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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

 

Policy Statement With Request for Public Comment Regarding 
Duration of Competition Orders and Request for Public Comment Regarding 
Duration of Consumer Protection Orders

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Extension of time for filing comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') has requested 
public comments on a policy statement regarding duration of competition 
orders, and also has requested public comments as to the duration of 
consumer protection orders. 59 FR 45286 (September 1, 1994).

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until December 5, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: Secretary, Federal Trade 
Commission, Room H-159, 6th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
As to competition orders, Daniel P. Ducore, Assistant Director for 
Compliance (202) 326-2526. As to consumer protection orders, Dean C. 
Graybill, Associate Director for Enforcement (202) 326-3284. As to all 
matters, Donald S. Clark, Secretary (202) 326-2514.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 1994, the Commission 
published a request for comments on a policy statement made effective 
July 22, 1994, with regard to the duration of competition (antitrust) 
orders. Under the policy statement, the Commission will presume that 
core injunctive provisions in future competition orders should 
terminate automatically (or ``sunset'') after twenty years. The 
Commission will also presume that all supplemental provisions in future 
competition orders should sunset after no more than ten years. In 
addition, the statement articulates the Commission's policy 
determination to apply, in the context of petitions to reopen and 
modify existing administrative orders (16 CFR 2.51) a rebuttable 
presumption that the public interest warrants terminating orders that 
have been in force more than twenty years. Although these policies are 
already in effect, the Commission is soliciting comment from interested 
persons. The Commission is also soliciting comment on adopting policies 
affecting the duration of administrative and court orders entered in 
consumer protection matters.
    The comment period was scheduled to close on November 4, 1994. 
However, the American Association of Retired Persons requested an 
extension of time to file comments. Staff has received oral 
communications from several other interested persons expressing concern 
about meeting the original deadline for filing comments. In its 
discretion, the Commission hereby extends the comment period until 
December 5, 1994.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41-58.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-27687 Filed 11-8-94; 8:45 am]
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