---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Commercial Practices"
key: "chI/subchA/part1/subpartB"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart B"
heading: "Rules and Rulemaking Under Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the FTC Act"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/chI-subchA-part1-subpartB"
sections_count: 14
---

# Subpart B — Rules and Rulemaking Under Section 18(a)(1)(B) of the FTC Act

Title 16 C.F.R. — Commercial Practices › Chapter I — Federal Trade Commission › Subchapter A — Organization, Procedures and Rules of Practice › Part 1 — General Procedures

## Sections

- [§1.7. Scope of rules in this subpart.](/cfr/16/1.7.md)
- [§1.8. Nature, authority, and use of trade regulation rules.](/cfr/16/1.8.md)
- [§1.9. Petitions to commence trade regulation rule proceedings.](/cfr/16/1.9.md)
- [§1.10. Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.](/cfr/16/1.10.md)
- [§1.11. Commencement of a rulemaking proceeding.](/cfr/16/1.11.md)
- [§1.12. Notice of informal hearing and designations.](/cfr/16/1.12.md)
- [§1.13. Conduct of informal hearing by the presiding officer.](/cfr/16/1.13.md)
- [§1.14. Promulgation.](/cfr/16/1.14.md)
- [§1.15. Amendment or repeal of a rule.](/cfr/16/1.15.md)
- [§1.16. Petition for exemption from trade regulation rule.](/cfr/16/1.16.md)
- [§1.17. Reserved](/cfr/16/1.17.md)
- [§1.18. Rulemaking record.](/cfr/16/1.18.md)
- [§1.19. Modification of a rule by the Commission at the time of judicial review.](/cfr/16/1.19.md)
- [§1.20. Alternative procedures.](/cfr/16/1.20.md)