SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 19-270

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): July 2, 2019 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of 

Rule Amendments - Week of June 24, 2019

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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: 

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

July 2, 2019

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. 19-270

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 June 24, 2019: 

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-202 (June 24, 2019), November 2019 FECPlus FIXML Release –

Effective November 18, 2019.

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-203 (June 24, 2019), Performance Bond Requirements: Energy Margins

– Effective June 25, 2019. 

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-204 (June 26, 2019), Performance Bond Requirements: Interest Rate 

Margins – Effective June 27, 2019. 

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-205 (June 27, 2019), Available Palladium for Conversion Report –

Effective June 27, 2019.

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-207 (June 27, 2019), Performance Bond Requirements: Agriculture, 

Energy, FX, Metals, and Interest Rate Margins – Effective June 28, 2019. 

• Clearing House Advisory Notice 19-208 (June 27, 2019), Performance Bond Requirements: Interest Rate, 

Metal, and Energy Margins – Effective June 28, 2019. 

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