[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR0.16]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 0_ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 0.16  Bureau of Competition.

    The Bureau is responsible for enforcing Federal antitrust and trade 
regulation laws under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the 
Clayton Act, and a number of other special statutes that the Commission 
is charged with enforcing. The Bureau's work aims to preserve the free 
market system and assure the unfettered operation of the forces of 
supply and demand. Its activities seek to ensure price competition, 
quality products and services and efficient operation of the national 
economy. The Bureau carries out its responsibilities by investigating 
alleged law violations, and recommending to the Commission such further 
action as may be appropriate. Such action may include injunctive and 
other equitable relief in Federal district court, complaint and 
litigation before the agency's administrative law judges, formal 
nonadjudicative settlement of complaints, trade regulation rules, or 
reports. The Bureau also conducts compliance investigations and 
initiates proceedings for civil penalties to assure compliance with 
final Commission orders dealing with competition and trade restraint 
matters. The

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Bureau's activities also include business and consumer education and 
staff advice on competition laws and compliance, and liaison functions 
with respect to foreign antitrust and competition law enforcement 
agencies and organizations, including requests for international 
enforcement assistance.

[65 FR 78409, Dec. 15, 2000]