27222 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 105 / Thursday, May 30, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

1 57 FR 24996 (June 12, 1992). The Commission

published this Federal Register Notice soliciting

comment, in response to a petition from the

Jewelers Vigilance Committee (‘‘JVC’’). Among

other revisions, the JVC proposed consolidating all

three Guides into one.

APPENDIX—LIST OF COMMENTERS AND ABBREVIATIONS—Continued

Abbreviation No. Commenter

Siegel ......................................................... 255 Siegel & Assoc., Inc.

Simmons .................................................... 71 R.F. Simmons Co., Inc.

Sites ........................................................... 123 Sites Jewelers.

Skalet ......................................................... 61 Skalet Inc.

Soft Wear ................................................... 142 Soft Wear Jewelry.

Solid Gold .................................................. 261 Solid Gold Jewelers.

Stanley ....................................................... 83 Loyd Stanely.

Stern .......................................................... 157 Louis P. Stern Assoc.

Stieff ........................................................... 25 Kirk Stieff.

Suberi ......................................................... 214 Suberi Brothers Inc.

Swezey ...................................................... 92 Swezey of Westport Inc.

Swiss Federation ....................................... 232 The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.

Taylor ......................................................... 186 Taylor Gem Corp.

Thorpe ........................................................ 7 Thorpe & Co.

TIC ............................................................. 66 Tin Information Center.

Timex ......................................................... 239 Timex Corp.

TransAmerican ........................................... 43 TransAmerican Jewelry Co., Inc.

Tru-Kay ...................................................... 196 Tru-Kay Manufacturing Co.

Tsavomadini ............................................... 150 Tsavomadini Inc.

Ultimate ...................................................... 243 Ultimate Trading Corp.

Ultra Blue ................................................... 160 Ultra Blue Mfg.

Union Carbide ............................................ 38 Union Carbide.

Univ. Point ................................................. 126 Universal Point.

Universal .................................................... 178 Universal Pewter Corp.

USWC ........................................................ 118 U.S. Watch Council Inc.

Vardi ........................................................... 97 Vardi Stonehouse, Inc.

Verstandig .................................................. 154 Verstandig & Sons, Inc.

Vijaydimon ................................................. 80 and 103 Vijaydimon (U.S.A.) Inc.

Von’s .......................................................... 16 Von’s Diamond Jewelry.

Web ............................................................ 85 Web Silver Co., Inc.

Weinman .................................................... 263 Weinman Bros, Inc.

Weitz .......................................................... 200 Sid Weitz, Inc.

Werdiger .................................................... 48 Michael Werdiger, Inc.

WGC .......................................................... 223 World Gold Council.

Winston ...................................................... 252 Winston Studio & Imports.

Woodbury ................................................... 64 Woodbury Pewterers, Inc.

Zahm .......................................................... 188 Philip Zahm.

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 19

Guides for the Metallic Watch Band

Industry

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’)

announces that it has concluded its

review of its Guides for the Metallic

Watch Band Industry (‘‘Watch Band

Guides’’). In a separate document

published elsewhere in this issue of the

Federal Register, the Commission is

consolidating certain provisions of the

Watch Band Guides with the Guides for

the Jewelry Industry, renamed Guides

for the Jewelry, Precious Metals and

Pewter Industries. The Commission has

decided to rescind the Watch Band

Guides. The Commission is taking this

action to streamline the Guides.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Constance M. Vecellio, Attorney, (202)

326–2966, or Laura J. DeMartino,

Attorney, (202) 326–3030, Division of

Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer

Protection, Federal Trade Commission,

Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Guides for the Metallic Watch Band

Industry (‘‘Watch Band Guides’’), 16

CFR Part 19, address claims made about

watch bands that are not permanently

attached to watchcases. The

Commission requested public comment

on the Watch Band Guides, the Guides

for the Jewelry Industry (‘‘Jewelry

Guides’’), 16 CFR Part 23, and the

Guides for the Watch Industry, 16 CFR

Part 245.1 Much of the material in the

Watch Band Guides duplicates

information in the Jewelry Guides. For

the reasons discussed in greater detail in

the Federal Register Notice announcing

revisions to the Jewelry Guides, the

Commission is consolidating some of

the provisions of the Watch Band

Guides into the Jewelry Guides.

Therefore, the Commission is rescinding

the Watch Band Guides. On the basis of

the discussion in the Commission’s

announcement of revisions to the

Jewelry Guides, which is located

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal

Register, and which is incorporated

herein, 16 CFR Part 19 is hereby

rescinded.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 19

Advertising, Watch bands, Trade

practices.

PART 19—[REMOVED]

The Commission under the authority

of Section 5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 45(a)(1),

amends chapter I of Title 16 of the Code
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of Federal Regulations by removing Part

19.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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