Market Vectors Etf Trust - Securities Registration (section 12(b)) (8-A12B)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

__________________

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Market Vectors ETF Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

(See Below)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

99 Park Avenue, 8th Floor,

New York, New York

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

1001 6

(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered:

Name of the Exchange on
Which Each Class is to be so Registered

I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number

Shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of:

Market Vectors—Solar Energy ETF

American Stock Exchange

26-2174583

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. S

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. £

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-123257; 811-10325.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

NONE

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the Market Vectors—Solar Energy ETF, an investment portfolio of Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”), to be registered hereunder is set forth in Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325) filed on April 21, 2008, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 2.

Exhibits

1. The Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust is included as Exhibit (a) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.

2. The Trust’s By-Laws is included as Exhibit (b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-123257; 811-10325), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.