Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Enforcement Assistance

By Pitofsky, Robert

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Title:	Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Enforcement Assistance
Author:	Pitofsky, Robert
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Language:	English
Subject:	Trade, Import and export controls, Federal Trade Commission (U.S.)
Collections:	Economics Publications Collection, Federal Trade Commission
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ('FTC), Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (the Secretary of State) and the Director General of Fair Trading in the United Kingdom (DGFT), RECOGNISING the challenges posed by cross-border Internet fiaud and deception, and desiring to improve the effectiveness of the enforcement of the Consumer Protection Laws of both countries; RECOGNISING that the methods of enforcement of the Consumer Protection Laws differ substantially as between both countries, in particular as to the role played by local and/or regional enforcement authorities; RECOGNISING that there is a need to ensure that appropriate local and/or regional enforcement authorities with whom Evidence is shared under this Memorandum are made fully aware of the terms of this Memorandum and are encouraged to cooperate with the Participants in so far as they are permitted to do so by their respective national laws, enforcement policies and other important interests, consistent with the terms of this Memorandum; and RECOGNISING that the laws of both countries contain certain restrictions on international law enforcement assistance, including information disclosure, and that nothing in this Memorandum requires the Participants to provide assistance if such assistance is prohibited by their respective national laws, enforcement policies and other important interests...