effect without prior submission to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section shall be furnished to the Commission at its Washington, D.C., headquarters at least ten (10) days prior to its proposed effective date or within such shorter period of time as the Commission may permit. Two copies shall also be transmitted by the contract market to the regional office of the Commission having local jurisdiction over the contract market. (In the case of any change in, addition to, or deletion from any existing rule of the contract market, the existing rule shall be set forth, with brackets used to indicate words to be deleted and underscoring used to indicate words to be added.) Where a proposed contract market reviewable rule is submitted to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (d) rather than paragraph (b) of this section because the contract market has determined such rule is within the exemption provided by paragraph (c) of this section, the submission of such rule shall clearly designate the rule as an "operational or administrative reviewable rule exempted from the prior-approval requirement of section 5a(12) of the Act by paragraph (c) of this section."

(e) Membership changes. Each contract market shall promptly furnish the Commission with written notification of any changes in its membership. One copy of such notification shall be furnished to the Commission at its Washington, D.C., headquarters, and one copy shall be transmitted to the regional office of the Commission having local jurisdiction over the contract market.

(f) Temporary emergency rules. In the event of an emergency, a contract market, by a two-thirds vote of its governing board, may place into immediate effect a temporary emergency rule to deal with the emergency without prior Commission approval, subject to the following provisions:

(1) A temporary emergency rule, including any modification thereof, may not extend beyond the duration of the emergency, as determined by the contract market; but in no event shall a temporary emergency rule, or any modification thereof, continue, with

out express Commission authorization, beyond 30 days after the temporary emergency rule is first put into effect. In no event shall a temporary emergency rule, or any modification thereof, remain in effect for more than 90 days after the temporary emergency rule is first put into effect.

(2) The contract market shall notify the Commission at its Washington, D.C., headquarters of the adoption, modification and termination of a temporary emergency rule by the fastest available means of communication. A written copy of each such temporary emergency rule, and any modification and termination thereof, shall promptly thereafter be furnished to the Commission at its Washington, D.C., headquarters, along with a complete explanation of the emergency and the action taken to meet the emergency; two additional such copies shall also be promptly furnished by the contract market to the regional office of the Commission having local jurisdiction over the contract market.

(3) A temporary emergency rule may provide for, or may authorize the contract market, or the governing board thereof or any committee thereof, to undertake actions necessary or appropriate to meet the emergency, including, but not limited to, such actions as:

(i) Limiting trading to liquidation only, in whole or in part, or limiting trading to liquidation only except for new sales by parties who have the commodity to deliver pursuant to such sales;

(ii) Extending or shortening the expiration date for trading in contracts; (iii) Extending the time of delivery; (iv) Changing delivery points; (v) Ordering the liquidation of contracts, the fixing of a settlement price or the reduction in positions;

(vi) Ordering the transfer of contracts, and the money, securities, and property securing such contracts, held on behalf of customers by a member of the contract market to another member, or other members, of the contract market willing to assume such contracts or obligated to do so;

(vii) Extending, limiting or changing hours of trading;

(viii) Suspending trading; and

(ix) Modifying or suspending any provision of the rules of the contract market.

(g) Physical emergencies. In the event the physical functions of a contract market are, or are threatened to be, severely and adversely affected by a "physical emergency," such as fire or other casualty, bomb threats, substantial inclement weather, power failures, communications breakdowns, or transportation breakdowns, a contract market official, duly authorized to take such action for and on behalf of the contract market with respect to such a "physical emergency" pursuant to a reviewable rule of the contract market that has been approved by the Commission pursuant to section 5a(12) of the Act, may take any action authorized by such reviewable rule necessary or appropriate to deal with the emergency, including, but not limited to, suspending trading on the contract market. In no event, however, shall suspension of trading on the contract market by such a designated official continue in effect for more than five (5) days. If so authorized by a reviewable rule of the contract market, such designated contract market official may also order restoration of trading on the contract market, or removal of other restrictions imposed by the official as permitted by this paragraph (g), in the absence of action by the governing board of the contract market, upon a determination by such official that the "physical emergency" has sufficiently abated to permit the physical functions of the contract market to continue in an orderly

manner.

[41 FR 40098, Sept. 17, 1976]

§ 1.41a Delegation of authority to the Executive Director and the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets. The Commission hereby delegates, until the Commission orders otherwise, the following authority to the Executive Director and the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, to be exercised alternatively by either such Director or by such other employee or employees of the Commission under the supervision of either Director as may be designated from

time to time by the Director responsible for the supervision of such other employee or employees:

(a) Pursuant to § 1.41(c), to determine whether a proposed operational or administrative reviewable rule appears to require Commission review prior to its being placed into effect by the contract market or that such determination cannot be made within ten (10) days of the receipt of such rule by the Commission, and to so notify the contract market; and

(b) Pursuant to § 1.41(d), to permit a contract market to furnish, less than ten (10) days prior to its proposed effective date, copies of any reviewable rule which the contract market proposes to place into effect without prior submission to the Commission pursuant to § 1.41(b), where such Director determines that such rule does not appear to require Commission review prior to its being placed into effect by the contract market.

