[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23515]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Association of Motor Vehicle 
Administrators

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 15, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Association of 
Motor Vehicle Administrators (``AAMVA'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Arlington, VA. The nature 
and scope of AAMVA's standards development activities are: common 
names, abbreviations, definitions, uses, sources, synonyms and 
representations of data elements transmitted and communicated by state 
and local traffic records systems. AAMVA is also responsible for 
specifications of contents and layouts for machine readable 
technologies such as smart cards, magnetic strips, 1D bar codes, 2D bar 
codes, in particular PDF 417 on state motor vehicle administration 
documentation such as titles, registrations, identification cards and 
driver licenses.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23515 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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