SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 16-570

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): December 15, 2016 Filing Description: Weekly Notification 

of Rule Amendments - Week of December 5, 2016

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Please note only ONE choice allowed per Submission.

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: 

Rule Numbers: 
300 Vesey Street New York, NY 10282 T 212 299 2200 F 212 299 2299 christopher.bowen@cmegroup.com cmegroup.com

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Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

December 15, 2016

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. 16-570

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 December 5, 

2016: 

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-511 (December 5, 2016), Performance Bond Requirements: Natural 

Gas, NGLs and Petrochemicals Margins – Effective December 6, 2016.

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-512 (December 8, 2016), Performance Bond Requirements: Agriculture 

Margins – Effective December 9, 2016.

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-513 (December 8, 2016), Performance Bond Requirements: Metals 

Margins – Effective December 9, 2016.

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-514 (December 7, 2016), Performance Bond Requirements: Refined 

Products Margins – Effective December 8, 2016.

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-515 (December 8, 2016), December 2016 Eligible ETFs and Stocks –

Effective December 8, 2016.

 Clearing House Advisory Notice 16-516 (December 8, 2016), Performance Bond Requirements: Agriculture, 

Energy, FX, and Metals Margins – Effective December 9, 2017.

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 (212) 299-2200.

Sincerely,

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel