EX-34.3 11 dex343.htm EXHIBIT 34.3 Exhibit 34.3

Exhibit 34.3

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  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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  New York NY 10017
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

We have examined JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association’s (the “Company”) compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation AB as of September 30, 2006 and for the period from January 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006 (the “Reporting Period”) for the asset-backed securities transactions backed by residential mortgages, home equity loans, auto loans, credit card receivables, dealer floor plans, retail installment contracts and manufactured housing contracts that were registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, where the related asset-backed securities were outstanding during the Reporting Period (the “Platform”) described in the accompanying Management’s Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria, excluding criteria 1122(d)(1)(ii)-(iv), 1122(d)(2)(iii), 1122(d)(2)(vi), 1122(d)(4)(i)-(ii), and 1122(d)(4)(iv)-(xiv), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities performed by it with respect to the Platform. Appendix A to management’s assertion identifies the individual asset-backed transactions and securities defined by management as constituting the Platform. Management is responsible for the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company’s compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of selected asset-backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of selected servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with the applicable servicing criteria. Our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed to detect noncompliance arising from errors that may have occurred prior to or subsequent to our tests that may have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period covered by this report. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company’s compliance with the servicing criteria.

Our examination disclosed the following material noncompliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Items 1122(d)(3)(i) and 1122(d)(3)(ii) of Regulation AB applicable to the Company during the period from January 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006. Certain monthly investor reports omitted information required by the transaction agreements and/or contained errors in the information presented and certain monthly investor distributions contained errors as to amounts due to certain investors.


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In our opinion, except for the material noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association complied with the aforementioned applicable servicing criteria as of and for the period ended September 30, 2006 for the Platform, in all material respects.

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New York, New York

March 14, 2007