CFTC Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules Regarding Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for End Users (Fed. Reg.)

The CFTC extension of the comment deadline regarding the proposed amendments to the limited trade option exemption in Part 32 of the CFTC Rules was published in the Federal Register. The CFTC extended the comment period for the proposal in light of its recent interpretation concerning forward contracts with embedded volumetric optionality.

Comments on the proposed rule are now due by June 22, 2015.

See: 80 FR 31326. Related news: CFTC Releases Final Interpretation of Forward Contracts with Embedded Volumetric Optionality (with Lofchie Comment) (May 12, 2015); CFTC Proposes Amendments Regarding Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for End Users (Fed. Reg.) (May 7, 2015); CFTC Proposes Rules Regarding Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for End Users (with Cadwalader Summary) (April 30, 2015).