For Your Information
Announced Action
for March 3, 2004
Publication of Federal Register
notice: The Commission has
approved the publication of a Federal Register notice concerning
the Rules and Regulations Under the Hobby Protection
Act (Rule). As detailed in the notice, which will
be published shortly and is now available as a link to this
press release on the FTC’s Web site, the Commission
has completed its review of the Rule and has determined to
retain it in its current form. The Hobby Protection Act, passed
by Congress in 1973, covers imitation political items (e.g.,
buttons, posters, stickers, etc.), as well as imitation numismatic
items (e.g., various coins, tokens, paper money, commemorative
medals) that are required to be marked with certain identifying
information in an effort to flag them as imitations. The FTC’s
Rule establishes the size of the required disclosures, their
location, and the manner in which items may be marked. The
FTC amended the Rule slightly in 1988 and last reviewed it
in 1998. The Commission vote approving publication of the
Federal Register notice was 5-0. (FTC File No. P9743230; the
staff contact is Janice P. Frankle, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
202-326-3022.)
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.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2180
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/01/fyi0416.htm)
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Related Documents:
16 CFR Part 304,
Rules and Regulations Under the Hobby Protection Act: Confirmation
of Rule
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Text
of Federal Register Notice
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