SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 22-319

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): 09/22/22 Filing Description: Expansion of the Listing Schedule of 

the CBL Nature-Based Global Emissions Offset Futures 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

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

September 22, 2022

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 CBL 

Nature-Based Global Emissions Offset Futures Contract.

NYMEX Submission No. 22-319

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (“NYMEX” or “Exchange”) is certifying to the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) the expansion of the listing schedule of the CBL NatureBased Global Emissions Offset Futures contract (the “Contract”) for trading on the CME Globex electronic 

trading platform (“CME Globex”) and for submission of clearing via CME ClearPort effective Sunday, 

October 23, 2022, for trade date Monday, October 24, 2022, as more specifically described in the table 

below (collectively, the “Rule Amendments”).

Contract Title

CME 

Globex 

and

CME 

ClearPort 

Code

Rulebook

Chapter Current Listing Schedule Expanded Listing Schedule

CBL Nature-Based 

Global Emissions 

Offset Futures

NGO 1258

Monthly contracts listed for 

the current year and the 

next thee (3) calendar 

years. List monthly 

contracts for a new 

calendar year following the 

termination of trading in the 

December contract of the 

current year.

Monthly contracts listed for 

the current year and the 

next five (5) calendar 

years. List monthly 

contracts for a new 

calendar year following the 

termination of trading in 

the December contract of 

the current year.

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 Rule Amendments may have some 

bearing on the following Core Principles:

• Availability of General Information: NYMEX will issue a Special Executive Report (“SER”) to the
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marketplace regarding the Rule Amendments. The SER will also be posted on the CME Group 

website. 

• Daily Publication of Trading Information: NYMEX will continue to comply with this Core Principle 

by making public daily information on settlement prices, volume, open interest, and opening and 

closing ranges for the Contract which will be published daily on the Exchange’s website.

• 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 

schedule of the Contract. 

• Execution of Transactions: The Exchange will continue its current practice of providing a 

competitive, open, and efficient market mechanism for executing transactions in the Contract, 

including the expansion of the listing schedule of the Contract.

Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Act and CFTC Regulations 40.6(a), the Exchange hereby certifies that the 

Rule Amendments comply 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) 299-2200 

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

Sincerely, 

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel