Commodity Futures Trading Commission April 23, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or the ``Commission'') is proposing to exempt the trading and clearing of products called options on streetTRACKS[supreg] Gold Trust Shares (``ST Gold Options''), proposed to be traded on a national securities exchange, and cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC''), from the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') \1\ and the regulations thereunder to the extent necessary to permit them to be so traded and cleared. Authority for this exemption is found in Section 4(c) of the CEA.\2\