[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: 17CFR41.31]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 41_SECURITY FUTURES PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D_Notice-Designated Contract Markets in Security Futures 
                                Products
 
Sec.  41.31  Notice-designation requirements.

    Source: 66 FR 44965, Aug. 27, 2001, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Any board of trade that is a national securities exchange, a 
national securities association, or an alternative trading system, and 
that seeks to operate as a designated contract market in security 
futures products under section 5f of the Act, shall so notify the 
Commission. Such notification shall be filed with the Secretary of the 
Commission at its Washington, D.C. headquarters, in either electronic or 
hard copy form, shall be labeled as ``Notice of Designation as a 
Contract Market in Security Futures Products,'' and shall include:
    (1) The name and address of the board of trade;
    (2) The name and telephone number of a contact person designated to 
receive communications from the Commission on behalf of the board of 
trade;
    (3) A description of the security futures products that the board of 
trade intends to make available for trading, including an identification 
of all facilities that would clear transactions in security futures 
products on behalf of the board of trade;
    (4) A copy of the current rules of the board of trade; and
    (5) A certification that the board of trade--
    (i) Will not list or trade any contracts of sale for future 
delivery, except for security futures products;
    (ii) Is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a 
national securities exchange, national securities association, or 
alternative trading system, and such registration is not suspended 
pursuant to an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
    (iii) Will meet the criteria specified in subclauses (I) through 
(XI) of section 2(a)(1)(D)(i) of the Act, except as otherwise provided 
in section 2(a)(1)(D)(vi) of the Act, for each specific security futures 
product that the board of trade intends to make available for trading;
    (iv) Will comply with the conditions for designation under this 
section and section 5f of the Act, including a specific representation 
by any alternative trading system that it is a member of a futures 
association registered under section 17 of the Act; and
    (v) Will comply with the continuing obligations of regulation 41.32.
    (b) A board of trade which files notice with the Commission under 
this section shall be deemed a designated contract market in security 
futures products upon the Commission's receipt of such notice. 
Accordingly, the Commission shall send prompt acknowledgment of receipt 
to the filer.
    (c) Designation as a contract market in security futures products 
pursuant to this section shall be deemed suspended if the board of 
trade:
    (1) Lists or trades any contracts of sale for future delivery, 
except for security futures products; or
    (2) Has its registration as a national securities exchange, national 
securities association, or alternative trading system suspended pursuant 
to an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission.