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Federal Register: October 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 194)NoticesPage 53927-53928From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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

[Page 53928]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.

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