| COMMENT        FILE NUMBER: | **96--010** | 8/24/98        04:45 PM |
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|  | **Application of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for Designation as        a** |
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|  | **Contract        Market in Futures and Options on the Indice de Precios y** |
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|  | **Cotizaciones 'IPC' (Index of Prices and Quotes) of the Bolsa Mexicana        de** |
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|  | **Valores        (Mexican Stock Exchange)** |
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| FR        CITE: | 61 FR 8578        (March 5, 1996) |
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| CLOSES: | 4/4/96 |
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| **FILE        CONTENTS** |
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| **(FR =        Federal Register; NC = Non Comment or Background Material; CL = Comment        Letter)** |
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| Documents        which do not have PDF links are availabe on request to        [email protected] by using the |
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| electronic        request form. Electronic distribution of the documents is possible,        depending on the |
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| requester's        ability to receive them. Paper copies of documents are available within        the Washington, D.C., |
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| area        through the Commission's Public Reading Room and outside the area        through use of the |
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| electronic        request form. Fees of 15 cents per page apply to paper        copies. |
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|  | **REQUEST FORM** |
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| DOCUMENT: | **FR** | **1** |
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|  | **Notice        of availability of the terms and conditions of proposed commodity        futures and option** |
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|  | **contracts** |
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| DATE: | 3/5/96 | FR        PAGE: | 08578 | PAGES: | 2 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **1** |
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|  | **Terms        and Conditions of the Proposed Contracts** |
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| DATE: | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 15 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **2** |
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|  | **Staff        Document, Division of Economic Analysis** |
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| DATE: | 5/9/96 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 40 |
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| DOCUMENT: | **NC** | **3** |
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|  | **Letter        of Approval** |
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| DATE: | 5/22/96 | FR        PAGE: | N/A | PAGES: | 9 |
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