[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR147.4]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 147_OPEN COMMISSION MEETINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  147.4  Procedure for announcing meetings.

    (a) Advance notice of all meetings of the Commission shall be 
provided to the public. In the case of each meeting, except as provided 
in paragraph (b) of this section and in Sec.  147.6, the Commission 
shall, except to the extent that such information is exempt from 
disclosure under the provisions of Sec.  147.3(b), make a public 
announcement, at least one week before the date of the meeting of the 
time, place and subject matter of the meeting and which portions of the 
meeting shall be open or closed to the public, and shall indicate an 
official of the Commission who may be contacted at a designated 
telephone number for information about the meeting.
    (b) When a majority of Commissioners determines by a recorded vote 
that Commission business requires a meeting be held upon public notice 
of less than one week as required by paragraph (a) of this section, the 
Commission shall, except to the extent that such information is exempt 
from disclosure under the provisions of Sec.  147.3(b), make a public 
announcement, at the earliest practicable time, of the time, place and 
subject matter of the meeting and which portions of the meeting shall be 
open or closed to the public, and indicate an official of the Commission 
who may be contacted at a designated telephone number for information 
about the meeting.
    (c)(1) When it becomes necessary to change the time or place of a 
meeting for which a public announcement has been made pursuant to 
paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section, the Commission shall publicly 
announce such change at the earliest practicable time.
    (2) When it becomes necessary with respect to a meeting for which a 
public announcement has already been made pursuant to paragraphs (a), 
(b) or (c)(1) of this section to change the subject matter of a meeting, 
or change the Commission's determination as to which portions of a 
meeting shall be open or closed to the public, a majority of all 
Commissioners shall determine by a recorded vote that Commission 
business requires such a change and that no earlier announcement of the

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charge was possible, and the Commission shall publicly announce such 
change and the vote of each Commissioner upon such change at the 
earliest practicable time.
    (d) Public announcement of meetings, as required by this section, 
shall be provided as follows:
    (1) A public calendar shall be printed and distributed by the 
Commission on a regular basis to interested persons to provide advance 
public notice of meetings as required by paragraph (a) of this section, 
and, to the extent practicable, as required by paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section. Upon request in writing to the Office of Public Affairs, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, any person or organization will be 
sent the public calendar on a regular basis free of charge. Copies of 
the public calendar also will be publicly available in the Commission's 
Office of Public Affairs.
    (2) Interested persons may contact the Commission's Office of the 
Secretariat during normal business hours to obtain information 
concerning future meetings.
    (e) Immediately following each public announcement required by this 
section, the Commission shall submit for publication in the Federal 
Register, except to the extent that such information is exempt from 
disclosure under the provisions of Sec.  147.3(b), notice of the time, 
place, and subject matter of a meeting, which portions of the meeting 
shall be open or closed to the public, any change in one of the 
preceding, and the name and telephone number of an official of the 
Commission who may be contacted for information about the meeting.

[42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 60 FR 49336, Sept. 25, 1995]