Agreement among members of trade association to comply with government ruling A trade association requested…
72 F.T.C. 1037 · July 13, 1967 · Digest No. 133
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No. 133. Agreement among members of trade association to comply with government ruling A trade association requested an advisory opinion as to its proposal to hold joint discussions among its members as to the proper description of the industry s product looking toward a possible agreement among all concerned to comply with ruling of a government agency as to how the product should be labeled. The Association assured the Commission that the discussion v.wuId be for this limited purpose only and that there would be no price fixing, monopoly or other antitrust question involved. The Commission advised that there could be no objection to discussion among the members looking ioward a limited agreement to comply with this ruling on a voluntary basis. The members were further advised, however, that nothing in this opinion was to be construed as approval of any steps which might be taken by the members, acting in their private capacity, to enforce this ruling themselves as to any members who might not be inclined to agree. Such approval as was given was limited to the simple agreement in principle to comply with the ruling, with enforcement being left to the properly constituted government authorities. (File No. 673 7104 , released July 13, 1967.