[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR15.17]

[Page 168]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 15--LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Testimony by Employees and the Production of Documents in 
                            Legal Proceedings
 
Sec. 15.17  Demands or requests in legal proceedings for records protected by confidentiality statutes.

    Demands in legal proceedings for the production of records, or for 
the testimony of Department employees regarding information protected by 
the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. 1905 or 
other confidentiality statutes, must satisfy the requirements for 
disclosure set forth in those statutes before the records may be 
provided or testimony given. The General Counsel, or the Solicitor, or 
appropriate agency counsel should first determine if there is a legal 
basis to provide the testimony or records sought under applicable 
confidentiality statutes before applying Secs. 15.11 through 15.18. 
Where an applicable confidentiality statute mandates disclosure, 
Secs. 15.11 through 15.18 will not apply.

[60 FR 9291, Feb. 17, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 62 FR 19669, 
19670, Apr. 23, 1997]