SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 23-330

Organization: The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. ("CBOT")

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

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Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 08/01/23 Filing Description: Amendments to the Listing Schedule 

for all Futures and Options of the Ukrainian Wheat (Platts), Black Sea Wheat Financially 

Settled (Platts), and Black Sea Corn Financially Settled (Platts) Contracts and the Temporary 

Suspension of Trading and Clearing of the Contracts

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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©

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 

Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Legal Department

August 1, 2023

VIA ELECTRONIC PORTAL

Mr. Christopher J. Kirkpatrick

Office of the Secretariat

Commodity Future Trading Commission

Three Lafayette Centre

1155 21st Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(a) Certification. Amendments to the Listing Schedule for all 

Futures and Options of the Ukrainian Wheat (Platts), Black Sea Wheat Financially 

Settled (Platts), and Black Sea Corn Financially Settled (Platts) Contracts and the 

Temporary Suspension of Trading and Clearing of the Contracts.

CBOT Submission No. 23-330

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (“CBOT” or “Exchange”) is certifying to the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) amendments to the listing schedule for all futures 

and options of the Ukrainian Wheat (Platts), Black Sea Wheat Financially Settled (Platts), and Black Sea 

Corn Financially Settled (Platts) (the “Contracts”) such that the Exchange shall cease listing additional 

contract months as noted in the table below effective on August 16, 2023.

Contract Title Commodity

Code

Rulebook

Chapter Listing Schedule

Ukrainian Wheat 

(Platts) Futures UWF 14U

15 consecutive months – currently 

through the October 2024 contract 

month

Options on Ukrainian 

Wheat (Platts) Futures UWO 14V

12 consecutive months – currently 

through the July 2024 contract 

month

Options on Black Sea 

Wheat Financially 

Settled (Platts) Futures

BWO 14T

12 consecutive months – currently 

through the July 2024 contract 

month

Options on Black Sea 

Corn Financially Settled 

(Platts) Futures

BSO 10E

12 consecutive months – currently 

through the July 2024 contract 

month

Black Sea Corn 

Financially Settled 

(Platts) Futures

BCF 10C

15 consecutive months – currently 

through the October 2024 contract 

month

Black Sea Wheat 

Financially Settled 

(Platts) Futures

BWF 14R

15 consecutive months – currently 

through the October 2024 contract 

month

As a result of market conditions and in an effort to maintain an orderly market, effective immediately, CBOT 

will suspend trading and clearing of the Contracts until further notice (collectively, the “Rule Amendments”). 

There is no open interest in the Contracts.
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The Exchange reviewed the designated contract market core principles (“Core Principles”) as set forth in 

the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and staff identified that the Rule Amendments may have some 

bearing on the following Core Principles: 

• Availability of General Information: The Exchange will make publicly available the details of the 

Rule Amendments by publishing a Special Executive Report (“SER”) to the marketplace. The SER 

will be available on CME Group’s website. 

• Prevention of Market Disruption: Following the period of suspension, trading in the Contracts will 

continue to be subject to the rules 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 Regulation 40.6(a), the Exchange hereby certifies that Rule 

Amendments comply with the Act, including all 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 Exchange’s 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) 299-2200 

or e-mail CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com.

Sincerely,

/s/Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel