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a clear and conspicuous qualification

appears immediately adjacent to the

representation that accurately conveys

the extent to which the product contains

foreign parts, ingredients or

components, and/or processing.

Part II prohibits respondents from

making any representation about any

user or endorser of any product,

package, certification, service, practice,

or program, unless respondents disclose

clearly and conspicuously any material

connection between a user or endorser

and (1) respondents or (2) any other

individual or entity affiliated with the

product or service.

Part III prohibits respondents from

representing, expressly or by

implication, that a product or service

meets respondents’ certification

standard, unless: (1) An entity with no

material connection to that covered

entity conducted an independent and

objective evaluation to confirm that the

certification standard was met; or (2)

respondents’ certification and marketing

materials disclose clearly and

conspicuously that the certification

standard may be met through selfcertification.

Part IV prohibits respondents from

making any country-of-origin claim

about a product or service unless the

claim is true, not misleading, and

respondents have a reasonable basis

substantiating the representation. In the

alternative, for country-of-origin

representations made through AMM

marketing materials, respondents may

make such claims if (1) they neither

know or have reason to know that the

self-certification is misleading, and (2)

disclose clearly and prominently that

products or services meet the

certification standard through selfcertification.

Part V prohibits respondents from

providing third parties with the means

and instrumentalities to make the

claims prohibited in Parts I, III, or IV.

Parts VI through IX are reporting and

compliance provisions. Part VI requires

respondents to acknowledge receipt of

the order, to provide a copy of the order

to certain current and future principals,

officers, directors, and employees, and

to obtain an acknowledgement from

each such person that they have

received a copy of the order. Part VII

requires the filing of compliance reports

within one year after the order becomes

final and within 14 days of any change

that would affect compliance with the

order. Part VIII requires respondents to

maintain certain records, including

records necessary to demonstrate

compliance with the order. Part IX

requires respondents to submit

additional compliance reports when

requested by the Commission and to

permit the Commission or its

representatives to interview

respondents’ personnel.

Finally, Part X is a ‘‘sunset’’

provision, terminating the order after

twenty (20) years, with certain

exceptions.

The purpose of this analysis is to aid

public comment on the proposed order.

It is not intended to constitute an

official interpretation of the proposed

order or to modify its terms in any way.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2018–01546 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for

Section 7A of the Clayton Act

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission announces the revised

thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

required by the 2000 amendment of

Section 7A of the Clayton Act.

DATES: February 28, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Jones, Federal Trade

Commission, Bureau of Competition,

Premerger Notification Office, 400 7th

Street SW, Room #5301, Washington,

DC 20024, Phone (202) 326–3100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as

added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,

Public Law 94–435, 90 Stat. 1390 (‘‘the

Act’’), requires all persons

contemplating certain mergers or

acquisitions, which meet or exceed the

jurisdictional thresholds in the Act, to

file notification with the Commission

and the Assistant Attorney General and

to wait a designated period of time

before consummating such transactions.

Section 7A(a)(2) requires the Federal

Trade Commission to revise those

thresholds annually, based on the

change in gross national product, in

accordance with Section 8(a)(5). Note

that while the filing fee thresholds are

revised annually, the actual filing fees

are not similarly indexed and, as a

result, have not been adjusted for

inflation in over a decade. The new

thresholds, which take effect 30 days

after publication in the Federal

Original

threshold

(million)

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Subsection of 7A

7A(a)(2)(A) ...............................................................................................................................................................

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) ............................................................................................................................................................

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) ........................................................................................................................................................

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) .......................................................................................................................................................

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) ......................................................................................................................................................

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fee 1 (3)(b)(1) ...................................................................

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) ....................................................................

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3) ....................................................................

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Any reference to these thresholds and

related thresholds and limitation values

in the HSR rules (16 CFR parts 801–803)

and the Antitrust Improvements Act

Notification and Report Form (‘‘the HSR

Form’’) and its Instructions will also be

adjusted, where indicated by the term

‘‘(as adjusted)’’, as follows:

Original threshold

Adjusted

threshold

(million)

$10 million ............................

$50 million ............................

$100 million ..........................

$110 million ..........................

$200 million ..........................

$500 million ..........................

$1 billion ...............................

