[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 12CFR225.25]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 225--BANK HOLDING COMPANIES AND CHANGE IN BANK CONTROL (REGULATION Y)--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Nonbanking Activities and Acquisitions by Bank Holding 
                                Companies
 
Sec. 225.25  Hearings, alteration of activities, and other matters.

    (a) Hearings--(1) Procedure to request hearing. Any request for a 
hearing on a notice under this subpart shall comply with the provisions 
of 12 CFR 262.3(e).
    (2) Determination to hold hearing. The Board may order a formal or 
informal hearing or other proceeding on a notice as provided in 12 CFR 
262.3(i)(2). The Board shall order a hearing only if there are disputed 
issues of material fact that cannot be resolved in some other manner.
    (3) Extension of period for hearing. The Board may extend the time 
for action on any notice for such time as is reasonably necessary to 
conduct a hearing and evaluate the hearing record. Such extension shall 
not exceed 91 calendar days after the date of submission to the Board of 
the complete record on the notice. The procedures for computation of the 
91-day rule as set forth in Sec. 225.16(f) apply to notices under this 
subpart that involve hearings.
    (b) Approval through failure to act. (1) Except as provided in 
paragraph (a) of this section or Sec. 225.24(d)(5), a notice under this 
subpart shall be deemed to be approved at the conclusion of the period 
that begins on the date the complete notice is received by the Reserve 
Bank or the Board and that ends 60 calendar days plus any applicable 
extension and tolling period thereafter.
    (2) Complete notice. For purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, a notice shall be deemed complete at such time as it contains 
all information required by this subpart and all other information 
requested by the Board or the Reserve Bank.
    (c) Notice to expand or alter nonbanking activities--(1) De novo 
expansion. A notice under this subpart is required to open a new office 
or to form a subsidiary to engage in, or to relocate an existing office 
engaged in, a nonbanking activity that the Board has previously approved 
for the bank holding company under this regulation, only if:
    (i) The Board's prior approval was limited geographically;
    (ii) The activity is to be conducted in a country outside of the 
United States and the bank holding company has not previously received 
prior Board approval under this regulation to engage in the activity in 
that country; or
    (iii) The Board or appropriate Reserve Bank has notified the company 
that a notice under this subpart is required.
    (2) Activities outside United States. With respect to activities to 
be engaged in outside the United States that require approval under this 
subpart, the procedures of this section apply only to activities to be 
engaged in directly by a bank holding company that is not a qualifying 
foreign banking organization, or by a nonbank subsidiary of a bank 
holding company approved under this subpart. Regulation K (12 CFR part 
211) governs other international operations of bank holding companies.
    (3) Alteration of nonbanking activity. Unless otherwise permitted by 
the Board, a notice under this subpart is required to alter a nonbanking 
activity in any material respect from that considered by the Board in 
acting on the application or notice to engage in the activity.
    (d) Emergency savings association acquisitions. In the case of a 
notice to acquire a savings association, the Board may modify or 
dispense with the public notice and hearing requirements of this subpart 
if the Board finds that an emergency exists that requires the Board to 
act immediately and the primary federal regulator of the institution 
concurs.

[Reg. Y, 62 FR 9333, Feb. 28, 1997, as amended by Reg. Y, 62 FR 60640, 
Nov. 12, 1997]