The Autorité des Marchés Financiers, the French regulator, in July implemented position limits for agricultural commodity derivatives. The limits apply to futures and options based on milling wheat, rapeseed (canola), rapeseed meal, rapeseed oil and maize (corn) that are traded on a market regulated by the AMF or a foreign market that lists contracts with delivery in France. The new rules also include reporting requirements. Market participants are responsible for reporting their positions to AMF unless the positions have been reported already by a clearinghouse. AMF is using this data to publish a weekly aggregate report showing outstanding positions.
