[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: 17CFR166.1]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 166_CUSTOMER PROTECTION RULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  166.1  Definitions.

    (a) The term Commission registrant as used in this part means any 
person who is registered or required to be registered with the 
Commission pursuant to the Act or any rule, regulation, or order 
thereunder.
    (b) The term commodity interest as used in this part means--
    (1) Any contract for the purchase or sale of any commodity for 
future delivery, traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market 
or a foreign board of trade.
    (2) Any agreement or transaction subject to Commission regulation 
under section 4c of the Act, including any such contract or transaction 
made or to be made on or subject to the rules of a foreign board of 
trade; or
    (3) Any contract or transaction subject to Commission regulation 
under section 19 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 23).
    (c) The term customer as used in this part means any person trading, 
intending to trade, or receiving or seeking advice concerning any 
commodity interest, including any existing or prospective client or 
subscriber of a commodity trading advisor or existing or prospective 
participant in a commodity pool, but the term does not include a person 
who is acting in the capacity of a Commission registrant with respect to 
the trade.
    (d) The term commodity account as used in this part means the 
account of a customer in which any commodity interest is, or is intended 
to be, traded.

[43 FR 31886, July 24, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 54535, Nov. 3, 1981; 52 
FR 29003, Aug. 5, 1987]

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