SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-219

Organization: Commodity Exchange, Inc. ("COMEX")

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 06/13/23 Filing Description: Expansion of the Listing Schedule 

of the Copper Weekly Wednesday Option Contract

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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

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

June 13, 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, DC 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(a) Certification. Expansion of the Listing Schedule of the 

Copper Weekly Wednesday Option Contract.

COMEX Submission No. 23-219

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX” or “Exchange”) is certifying to the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) the expansion of the listing schedule of the Copper Weekly 

Wednesday Option contract (the “Contract”) for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and 

for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort effective Sunday, July 16, 2023, for trade date Monday, July 

17, 2023, as more specifically described in the table below. 

Contract Title

COMEX 

Rulebook 

Chapter

CME Globex

and

CME ClearPort 

Code

Current Listing 

Schedule

Expanded Listing 

Schedule

Copper Weekly 

Wednesday Option 1010 H1W,H2W,H3W,

H4W,H5W

Weekly contracts 

listed for 4 weeks 

(no weekly contract 

listed with the same 

expiry as the 

monthly option)

Weekly contracts listed 

for 4 weeks (no weekly 

contract listed with the 

same expiry as the 

monthly option) and 3 

additional week 1 

contracts

The Exchange reviewed the designated contracts market core principles (“Core Principles”) as set forth in 

the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA” or “Act”) and identified that the Contract may have some bearing on 

the following Core Principles:

• Availability of General Information: The Exchange will release a Special Executive Report 

(“SER”) regarding these amendments. The SER will also be posted on the CME Group website.

• Daily Publication of Trading Information: The Exchange will publish information contract trading 

volumes, open interest levels, and price information daily on its website and through quote vendors 

for the Contract.
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• Compliance with Rules: The Exchange shall continue its normal practice to establish, monitor, 

and enforce compliance with the rules of the Contract, including the expansion of the listing 

schedules of the Contract. 

• Prevention of Market Disruption: Trading in the Contract will continue to be subject to the rule of 

the Exchange, which include prohibitions on manipulation, price distortion, and disruption to the

cash settlement process.

Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Act and CFTC Regulations 40.2(a), the Exchange hereby certifies that the 

expansion of the listing schedule for the Contract complies with the Act, including regulations under the Act. 

There were no substantive opposing views to the proposal.

The Exchange certifies that this submission has been concurrently posted on the CME Group website at 

http://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rule-filings.html.

Should you have any questions concerning the above, please contact the undersigned at (212) 299-2000 

or via e-mail at CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com.

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel