§ 6206. — Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC6206]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 88--INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Sec. 6206. Publication requirements applicable to antitrust
mutual assistance agreements
(a) Publication of proposed antitrust mutual assistance agreements
Not less than 45 days before an antitrust mutual assistance
agreement is entered into, the Attorney General, with the concurrence of
the Commission, shall publish in the Federal Register--
(1) the proposed text of such agreement and any modification to
such proposed text, and
(2) a request for public comment with respect to such text or
such modification, as the case may be.
(b) Publication of proposed amendments to antitrust mutual assistance
agreements in effect
Not less than 45 days before an agreement is entered into that makes
an amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, the Attorney
General, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall publish in the
Federal Register--
(1) the proposed text of such amendment, and
(2) a request for public comment with respect to such amendment.
(c) Publication of antitrust mutual assistance agreements, amendments,
and terminations
Not later than 45 days after an antitrust mutual assistance
agreement is entered into or terminated, or an agreement that makes an
amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement is entered into,
the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall
publish in the Federal Register--
(1) the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agreement or
amendment, or the terms of the termination, as the case may be, and
(2) in the case of an agreement that makes an amendment to an
antitrust mutual assistance agreement, a notice containing--
(A) citations to the locations in the Federal Register at
which the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agreement that
is so amended, and of any previous amendments to such agreement,
are published, and
(B) a description of the manner in which a copy of the
antitrust mutual assistance agreement, as so amended, may be
obtained from the Attorney General and the Commission.
(d) Condition for validity
An antitrust mutual assistance agreement, or an agreement that makes
an amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, with respect
to which publication does not occur in accordance with subsections (a),
(b), and (c) of this section shall not be considered to be in effect
under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 103-438, Sec. 7, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4600.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6208 of this title.
