[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7775]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--U.S. Steel Group (a Unit of USX Corporation) 
and Kobe Steel, Ltd.

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 6, 2001, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), U.S. Steel Group has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are U.S. Steel Group (a unit of USX Corporation), 
Pittsburgh, PA; and Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe, JAPAN. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are developing new and/or improved steel 
sheet products, product technologies and/or product quality for 
automotive applications.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-7775 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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