[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: 17CFR19.01]

[Page 328-329]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 19_REPORTS BY PERSONS HOLDING BONA FIDE HEDGE POSITIONS PURSUANT TO   
 
Sec.  19.01  Reports on stocks and fixed price purchases and sales pertaining 

to futures positions in wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, soybean oil, soybean meal 

or cotton.

    (a) Information required. Persons required to file '04 reports under 
Sec.  19.00(a)(1) or Sec.  19.00(a)(3) of this chapter shall file CFTC 
Form 304 reports for cotton and Form 204 reports for other commodities 
showing the composition of the fixed price cash position of each 
commodity hedged including:
    (1) The quantity of stocks owned of such commodities and their 
products and byproducts.
    (2) The quantity of fixed price purchase commitments open in such 
cash commodities and their products and byproducts.
    (3) The quantity of fixed price sale commitments open in such cash 
commodities and their products and byproducts; and in addition for 
cotton,
    (4) The quantity of equity in cotton held by the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under the provisions of the Upland Cotton Program of the 
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture.
    (5) The quantity of certificated cotton owned.
    (b) Time and place of filing reports-- Except for reports filed in 
response to special calls made under Sec.  19.00(a)(3), each report 
shall be made monthly, as of the close of business on the last Friday of 
the month, and filed at the appropriate Commission office specified in 
paragraph (b) (1) or (2) of this section not later than the second 
business day following the date of the report in the case of the 304 
report and not later than the third business day following the date of 
the report in the case of the 204 report. Reports may be transmitted by 
facsimile or, alternatively, information on the form may be reported to 
the appropriate Commission office by

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telephone and the report mailed to the same office, not later than 
midnight of its due date.
    (1) CFTC Form 204 reports with respect to transactions in wheat, 
corn, oats, soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil should be sent to the 
Commission's office in Chicago, Il. unless otherwise specifically 
authorized by the Commission or its designee.
    (2) CFTC Form 304 reports with respect to transactions in cotton 
should be sent to the Commission's office in New York, NY, unless 
otherwise specifically authorized by the Commission or its designee.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3038-0009)

[43 FR 45828, Oct. 4, 1978, as amended at 46 FR 63036, Dec. 30, 1981; 57 
FR 41390, Sept. 10, 1992; 71 FR 37821, July 3, 2006]