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Notice of Ministerial Approval of Rules and Consequential Amendments related to SEDAR+
Notice of Ministerial Approval of Rules and Consequential Amendments related to SEDAR+
NOTICE OF MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF RULES AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SEDAR+
June 8, 2023
Ministerial Approval
The Ontario Minister of Finance recently approved the following made by the Ontario Securities Commission related to SEDAR+:
• amendments to MI 13-102 System Fees (MI 13-102),
• adoption of National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (NI 13-103), which includes the repeal of National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR), and
• consequential amendments to various rules (collectively, the Rules and Consequential Amendments).
The Rules and Consequential Amendments, as well as Companion Policy 13-103CP System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval+ (SEDAR+) and consequential changes to various policies (the CP Changes), were published in the Bulletin on March 23, 2023. The same material is being published today in Chapter 5 of this Bulletin.
The Rules, Consequential Amendments and CP Changes will become effective on June 9, 2023.
Deferral of SEDAR+ Launch
As announced by the CSA on June 1, 2023, the launch of SEDAR+ has been deferred to July 25, 2023, with a contingency date in September. To support the launch deferral, today, the CSA is also publishing substantively harmonized exemptions from certain filing requirements and a related CSA Notice. Each member of the CSA is implementing the relief through a local blanket order entitled Coordinated Blanket Order 13-931 Exemptions from certain filing requirements in connection with the deferred launch of the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval +.
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