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17 CFR § 39.23 - Antitrust considerations.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s39.23"
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title: "17 CFR § 39.23 - Antitrust considerations."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "39.23"
section_name: "Antitrust considerations."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "DERIVATIVES CLEARING ORGANIZATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 2, 6(c), 7a-1, and 12a(5); 12 U.S.C. 5464; 15 U.S.C. 8325; Section 752 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, sec. 752, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1749."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 69430, Nov. 8, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
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# 39.23 Antitrust considerations.

Unless necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of the Act, a derivatives clearing organization shall not adopt any rule or take any action that results in any unreasonable restraint of trade, or impose any material anticompetitive burden.