[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 53415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25512]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Auto Body Consortium, Inc.: Intelligent 
Resistance Welding Joint Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 28, 1999, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Auto Body Consortium, Inc.: 
Intelligent Resistance Welding Joint Venture has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, DaimlerChrysler 
Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI, owned by DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, 
Germany has been added as a party to this venture. Also, Chrysler 
Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI, and Johnson Controls, Inc., Plymouth, MI 
have been dropped as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Auto Body Consortium, Inc.: 
Intelligent Resistance Welding Joint Venture intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 18, 1995, Auto Body Consortium, Inc.: Intelligent 
Resistance Welding Joint Venture 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 on December 6, 1995 (60 FR 62476).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 17, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 29, 1997 (62 FR 23266).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25512 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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