Commodity Futures Trading Commission March 23, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or ``Commission'') is promulgating final rules to implement those provisions of the CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008 (``Reauthorization Act'') \1\ relating to exempt commercial markets (``ECMs'') on which significant price discovery contracts (``SPDCs'') are traded or executed. In addition to promulgating regulations mandated by the Reauthorization Act, the Commission also is amending existing regulations applicable to registered entities in order to clarify that such regulations are now applicable to ECMs with SPDCs.