[Federal Register: May 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 87)]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Chicago Mercantile Exchange Petition for Exemption From the
Statutory Dual Trading Prohibition in Affected Contract Markets

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption from the prohibition on duel
trading in an affected contract market.

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SUMMARY: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (``CME'' or ``Exchange'') has
submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'')
a petition for exemption from the statutory prohibition against dual
trading in two contract markets. The petition requests an exemption for
two newly affected contract markets that trade electronically on CME's
Globex<INF>2</INF> system. Copies of the entire file, including any
future submissions, will be available to the public upon request,
except to the extent the Exchange has requested confidential treatment.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the file are available from the Office of the
Secretariat, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581. Reference should be
made to the CME Globex<INF>2</INF> dual trading exemption petition
file.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam E. Wernow, Attorney-Advisor,
Division of Trading and Markets, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581;
telephone: (202) 418-5042; electronic mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sections 4j(a)(1) and (3) of the
Commodity Exchange Act (``Act'') and Commission Regulation 155.5
thereunder, a board of trade may submit a petition to the Commission to
exempt any of its affected contract markets (markets with an average
daily trading volume equal to or in excess of 8,000 contracts for four
consecutive quarters) from the prohibition against dual trading.
Regulation 155.5(d)(6) authorizes the Director of the Division of
Trading and Markets to publish notice of each exemption petition deemed
complete under Regulation 155.5(d) and to make the petition available
to the public as required by Section 4j(a)(5) of the Act.
    CME submitted a petition for a dual trading exemption dated
November 17, 1998, and received by the Commission on November 20, 1998,
for all of its contracts that electronically trade on the Exchange's
Globex<INF>2</INF> system. Presently, only CME's E-Mini S&P 500 and
Eurodollar futures contracts qualify as affected contract markets for
purposes of the dual trading prohibition. Consequently, the Commission
only will consider these markets for an exemption.
    Copies of the file containing this petition and supporting
materials, as well as any future submissions, except to the extent the
Exchange has requested confidential treatment in accordance with 17 CFR
145.9, are available for inspection at the Commission's Office of the
Secretariat, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington,
DC 20581, and may be obtained by mail at that address or by telephone
at (202) 418-5100.
    Petition materials subject to CME's request for confidential
treatment may be available upon request pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act (``FOIA'') (5 U.S.C. Sec. 552) and the Commission's
regulations thereunder (17 CFR Part 145), except to the extent they are
entitled to confidential treatment as set forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and
145.9. Requests for copies of such materials should be made to FOIA,
Privacy and Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the Office of the
Secretariat at the above address in accordance with 17 CFR 145.7 and
145.8.
    Application of the prohibition in the contract markets covered by
the petition has been suspended in accordance with Commission
Regulation 155.5(d)(5) and will remain suspended until the petition is
acted upon.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 29, 1999.
Alan L. Seifert,
Deputy Director, Division of Trading and Markets.
[FR Doc. 99-11367 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-M

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