28 CFR § 80.6 - General requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s80.6"
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title: "28 CFR § 80.6 - General requirements."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "80.6"
section_name: "General requirements."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "80"
part_name: "FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT OPINION PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 15 U.S.C. 78dd-1, 78dd-2."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 1620-92, 57 FR 39600, Sept. 1, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "80"
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# 80.6 General requirements.

Each request shall be specific and must be accompanied by all relevant and material information bearing on the conduct for which an FCPA Opinion is requested and on the circumstances of the prospective conduct, including background information, complete copies of all operative documents, and detailed statements of all collateral or oral understandings, if any. The requesting issuer or domestic concern is under an affirmative obligation to make full and true disclosure with respect to the conduct for which an opinion is requested. Each request on behalf of a requesting issuer or corporate domestic concern must be signed by an appropriate senior officer with operational responsibility for the conduct that is the subject of the request and who has been designated by the requestor's chief executive officer to sign the opinion request. In appropriate cases, the Department of Justice may require the chief executive officer of each requesting issuer or corporate domestic concern to sign the request. All requests of other domestic concerns must also be signed. The person signing the request must certify that it contains a true, correct and complete disclosure with respect to the proposed conduct and the circumstances of the conduct.