Many of the specifications of these instruments are based upon swap products regularly transacted in OTC swaps markets. The chapters containing the terms and condition product specification rules for each of the new futures contracts will be available shortly in the Exchange’s online rulebook. The final settlement prices for the last day of trading for each of these new contracts will be based on prices reported by Platts.

These new futures contracts will be listed both on NYMEX ClearPort^sm Trading and on NYMEX ClearPort^sm Clearing, beginning with the Exchange’s Monday, October 4, 2004 business day, which commences with the start of the NYMEX ClearPort^sm trading session at 7:00 PM on Sunday, October 3, 2004. Each of these new futures contracts will be available during the normal trading hours on NYMEX ClearPort^sm Trading.

All sixteen contracts are calendar month instruments and are cash settled based on the monthly average of Platts quotations for each contract. These contracts will be listed for 36 consecutive months, and will be available for trading on NYMEX ClearPort^sm Trading (CPT) or for submission solely for clearing as off-exchange transactions through NYMEX ClearPort^sm Clearing (CPC). Margins and position limits will be announced in a separate notice.

The three Gulf Coast futures contracts are as follows:

Contract Name	Symbol
Gulf Coast Gasoline Calendar Swap	GS
Gulf Coast Heating Oil Calendar Swap	GP
Gulf Coast Jet Fuel Calendar Swap	GE

The contract size for the Gulf Coast calendar swap futures contracts is 42.000 gallons (or 1,000 barrels) and the minimum tick size is $.0001 cents per gallon.

The fees for the Gulf Coast Calendar swap futures contracts are as follows:

CPT Billing rates:	CPC Billing rates:	Cash Settlement fee:
Member $1.00 paid	Member $0.85	Member $0.85
Non-mem $2.50 inclusive	Non-mem $1.35	Non-mem $1.35

The thirteen European futures Contracts are as follows:

Contract Name	Symbol
European Naphtha Calendar Swap	UN
European Jet Kero NWE Calendar Swap (Northwest Europe)	UJ
European Jet Kero Rotterdam Calendar Swap	UR
European Gasoil 0.2 Rotterdam Calendar Swap	UG
European Gasoil 0.2 NWE Calendar Swap (Northwest Europe)	UE
European Gasoil 0.2 MED Calendar Swap (Mediterranean)	UQ
European ULSD (Diesel) Rotterdam Calendar Swap	UP
European ULSD NWE Calendar Swap (Northwest Europe)	UL
European 1% Fuel Oil Calendar Swap (Northwest Europe)	UF
European 1% Fuel Oil Rotterdam Calendar Swap	UH
European 3.5% Fuel Oil Rotterdam Calendar Swap	UV
European 3.5% Fuel Oil MED Calendar Swap (Mediterranean)	UI
European Singapore Fuel Oil 180cst Calendar Swap	UA

The contract size for the European futures contracts is 1,000 metric tons and the minimum tick size is $0.25 per metric ton.

Fees for the European futures contracts are as follows:

CPT Billing rates:	CPC Billing rates:	Cash Settlement fee:
Member $7.00 paid	Member $6.00	Member $6.00
Non-mem $15.00 inclusive	Non-mem $9.00	Non-mem $9.00