Initial listing of products for trading. To list new security futures products for trading, a designated contract market shall submit to the Commission at its Washington, DC headquarters, either in electronic or hard-copy form, to be received by the Commission no later than the day prior to the initiation of trading, a filing that:

Is labeled “Listing of Security Futures Product;”

Includes a copy of the product's rules, including its terms and conditions;

Includes the certifications required by § 41.22;

Includes a certification that the terms and conditions of the contract comply with the additional conditions for trading of § 41.25;

If the board of trade is a designated contract market pursuant to section 5 of the Act, it includes a certification that the security futures product complies with the Act and rules thereunder; and

Includes a copy of the submission cover sheet in accordance with the instructions in appendix D of part 40.

Includes a request for confidential treatment as permitted under the procedures of § 40.8.

Voluntary submission of security futures products for Commission approval. A designated contract market may request that the Commission approve any security futures product under the procedures of § 40.5 of this chapter, provided however, that the registered entity shall include the certification required by § 41.22 with its submission under § 40.5 of this chapter. Notice designated contract markets may not request Commission approval of security futures products.