[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53927-53928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26921]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC);
Notice of Hearings
The International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (``Advisory
Committee'') will hold hearings from November 2-4, 1998. The Advisory
Committee was established by the Department of Justice to provide
advice regarding issues relating to international competition policy;
specifically, how best to cooperate with foreign authorities to
eliminate international anticompetitive agreements, how best to
coordinate United States' and foreign antitrust enforcement efforts in
the review of multinational mergers, and how best to address issues
that interface international trade and competition policy concerns. The
hearings will be held at the American Geophysical Union Conference
Center, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009-1277. The
proposed agenda and schedule for the hearings are as follows:
Day 1--November 2, 1998
Discussion With Foreign Competition Officials
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks
9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.--Testimony by Officials from Foreign Competition
Authorities
1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.--Roundtable Discussion with Foreign Competition
Officials From Jurisdictions That Have Bilateral Antitrust Agreements
with the United States
2:30 p.m.-6 p.m.--Roundtable Discussion with Foreign Competition
Officials on Enforcement Cooperation, Multijurisdictional Mergers and
Trade and Competition Interface Matters
Day 2--November 3, 1998
Multijurisdictional Mergers
9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.--Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.--Panel on Commercial and Economic Perspectives on
the Current Merger Wave
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Panel on Information Sharing and Procedural
Harmonization (Part I)
1:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.--Panel on Information Sharing and Procedural
Harmonization (Part II)
3:30 p.m.-6 p.m.--Panel on Conflicts and Remedies
Day 3--November 4, 1998
9 a.m.-9:15 a.m.--Welcoming Remarks
International Cartels
9:15 a.m.-11 a.m.--Panel on International Cartels in a Global Economy
Trade and Competition Interface
11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.--Panel on Enforcement Cooperation: Bilateral and
Plurilateral Efforts (Part I)
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m.--Panel on Enforcement Cooperation: Bilateral and
Plurilateral Efforts (Part II)
3:15 p.m.-6 p.m.--Panel on International Competition Policy,
Multilateral Institutions, and Foreign Economic Policy
The hearings format is not final and is subject to further changes.
For the
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latest information about the hearings format or other matters related
to the hearings, please check the Advisory Committee's website at:
www.usdoj.gov/atr/icpac/icpac.htm or contact Marianne Pak of the
Advisory Committee staff at (202) 353-9074.
Attendance is open to the interested public, limited by the
availability of space. Persons needing special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other special accommodations, should notify
the contact person listed below as soon as possible. Members of the
public may submit written statements by mail, electronic mail, or
facsimile at any time before or after the meeting to the contact person
listed below for consideration by the Advisory Committee. All written
submissions will be included in the public record of the Advisory
Committee. Oral statements from the public will not be solicited or
accepted at the hearings. For further information contact: Merit Janow,
c/o Marianne Pak, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 601 D
Street, NW., Room 10011, Washington, DC 20530, Telephone: (202) 353-
9074, Facsimile: (202) 514-4508, Electronic mail: icpac.atr@usdoj.gov.
Merit E. Janow,
Executive Director, International Competition Policy Advisory
Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-26921 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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