[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54644-54645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26179]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Industrial Information Infrastructure 
Protocols Solutions for Manufacturing--Adaptable Replicable Technology

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 27, 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''), National Industrial Information 
Infrastructure Protocols Solutions for Manufacturing--Adaptable 
Replicable Technology (NIIIP-SMART) 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, Schneider 
Automation

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Inc., North Andover, MA has been added as a party 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 NIIIP-SMART intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 1, 1996, NIIIP-SMART 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 April 29, 1997 (62 FR 23268).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 19, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 5, 1998 (63 FR 5970).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26179 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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