1. A report shall be identified through a unique trade identifier agreed by the counterparties.
2. Where counterparties fail to agree on the entity responsible for generating the unique trade identifier to be assigned to the report, the counterparties shall determine the entity responsible for generating a unique trade identifier in accordance with the following:
(a) for centrally-executed and cleared trades, the unique trade identifier shall be generated at the point of clearing by the central counterparty (CCP) for the clearing member. Another unique trade identifier shall be generated by the clearing member for its counterparty;
(b) for centrally-executed but not centrally-cleared trades, the unique trade identifier shall be generated by the trading venue of execution for its member;
(c) for centrally-confirmed and cleared trades, the unique trade identifier shall be generated at the point of clearing by the CCP for the clearing member. Another unique trade identifier shall be