[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: 19CFR201.4]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                            TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 201--RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Miscellaneous
 
Sec.  201.4  Performance of functions.

    (a) Conduct of business. A majority of the members of the Commission 
constitutes a quorum. The Commission may meet and exercise its powers at 
any place, and may, by one or more of its members, or by such agents as 
it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its duties in any 
part of the United States or in any foreign country.
    (b) Alteration or waiver of rules. Rules in this chapter may be 
amended, waived, suspended, or revoked by the Commission only. A rule 
may be waived or suspended only when in the judgment of the Commission 
there is good and sufficient reason therefor, provided the rule is not a 
matter of procedure required by law.
    (c) Authority to make decisions. Authority to interpret the 
Commission's rules and the laws applying to the Commission, and to make 
findings, determinations, or other decisions not relating to matters of 
internal management, is retained in the Commission itself and is not 
delegated.
    (d) Presentation of matter that may come within the purview of other 
laws. Whenever any party or person, including the Commission staff, has 
reason to believe that (1) a matter under investigation pursuant to 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, or (2) a matter under an 
investigation pursuant to section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2251), which is causing increased imports may come within the 
purview of another remedial provision of law not the basis of such 
investigation, including but not limited to the antidumping provisions 
(19 U.S.C. 1673) or the countervailing duty provisions (19 U.S.C. 1303, 
1671 et seq.) of the Tariff Act of 1930, then the party or person may 
file a suggestion of notification with the Commission that the 
appropriate agency be notified of such matter or circumstances, together 
with such information as the party or person has available. The 
Commission Secretary shall promptly thereafter publish notice of the 
filing of such suggestion and information, and make them available for 
inspection and copying to the extent permitted by law. Any person may 
comment on the suggestion within 10 days after the publication of said 
notice. Thereafter, the Commission shall determine whether notification 
is appropriate under the law and, if so, shall notify the appropriate 
agency of such

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matters or circumstances. The Commission may at any time make such 
notification in the absence of a suggestion under this rule when the 
Commission has reason to believe, on the basis of information before it, 
that notification is appropriate under law.

[27 FR 12118, Dec. 7, 1962, as amended at 45 FR 80276, Dec. 4, 1980]