filing date
(7) Filing date The term “filing date” means the date on which an application for a protective decree is filed under section 78eee(a)(3) of this title , except that— (A) if a petition under title 11 concerning the debtor was filed before such date, the term “filing date” means the date on which such petition was filed; (B) if the debtor is the subject of a proceeding pending in any court or before any agency of the United States or any State in which a receiver, trustee, or liquidator for such debtor has been appointed and such proceeding was commenced before the date on which such application was filed, the term “filing date” means the date on which such proceeding was commenced; or (C) if the debtor is the subject of a direct payment procedure or was the subject of a direct payment procedure discontinued by SIPC pursuant to section 78fff–4(f) of this title , the term “filing date” means the date on which notice of such direct payment procedure was published under section 78fff–4(b) of this title .