$16.9

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168.8

185.7

337.6

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By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2018–01579 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 171 0126]

Seven & iHoldings Co., Ltd., a

Corporation; 7-Eleven, Inc., a

Corporation; and Sunoco LP, a Limited

Partnership; Analysis To Aid Public

Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed Consent Agreement.

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SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair methods

of competition. The attached Analysis to

Aid Public Comment describes both the

allegations in the complaint and the

terms of the consent orders—embodied

in the consent agreement—that would

settle these allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a

comment online or on paper, by

following the instructions in the

Request for Comment part of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section

below. Write: ‘‘In the Matter of Seven &

iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’

on your comment, and file your

comment online at https://

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/

sevensunococonsent by following the

instructions on the web-based form. If

you prefer to file your comment on

paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Seven &

iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’

on your comment and on the envelope,

and mail your comment to the following

address: Federal Trade Commission,

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Office of the Secretary, 600

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC–

5610 (Annex D), Washington, DC 20580,

or deliver your comment to the

following address: Federal Trade

Commission, Office of the Secretary,

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW,

5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex D),

Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric

Olson (202–326–2349), Bureau of

Competition, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue

NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and

FTC Rule 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is

hereby given that the above-captioned

consent agreement containing a consent

order to cease and desist, having been

filed with and accepted, subject to final

approval, by the Commission, has been

placed on the public record for a period

of thirty (30) days. The following

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes the terms of the consent

agreement, and the allegations in the

complaint. An electronic copy of the

full text of the consent agreement

package can be obtained from the FTC

Home Page (for January 19, 2018), on

the World Wide Web, at https://

www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions.

You can file a comment online or on

paper. For the Commission to consider

your comment, we must receive it on or

before February 20, 2018. Write ‘‘In the

Matter of Seven & iHoldings Co., Ltd.

File No. 1710126’’ on your comment.

Your comment—including your name

and your state—will be placed on the

public record of this proceeding,

including, to the extent practicable, on

the public Commission website, at

https://www.ftc.gov/policy/publiccomments.

Postal mail addressed to the

Commission is subject to delay due to

heightened security screening. As a

result, we encourage you to submit your

comments online. To make sure that the

Commission considers your online

comment, you must file it at https://

ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/

sevensunococonsent by following the

instructions on the web-based form. If

this Notice appears at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also

may file a comment through that

website.

If you prefer to file your comment on

paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Seven &

iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’

on your comment and on the envelope,

and mail your comment to the following

address: Federal Trade Commission,

Office of the Secretary, 600

PO 00000

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Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC–

5610 (Annex D), Washington, DC 20580,

or deliver your comment to the

following address: Federal Trade

Commission, Office of the Secretary,

Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW,

5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex D),

Washington, DC 20024. If possible,

submit your paper comment to the

Commission by courier or overnight

service.

Because your comment will be placed

on the publicly accessible FTC website

at https://www.ftc.gov, you are solely

responsible for making sure that your

comment does not include any sensitive

or confidential information. In

particular, your comment should not

include any sensitive personal

information, such as your or anyone

else’s Social Security number; date of

birth; driver’s license number or other

state identification number, or foreign

country equivalent; passport number;

financial account number; or credit or

debit card number. You are also solely

responsible for making sure that your

comment does not include any sensitive

health information, such as medical

records or other individually

identifiable health information. In

addition, your comment should not

include any ‘‘trade secret or any

commercial or financial information

which . . . is privileged or

confidential’’—as provided by Section

6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and

FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—

including in particular competitively

sensitive information such as costs,

sales statistics, inventories, formulas,

patterns, devices, manufacturing

processes, or customer names.

Comments containing material for

which confidential treatment is

requested must be filed in paper form,

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’

and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).

In particular, the written request for

confidential treatment that accompanies

the comment must include the factual

and legal basis for the request, and must

identify the specific portions of the

comment to be withheld from the public

record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your

comment will be kept confidential only

if the General Counsel grants your

request in accordance with the law and

the public interest. Once your comment

has been posted on the public FTC

website—as legally required by FTC

Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or

remove your comment from the FTC

website, unless you submit a

confidentiality request that meets the

requirements for such treatment under

FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General

Counsel grants that request.

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