[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: 17CFR37.1]

[Page 412]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 37_DERIVATIVES TRANSACTION EXECUTION FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  37.1  Scope and definition.




Sec.
37.1 Scope and definition.
37.2 Exemption.
37.3 Requirements for underlying commodities.
37.4 Election to trade excluded and exempt commodities.
37.5 Procedures for registration.
37.6 Compliance with core principles.
37.7 Additional requirements.
37.8 Information relating to transactions on derivative transaction 
          execution facilities.
37.9 Enforceability.

Appendix A to Part 37--Guidance on Compliance with Registration Criteria
Appendix B to Part 37--Guidance on Compliance with Core Principles

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2, 5, 6, 6c, 6(c), 7a and 12a, as amended by 
Appendix E of Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763A-365.

    Source: 66 FR 42271, Aug. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Scope. The provisions of this part apply to any board of trade 
operating as or applying to become registered as a derivatives 
transaction execution facility under Sections 5a and 6 of the Act.
    (b) Definition. As used in this part, the term ``eligible commercial 
entity'' means, and shall include, in addition to a party or entity so 
defined in section 1a(11) of the Act, a registered floor trader or floor 
broker trading for its own account, whose trading obligations are 
guaranteed by a registered futures commission merchant.

[66 FR 42271, Aug. 10, 2001, as amended at 71 FR 1962, Jan. 12, 2006]