[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12702]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3650]


Devro International plc, et al.; 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 or deceptive acts or practices and unfair methods of 
competition, this consent order requires, among other things, the 
respondents to divest, within three months to a Commission-approved 
acquirer, the assets they use to produce collagen sausage casings in 
the United States and Canada. If the transaction is not completed in 
the prescribed time, the Commission may appoint a trustee to divest the 
assets.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued April 3, 1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and 
Commissioner Azuenaga's statement 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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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, December 19, 1995, there was 
published in the Federal Register, 60 FR 65328, a proposed consent 
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Devro International plc, et 
al., 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.
    Comments were filed and considered by the Commission. 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 divest, as set forth in the proposed consent 
agreement, in disposition of this proceeding.

    (Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 
U.S.C. 45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary
[FR Doc. 96-12702 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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