Trade Practice Rules for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry

Promulgation date as printed in the volumes: Dec. 23, 1943. 17 mentions in F.T.C. Decisions volumes 39-89.

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• volume 39, 39 F.T.C. 571: for dismissal of the complaint issued herein and it appearing to the Commission that the respondent has expressed it~ intention, in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1943, and has furnished satisfactory evide~ce of such intention in the form of its latest catalog and proposed correctiOns thereof, and the Commission having duly c
• volume 40, 40 F.T.C. 736: or dismissal of the complaint issued herein, and it appearing to the Commission that the respondent has expressed its intention, in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1943, and has furnished satisfactory evidence of such intention in the form of its latest catalog, and the Commission having duly considered said motion and the rec
• volume 40, 40 F.T.C. 736: dismissal of the complaint issued herein, and it appearing to the Commission that the respondent ha.'l expressed its intention, in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1943, and has furnishrd satisfactory evidence of such intention, and the Commission having duly consiJrroJ said motion, and the record herein, and being fully advis
• volume 41, 41 F.T.C. 379: or dismissal of the complaint issued herein, and it appearing to the Commission that the respondent has expressed its intention, in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1948, and has furnished satisfactory evidence of such intention, and the Commission having duly con688612—48—27
• volume 41, 41 F.T.C. 384: ismissal of the complaint issued herein, and it appearing to the Commission that the respondents have expressed their intention, in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1948, and have furnished satisfactory evidence of such intention, and the Commission having duly considered said motion, and the record herein, and being fully advi
• v042-0055, 42 F.T.C. 449: plaint issued herein, without prejudice, and it appearing to the Commission that the respondents have expressed their intentions in writing, to be bound by the Trade Practice Conference Rules promulgated for the Catalog Jewelry and Giftware Industry on December 23, 1943, and have furnished satisfactory evidence of such intention, and the Commission having duly considered said request and the record herein, and being fully advi
• v069-0084, 69 F.T.C. 1212: an advisory opinion that it is improper to mark or describe an earring as having a "14 K post" when the post is not entirely gold. Under Rule 22 (c) (1) of the Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry, " the Commission advised an artic1e may not be so designated unless it is ' composed throughout of an al10y of gold' ; since this article wi1l contain substan
• v071-0013, 71 F.T.C. 121: customary in the industry; contained in Commercial Standards CS 51-35, CS 67- , CS 118- , and CS 47-34 issued by the Department of Commerce and incorporate in Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission June 28 , 1957 , and amended November 17 , 1959 , shall be applied,
• v071-0013, 71 F.T.C. 123: initial decision be modified by striking therefrom finding 28 and conclusion 7 and substituting therefor the following: 1 See Rule 22 C (2) of the CommisEion s Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry,
• v071-0013, 71 F.T.C. 125: cu tomary in the industry, contained in Commercial Standards CS 35, CS 67- , CS 118- , and CS 4,-:!4 issued by the Department of Commerce ilnd incorporated in Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry promulgated by the FedeThI Trade Commission June 28, 193" and amended November 17 shall be applied.
• v076-0160, 76 F.T.C. 1106: was alleged by the company seeking the opinion that the spring base performed a "spring" or tension function and is a spring within the meaning of that word in trade practice rules for the Jewelry Industry. Being a spring, it was further contended , exempts it in any assay for quality and permits unquaJified use of the designation "12 karat gold filled. In reject
• v076-0160, 76 F.T.C. 1106: imply because the spring base may perform a tension function, this rioes not mean that the component is a spring within the meaning of that word in Rule 22D of trade practice rules for the Jewelry Industry. Stated differently, performing a dual function does not necessarily make the component a spring. Accordingly, the Commission is of the opinion that the spring
• v078-0177, 78 F.T.C. 1601: designation might enable me to locate additional information in our files. As a matter of interest in connection with your request, a copy of the Commission’s Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry as amended November 17, 1959, is enclosed. Rules 26, 37(b), 38 and 39 particularly appear to be germane. _ Your request will be considered promptly, further, a
• v079-0173, 79 F.T.C. 1028: nd thickness of this jewelry falls within the description guidelines for “gold flashed,” or “gold washed” jewelry as set out in Rule 22C(3) of the Commission’s Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry. The Commission believes that, if it were to sanction the use of these new terms, it may result in a proliferation of meaningless descriptive terms and would t
• v081-0131, 81 F.T.C. 1066: 1066 ' FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS Opinion 81 F-L.C. formity with Rule 22C (3) of the Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry amended November 17, 1959 (16 C.F-.R. 23), the jewelry so represented would be covered ‘throughout with a minimum thickness of 100/1,000,000 of fine gold. | Th
• v089-0056, 89 F.T.C. 652: ERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS 89 F. proportion of yelJow gold to silver, either by use of a "gold plate designation (or related designations set forth in the Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry, 16 C. R. 23.22(c)(2)) or by preceding the gold fineness designation with a fraction consisting of the ratio of the weight of the 14K gold to the weight of the
• v089-0056, 89 F.T.C. 653: 6S1 51- , Marking Items Made of Silver in combination with Gold , as recognized in the cderal Trade Commission Trade Practice Rules for the Jewelry Industry, Rule 23 (see footnote No. 4). The weight of the 14 karat gold to the weight of the entire article wi11 be at least 1120th of the weight of the entire metal or