[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1601.93]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1601_PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart H_Title VII Interpretations and Opinions by the Commission
 
Sec. 1601.93  Opinions--title VII.

    Only the following may be relied upon as a ``written interpretation 
or opinion of the Commission'' within the meaning of section 713 of 
title VII:
    (a) A letter entitled ``opinion letter'' and signed by the Legal 
Counsel on behalf of and as approved by the Commission, or, if issued in 
the conduct of litigation, by the General Counsel on behalf of and as 
approved by the Commission, or
    (b) Matter published and specifically designated as such in the 
Federal

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Register, including the Commission's Guidelines on Affirmative Action, 
or
    (c) A Commission determination of no reasonable cause, issued, under 
the circumstances described in Sec. 1608.10 (a) or (b) of the 
Commission's Guidelines on Affirmative Action, 29 CFR part 1608, when 
such determination contains a statement that it is a ``written 
interpretation or opinion of the Commission.''

[49 FR 31411, Aug. 7, 1984. Redesignated at 56 FR 9626, Mar. 7, 1991]