16 CFR § 801.3 - Activities in or affecting commerce.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s801.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 801.3 - Activities in or affecting commerce."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "801.3"
section_name: "Activities in or affecting commerce."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1976"
part_number: "801"
part_name: "COVERAGE RULES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 18a(d); 15 U.S.C. 18b."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "801"
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# 801.3 Activities in or affecting commerce.
Section 7A(a)(1) is satisfied if any entity included within the acquiring person, or any entity included within the acquired person, is engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce.
2. Even if none of the entities within the acquiring person is engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce, the acquisition nevertheless satisfies section 7A(a)(1) if any entity included within the acquired person is so engaged.
[43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978; 43 FR 36054, Aug. 15, 1978]