---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.7"
title: "11"
number: "111.7"
heading: "General Counsel's recommendation on complaint-generated matters (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(1)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.7"
---

# §111.7. General Counsel's recommendation on complaint-generated matters (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(1).

- (a) Following either the expiration of the fifteen (15) day period specified by [11 CFR 111.6(a)](/cfr/11/111.6.md?p=a) or the receipt of a response as specified by [11 CFR 111.6(a)](/cfr/11/111.6.md?p=a), whichever occurs first, the General Counsel may recommend to the Commission whether or not it should find reason to believe that a respondent has committed or is about to commit a violation of statutes or regulations over which the Commission has jurisdiction.
- (b) The General Counsel may recommend that the Commission find that there is no reason to believe that a violation has been committed or is about to be committed, or that the Commission otherwise dismiss a complaint without regard to the provisions of [11 CFR 111.6(a)](/cfr/11/111.6.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.