[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65226-65227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25080]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Reserach and 
Production Act of 1993--International Air Transport Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), International Air Transport 
Association (``IATA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the name and

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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: International 
Air Transport Association, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. The nature and 
scope of IATA's standards development activities are: To develop, 
promulgate and publish voluntary consensus standards for international 
air transportation services provided by airlines and their agents and 
representatives to passengers, shippers and postal authorities. The 
IATA standards establish common practices and procedures, documentation 
and communication formats for the processing and handling of 
passengers, cargo and mail in the complex international air 
transportation environment. IATA's voluntary consensus standards are 
developed by IATA member airlines in consultation with other interested 
parties, including governments and intergovernmental organizations, 
whose expertise is sought as part of the standards development process.
    Additional information concerning IATA can be obtained from 
Constance O'Keefe, Acting General Counsel of IATA, at (514) 874-0202.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25080 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]
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