[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR201.34]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 201--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION--Table of Contents
 
Subpart E--Opening Commission Meetings to Public Observation Pursuant to 
                              5 U.S.C. 552b
 
Sec.  201.34  Definitions.

    For the purpose of this subpart:

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    (a)(1) Except as hereinafter provided, the term meeting means the 
deliberations of at least the number of individual Commissioners 
required to take action on behalf of the Commission where such 
deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of 
official Commission business.
    (2) The consideration by individual Commissioners of business which 
is circulated sequentially in writing (circulation by ``action jacket'') 
is not considered a meeting under paragraph (a)(1) of this section 
because circulation by action jacket does not determine or result in the 
joint conduct or disposition of Commission business until ratification 
thereof by formal vote of the Commissioners in a meeting as defined by 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, although action proposed by action 
jacket may be taken before or after formal ratification thereof by vote 
at a Commission meeting.
    (3) Conference telephone calls among the Commissioners are 
considered meetings as defined by paragraph (a)(1) of this section if 
they involve the number of Commissioners requisite for Commission 
action.
    (4) Deliberations of a majority of the entire membership of the 
Commission with the sole purpose of determining whether or not to call a 
meeting at a date earlier than the requisite public notice period as 
specified in Sec.  201.35 of this subpart are not considered to 
constitute a meeting or portion of a meeting as defined by paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section.
    (5) Deliberations of a majority of the entire membership of the 
Commission with the sole purpose of determining whether or not to close 
a portion or portions of a meeting or series of meetings pursuant to 
Sec.  201.36 of this subpart are not considered to constitute a meeting 
or portion of a meeting within the meaning of paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section.
    (6) Deliberations of a majority of the entire membership of the 
Commission with the sole purpose of determining whether or not to change 
the subject matter of a publicly announced meeting, or to change the 
determination of the Commission to open or close a meeting, or portion 
thereof, to the public, following a public notice, as permitted under 
Sec.  201.37(b) of this subpart, are not considered to constitute a 
meeting or portion of a meeting under paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (b) The terms Secretary and General Counsel mean the Secretary and 
General Counsel of the Commission and their respective designees within 
their respective offices.