SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 15, 2004

GENUINE PARTS COMPANY

2999 Circle 75 Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339

(770) 953-1700

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Item 12.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K of Genuine Parts Company is being furnished pursuant to “Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition” of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Form 8-K in accordance with the guidance provided under SEC Release Nos. 33-8216 and 34-47583.

     The information, including the exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

     Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Genuine Parts Company, dated April 15, 2004, reporting Genuine Parts Company financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2004.

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: April 15, 2004

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