---identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s38.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "17 CFR § 38.1 - Scope."title_number: 17title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"section_number: "38.1"section_name: "Scope."chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"part_number: "38"part_name: "DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376."regulatory_source: "66 FR 42277, Aug. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "38"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t17/s38.1
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Authority
7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-2... 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376.
# 38.1 Scope.The provisions of this part 38 shall apply to every board of trade that has been designated or is applying to become designated as a contract market under Sections 5 and 6 of the Act. *Provided, however,* nothing in this provision affects the eligibility of designated contract markets to operate under the provisions of parts 37 or 49 of this chapter.[71 FR 1964, Jan. 12, 2006, as amended at 77 FR 36697, June 19, 2012]