[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR5601.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                  CHAPTER XLVI--POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
 
PART 5601_SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
 
Sec. 5601.101  General.

    (a) Purpose. In accordance with 5 CFR 2635.105, the regulations in 
this part apply to employees, including Commissioners, of the Postal 
Rate Commission and supplement the Standards of Ethical Conduct for 
Employees of the Executive Branch contained in 5 CFR part 2635.
    (b) Definition of affected persons. For purposes of this part, a 
person whose interests are significantly affected by rates of postage, 
fees for postal services, the classification of mail or the operations 
of the United States Postal Service (Postal Service):
    (1) Includes a company or other person:
    (i) Who is or, in the past 4 years, has been a party to a proceeding 
before the Postal Rate Commission;
    (ii) Whose primary business involves entering publications as 
second-class mail;
    (iii) Who is in the business of selling merchandise, and a 
substantial portion of whose orders are solicited, received, or 
delivered through the mails;
    (iv) Who is primarily engaged in the business of advertising through 
the mails;
    (v) Who is primarily engaged in the business of delivering 
merchandise or written communications, i.e., a person whose primary 
business is in competition with the Postal Service; or
    (vi) Who provides services or products to the Postal Service that 
can be expected to produce income that exceeds $100,000 and equals or 
exceeds 5 percent of its gross income for the current fiscal year; and
    (2) Does not include a company or other person whose use of the 
mails is merely an incidental or a minor factor in the general conduct 
of its business.