31 CFR § 356.16 - Do I have to make any certifications?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s356.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 356.16 - Do I have to make any certifications?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "356.16"
section_name: "Do I have to make any certifications?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "356"
part_name: "SALE AND ISSUE OF MARKETABLE BOOK-ENTRY TREASURY BILLS, NOTES, AND BONDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY CIRCULAR, FISCAL SERVICE SERIES NO. 1-93)"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3102, 12 U.S.C. 391."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 45202, July 28, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "356"
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# 356.16 Do I have to make any certifications?
(a) *Submitters.* If you submit bids or other information in an auction, we deem you to have certified that:
(1) You are in compliance with this part and the auction announcement;
(2) The information provided with regard to any bids for your own account is accurate and complete; and
(3) The information provided with regard to any bids for customers accurately and completely reflects information provided by your customers or intermediaries.
(b) *Intermediaries.* If you forward bids in an auction, we deem you to have certified that:
(1) You are in compliance with this part and the applicable auction announcement; and
(2) That the information you provided to a submitter or other intermediary with regard to bids for customers accurately and completely reflects information provided by those customers or intermediaries.
(c) *Customers.* By bidding for a security as a customer we deem you to have certified that:
(1) You are in compliance with this part and the auction announcement and;
(2) The information you provided to the submitter or intermediary in connection with the bid is accurate and complete.
[69 FR 45202, July 28, 2004, as amended at 72 FR 14938, Mar. 20, 2008]