96-15492. Papermakers Felt Association, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices and Affirmative Corrective Actions

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15492]



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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket No. C-828]


Papermakers Felt Association, et al.; Prohibited Trade Practices 
and Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Set aside order.

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SUMMARY: This order reopens a 1964 consent order--which prohibited 
Papermakers Felt Association and its members from combining or 
conspiring to fix prices or terms of sale, or to enter into specific 
other agreements to restrain competition in the papermakers felt 
industry--and sets aside the consent order pursuant to the Commission's 
Sunset Policy Statement, under which the Commission presumes that the 
public interest requires terminating competition orders that are more 
than 20 years old.

DATES: Consent order issued September 9, 1964. Set aside order issued 
November 22, 1995.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Consent Order and Set Aside 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:
Daniel Ducore, FTC/S-2115, Washington, D.C. 20580. [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Matter of Papermakers Felt 
Association, et al. The prohibited trade practices and/or corrective 
actions are removed as indicated.

(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. 96-15492 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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