2012-14708

Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 116 (Friday, June 15, 2012)[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2012)]

[Notices]

[Page 35944]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2012-14708]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Renewal of the Global Markets Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Renewal.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has determined to

renew the charter of its Global Markets Advisory Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail B. Scott, Committee Management

Officer, at 202-418-5139. Written comments should be submitted to David

A. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC 20581.

Electronic comments may be submitted to dstawick@cftc.gov.

Comments may also be submitted by any of the following methods:

The agency's Web site, at http://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the

instructions for submitting comments through the Web site.

Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as mail above.

Please submit your comments using only one method and identity that

it is for the renewal of the Global Markets Advisory Committee.

All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied

by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you wish to make

available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information

that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of

Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt

information may be submitted according to the procedures established in

Sec. 145.9 of the Commission's regulations.\1\

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\1\ See 17 CFR 145.9.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

(``Commission'') has determined to renew its Global Markets Advisory

Committee. The Commission has determined that renewing the advisory

committee is in the public interest in connection with the duties

imposed on the Commission by the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1-26,

as amended. The Global Markets Advisory Committee will operate for two

years from the date of renewal unless, before the expiration of that

time period, its charter is renewed in accordance with section 14(a)(2)

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, or the Chairman of the

Commission, with the concurrence of the other Commissioners, shall

direct that the advisory committee terminate on an earlier date.

The purpose of the Global Markets Advisory Committee is to conduct

public meetings and to submit reports and recommendations on matters of

public concern to the exchanges, firms, market users, and the

Commission regarding the regulatory challenges of a global marketplace.

The advisory committee will help the Commission determine how it can

avoid unnecessary regulatory or operational impediments to global

business while still preserving core protections for customers and

other market participants. The advisory committee will also make

recommendations for appropriate international standards for regulating

futures, swaps, options, and derivatives markets, as well as

intermediaries. Additionally, the advisory committee will assist the

Commission in identifying methods to improve both domestic and

international regulatory structures while continuing to allow U.S.

markets and firms to remain competitive in the global market. These

duties will allow the Commission to better promote its mission of

protecting market users and the public from abusive practices, and help

to foster open, competitive, and financially sound futures and options

markets.

Meetings of the Global Markets Advisory Committee are open to the

public.

The Global Markets Advisory Committee will be renewed with the

publication of this notice and the concurrent filing of a renewal

charter with the Commission; the Senate Committee on Agriculture,

Nutrition and Forestry; the House Committee on Agriculture; the Library

of Congress; and the General Services Administration's Committee

Management Secretariat. A copy of the renewal charter also will be

posted on the Commission's Web site at www.cftc.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2012, by the Commission.

David A. Stawick,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 2012-14708 Filed 6-14-12; 8:45 am]

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