Commodity Futures Trading Commission July 22, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On January 7, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') issued a final order (``January Order'') that granted market participants temporary conditional relief from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''), as amended by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'' or ``Dodd-Frank'') (and Commission regulations thereunder). The January Order expires on July 12, 2013. In this Exemptive Order (``Exemptive Order''), the Commission provides temporary conditional relief effective upon the expiration of the January Order in order to facilitate transition to the Dodd-Frank swaps regime.