SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-217

Organization: New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX”)

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 05/09/23 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of 

Amendments Related to Product Terms and Conditions (Week of May 1, 2023)

SPECIFY FILING TYPE 

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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:

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: See filing.

Rule Numbers: See filing. 
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Christopher Bowen 

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

May 9, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Mr. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(d) Notification. New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” 

or “Exchange”) Weekly Notification of Amendments Related to Product Terms and 

Conditions.

NYMEX Submission No. 23-217

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Pursuant to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) Regulation 40.6(d), the 

Exchange submits this weekly notification of the following amendments related to product terms and 

conditions made effective during the week of May 1, 2023.

On May 1, 2023, the Exchange approved the application of Asahi Depository LLC to become an Approved 

Depository for platinum and palladium at their facility in Blauvelt, NY. The marketplace was alerted of the 

approval via MKR #05-01-23, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

In accordance with the changes above, the Exchange updated the NYMEX Rulebook Chapter 7 “Service 

Providers” spreadsheet (“Spreadsheet”) for “Precious Metals – Charges” and “Precious- Depository 

Weighmaster.” The Spreadsheet is attached under separate cover, in blackline format, as Exhibit B.

If you require any additional information, please contact the undersigned at (212) 299-2200 or via e-mail at 

CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com. 

Sincerely, 

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Attachments: Exhibit A – MKR #05-01-23

Exhibit B – NYMEX Rulebook Chapter 7 – Service Providers (attached under separate 

cover) (blackline format)
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Exhibit A

DATE: May 1, 2023

MKR#: 05-01-23

SUBJECT: Regularity Approval for Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium 

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX”) and Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX”) (collectively, 

the “Exchanges”) has approved the application of Asahi Depository LLC. to become an Approved 

Depository for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium at their facility in Blauvelt, NY.

This approval is effective immediately.

Please refer questions on this subject to:

Market Surveillance

Kyle Miller kyle.miller@cmegroup.com (312) 341-3436

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be notified of this approval during the week of 

May 8, 2023 via the weekly notification procedures set out in Part 40 of the CFTC Regulations. 

 
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Exhibit B

NYMEX Rulebook

Chapter 7

“Service Providers”

(additions underlined, deletions overstruck)

(attached under separate cover)