[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR251.63]

[Page 570]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 251--COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANEL RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart F--Rate Adjustment Proceedings
 
Sec. 251.63  Consideration of petition; settlements.

    (a) To allow time for the parties to settle their differences 
concerning cable, phonorecord, and jukebox rate adjustments, the 
Librarian of Congress shall, after the filing of the petition under 
Sec. 251.62 and before the 45-day period specified in 
Sec. 251.45(b)(2)(i), designate a 30-day period for negotiation of a 
settlement. The Librarian shall cause notice of the dates for that 
period to be published in the Federal Register.
    (b) In the case of a settlement among the parties to a proceeding, 
the Librarian may, upon the request of the parties, submit the agreed 
upon rate to the public in a notice-and-comment proceeding. The 
Librarian may adopt the rate embodied in the proposed settlement without 
convening an arbitration panel, provided that no opposing comment is 
received by the Librarian from a party with an intent to participate in 
a CARP proceeding.

[59 FR 63042, Dec. 7, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 37216, July 17, 1996; 61 
FR 63718, Dec. 2, 1996]