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CFTC RIN: 3038-AC53 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts 
Abstract: The Commission has solicited comment on the appropriate regulatory treatment of financial agreements commonly referred to as event contracts. Event contracts may be based on eventualities and measures that neither derive from nor correlate to market prices or broad economic or commercial measures. The Commission’s staff has received a substantial number of requests for guidance on the propriety of trading various event contracts under the regulatory rubric of the Commodity Exchange Act. Given the substantive and practical concerns that may arise from applying federal regulation to event contracts and markets, the Commission believes that it is appropriate to consider the public’s comments in advance of issuing any definitive guidance. 
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission(CFTC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 1 et seq, as amended by PL 110-246   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  05/07/2008  73 FR 25669   
ANPRM Comment Period End  07/07/2008    
NPRM  12/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  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