[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17616]


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[Federal Register: July 20, 1994]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3499]

 

El Portal Luggage, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices, and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent Order.

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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting 
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this 
consent order prohibits, among other things, a Nevada-based retailer of 
luggage and other leather goods from misrepresenting the identity of 
the country of origin of any product it sells, and from removing, 
altering, obliterating, or concealing any country of origin designation 
attached to a product that it receives or offers for sale.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued June 20, 1994.\1\

    \1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are 
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th 
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sylvia Kundig, FTC/San Francisco Regional Office, 901 Market St., Suite 
570, San Francisco, CA. 94103. (415) 744-7920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, April 4, 1994, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 15733, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matte of El Portal Luggage, Inc., for 
the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were given 
sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or objections 
regarding the proposed form of the order.
    No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the 
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement, 
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and 
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition 
of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45).
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-17616 Filed 7-19-94; 8:45 am]
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