[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26423]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum E&P Research Cooperative

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 22, 1997, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq., (``the Act''), Petroleum E&P 
Research Cooperative (``Cooperative'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were 
filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the 
recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, Elf Exploration Production of Pau, FRANCE 
has become a new member of the Cooperative
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activities of the Cooperative. Membership in this venture remains open, 
and the Cooperative intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 16, 1997, Petroleum E&P Research Cooperative filed its 
original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The 
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register 
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act of February 13, 1997 (62 FR 6801).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-26423 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]
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