5 CFR § 2640.206 - Existing agency exemptions.

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title: "5 CFR § 2640.206 - Existing agency exemptions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2640.206"
section_name: "Existing agency exemptions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
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subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
part_number: "2640"
part_name: "INTERPRETATION, EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVER GUIDANCE CONCERNING 18 U.S.C. 208 (ACTS AFFECTING A PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST)"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 18 U.S.C. 208; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 66841, Dec. 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2640.206 Existing agency exemptions.

An employee who, prior to January 17, 1997, acted in an official capacity in a particular matter in which he had a financial interest, will be deemed to have acted in accordance with applicable regulations if he acted in reliance on an exemption issued by his employing Government agency pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(2), as in effect prior to November 30, 1989.