[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR970.207]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 970_DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR EXPLORATION LICENSES

--Table of Contents

 

                         Subpart B_Applications

 

Sec. 970.207  Antitrust information.



    (a) General. Section 103(d) of the Act specifically provides for 

antitrust review of applications by the Attorney General of the United 

States and the Federal Trade Commission.

    (b) Contents. In order to provide information for this antitrust 

review, the application must contain the following:

    (1) A copy of each agreement between any parties to any joint 

venture which is applying for a license, provided that said agreement 

relates to deep seabed hard mineral resource exploration or mining;

    (2) The identity of any affiliate of any person applying for a 

license; and

    (3) For each applicant, its affiliate, or parent or subsidiary of an 

affiliate which is engaged in production in, or the purchase or sale in 

or to, the United States of copper, nickel, cobalt or manganese minerals 

or any metals refined from these minerals:



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    (i) The annual tons and dollar value of any of these minerals and 

metals so purchased, sold or produced for the two preceding years;

    (ii) Copies of the annual report, balance sheet and income statement 

for the two preceding years; and

    (iii) Copies of each document submitted to the Securities and 

Exchange Commission.