SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-263

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 06/20/23 Filing Description: Weekly Notification of 

Amendments Related to Product Terms and Conditions (Week of June 12, 2023)

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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

June 20, 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. 23-263

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 June 12, 2023.

On June 16, 2023, the Exchange implemented amendments to the Strike Price Listing and Exercise 

Procedure table (the "Table") to increase the strike price listing schedule of the European Union Allowance 

(EUA) Option contract (Commodity Code: ECO; Rulebook Chapter NYMEX 1254). Amendments to the 

Table provided in Exhibit A below in blackline format.

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

Attachment: Exhibit A – Amendments to the NYMEX Strike Price Listing and Exercise Procedure 

Table
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EXHIBIT A

NYMEX Rulebook

Chapter 5

(“Options Contracts”)

NYMEX Rule 300.20. – Strike Price Listing and Exercise Procedures Table

(additions underscored; deletions struckthrough)

Commodity 

Code 

CME 

Globex 

Code

Product Name Product 

Group

Product 

Subgroup Exchange Rulebook Chapter

Strike Price 

Listing Rule

Exercise 

Style

Contrary 

Instructions

Margin 

Style

Exact At-TheMoney 

Characteristics

Underlying 

Commodity 

Code

Underlying 

Product Name

ECO ECO

European Union 

Allowance (EUA) 

Option

Energy Emissions NYMEX 1254

Minimum atthe-money 

strike at 

€0.005 per 

environmental 

offset 

increment 

plus dynamic 

strikes at 

€0.005 per 

environmental 

offset 

increment

Minimum 5 

strikes at 

€5.000 per 

environmental 

offset above 

and below the 

at-the-money 

plus dynamic 

strikes at 

€0.005 per 

environmental 

offset 

increment

European No Futures Execise Calls. 

Abandon Puts. ECF

European Union 

Allowance (EUA) 

Futures