Notice to Members
Notice No. 401
09/09/2005
Ten New European and Singapore Swap Futures Contracts - Large Trader Reporting Requirements; Expiration Position Limits; and All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability Levels
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch 10 new European and Singapore Swap Futures Contracts commencing Monday, September 12, 2005.

For these products, the quantity fixed for filing reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 (Position Reporting) is 25 contracts. If a customer controls or holds a position equal to, or greater than, 25 long or short in any one month in any of these contracts, 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 codes for these additional products are as follows:

Contract Name
Commodity Code
European MED Gasoline (Platts) Swap
EU
Northwest Europe Gasoline (Argus) Swap
AR
Northwest Europe High-Low Fuel Oil Spread Swap
FS
East-West Fuel Oil Spread Swap
EW
Singapore 180cst vs. 380cst Fuel Oil Spread Swap
SD
Singapore 380cst Fuel Oil Swap
SE
Singapore Gasoil Swap
SG
Singapore Jet Kerosene Swap
KS
Singapore Naphtha Swap
SP
Singapore Jet vs. Gasoil Spread Swap
RK


Additionally, the accountability levels, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.26 (All Month/Any One Month Position Accountability), and expiration position limits, pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.27 (Expiration and Current Delivery Month Position Limits or Position Accountability), for the above contracts are as follows:

Any one Month/All Months Net Futures of Futures-
      Equivalent Position Accountability Levels
1,500
Expiration Position Limits
500
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com