17 CFR § 12.100 - Scope and applicability of rules.

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title: "17 CFR § 12.100 - Scope and applicability of rules."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "12.100"
section_name: "Scope and applicability of rules."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 2(a)(12), 12a(5), and 18."
regulatory_source: "49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.100 Scope and applicability of rules.

(a) *In general.* The rules set forth in this subpart are applicable only to proceedings forwarded pursuant to § 12.26(a) of the Reparation Rules. The rules of subpart B permitting discovery are applicable in a voluntary decisional proceeding. Unless specifically made applicable, the rules prescribed in subparts D, E, and F shall not apply in a voluntary decisional proceeding.

(b) *Waiver by electing the voluntary decisional procedure.* By electing the voluntary decisional procedure, parties waive the opportunity for an oral hearing and whatever rights they may have otherwise had: to receive a written statement of the findings of fact upon which the final decision is based; to prejudgment interest in connection with a reparation award; to appeal to the Commission the final decision; and to appeal the final decision to a U.S. Court of Appeals pursuant to section 14(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 18(e).