All commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisers (“CTAs”) that claimed an exemption last year must re-affirm their exemptions within 60 days from calendar year-end. Firms that claimed exemptions from CPO registration under CFTC Rule 4.5 or CTFC Rule 4.13(a)(3) (the “deminimis exemption”), or Rules 4.13(a)(1), 4.13(a)(2), 4.13(a)(5) as well as firms that claimed an exemption from CTA registration pursuant to CFTC Rule 4.14(a)(8) must re-affirm those exemptions by March 1, 2013 or those exemptions will be automatically withdrawn.

The NFA’s guidance can be found here .