---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 41.24"
title: "17"
number: "41.24"
heading: "Rule amendments to security futures products."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/41.24"
---

# §41.24. Rule amendments to security futures products.

- (a) **Self-certification of rules and rule amendments by designated contract markets and registered derivatives clearing organizations.** A designated contract market or registered derivatives clearing organization may implement any new rule or rule amendment relating to a security futures product by submitting to the Commission at its Washington, DC headquarters, either in electronic or hard-copy form, to be received by the Commission no later than the day prior to the implementation of the rule or rule amendment, a filing that:
  - (1) Is labeled “Security Futures Product Rule Submission;'
  - (2) Includes a copy of the new rule or rule amendment;
  - (3) Includes a certification that the designated contract market or registered derivatives clearing organization has filed the rule or rule amendment with the Securities and Exchange Commission, if such a filing is required;
  - (4) If the board of trade is a designated contract market pursuant to section 5 of the Act or is a registered derivatives clearing organization pursuant to section 5b of the Act, it includes the documents and certifications required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to [§ 40.6](/cfr/17/40.6.md) of this chapter, including a certification that the security futures product complies with the Act and rules thereunder; and
  - (5) Includes a copy of the submission cover sheet in accordance with the instructions in appendix D of [part 40](/cfr/17/part40.md).
  - (6) Includes a request for confidential treatment as permitted under the procedures of [§ 40.8](/cfr/17/40.8.md).
- (b) **Voluntary submission of rules for Commission review and approval.** A designated contract market or a registered derivatives clearing organization clearing security futures products may request that the Commission approve any rule or proposed rule or rule amendment relating to a security futures product under the procedures of [§ 40.5](/cfr/17/40.5.md) of this chapter, provided however, that the registered entity shall include the certifications required by [§ 41.22](/cfr/17/41.22.md) with its submission under [§ 40.5](/cfr/17/40.5.md) of this chapter. Notice designated contract markets may not request Commission approval of rules.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 55083, Nov. 1, 2001, as amended at 69 FR 67507, Nov. 18, 2004; 74 FR 17394, Apr. 15, 2009; 77 FR 66344, Nov. 2, 2012]

### Source

Source: 66 FR 55083, Nov. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sections 206, 251 and 252, Pub. L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6f, 6j, 7a-2, 12a; 15 U.S.C. 78g(c)(2).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 44511, Aug. 23, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 55083, Nov. 1, 2001, as amended at 69 FR 67507, Nov. 18, 2004; 74 FR 17394, Apr. 15, 2009; 77 FR 66344, Nov. 2, 2012]