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From:exchangeinfo@nymex.com
To:tana.jones@enron.com
Subject:(00-401) Approved Amendment to COMEX Silver Futures Contract
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Date:Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:29:00 -0800 (PST)

Notice No. 00-401
November 20, 2000


TO:
ALL NYMEX DIVISION MEMBERS AND MEMBER FIRMS
ALL COMEX DIVISION MEMBERS AND MEMBER FIRMS

FROM: Neal Wolkoff, Executive Vice President

SUBJECT: Approved Amendments to the COMEX Silver Futures Contract to Add=20
Brink=01,s Inc. and Delaware Depository Service Company, LLC as Exchange=20
Licensed Depositories.


The Exchange has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading=20
Commission to amend Supplement No. 2, "Licensed Depositories and Weighmaste=
rs=20
for Silver" of the COMEX Silver Futures Contract. The purpose of the approv=
ed=20
amendment is to add Brink=01,s Inc.=01,s vault facility located at 652 Kent=
Avenue,=20
Brooklyn, NY and Delaware Depository Service Company, LLC=01,s vault facili=
ties=20
located at 3601 North Market Street and 4200 Governor Printz Boulevard,=20
Wilmington, DE as Exchange Licensed Depositories for the storage of silver=
=20
deliverable against the Exchange=01,s COMEX Division Silver Futures Contrac=
t.

Effective Thursday, February 1, 2001, Brink=01,s Inc. in Brooklyn, New York=
and=20
Delaware Depository Service Company, LLC in Wilmington, Delaware will becom=
e=20
eligible as Licensed Depositories for the storage and delivery of silver=20
against the COMEX Silver Futures Contract.

In order to provide the market with relevant data pertaining to both Brink=
=01,s=20
and Delaware Depository Service Company=01,s silver stock figures, the Exch=
ange=20
will report historical stock figures for both companies on November 27,=20
2000. The Exchange will then report the stock figures as of November 30th,=
=20
December 15th, December 29th 2000 and January 16th 2001 in a separate repor=
t=20
from the daily metal warehouse statistics. Effective February 1, 2001, the=
=20
Exchange will begin reporting the eligible and registered silver stocks in=
=20
the daily metal warehouse statistics for both companies.

Eligible and Registered Silver

The eligible silver stocks at both companies and that of the daily metal=20
warehouse statistics are limited to silver bars that meet the Exchange=01,s=
=20
criteria for delivery. This criteria specifies that a silver bar must weig=
h=20
1,000 troy ounces, plus or minus 10% and be on the Exchange=01,s Official L=
ist=20
of Approved Refiners and Brands for silver. The eligible stocks denoted=20
here, and in the daily warehouse statistics, do not include such items as 1=
00=20
troy ounce silver bars or silver coins.

Specifically, eligible metal is not the same as registered metal. Register=
ed=20
metal is defined as metal which meets the standards for delivery as stated =
in=20
the COMEX Rules and for which a COMEX Depository Receipt (Warrant) has been=
=20
issued. Eligible metal is defined as metal which meets the standards for=
=20
delivery as stated in the COMEX Rules and for which no COMEX Depository=20
Receipt (Warrant) has been issued.

In order for eligible metal to become registered metal, the owner of the=20
metal must have an Exchange Licensed Depository issue a Depository Receipt=
=20
(Warrant) on those silver bars meeting Exchange standards comprising 5,000=
=20
troy ounces (plus or minus 6%) stored at its facility.

A copy of the approved amendments is attached. Capital letters indicate=20
additions, bracketing [ ] indicates deletions.

Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Albert J.=
=20
Getz at 212-299-2608.
Silver Supplement
No. 2
Approved Rule Amendments
Capital letters indicate additions; [ ] indicate deletions.

COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC.
LICENSED DEPOSITORIES AND WEIGHMASTERS FOR SILVER

New York

Depository:
ScotiaMocatta Depository,
A Division of The Bank of Nova Scotia
4 World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
Orders: (212) 912-8530

Facilities:
4 World Trade Center
New York, NY

Computer Code:
3002





Depository:
HSBC Bank USA
1 West 39th Street, SC 2 Level
New York, NY 10018
Orders: (212) 525-6439

Facilities:
1 West 39th Street, SC 2 Level
New York, NY

Computer Code:
5001







DEPOSITORY:
BRINK=01,S INCORPORATED
SUITE 400
580 5th AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036
ORDERS: (718) 260-2200

FACILITIES:
652 KENT AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

COMPUTER CODE:
4001





DELAWARE

DEPOSITORY:
DELAWARE DEPOSITORY SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
3601 NORTH MARKET STREET
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19802
ORDERS: (302) 765 =01)3884

FACILITY:
3601 NORTH MARKET STREET
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
COMPUTER CODE: 6001

4200 GOVERNOR PRINTZ BLVD.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
COMPUTER CODE: 6002




Additional Licensed Weighmasters For Silver

International Testing Laboratories, Inc.
578-582 Market Street
Newark, NJ 07105
Orders: (201) 589-4772

Ledoux & Company
359 Alfred Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Orders: NJ (201) 837-7160


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