Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

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IN THE MATTER OF PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY SET ASIDE ORDER IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEe. 2(a) OFTHE CLA YTON ACT Docket 6699, Consent Order, April 19, 1957" Set Aside Order, April, 1995 This order reopens a 1957 consent order - which prohibited the respondent from discriminating in price between competing purchasers by charging auto manufacturers less for automotive safety glass than it charged glass distributors and glass dealers -- and sets aside the consent order pursuant to the Commission s Sunset Policy Statement, under which the Commission presumes that the public interest requires terminating competition orders that are more than 20 years old.

ORDER REOPENING PROCEEDING AND SETTING ASIDE ORDER On December 9, 1994, PPG Industries, Inc" the successor to Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, ("PPG"), filed a Petition to Reopen and Set Aside Consent Order ("Petition ) in this matter. PPG requests that the Commission set aside the 1957 consent order in this matter pursuant to Rule 2,51 of the Commission s Rules of Practice 16 CFR 2, , and the Statement of POlicyWith Respect to Duration of Competition Orders and Statement of Intention to Solicit Public Comment With Respect to Duration of Consumer Protection Orders issued July 22, 1994, published at 59 Fed. Reg, 45 286- 92 (Sept. 1 1994) ("Sunset Policy Statement ), In the Petition, PPG affinnatively states that it has not engaged in any conduct violating the terms of the order. The request was placed on the public record, and the thirtyday comment period expired on January 16, 1995, Two public comments were received, The Commission in its July 22, 1994, Sunset Policy Statement said, in relevant part, that "effective immediately, the Commission will presume, in the context of petitions to reopen and modify existing orders, that the public interest requires setting aside orders in effect for more than twenty years,'" The Commission s order in Docket No, 6699 was issued on April 19, 1957, and has been in effect for more than 37 years, Consistent with the Commission s July 22 Sel.' Sunny1 Policy Statement. 59 Ff:d. Reg. al45.289 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY 379 378 Sct Aside Order 1994, Sunset Policy Statement, the presumption is that the order should be terminated. Nothing to overcome the presumption having been presented, the Commission has determined to reopen the proceeding and set aside the order in Docket No. 6699. Accordingly, It is ordered, That this matter be, and it hereby is reopened;

It is further ordered, That the Commission s order in Docket No. 6699 be, and it hereby is, set aside, as of the effective date of this order.

Complaint 119 F.T.