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Office of the Acting Secretary
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Re: Rule Certification. NYMEX Submission 06.114: Notification
of Amendments to NYMEX Rule 6.20, Transfer Trades, Office
Trades.

Dear Ms. Eileen Donovan:

The New York Mercantile Exchange ("NY MEX" or the "Exchange") is notifying the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) of amendments to
NYMEX Rule 6.20, Transfer Trades, Office Trades.

The amendments allow the President or his designee to approve a transfer that changes
ownership of an existing trade for reasons including the permanent disability of an account
owner, the pending sale of the account owner’s assets, the preservation of an orderly
marketplace, or other good cause as determined by the President or his designee in his sole
discretion. These amendments will be effective Monday, October 9, 2006. Pursuant to Section
5e(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“‘Act”) and CFTC Rule 40.6, the Exchange hereby
certifies that the attached rule amendments comply with the Act, including regulations under the
Act.

Should you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Anthony V.
Densieski, Senior Director, Market Surveillance, at (212) 299-2881, or the undersigned at (212)
299-2897.

Very truly yours,

Thomas F. LaSala
Senior Vice President
Compliance and Risk Management

cc: Nancy Minett
Brian Regan


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Rule 6.20 - Transfer Trades, Office Trades

(A) Transfer trades are limited to trades made upon the books of a Member or Member Firm for
the purpose of:

(i) transferring existing trades from one account to another within the same office, or between
different offices of such Member or Member Firm, where no change in ownership is involved,
except as provided in paragraph (A)(iii), below. The transferred trade must be recorded and
carried at the original date and price, or premium, or as otherwise approved in advance by the
exchange, on the books of the receiving Member or Member Firm; or

(ii) transferring existing trades from the record of one Member or Member Firm to the record of
another futures commission merchant when no change in ownership is involved, except as
provided in paragraph (A)(iii), below, provided that no such transfer shall be made after
receipt from the Clearing House of notice of intention to deliver on such trades or the issuance by
such Member or Member Firm of a Notice of Intention to Accept, or in the case of options
contracts after receipt from the Clearing House of notice of exercise and assignment on such
trades. The transferred trade in the transferee's office must be recorded and carried at the original
date and price or premium.

(iii) A transfer of existing trades, as described in paragraphs (A)(i) and (A)(ii), above, may
be made between accounts such that a change in ownership results, only upon the prior
approval of the President or his designee. Such approval may be granted by the President
or his designee at his sole discretion for reasons including, but not limited to, the

permanent disability of an account owner, a pending sale of an entity’s assets which

include such accounts, or the preservation of an orderly marketplace.

(B) Every person handling, executing, clearing, or carrying trades or contracts which are not
competitively executed, shall identify and mark by appropriate symbol or designation all such
transactions or contracts and all orders, records, and memoranda pertaining thereto.