February 13, 2007
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Office of the Acting Secretary
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Re: Rule Certification. NYMEX Submission 07.23: Notification of Amendments
to NYMEX Division Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures.

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Dear Ms. Eileen Donovan:

The New York Mercantile Exchange ("NYMEX" or the "Exchange") is notifying the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) of amendments to
NYMEX Division Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures.

Effective February 15, 2007, the amendments to NYMEX Division Rule 6.90 outline the
requirements for recordation of electronically-executed trades on a Member’s trading cards.
Specifically, Members will be permitted to record electronic executions, both personal and for
customers, on their trading cards. If the entries for the two different venues are commingled, the
trades must be recorded sequentially, and must be clearly marked with a designation that the
trade was executed electronically. Alternately, Members may draw a line clearly marked
“electronic” across a separate area of the trading card and record the electronic trades below.

Pursuant to Section Sc(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”) and CFTC Rule 40.6,

the Exchange hereby certifies that the attached rule amendments and policy changes comply with
the Act, including regulations under the Act.

If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Minett, Vice President, Compliance, at
(212) 299-2940, or myself at (212) 299-2897.

Sincerely,
Thomas F, LaSala
Chief Regulatory Officer

ce: Nancy Minett
Brian Regan



(Additions are in bold/underline; deletions are in bold/strikethrough.)
Rule 6.90, Trading Card Procedures

(A) A Floor Member shall regularly and promptly record all transactions that he executes on a
sequentially numbered trading card pre-printed and issued by the Exchange. The Exchange shall
maintain a record of all trading cards issued to such Floor Member. Each member shall be
accountable for maintaining the original soft ply of all trading cards issued to such member in
exact numerical sequence, including soft plies which are not used by the Floor Member or
collected by the Exchange. Where the transaction is an EFP EFS, EFM, EFB, or [XA, not
executed by the Floor Member, the Floor Member's clerk may record the transaction on a
separate trading card, provided that the trading card is clearly marked "EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA
only."

(B) All trading cards shall show the Member's symbol, the date, price differential or premium,
quantity, commodity, delivery month or expiration date, the opposite Floor Member, and, for
options, the strike price, and whether the transaction involved a put or a call. With the exception
of trades executed during the opening or closing ranges, members shall record the exact time of
execution to the minute of the first trade made on each trading card. Members shall identify on
their trading cards all trades executed during the opening and closing ranges by marking a line
across the card below all transactions executed during the opening and above all transactions
executed during the closing range. All transactions must be recorded in exact chronological order
of execution on sequential lines of the trading card without skipping lines between trades. A

member who executes trades both at open outcry and on an electronic tablet from the ring
is not required to, but may elect to record any or all of the electronic executions on the
trading card, under the following circumstances: the trade must be clearly designated with
an E in the opposite broker column, and must indicate at a minimum side of market,
quantity, month and price. The trade must be sequentially recorded and, the trade must
indicate whether it is for the account of the member, another member or for a customer.
Members may also choose to record electronic executions on a separate area of the trading
card by marking a line across the card, labeling the line “electronic” and recording
electronic executions below the line. If a Member chooses this option, no open outcry
trades may be recorded below the line. If any lines remain after the final transaction has been
recorded on a trading card, including lines either above or below the “electronic” line
designation, they shall be marked through by the Floor Member. EFP/EFS/EFM/EFB/IXA
transactions may be recorded on a separate non-sequentially numbered trading card.

(Remainder of the Rule is unchanged.)