98-4338. International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC); Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8472]
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[FR Doc No: 98-4338]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC); 
Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

SUMMARY: The International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (the 
``Committee'') will hold its first meeting on February 26, 1998. The 
Committee was established by the Department of Justice to provide 
advice regarding issues relating to international trade and competition 
policy. Specifically, the Committee will provide advice regarding how 
best to cooperate with foreign authorities to eliminate international 
anticompetitive cartel agreements, how best to coordinate United 
States' and foreign antitrust enforcement efforts in the review of 
multinational mergers, and how best to coordinate United States' trade 
and competition policy to achieve their common objectives. The meeting 
will be held at The Carlton Hotel, 16th & K Streets, N.W., Washington, 
DC 20006, and will begin at 9:00 a.m. EST and end at approximately 3:45 
p.m. The agenda for the meeting will be as follows:

1. Overview of International Involvement
2. Enforcement Against International Cartels
3. International Merger Review
4. Trade and Competition Interface
5. Work Program: Next Steps

    The public is being given less than 15 days notice of this meeting 
because of exceptional difficulties encountered in finding a meeting 
date mutually acceptable to all members of the Committee.
    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 Committee. All written 
submissions will be included in the public record of the Committee. 
Oral statements from the public will not be solicited or accepted at 
this meeting. For further information contact: Merit Janow, c/o Gerald 
M. DiGiusto, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division--Foreign 
Commerce Section, 601 D Street, N.W., Room 10024, Washington, DC 20530, 
Telephone: [phone], Facsimile: [phone], Electronic mail: 
[e-mail].
Merit E. Janow,
Executive Director, International Competition Policy Advisory 
Committee.
[FR Doc. 98-4338 Filed 2-17-98; 12:21 pm]
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