Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 88 — International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance
§ 6201. Disclosure to foreign antitrust authority of antitrust evidence
Statutory text
In accordance with an antitrust mutual assistance agreement in effect under this chapter, subject to section 6207 of this title, and except as provided in section 6204 of this title, the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission may provide to a foreign antitrust authority with respect to which such agreement is in effect under this chapter, antitrust evidence to assist the foreign antitrust authority—
in determining whether a person has violated or is about to violate any of the foreign antitrust laws administered or enforced by the foreign antitrust authority, or
in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–438 § 2 · 108 Stat. 4597
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6201
(Pub. L. 103–438, § 2, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4597.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–438, § 2, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4597.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO A FOREIGN ANTITRUST AUTHORITY OF ANTITRUST EVIDENCE. In accordance with an antitrust mutual assistance agreement in effect under this Act, subject to section 8, and except as provided in section 5, the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission may provide to a foreign antitrust authority with respect to which such agreement is in effect under this Act, antitrust evidence to assist the foreign antitrust authority— (1) in determining whether a person has violated or is about to violate any of the foreign antitrust laws administered or enforced by the foreign antitrust authority, or (2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 103–438, , 108 Stat. 4597, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–438, § 1, , 108 Stat. 4597, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending sections 46, 57b–1, 1311, and 1312 of this title] may be cited as the ‘International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994’.”