SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

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Registered Entity Identifier Code (optional): 22-485

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): 11/21/22 Filing Description: Delisting of Coal (ICI 4) Indonesian 

Coal Index (Argus/Coalindo) 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

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

November 21, 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, D.C. 20581

Re: CFTC Regulation 40.6(a) Certification. Delisting of Coal (ICI 4) Indonesian Coal Index 

(Argus/Coalindo) Futures Contract.

NYMEX Submission No. 22-485

Dear Mr. Kirkpatrick:

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

Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) the delisting of Coal (ICI 4) Indonesian Coal Index

(Argus/Coalindo) Futures contract (the “Contract”) as set forth in the table below effective immediately. 

There is no open interest in the Contract. 

Contract Title

CME Clearing/ 

CME Globex 

Code

NYMEX 

Rulebook 

Chapter

Coal (ICI 4) Indonesian Coal Index (Argus/Coalindo) Futures ICI 1125

The Contract is being delisted from the CME Globex electronic trading platform and CME ClearPort, the 

venues on which they were listed.

Exhibit A provides amendments to NYMEX Chapter 1125 in blackline format.

As a result of the delisting, information regarding the Contract has been deleted from the respective product

rulebook chapter, related position limits in the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level 

Table located in the Interpretations and Special Notices Section of Chapter 5 (“Trading Qualifications and 

Practices”) of the NYMEX Rulebook (the “Table”), the CME Globex non-reviewable ranges located in Rule 

588.H. of the NYMEX Rulebook, and the list of block-eligible products located on the CME Group website. 

The Table is attached under separate cover, in blackline format, as Exhibit B.

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 following Core Principles may be 

impacted by this initiative as follows:

• Emergency Authority: There is no open interest in the Contract, and therefore there will be no 

market disruption related to the delisting. 

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

delisting by publishing a Special Executive Report (“SER”) to the marketplace. The SER will be 

available on CME Group’s website.
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Pursuant to Section 5c(c) of the Act and CFTC Regulation 40.6(a), the Exchange hereby certifies that the 

delisting of the Contract complies with the Act, including regulations under the Act. There were no 

substantive opposing views to this 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 e-mail 

CMEGSubmissionInquiry@cmegroup.com or contact the undersigned at (212) 299-2200. 

Sincerely,

/s/ Christopher Bowen

Managing Director and Chief Regulatory Counsel

Attachments: Exhibit A - Amendments to NYMEX Rulebook Chapters (blackline format) 

Exhibit B - Position Limit, Position Accountability, and Reportable Level Table in Chapter 

 5 of the NYMEX Rulebook (attached under separate cover) (blackline format) 
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EXHIBIT A

NYMEX Rulebook

(deletions struck through)

Chapter 1125

Coal (ICI 4) Indonesian Coal Index (Argus/Coalindo) Futures

1125100. SCOPE OF CHAPTER

The provisions of these rules shall apply to all contracts bought or sold on the Exchange for cash 

settlement based on the Floating Price. The procedures for trading, clearing and cash settlement of 

this contract, and any other matters not specifically covered herein shall be governed by the general 

rules of the Exchange.

1125101. CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

The Floating Price for each contract month shall be equal to the monthly average price for Indonesian 

Coal Index 4 (ICI 4) published in the Argus/Coalindo Indonesian Coal Index Report during the 

contract month (i.e. being the average of weekly prices during the contract month).

1125102. TRADING SPECIFICATIONS

The number of months open for trading at a given time shall be determined by the Exchange.

1125102.A. Trading Schedule

The hours of trading for this contract shall be determined by the Exchange.

1125102.B. Trading Unit

The contract quantity shall be thousand (1,000) metric tons. Each contract shall be valued as the

contract quantity (1,000) multiplied by the settlement price.

1125102.C. Price Increments

Prices shall be quoted in U.S. dollars and cents per ton. The minimum price fluctuation shall be $0.05 

(5¢) per metric ton. The minimum final settlement price fluctuation is $0.01 per metric ton.

1125102.D. Position Limits, Exemptions, Position Accountability and Reportable Levels

The applicable position limits and/or accountability levels, in addition to the reportable levels, are set 

forth in the Position Limit, Position Accountability and Reportable Level Table in the Interpretations 

& Special Notices Section of Chapter 5.

A Person seeking an exemption from position limits for bona fide commercial purposes shall apply 

to the Market Regulation Department on forms provided by the Exchange, and the Market Regulation 

Department may grant qualified exemptions in its sole discretion.

Refer to Rule 559 for requirements concerning the aggregation of positions and allowable

exemptions from the specified position limits.

1125102.E. Termination of Trading

The contract shall terminate at the close of trading on the last Friday of the contract month. If such

Friday is a Singapore holiday, the contract will terminate on the Singapore business day immediately 

prior to the last Friday of the contract month unless such day is not an Exchange business day, in 

which case the contract shall terminate on the Exchange business day immediately prior.

1125103. FINAL SETTLEMENT

Final settlement under the contract shall be by cash settlement. The final settlement price will be the 

Floating Price calculated for each contract month.

1125104. DISCLAIMER

See NYMEX/COMEX Chapter iv. (“DISCLAIMERS”) incorporated herein by reference.
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EXHIBIT B

NYMEX Rulebook

Chapter 5

(“Trading Qualifications and Practices”)

Position Limit, Position Accountability, and Reportable Level Table

(attached under separate cover)