[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 35944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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 [email protected].
    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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