15 U.S.C. § 6202 : US Code - Section 6202: Investigations to assist foreign antitrust authority in obtaining antitrust evidence

Search 15 U.S.C. § 6202 : US Code - Section 6202: Investigations to assist foreign antitrust authority in obtaining antitrust evidence

(a) Request for investigative assistance
A request by a foreign antitrust authority for investigative
assistance under this section shall be made to the Attorney
General, who may deny the request in whole or in part. No further
action shall be taken under this section with respect to any part
of a request that has been denied by the Attorney General.
(b) Authority to investigate
In accordance with an antitrust mutual assistance agreement in
effect under this chapter, subject to section 6207 of this title,
and except as provided in section 6204 of this title, the Attorney
General and the Commission may, using their respective authority to
investigate possible violations of the Federal antitrust laws,
conduct investigations to obtain antitrust evidence relating to a
possible violation of the foreign antitrust laws administered or
enforced by the foreign antitrust authority with respect to which
such agreement is in effect under this chapter, and may provide
such antitrust evidence to the foreign antitrust authority, to
assist the foreign antitrust authority -
(1) in determining whether a person has violated or is about to
violate any of such foreign antitrust laws, or
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust laws.
(c) Special scope of authority
An investigation may be conducted under subsection (b) of this
section, and antitrust evidence obtained through such investigation
may be provided, without regard to whether the conduct investigated
violates any of the Federal antitrust laws.
(d) Rights and privileges preserved
A person may not be compelled in connection with an investigation
under this section to give testimony or a statement, or to produce
a document or other thing, in violation of any legally applicable
right or privilege.