Advertising And Sales Promotion Of Mail Order Insurance
16 CFR Part 187 · Trade practice rules · in the Code of Federal Regulations 1959-1959 (1 annual editions)
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Text (1959 edition, OCR)
§ 186.103 $ 186.103 Dissemination of credit in- formation. The industry records its approval of distributing to its members information covering delinquent and slow accounts insofar as this may be lawfully done. $ 186.104 Price lists. (a) The indus- try approves the practice of each individual member of the industry inde- pendently publishing and circulating to the purchasing trade his own price lists. (b) The industry approves the prac- tice of making the terms of sale a part of all published price schedules. § 186.105 Policy as to disclosure of quality guarantee and return of candy. The industry approves the practice of members of the industry stating on their purchase orders and invoices their terms of quality guarantee and their policy as to terms applicable to the return of candy by purchasers to the industry members. COMMITTEE ON TRADE PRACTICES § 186.201 Industry committee. The provisions of § 16.1 of this subchapter shall be applicable to an industry com- mittee established under this part. [21 F. R. 1174, Feb. 21, 1956] Prior Amendments 1955: 20 F. R. 7250, Sept. 29. Part 187—Advertising and Sales Promotion of Mail Order In- surance [Added; Revoked] CopIrtcaTION: Part 187 was added, 15 F. R. 599, Feb. 3, 1950, and revoked, 21 F. R. 6332, Aug. 28, 1956. Part 188—Tie Fabrics Industry [Added] GROUP I Sec. 188.1 Misrepresentation. 188.2 Misbranding. 188.3 Deception as to origin. 188.4 Identification and disclosure of fiber or material content. 188.5 Substitution of products. 138.6 Inducing breach of contract. 188.7 Arrangements to exclude sale of competitors’ products. 188.8 Transactions below cost. 188.9 False invoicing. 188.10 Commercial bribery. 188.11 Imitation of trade-marks, etc. 188.12 Defamation of competitors or dis- paragement of their products. 188.13 Fictitlous price lists. Page 346 Title 16—Commercial Practices Sec. 188.14 Prohibited discrimination. 188.15 Combination or coercion to fix prices, suppress competition, or restrain trade. 188.16 Consignment selling or deliveries “on memorandum.” 188.17 Aiding or abetting use of unfair trade practices. GROUP IT 188.101 Saturday and Sunday closings. 188.102 Use of written sales contracts. 188.103 Repudiation of contracts. 188.104 Use of samples. 188.105 Arbitration of disputes. 188.106 Registration of original and novel designs. : 188.107 Use of uniform standards for exami- nation of finished plece goods. AurHoriry: §§ 188.1 to 188.107 Issued under sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46, Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U. S.C. 45. Source: §§ 188.1 to 188.107 appear at 15 F. R. 1483, Mar. 16, 1950. GROUP I 8188.1 Misrepresentation. It is an unfair trade practice to make or pub- lish, or cause to be made or published, directly or indirectly, any false, mislead- ing, or deceptive statement or represen- tation, by way of advertisement or otherwise, with respect to the grade, quality, freedom from defects or imper- fections, quantity, use, size, material, content, thread count, origin, shrinkage properties, proof against or resistance to wrinkling, creasing or crushing, color- fastness, washability, production, manu- facture, or distribution of any tie fabric or any component thereof, or to mis- represent such fabric in any other mate- rial respect. 8188.2 Misbranding. It is an unfair trade practice falsely or deceptively to label, mark, or brand tie fabrics with respect to the grade, quality, freedom from defects or iinperfections, quantity, use, size, material, content, thread count, origin, shrinkage properties, proof against or resistance to wrinkling, creas~ ing or crushing, colorfastness, wash- ability, production, manufacture, or distribution of such products or any com- ponent thereof, or to misbrand such fab- rics in any other material respect. § 188.3 Deception as to origin. With respect to any tie fabrics of the follow- ing types: Fabrics which have been woven or fabricated in a foreign country