Richard L. Cassin of The FCPA Blog highlights Review Procedure Release No. 81-02 from December 11, 1981: A Rare (Or Medium-Rare) Opportunity. The release helps give a roadmap on how to introduce new products to potential government customers in foreign countries without violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
In Release 81-02 (December 11, 1981), the Department stated it would take no enforcement action where the requestor wished to provide samples of its products to officials of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Trade. The Department stated that theFCPA was not implicated where (i) the samples were intended for the officials’ inspection, testing, and sampling; (ii) the samples were not intended for their personal use; and (iii) the Soviet government had been informed that the company intended to provide the samples. (From the DOJ Website Section 1.1.5)
