[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: 17CFR33.1]

[Page 395]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 33_REGULATION OF DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-TRADED COMMODITY OPTION 
TRANSACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  33.1  Definitions.




Sec.
33.1 Definitions.
33.2 Applicability of Act and rules; scope of part 33.
33.3 Unlawful commodity option transactions.
33.4 Designation as a contract market for the trading of commodity 
          options.
33.5 Application for designation as a contract market for the trading of 
          commodity options.
33.6 Suspension or revocation of designation as a contract market for 
          the trading of commodity options.
33.7 Disclosure.
33.8 Promotional material.
33.9 Unlawful activities.
33.10 Fraud in connection with commodity option transactions.
33.11 Exemptions.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 4, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6i, 
6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 6o, 7, 7a, 7b, 8, 9, 11, 12a, 12c, 13a, 13a-1, 13b, 
19, and 21, otherwise noted.

    Source: 46 FR 54529, Nov. 3, 1981, unless otherwise noted.


    As used in this part:
    (a) Purchase price means the total amount paid or to be paid, 
directly or indirectly, by a person to acquire a commodity option.
    (b) Promotional material includes: (1) Any text of a standardized 
oral presentation, or any communication for publication in any 
newspaper, magazine or similar medium, or for broadcast over television, 
radio, or other electronic medium, which is disseminated or directed to 
an option customer or prospective option customer concerning a commodity 
option transaction; (2) any standardized form of report, letter, 
circular, memorandum, or publication which is disseminated or directed 
to an option customer or prospective option customer; and (3) any other 
written material disseminated or directed to an option customer or 
prospective option customer for the purpose of soliciting an option 
transaction, including any disclosure statement required by Sec.  33.7.