17 CFR § 37.100 - Core Principle 1—Compliance with core principles.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s37.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "17 CFR § 37.100 - Core Principle 1—Compliance with core principles."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "37.100"
section_name: "Core Principle 1—Compliance with core principles."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "SWAP EXECUTION FACILITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 5, 6, 6c, 7, 7a-2, 7b-3, and 12a, as amended by Titles VII and VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376."
regulatory_source: "78 FR 33582, June 4, 2013, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "37"
---


# 37.100 Core Principle 1—Compliance with core principles.

(a) *In general.* To be registered, and maintain registration, as a swap execution facility, the swap execution facility shall comply with—

(1) The core principles described in section 5h of the Act; and

(2) Any requirement that the Commission may impose by rule or regulation pursuant to section 8a(5) of the Act.

(b) *Reasonable discretion of a swap execution facility.* Unless otherwise determined by the Commission by rule or regulation, a swap execution facility described in paragraph (a) of this section shall have reasonable discretion in establishing the manner in which the swap execution facility complies with the core principles described in section 5h of the Act.