---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 33.5"
title: "17"
number: "33.5"
heading: "Application for designation as a contract market for the trading of commodity options."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/33.5"
---

# §33.5. Application for designation as a contract market for the trading of commodity options.

- (a) Any board of trade desiring to be designated as a contract market for a particular commodity option contract shall make application to the Commission and accompany the same with a written showing that it meets the conditions set forth in, and provides all the information and materials required by, these regulations.
- (b) Subject to the provisions of the Act and these regulations, in the event of a refusal to designate any board of trade as a contract market for a particular commodity option, such board of trade shall be afforded notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the record: Provided, That pending the conclusion of any such hearing, such designation shall not be granted.

## Notes

### Amendments

[46 FR 54529, Nov. 3, 1981, as amended at 46 FR 63036, Dec. 30, 1981; 52 FR 779, Jan. 9, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 4, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 6o, 7, 7a, 7b, 8, 9, 11, 12a, 12c, 13a, 13a-1, 13b, 19, and 21, otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 54529, Nov. 3, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[46 FR 54529, Nov. 3, 1981, as amended at 46 FR 63036, Dec. 30, 1981; 52 FR 779, Jan. 9, 1987]