[Federal Register: September 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 187)]
[Notices]
[Page 54902]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Petition of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. for Exemptive
Relief, Pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act, From
the Requirement That the China Foreign Exchange Trade System and
National Interbank Funding Center or its Members Register as Futures
Commission Merchants
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Re-opening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'')
published on August 23, 2007, a notice of proposed order and request
for comment regarding a petition filed with the Commission by the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (``CME'') applying for exemptive
relief, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act.\1\
CME's petition applies for exemptive relief from the requirement that
the China Foreign Exchange Trade system and National Interbank Funding
Center (``CFETS'') or its members register as futures commission
merchants (``FCMs''). An interested party has requested that the
comment period be extended by two weeks due to the novelty of the
issues involved. The Commission is extending the comment period to
October 9, 2007.
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\1\ 72 FR 48262 (August 23, 2007).
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DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.regulations.gov/
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://frwebgate.access.gpo/cgi-bin/leaving. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected]. Include ``CME Petition for
Exemption from FCM Registration on Behalf of CFETS'' in the subject
line of the message.
Fax: 202/418-5521.
Mail: Send to David S. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20581.
Courier: Same as mail above.
All comments received will be posted without change to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.CFTC.gov/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert B. Wasserman, Associate
Director, 202-418-5092, [email protected]; Division of Clearing and
Intermediary Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1151 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2007 by the
Commission.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. E7-19222 Filed 9-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-P
Last Updated: September 28, 2007