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[CITE: 15USC6206]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
       CHAPTER 88--INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 6206. Publication requirements applicable to antitrust 
        mutual assistance agreements
        

(a) Publication of proposed antitrust mutual assistance agreements

    Not less than 45 days before an antitrust mutual assistance 
agreement is entered into, the Attorney General, with the concurrence of 
the Commission, shall publish in the Federal Register--
        (1) the proposed text of such agreement and any modification to 
    such proposed text, and
        (2) a request for public comment with respect to such text or 
    such modification, as the case may be.

(b) Publication of proposed amendments to antitrust mutual assistance 
        agreements in effect

    Not less than 45 days before an agreement is entered into that makes 
an amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, the Attorney 
General, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall publish in the 
Federal Register--
        (1) the proposed text of such amendment, and
        (2) a request for public comment with respect to such amendment.

(c) Publication of antitrust mutual assistance agreements, amendments, 
        and terminations

    Not later than 45 days after an antitrust mutual assistance 
agreement is entered into or terminated, or an agreement that makes an 
amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement is entered into, 
the Attorney General, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall 
publish in the Federal Register--
        (1) the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agreement or 
    amendment, or the terms of the termination, as the case may be, and
        (2) in the case of an agreement that makes an amendment to an 
    antitrust mutual assistance agreement, a notice containing--
            (A) citations to the locations in the Federal Register at 
        which the text of the antitrust mutual assistance agreement that 
        is so amended, and of any previous amendments to such agreement, 
        are published, and
            (B) a description of the manner in which a copy of the 
        antitrust mutual assistance agreement, as so amended, may be 
        obtained from the Attorney General and the Commission.

(d) Condition for validity

    An antitrust mutual assistance agreement, or an agreement that makes 
an amendment to an antitrust mutual assistance agreement, with respect 
to which publication does not occur in accordance with subsections (a), 
(b), and (c) of this section shall not be considered to be in effect 
under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 103-438, Sec. 7, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4600.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6208 of this title.
