SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 22-457

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

Filing as a: DCM SEF DCO SDR 

Please note - only ONE choice allowed.

Filing Date (mm/dd/yy): 10/25/22 Filing Description: Expansion of the Listing Schedule of 

the Cobalt Metal (Fastmarkets) 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

October 25, 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 

Cobalt Metal (Fastmarkets) Futures Contract.

COMEX Submission No. 22-457

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 Cobalt Metal 

(Fastmarkets) 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, December 4, 2022, for 

trade date Monday, December 5, 2022, as more specifically described in the table below.

Contract Title CME Globex 

and

CME ClearPort 

Code

COMEX 

Rulebook

Chapter

Current Listing 

Schedule

Expanded Listing 

Schedule 

Cobalt Metal 

(Fastmarkets) 

Futures

COB 645

Monthly contracts listed 

for the current year and 

the next three (3) calendar 

years.

Monthly contracts for a 

new calendar year will be 

added following the 

termination of trading in 

the December contract of 

the current year.

Monthly contracts listed 

for the current year and 

the next four (4)

calendar years.

Monthly contracts for a 

new calendar year will be 

added following the 

termination of trading in 

the December contract of 

the current year.

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

the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA” or “Act”) and identified that the expansion of the listing schedule of 

the Contract may have some bearing on the following Core Principles:

• Availability of General Information: COMEX will issue a Special Executive Report (“SER”) to the

marketplace regarding these amendments. The SER will also be posted on the CME Group 

website. 
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• Daily Publication of Trading Information: COMEX 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 

expansion of the listing schedule of 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) 299-2200 

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

Sincerely, 

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel