SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 24-091

Organization: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ("CME")

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 01/22/24 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of Rule 

Amendments - January 15, 2024

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Organization Rules and Rule Amendments

Certification § 40.6(a)

Approval § 40.5(a)

Notification § 40.6(d)

Advance Notice of SIDCO Rule Change § 40.10(a)

SIDCO Emergency Rule Change § 40.10(h)

Rule Numbers: N/A

New Product Please note only ONE product per Submission.

Certification § 40.2(a) 

Certification Security Futures § 41.23(a)

Certification Swap Class § 40.2(d)

Approval § 40.3(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.23(b)

Novel Derivative Product Notification § 40.12(a)

Swap Submission § 39.5

Official Product Name:

Product Terms and Conditions (product related Rules and Rule Amendments)

Certification § 40.6(a) 

Certification Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.6(a)

Certification Security Futures § 41.24(a)

Delisting (No Open Interest) § 40.6(a) 

Approval § 40.5(a)

Approval Made Available to Trade Determination § 40.5(a)

Approval Security Futures § 41.24(c)

Approval Amendments to enumerated agricultural products § 40.4(a), § 40.5(a)

“Non-Material Agricultural Rule Change” § 40.4(b)(5)

Notification § 40.6(d)

 Official Name(s) of Product(s) Affected: 

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20 S Wacker Dr Chicago, IL 60606 T 312 466 7478 tim.elliott@cmegroup.com cmegroup.com

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Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

January 22, 2024

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20581

RE: Weekly Notification of Rule Amendments

CME Clearing Submission No. 24-091

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Pursuant to Commission Regulation 40.6(d), the clearing house division of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME 

Clearing”) submits this Weekly Notification of the following rule amendments issued during the week of January 15, 

2024: 

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 24-016 (January 16, 2024), Reminder: CME Optimizer Software Version 19 

Release, Mandatory Upgrade Required January 22, 2024 - Effective January 16, 2024

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 24-017 (January 17, 2024), SPAN 2 Framework Energy Model Parameter 

Changes - Effective January 18, 2024

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 24-020 (January 18, 2024), Performance Bond Requirements: Metals -

Effective January 19, 2024

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 24-021 (January 18, 2024), Performance Bond Requirements: Agriculture, 

Energy, FX and Metal Margins – Effective January 19, 2024

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 24-023 (January 19, 2024), February 2024 Delivery Date Memo - Effective 

January 19, 2024

Copies of the above-referenced materials are available at www.cmegroup.com. If you require any additional 

information, please e-mail CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com or contact the undersigned at (312) 466-7478.

Sincerely,

/s/ Timothy Elliott

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel