[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR12.25]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 12_RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Subpart A_General Information and Preliminary Consideration of Pleadings
 
Sec.  12.25  Filing fees.

    (a) Fees payable upon filing a complaint. (1) A complainant who, in 
the complaint, has elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at 
the time of filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of $50.00;
    (2) A complainant who, in the complaint wherein the amount of 
damages claimed does not exceed $30,000, exclusive of interest and 
costs, has not elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at the 
time of filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of $125.00.
    (3) A complainant who, in the complaint wherein the amount of 
damages claimed exceeds $30,000, exclusive of interest and costs, has 
not elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at the time of 
filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of $250.00.
    (b) Fees payable upon filing an answer. (1) If a complainant, in the 
complaint, has elected the voluntary decisional procedure, a respondent 
who, in his answer, elects the summary decisional procedure (available 
only where the amount of damages claimed in the complaint or as 
counterclaims does not exceed $30,000) shall, at the time of filing the 
answer, pay a filing fee of $75.00.
    (2) If a complainant, in the complaint, has elected the voluntary 
decisional procedure, a respondent who, in his answer, elects the formal 
decisional procedure (available only where the amount of damages claimed 
in the complaint or as counterclaims exceeds $30,000) shall, at the time 
of filing the answer, pay a filing fee of $200.00.
    (c) Fees payable upon filing a reply. In any case in which a 
counterclaim has been made, unless a complainant in the complaint, or 
the respondent in an answer, has elected the summary decisional 
procedure or the formal decisional procedure a complainant, who in his 
reply elects either of these procedures, shall, at the time of filing 
the reply, pay a filing fee of $75.00 or $200.00, respectively, 
depending whether the procedure elected by complainant is pursuant to 
subparts D or E.

[49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984; 49 FR 15070, Apr. 17, 1984, as amended at 59 
FR 9637, Mar. 1, 1994]