This Notice shall serve to correct and replace prior Notice 671

In connection with the launch of Soft Commodity Futures contracts, NYMEX is amending certain rules and establishing others. Effective for trade date December 22, 2006, these amendments include the following: 1) reportable levels, position limits, and any one month/all month accountability levels for six new futures contracts (Chapter 9-Appendix A); 2) applicable timing of the expiration position limits for the six new futures contracts (Rule 9.27); 3) deletion of all references to NYMEX ACCESS (as that electronic trading system that is no longer in use), and addition of appropriate "no bust ranges" and associated information for the six new futures contracts (Rule 11.63); 4) defining any one month and all month position limits for applicable Soft Commodities (new Rule 9.26A); 5) incorporation of exemptions to position limits rules for bona fide hedging transactions as well as exposure from commodity swap transactions (Rules 9.28 and 9.29); 6) incorporation of soft commodity exemptions to position limits related to potential action by the Exchange (Rule 9.32).

The Rule amendments are available here for your review.

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(Deletions are in bold/strikethrough; additions are in bold/italicized)

Contract Name	Rule Chapter	Commodity Code	All/ Any One Month Accountability Level	All/ Any One Month Accountability Level	Expiration Month Limit	Expiration Account- ability Level Penultimate Contracts	Expiration Account- ability Level Last Day Contracts	Reporting Level	Aggregate Into (1)	Aggregate Into (2)
			Rule 9.26	Rule 9.26A	Rule 9.27	Rule 9.27A	Rule 9.27A **	Rule 9.34
Soft Commodities
NYMEX Cocoa	930	CJ	6,000		750			25	CJ
NYMEX Coffee	931	KT	5,000		500			25	KT
NYMEX Cotton	932	TT		2,500/5,000	300			25	TT
NYMEX Orange Juice	933	FJ		3,200/3,200	300**			25	FJ
NYMEX No. 11 Sugar	934	YO	9,000		5000			25	YO
NYMEX No. 14 Sugar	935	FT		1,000/1,000				25	FT

** Limit applied on a GROSS Long or Short basis