---identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s38.400"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "17 CFR § 38.400 - Core Principle 7."title_number: 17title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"section_number: "38.400"section_name: "Core Principle 7."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/s38.400
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.
# 38.400 Core Principle 7.The board of trade shall make available to market authorities, market participants, and the public accurate information concerning:(a) The terms and conditions of the contracts of the contract market; and(b)(1) The rules, regulations and mechanisms for executing transactions on or through the facilities of the contract market, and(2) The rules and specifications describing the operation of the contract market's:(i) Electronic matching platform, or(ii) Trade execution facility.