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CFR /  Title 17  /  Part 2  /  Sec. 2.1 Description.

Pursuant to section 2(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 4(i), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has adopted an official seal (the ``Seal''), the description of which is as follows:

(a) An American bald eagle in black and white holding the scales of balanced interests over a black and white wheel of commerce and a farmer's plow, also in black and white. These symbols are enclosed with an inner red octagon and a blue outer octagon representing traditional futures contract trading pits. Around the outside of the octagons are the words ``Commodity Futures Trading Commission'' separated by two stars from the year ``1975,'' the first year of the Commission's existence.

(b) The Seal of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is illustrated as follows:[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TC05OC91.030