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CFTC RIN: 3038-AC52 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Exemptive Order for SPDR® Gold Futures Contracts  
Abstract: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission exempted certain transactions in physically delivered futures contracts based on SPDR® Gold Shares from those provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, and the Commission’s regulations thereunder, that are inconsistent with the trading and clearing of the futures contracts as security futures. The exemption is conditioned on the compliance of transactions in such futures contracts with the requirements established for security futures. The authority for the issuance of this exemption is found in Section 4(c) of the Act. 
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission(CFTC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: None     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 6(c)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/14/2008  73 FR 13867   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/31/2008    
Final Action  06/05/2008  73 FR 31979   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Bruce Fekrat
Senior Special Counsel, Division of Market Oversight
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581
Phone:202 418-5578
Fax:202 418-5527
Email: bfekrat@cftc.gov