[41 FR 40100, Sept. 17, 1976]

§ 1.42 Delivery notice; filing of copy.

(a) Each contract market shall furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to the Commission a copy of each notice of delivery issued by any member thereof covering the delivery of any commodity on a futures contract made on or subject to the rules of such contract market, and shall also furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to the Commission a record of all endorsements of the original notice of delivery shown in the order in which such endorsements were made.

(b) Any contract market may provide the required delivery notice information on compatible data processing punched cards, magnetic tapes, magnetic discs, computer printouts, or other means: Provided, That the format and coding structure and the nature of the information contained thereon have been approved in writing by the Commission. A complete and accurate computer listing of any information supplied via data processing media must also be provided by an officer of the contract market at the time information via data processing media is supplied.

(Secs. 4g(1), 4i, 5(b), 8a(5), Commodity Exchange Act 7 U.S.C. 6g(1), 6i, 7(b), 12a(5) (Supp. V, 1975))

[41 FR 48112, Nov. 2, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 12375, Mar. 3, 1977]

§ 1.43 Information required concerning warehouses, depositories, and other similar entities.

Each contract market shall file with the Commission a list of all warehouses, depositories and other similar entities in which or out of which commodities are deliverable in satisfaction of futures contracts made on or subject to the rules of such contract market, which list shall show the name, location, and storage capacity of each such warehouse, depository or other similar entity, together with the name and business address of the operator thereof. The Commission shall be kept currently advised of all changes affecting such information. Each contract market shall require the operator of such warehouse, depository or other similar entity to furnish, upon call by the Commission, a schedule of storage charges, handling charges, and the annual fire insurance rate applicable to such warehouse, depository or other similar entity.

(Sec. 5a, 49 Stat. 1497; 7 U.S.C. 7a)

§ 1.44 Records and reports of warehouses, depositories, and other similar entities; visitation of premises.

Each contract market shall require the operators of warehouses, depositories and other similar entities whose receipts are deliverable in satisfaction of commodity futures contracts made on or subject to the rules of such contract market:

(a) To keep records showing the stocks of each commodity traded in for future delivery on such contract market, in store in such warehouses, depositories and other similar entities by kinds, by classes, and by grades, if stored under conditions requiring such designation or identification, and including also lots and parcels stored specially or separately or in specially leased space of the warehouse, depository or other similar entity;

(b) Upon call from the Commission, to report the stocks of commodities in

such warehouses, depositories and other similar entities and to furnish information concerning stocks of each commodity traded in for future delivery on such contract market about to be transferred or in process of being transferred, or otherwise moved into or out of such warehouses, depositories and other similar entities, as well as any other information concerning commodities stored in such warehouse, depositories and other similar entities and which are or may be available for delivery on futures contracts; and

(c) To permit visitation of the premises and inspection of the books and records of such warehouses, depositories and other similar entities by duly authorized representatives of the Commission or the Department of Justice, and to keep all books, records, papers, and memoranda relating to the storage and warehousing of commodities in such warehouse, depository or other similar entity for a period of 5 years from the date thereof.

(Sec. 5a, 49 Stat. 1497; 7 U.S.C. 7a)

§ 1.45 Delivery of commodities conforming to United States standards.

Each contract market shall require that all contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery on or subject to the rules of such contract market shall provide for the delivery thereunder of commodities of grades conforming to United States standards if such standards shall have been officially promulgated and adopted by the Commission. In the event of a change in United States standards, all contracts made on and after the effective date of the adoption of the revised standard by the Commission shall be made on the basis of the standards as changed: Provided, That this shall not be construed to prevent the closing of trades made prior to the effective date of such adoption by the Commission. (Sec. 5a, 49 Stat. 1498; 7 U.S.C. 7a)

§ 1.46 Application and closing out of offsetting long and short positions.

(a) Application of purchases and sales. Any futures commission mer

chant who, on or subject to the rules of a contract market:

(1) Shall purchase any commodity for future delivery for the account of any customer (other than the "Customers' Account" of another futures commission merchant) when the account of such customer at the time of such purchase has a short position in the same future of the same commodity on the same market, or

(2) Shall sell any commodity for future delivery for the account of any customer (other than the "Customers' Account" of another futures commission merchant) when the account of such customer at the time of such sale has a long position in the same future of the same commodity on the same market,

shall on the same day apply such purchase or sale against such previously held short or long position, as the case may be, and shall promptly furnish such customer a purchase and sale statement, or account sale, showing the financial result of the transactions involved.

