Unfair Trade Practices Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act; Extension of Comment Period and Correction (93F-003P)

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

27 CFR Parts 6, 8, 10 and 11

[Notice No. 796; Re: Notice No. 794]

RIN 1512-AB10

Unfair Trade Practices Under the Federal Alcohol Administration

Act; Extension of Comment Period and Correction (93F-003P)

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period and correction.

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SUMMARY: In Notice No. 794 (59 FR 21698), published in the Federal

Register on April 26, 1994, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

(ATF) proposed changes to the trade practice regulations under the

Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act on tied-house, exclusive

outlets, commercial bribery, and consignment sales. ATF is extending

the comment period to allow persons who intended to comment additional

time to submit such comments. This notice also makes an editorial

correction to the text of the proposed regulations as described in the

supplementary information below.

DATES: Written comments must be received by July 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: Chief, Wine and Beer Branch,

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, PO Box 50221, Washington, DC

20091-0221; Notice No. 794.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie Ruhf, Wine and Beer Branch,

650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226; telephone (202)

927-8230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 26, 1994, ATF published a notice of proposed rulemaking,

Notice No. 794 (59 FR 21698) in the Federal Register. In the notice,

ATF proposed to amend trade practice regulations in 27 CFR parts 6

(Tied-House), 8 (Exclusive Outlet), 10 (Commercial Bribery) and 11

(Consignment Sales) by adding standards for enforcing the ``exclusion''

element where appropriate and by revising other regulations as the

result of an agency review and an industry petition. At this time, no

final decision has been made on whether to hold public hearings and ATF

continues to reserve that decision.

Extension of Comment Period

In order to allow interested persons to comment fully, the comment

period, originally scheduled to close on June 27, 1994, will be

extended until July 27, 1994. All written comments received will be

considered in the development of a decision on this matter. Comments

that provide the factual basis supporting the views or suggestions

presented will be particularly helpful in developing a reasoned

regulatory decision on this matter.

Correction

In notice no. 794, (93F-003P), beginning on page 21698 of the issue

of Tuesday, April 26, 1994, make the following correction:

On page 21712, in the third column, Paragraph 55, the table of

contents entry for section 10.54 read, ``Criteria for determining

retailer independence.'' This should be changed to read, ``Criteria for

determining trade buyer independence.''

Drafting Information

The principal author of this document is Marjorie Ruhf, Wine and

Beer Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

List of Subjects

27 CFR Part 6

Advertising, Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Antitrust, Credit and

trade practices.

27 CFR Part 8

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Antitrust, and Trade practices.

27 CFR Part 10

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Antitrust, and Trade practices.

27 CFR Part 11

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Antitrust, and Trade practices.

Authority

This notice is issued under the authority of 27 U.S.C. 205.

Approved: May 27, 1994.

Daniel R. Black,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 94-13600 Filed 6-3-94; 8:45 am]

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