Notice to Members
Notice No. 144 04/07/2005
Large Trader Reporting Requirements, Expiration Limits, and Accountability Levels for Northwest Europe Gasoil Contract
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch the Northwest Europe Gasoil futures contract in Dublin starting on Friday, April 8, 2005. For this product, the quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 is 25 contracts. If a person controls or holds a position equal to, or greater than, 25 long or short in any one month, then all the contracts, whether above the reportable level or not, shall be deemed reportable positions. For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity code for this contract will be GR. Additionally, the accountability level, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.26, and expiration position limit, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.27, for the this contract are as follows: All Month/Any One Month Net Futures or Futures-       Equivalent Position Accountability Level            = 7,000 Contracts Expiration Position Limit                                = 1,000 Contracts
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com