Announced Actions for December 30, 2005

Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice announcing final amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Rules, 16 CFR Parts 801 & 803. As detailed in the notice, which will be published shortly and is available now on the Commission’s Web site and as a link to this press release, the FTC is making certain non-substantive amendments to the HSR Rules by requiring that filers use the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) rather than the 1997 NAICS data when reporting economic data by industry and product codes in items 5 and 7 of the Form. The 2002 NAICS update by the Office of Management and Budget includes substantial code revisions within certain sectors and a number of revisions in other sectors. The Form and Instructions for filling out the Form have been updated to reflect these changes.

The Commission vote approving publication of the Federal Register notice was 4-0. (FTC File No. P859910; the staff contact is Robert L. Jones, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2740.)

Copies of the documents mentioned in this release are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Call toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP.