---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6206"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6206"
heading: "Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6206"
units:
  - "Chapter 88 — International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance"
---

# §6206. Publication requirements applicable to antitrust mutual assistance agreements

- (a) **Publication of proposed antitrust mutual assistance agreements—** Not less than 45 days before an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2) is entered into, the [Attorney General](/usc/15/6211.md?p=3), with the concurrence of the [Commission](/usc/15/6211.md?p=4), shall publish in the Federal Register—
  - (1) the proposed text of such [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) and any modification to such proposed text, and
  - (2) a request for public comment with respect to such text or such modification, as the case may be.
- (b) **Publication of proposed amendments to antitrust mutual assistance agreements in effect—** Not less than 45 days before an [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) is entered into that makes an amendment to an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2), the [Attorney General](/usc/15/6211.md?p=3), with the concurrence of the [Commission](/usc/15/6211.md?p=4), shall publish in the Federal Register—
  - (1) the proposed text of such amendment, and
  - (2) a request for public comment with respect to such amendment.
- (c) **Publication of antitrust mutual assistance agreements, amendments, and terminations—** Not later than 45 days after an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2) is entered into or terminated, or an [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) that makes an amendment to an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2) is entered into, the [Attorney General](/usc/15/6211.md?p=3), with the concurrence of the [Commission](/usc/15/6211.md?p=4), shall publish in the Federal Register—
  - (1) the text of the [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2) or amendment, or the terms of the termination, as the case may be, and
  - (2) in the case of an [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) that makes an amendment to an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2), a notice containing—
    - (A) citations to the locations in the Federal Register at which the text of the [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2) that is so amended, and of any previous amendments to such [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2), are published, and
    - (B) a description of the manner in which a copy of the [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2), as so amended, may be obtained from the [Attorney General](/usc/15/6211.md?p=3) and the [Commission](/usc/15/6211.md?p=4).
- (d) **Condition for validity—** An [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2), or an [agreement](/usc/15/7a.md?p=2) that makes an amendment to an [antitrust mutual assistance agreement](/usc/15/6211.md?p=2), with respect to which publication does not occur in accordance with subsections [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c) shall not be considered to be in effect under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–438, § 7, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4600.)