[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
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[CITE: 16CFR3.2]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 3_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A_Scope of Rules; Nature of Adjudicative Proceedings
 
Sec. 3.2  Nature of adjudicative proceedings.

    Adjudicative proceedings are those formal proceedings conducted 
under one or more of the statutes administered by the Commission which 
are required by statute to be determined on the record after opportunity 
for an agency hearing. The term includes hearings upon objections to 
orders relating to the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of rules under 
sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and 
proceedings for the assessment of civil penalties pursuant to Sec. 1.94 
of this chapter. It does not include other proceedings such as 
negotiations for the entry of consent orders; investigational hearings 
as distinguished from proceedings after the issuance of a complaint; 
requests for extensions of time to comply with final orders or other 
proceedings involving compliance with final orders; proceedings for the 
promulgation of industry guides or trade regulation rules; proceedings 
for fixing quantity limits under section 2(a) of the Clayton Act; 
investigations under section 5 of the Export Trade Act; rulemaking 
proceedings under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act up to the time 
when the Commission determines under Sec. 1.26(g) of this chapter that 
objections sufficient to warrant the holding of a public hearing have 
been filed; or the promulgation of substantive rules and regulations, 
determinations of classes of products exempted from statutory 
requirements, the establishment of name guides, or inspections and 
industry counseling, under sections 4(d) and 6(a) of the Wool Products 
Labeling Act of 1939, sections 7, 8(b), and 8(c) of the Fur Products 
Labeling Act, and sections 7(c), 7(d), and 12(b) of the Textile Fiber 
Products Identification Act.

[45 FR 67319, Oct. 10, 1980]