---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1061.11"
title: "16"
number: "1061.11"
heading: "Incomplete or insufficient applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1061.11"
---

# §1061.11. Incomplete or insufficient applications.

- (a) If an application fails to meet the threshold requirements of [§ 1061.4(a)](/cfr/16/1061.4.md?p=a) of this part, the Office of General Counsel will inform the applicant and return the application without prejudice to its being resubmitted.
- (b) If an application fails to provide all the information specified in [§§ 1061.5 through 1061.10](/cfr/16/1061.5..1061.10.md) of this part, and fails to fully explain why it has not been provided, the Office of General Counsel will either:
  - (1) Return it to the applicant without prejudice to its being resubmitted,
  - (2) Notify the applicant and allow it to provide the missing information, or
  - (3) If the deficiencies are minor and the applicant concurs, forward it to the Commission for consideration on its merits.
- (c) If the Commission or the Commission staff believes that additional information is necessary or useful for a proper evaluation of the application, the Commission or Commission staff will promptly request the applicant to furnish such additional information.
- (d) If an application is not returned under paragraphs [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b) of this section, the Commission will consider it on its merits.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2075; 15 U.S.C. 1261n; 15 U.S.C. 1203; 15 U.S.C. 1476.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 3416, Jan. 30, 1991, unless otherwise noted.