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Initiator	Action Type	Description	Status	Date	Remarks	Documents
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., et al	Exemption	CFTC Registered Floor Brokers/Traders Deemed ECEs	Action Taken	01/16/2003		0
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.	Exemption	IPE Brokers/Traders Deemed ECEs	Action Taken	11/15/2004		0
CFTC	4(c) Action	Final rulemaking amending Part 34 Regulations	Action Taken	01/22/1993	Amendments to Part 34 Regulations expanding the exemption applied to certain hybrid instruments that combine charateristics of futures/options with debt, equity, or depository interests, pursuant to CEA Section 4(c) authority. 58 FR 5580 (Jan 22, 1993).	0
CFTC	4(c) Action	Proposed Part 35 Regulations	Action Taken	01/22/1993		0
NQLX LLC Futures Exchange	Request to Vacate	NQLX seeks vacation from its order of designation	Action Taken	10/29/2010	On June 16, 2010, NYSE Euronext, the ultimate parent of NQLX requested that the status of NQLX as a designated contract market be vacated and set aside by the CFTC. Comments with respect to this request were due by August 6, 2010. NQLX was originally designated as a DCM in August 2001. On July 1, 2005, it met the definition of a "dormant" DCM and since that time has remained inactive. NYSE Euronext intended that NQLX be merged into an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, on or about September 20, 2010.	0
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), et al	4(c) Action	Part 36 Professional Markets Rulemaking	Action Taken	10/02/1995	New Part 36 Regulations for Professional Markets (in response to a petition to permit certain transactions to trade on Section 4(c) contract markets exempt from specified requirements of the Act and the Commission regulations). 60 FR 51323 (Oct 2,1995).	0
Cargill, Inc.	No-Action	Relief from Certain ATOM Requirements	Action Taken	01/11/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (CBOE Futures Exchange)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (Hedge Street)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (CBOT)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (KCBT)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (MGE)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (Chi. Climate Fut. Ex.)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (NYBOT)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (CME)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (NYMEX)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (One Chicago)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
CFTC	No-Action	Strike Price Filing Relief (USFE)	Action Taken	01/09/2006		0
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.	4a(a)(7) Petition	Exemptive relief - bona fide hedging transactions.	Pending	04/26/2012		1
LCH SA	4d Action	LCH SA 4d(f) Order	Action Taken	11/01/2021		1
North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc.	Request for Amended Order	Amended DCO Order to Clear Intermediated Trades	Action Taken	03/30/2010		1
Pacific Futures Exchange	Request to Vacate	Request to Vacate PFE DCM Designation	Action Taken	04/21/2008	On January 17, 2008, the Pacific Futures Exchange ( PFE) requested under CEA Section 7 that the CFTC vacate PFEs contract market designation as of April 21, 2008. PFE currently is not operational. PFE was orginally designated as a contract market on July 22, 1986 and the only authorized contract was the PSE Technology Stock Index future, for which trading was never initiated.	1
CME Clearing House	4d Action	Request for 4d order re cleared OTC Ag swaps	Action Taken	03/18/2009		1
NYMEX Clearing House	4d Action	Treatment of Customer Funds re: DME	Action Taken	05/23/2007	The Commission issued an order under Section 4d of the Commodity Exchange Act allowing the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and registered futures commission merchants to hold Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) customer positions and associated funds in segregated accounts. The order is limited to the following contracts traded on the DME: the physically delivered Oman Sour Crude futures contract, the cash-settled West Texas Intermediate-Oman Financial Spread futures contract and the Brent-Oman Financial Spread futures contract.	1
