Common use of Self-regulatory organizations Clause in Contracts

Self-regulatory organizations. Where a Party requires a financial institution or a cross-border financial service supplier of the other Party to be a member of, participate in, or have access to, a self-regulatory organization to provide a financial service in or into the territory of that Party, the Party shall ensure that the self-regulatory organization observes the obligations of Articles 12.2 and 12.3. Article 1213. Payment and clearing systems Under terms and conditions that accord national treatment, each Party shall grant financial institutions of the other Party established in its territory access to payment and clearing systems operated by public entities, and to official funding and refinancing facilities available in the normal course of ordinary business. This Article is not intended to confer access to the Party's lender of last resort facilities.