[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
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[CITE: 16CFR4.14]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 4_MISCELLANEOUS RULES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.14  Conduct of business.

    (a) Matters before the Commission for consideration may be resolved 
either at a meeting under Sec. 4.15 or by written circulation. Any 
Commissioner may direct that a matter presented for consideration be 
placed on the agenda of a Commission meeting.
    (b) A majority of the members of the Commission in office and not 
recused from participating in a matter (by virtue of 18 U.S.C. 208 or 
otherwise) constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business in that 
matter.
    (c) Any Commission action, either at a meeting or by written 
circulation, may be taken only with the affirmative concurrence of a 
majority of the participating Commissioners, except where a greater 
majority is required by statute or rule or where the action is taken 
pursuant to a valid delegation of authority. No Commissioner may 
delegate the authority to determine his or her vote in any matter 
requiring Commission action, but authority to report a Commissioner's 
vote on a particular matter resolved either by written circulation, or 
at a meeting held in the Commissioner's absence, may be vested in a 
member of the Commissioner's staff.

[42 FR 13540, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 53306, Dec. 31, 1985; 
70 FR 53297, Sept. 8, 2005]