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.	4d Action	4d Order re: OTC Wheat Calendar Swaps	Action Taken	12/09/2013		1
Cantor Clearinghouse, L.P.	Request for Amended Order	Cantor Petition for Amended DCO Order	Action Taken	02/11/2013		1
Chicago Board of Trade	4d Action	Request for 4d Order for Cleared OTC Contracts	Action Taken	09/26/2008		1
ICE Clear Europe Limited	4d Action	4d(f) Request	Action Taken	04/09/2013	ICE Clear Europe Limited Request for Order Pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the CEA Permitting Commingling of Customer Funds and Portfolio Margining for Swaps and Security-Based Swaps.	1
ICE Clear US, Inc.	4d Action	Request for 4d Order for Cleared OTC Contracts	Action Taken	12/12/2008		1
CME Clearing House	4d Action	Requests to Amend NYMEX/DME 4d Order	Action Taken	09/16/2011		1
Clearing Corporation	4d Action	Req inclusion of new Eurex products in 4d account	Action Taken	10/25/2007		1
CFTC	No-Action	No-Action Relief from Swaps Reporting Requiremt	Action Taken	11/13/2012		1
LCH.Clearnet Ltd.	Request for Amended Order	Request for amended order	Action Taken	12/16/2014	.	1
ICE Clear Europe Limited	4d Action	Request for 4d(a) Order.	Action Taken	10/09/2012	The Commission has issued an order permitting ICE Clear Europe and its FCM clearing members to hold customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure positions in foreign futures with customer property used to margin, guarantee, or secure futures, in a futures customer account maintained in accordance with Sections 4d(a) and 4d(b) of the CEA. The order also permits ICE Clear Europe to transfer cleared swaps positions, and customer property used to margin, secure or guarantee such positions, to Sections 4d(a) and 4d(b) accounts.	1
CME Clearing House	4d Action	Clearing by CME of OTC Contracts	Action Taken	03/03/2006		1
CME Clearing House	4d Action	Treatment of Customer Funds re: MEFF Products	Action Taken	06/20/2001		1
NYMEX Clearing House	4d Action	Clearing of OTC Contracts	Action Taken	05/30/2002		1
Natural Gas Exchange Inc.	Request for Amended Order	Petition for Amended DCO Order	Action Taken	03/20/2013		1
NYMEX Clearing House	4d Action	Clearing of OTC Contracts-Amended Order	Action Taken	02/10/2004		1
NYMEX Clearing House	4d Action	Treatment of Funds for NYMEX Europe Transactions	Action Taken	09/06/2005		1
OneChicago LLC Futures Exchange	Petition for Rulemaking	Request to lower margin from 20% to 15% for SFPs	Withdrawn	09/18/2020		1
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.	4d Action	Amended NYMEX DME Order	Action Taken	08/06/2012		1
NYMEX Clearing House	1a(12)(C) Determination	Order amended to transfer clearing services to CME	Action Taken	08/06/2012		1
ICE Clear Europe Limited	4d Action	Supplemental Petition for Amendment to 4d Order	Action Taken	03/26/2015	The Commission issued an order amending an earlier order dated May 30, 2014, which permitted ICE Clear Europe and its clearing members that are registered FCMs to: (1) commingle in an account subject to Section 4d(a) (a futures customer account) positions in futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, and related customer money, securities, and property; and (2) portfolio margin these futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, in the futures customer account. The May 30, 2014 order provided relief only to ICE Clear Europe and its clearing members. The amended order also applies to FCMs that carry contracts cleared at ICE Clear Europe through a clearing member FCM but are not themselves clearing members.	1
CFTC	Interpretation	Part 190- Bankruptcy-Account Class	Action Taken	10/21/2004		1
Options Clearing Corporation	4d Action	Internal Cross Margining	Action Taken	11/05/2004		1
CFTC	No-Action	No Action Relief From Swap Reporting Requirements	Action Taken	10/15/2012		1
CFTC	No-Action	No Action Relief for Swap Reporting Requirements	Action Taken	10/26/2012		1
ICE Clear US, Inc.	4d Action	Request for Cross-Margining with OCC	Action Taken	02/29/2008		1
Commodity Markets Council	4a(a)(7) Petition	Modify reporting requirements under Reg. 151.5(c)	Pending	09/11/2012		1