[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53927-53928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26921]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC); 
Notice of Hearings

    The International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (``Advisory 
Committee'') will hold hearings from November 2-4, 1998. The Advisory 
Committee was established by the Department of Justice to provide 
advice regarding issues relating to international competition policy; 
specifically, how best to cooperate with foreign authorities to 
eliminate international anticompetitive agreements, how best to 
coordinate United States' and foreign antitrust enforcement efforts in 
the review of multinational mergers, and how best to address issues 
that interface international trade and competition policy concerns. The 
hearings will be held at the American Geophysical Union Conference 
Center, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009-1277. The 
proposed agenda and schedule for the hearings are as follows:

Day 1--November 2, 1998

Discussion With Foreign Competition Officials
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks
9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.--Testimony by Officials from Foreign Competition 
Authorities
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.--Roundtable Discussion with Foreign Competition 
Officials From Jurisdictions That Have Bilateral Antitrust Agreements 
with the United States
2:30 p.m.-6 p.m.--Roundtable Discussion with Foreign Competition 
Officials on Enforcement Cooperation, Multijurisdictional Mergers and 
Trade and Competition Interface Matters

Day 2--November 3, 1998

Multijurisdictional Mergers
9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.--Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.--Panel on Commercial and Economic Perspectives on 
the Current Merger Wave
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Panel on Information Sharing and Procedural 
Harmonization (Part I)
1:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.--Panel on Information Sharing and Procedural 
Harmonization (Part II)
3:30 p.m.-6 p.m.--Panel on Conflicts and Remedies

Day 3--November 4, 1998

 9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks
International Cartels
9:15 a.m.-11 a.m.--Panel on International Cartels in a Global Economy
Trade and Competition Interface
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.--Panel on Enforcement Cooperation: Bilateral and 
Plurilateral Efforts (Part I)
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.--Panel on Enforcement Cooperation: Bilateral and 
Plurilateral Efforts (Part II)
3:15 p.m.-6 p.m.--Panel on International Competition Policy, 
Multilateral Institutions, and Foreign Economic Policy

    The hearings format is not final and is subject to further changes. 
For the

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latest information about the hearings format or other matters related 
to the hearings, please check the Advisory Committee's website at: 
www.usdoj.gov/atr/icpac/icpac.htm or contact Marianne Pak of the 
Advisory Committee staff at (202) 353-9074.
    Attendance is open to the interested public, limited by the 
availability of space. Persons needing special assistance, such as sign 
language interpretation or other special accommodations, should notify 
the contact person listed below as soon as possible. Members of the 
public may submit written statements by mail, electronic mail, or 
facsimile at any time before or after the meeting to the contact person 
listed below for consideration by the Advisory Committee. All written 
submissions will be included in the public record of the Advisory 
Committee. Oral statements from the public will not be solicited or 
accepted at the hearings. For further information contact: Merit Janow, 
c/o Marianne Pak, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 601 D 
Street, NW., Room 10011, Washington, DC 20530, Telephone: (202) 353-
9074, Facsimile: (202) 514-4508, Electronic mail: [email protected].
Merit E. Janow,
Executive Director, International Competition Policy Advisory 
Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-26921 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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