(b) Close-out against oldest open position. In all instances wherein the short or long position in such customers' account immediately prior to such offsetting purchase or sale is greater than the quantity purchased or sold, the futures commission merchant shall apply such offsetting purchase or sale to the oldest portion of the previously held short or long position: Except, that upon specific instructions from the customer the offsetting transaction shall be applied as specified by the customer without regard to the date of acquisition of the previously held position. Such instructions may also be accepted from any person who, by power of attorney or otherwise, actually directs trading in the customer's account unless the person directing the trading is the futures commission merchant (including any partner thereof), or is an officer, employee, or agent of the futures commission merchant. With respect to every such offsetting transaction that, in accordance with such specific instructions, is not applied to the oldest portion of the previously held position, the futures commission mer

chant shall clearly show on the purchase and sale statement issued to the customer in connection with the transaction, that because of the specific instructions given by or on behalf of the customer the transaction was not applied in the usual manner, i.e., against the oldest portion of the previously held position. However, no such showing need be made if the futures commission merchant has received such specific instructions in writing from the customer for whom such an account is carried.

(c) In-and-out trades; day trades. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall not be deemed to require the application of purchases or sales closed out during the same day (commonly known as "in-and-out trades” or “day trades") against short or long positions carried forward from a prior date.

(d) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:

(1) [Reserved]

(2) Purchases or sales constituting "bona fide hedging transactions” as defined in § 1.3(z); nor

(3) Sales during a delivery period for the purpose of making delivery during such delivery period if such sales are accompanied by instructions to make delivery thereon, together with warehouse receipts or other documents necessary to effectuate such delivery. (Secs. 4g, 5, 42 Stat. 1000, 49 Stat. 1496; 7 U.S.C. 6g, 7)

§1.47 Requirements for classification of purchases or sales of contracts for future delivery as bona fide hedging under § 1.3(z)(3) of the regulations.

(a) Any person who wishes to avail himself of the provisions of § 1.3(z)(3) of the regulations and to make purchases or sales of any commodity for future delivery in any commodity in excess of trading and position limits then in effect pursuant to section 4a of the Act shall file statement with the Commission in conformity with the requirements of this section. All or a specified portion of the transactions and positions described in these statements shall not be considered as bona

fide hedging if such person is so notified by the Commission:

(1) Within 30 days after the Commission is furnished the information required under paragraph (b) of this section, or

(2) Within 10 days after the Commission is furnished with the information required under paragraph (c) of this section.

The Commission may request the person notified to file specific additional information with the Commission to support a determination that all, or the specified portion. of the transactions and positions be considered as bona fide hedging transactions and positions. In such cases, the Commission shall consider all information so filed and, by notice to such person, shall specify the extent to which the Commission has determined that the transactions and positions may be classified as bona fide hedging. In no case shall transactions and positions described be considered as bona fide hedging if they exceed the levels specified in paragraph (d) of this section.

(b) Initial Statement. Initial statements concerning the classification of transactions and positions as bona fide hedging pursuant to § 1.3(z)(3) shall be filed with the Commission at least 30 days in advance of the date that such transactions or positions would be in excess of limits then in effect pursuant to section 4a of the Act. Such statements shall:

(1) Describe the transactions and positions for future delivery and the offsetting cash positions;

(2) Set forth in detail information which will demonstrate that the purchases and sales are economically appropriate to the reduction of risk exposure attendant to the conduct and management of a commercial enterprise;

(3) Contain, and upon request of the Commission be supplemented by, such other information which is necessary to enable the Commission to make a determination whether the particular purchases and sales for future delivery fall within the scope of those described in section 1.3(z)(1) of the regulations;

(4) Include a statement concerning the maximum size of positions for future delivery (both long and short) which will be acquired any time during the next fiscal year or marketing season of the person filing or on whose behalf the filing is made.

(5) In addition: statements filed by an agent, concerning a futures position which would offset a cash position which the agent does not own or has not contracted to buy or sell, shall contain information describing all contractual arrangements between the agent filing and the person who owns the commodity or holds the cash market commitment being offset;

(6) Statements concerning futures positions to be acquired against unsold anticipated production or unfilled anticipated requirements for manufacturing, processing or feeding shall also include the information required under § 1.48 of the regulations.

(c) Supplemental Reports. Whenever the purchases or sales which a person wishes to classify as bona fide hedging shall exceed the amount provided in the person's most recent filing pursuant to this section or the amount previously specified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, such person shall file with the Commission a statement which updates the information provided in the person's most recent filing and provides the reasons for this change at least ten days in advance of the date that person wishes to exceed those amounts.

(d) Maximum Purchases and Sales. Purchases and sales for future delivery considered bona fide hedging pursuant to § 1.3(z)(3) of the regulations shall at no time exceed the lesser of:

(1) The value fluctuation equivalent (in terms of the commodity for future delivery) of the current cash position described in the information most recently filed pursuant to this section, or

(2) The maximum level of long or short open positions provided in the information most recently filed pursuant to this section or most recently specified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.

(e) Updated Reports. Reports updating the information required pursuant