Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Agricultural Advisory Committee
27th Meeting
1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 8, 1999
Agenda
1:00 p.m. Welcoming Remarks and Introductions
David D. Spears, Commissioner, Chairman of the AAC
1:15 p.m. Discussion on Deregulatory Initiatives – Contract Market Designation and Exchange Rule Changes
Paul Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of Economic Analysis, CFTC
John Lawton, Acting Director, Division of Trading & Markets, CFTC
2:15 p.m. Discussion on CFTC Reauthorization Issues – November 1999 Report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets
C. Robert Paul, General Counsel, CFTC
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Briefing on Agricultural Trade Options Final Rules
Paul Architzel, Chief Counsel, Division of Economic Analysis, CFTC
3:45 p.m. Briefing on Revised Corn and Soybean Delivery Terms and Deliverable Supplies of Genetically Altered Commodities
David D. Lehman, Group Manager-Commodity Products, Market & Product Development Department, Chicago Board of Trade
4:15 p.m. Other Business