[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: 16CFR803.30]

[Page 624]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 803_TRANSMITTAL RULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 803.30  Formal and informal interpretations of requirements 
under the Act and the rules.

    (a) The Commission staff may consider requests for formal or 
informal interpretations as to the obligations under the act and these 
rules of any party to an acquisition. A request for a formal 
interpretation shall be made in writing to the offices designated in 
Sec. 803.10(c), and shall state: (1) all facts which the applicant 
believes to be material, (2) the reasons why the requirements of the act 
are or may be applicable and (3) the question(s) that the applicant 
wishes resolved. The Commission staff may, in its discretion, render a 
formal or informal response to any request, however made, or may decline 
to render such advice.
    (b) In the sole discretion of the staff, any request for 
interpretation may be referred to the Commission.
    (c) Formal interpretations by the Commission staff or by the 
Commission shall be rendered with the concurrence of the Assistant 
Attorney General or his or her designee.
    (d) Any formal interpretation shall be without prejudice to the 
right of either the Commission or the Assistant Attorney General to 
rescind any such interpretation rendered pursuant to this section. In 
the event of such rescission, the party which requested the 
interpretation shall be so notified in writing.
    (e) The Commission shall publish a summary of formal interpretations 
by the Commission, and any rescissions thereof, in the Federal Register.