97-2438. General Motors Corporation; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2438]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-2966]


General Motors Corporation; Prohibited Trade Practices and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Modifying Order.

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SUMMARY: This order reopens a 1979 consent order that settled 
allegations that General Motors (GM) engaged in unfair and deceptive 
practices by selling cars with engines and other equipment manufactured 
by a different GM division without informing purchasers. This order 
modifies the consent order by allowing GM to display division brand 
nameplates on engines that are not manufactured by that GM division. In 
addition, the Commission deleted the provisions from the modified order 
that have expired, concluding that elimination of the expired 
provisions is warranted. The commission determined that changed 
conditions of fact justified reopening the proceeding and modifying the 
order.

DATES: Consent order issued May 18, 1979. Modifying order issued 
December 21, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Modifying Order are available from the 
Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Dingfelder, FTC/S-4302, 
Washington, D.C. 20580. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Matter of General Motors Corporation. 
The prohibited trade practices and/or corrective actions as set forth 
at 44 FR 34922, are changed, in part, as indicated in the summary.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2438 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]
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