48662 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 179 / Tuesday, September 16, 1997 / Notices

Are there any circumstances under

which the competitive effects of

restraints associated with a competitor

collaboration should be analyzed like

the competitive effects of single firm

conduct?

Under what circumstances is a

competitor collaboration less likely than

a merger of the same participants to

restrict competition within any relevant

market? What adjustments to merger

analysis could take these considerations

into account? Under what

circumstances is a competitor

collaboration more likely than a merger

to restrict competition within any

relevant market? What adjustments to

merger analysis could take these

considerations into account?

Under what circumstances is a

competitor collaboration more likely

than a merger of the same participants

to achieve efficiencies within any

relevant market? What adjustments to

merger analysis could take these

considerations into account? Under

what circumstances is a competitor

collaboration less likely than a merger of

the same participants to achieve

efficiencies within any relevant market?

What adjustments to merger analysis

could take these considerations into

account?

FTC/DOJ Guidelines

If the Joint Venture Project were to

result in the development of guidelines

applicable to competitor collaborations,

what factors should be considered in

demarcating the division between

transactions covered by the new

guidelines and transactions covered by

the existing Department of Justice and

Federal Trade Commission Horizontal

Merger Guidelines?

DATES: Any interested person may

submit written comments by December

12, 1997. Requests to participate in

public hearings should be submitted by

October 17, 1997, or earlier if at all

possible. Such requests should identify

the requesting party and briefly state the

matter than the party wishes to address

at the hearings. Public hearings will be

held in November, 1997, at the Federal

Trade Commission, Sixth Street and

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580.

ADDRESSES: To facilitate efficient review

of public comments, all comments

should be submitted in written and

electronic form. Electronic submissions

may be made in one of two ways. They

may be filed on either a 5 and 1⁄4 or 3

and 1⁄2 inch computer disk, with a label

on the disk stating the name of the

commenter and the name and version of

the word processing program used to

create the document. (Programs based

on DOS or Windows 3.1 are acceptable.

Files from other operating systems

should be submitted in ASCII text

format.) Alternatively, electronic

submissions may be sent by electronic

mail to jventures@ftc.gov. Submissions

should be captioned ‘‘Comments on

Issues relating to Joint Venture Project—

Second Federal Register Notice’’ and

addressed to Donald S. Clark, Office of

the Secretary, Federal Trade

Commission, Sixth Street and

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580.

Notice of interest in participating in

the hearings also should be addressed in

writing to the Office of the Secretary at

the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Policy Planning staff at (202) 326–3712.

SUPPLMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission is examining its role in

enforcing antitrust laws in light of the

above issues. Public comments and

hearings are expected to provide

information relevant to determining

what, if any, actions may be desirable.

The Commission has general authority

under the FTC Act to interpret its

substantive laws through guidelines,

advisory opinions, and policy

statements.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24515 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than October

1, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Jaime Gilinski, Santafe de Bogota,

Columbia; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Eagle National Holding

Company, Inc., Miami, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. James Randel Smith, Auburn,

Nebraska, to retain 33.3 percent; Jerry A.

Jobe, Tabor, Iowa, to acquire 33.3

percent; and Grant T. Schaaf, Randolph,

Iowa, to acquire 33.3 percent, of the

voting shares of Tabor Enterprises, Inc.,

Tabor, Iowa, and thereby indirectly

acquire First State Bank, Tabor, Iowa.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Craig Dwight Heath, Phoenix,

Arizona; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Texico Bancshares

Corporation, Texico, Illinois, and

thereby indirectly acquire Texico State

Bank, Texico, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 11, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24579 Filed 9–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the