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The '''Ferengi Commerce Authority''' (also known as the '''FCA''') was is an agency of the [[Ferengi]] government charged with overseeing business practices and the enforcement of '''Ferengi Trade By-Laws''' (including the ''Ferengi Bill of Opportunities'') in the [[Ferengi Alliance]]. Under this authority, the FCA had has the ability to dispense or revoke the rights of any Ferengi to conduct business under the Trade By-Laws. Ferengi who refused refuse to follow these rules could can be barred from trade with other Ferengi, or anyone seeking to do business with the Alliance.

Decisions of the FCA can be overruled by the Grand Nagus, such as in matters of business license revocation. The FCA is governed by a '''Board of Liquidators''' that have the power to confirm or reject the appointment of a new [[Grand Nagus]]. The FCA's primary offices were are located on the 40th floor of the [[Tower of Commerce]], on [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ferenginar [Ferenginar]]. Asking a question of the receptionist costs one slip of [[latinum]]. To sit down in a chair costs three slips, and to stand costs 1 slip.

Agents of the FCA were are known as "Liquidators," and were are commonly feared by traditional Ferengi. Brunt was a particularly ambitious liquidator, who nearly managed to get himself appointed as the new Grand Nagus in [[2373]], and again in [[2374]]. The FCA's authority extended extends even beyond the Ferengi Alliance, and its rules governed govern Ferengi anywhere in the [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]].