[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25842]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Electrical Manufacturers Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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''), National Electrical 
Manufacturers Association (``NEMA'') 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 
antitrrust 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: National 
Electrical Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, VA. The nature and scope 
of NEMA's standards development activities are; NEMA administers and 
publishes standards that are related to a spectrum of electrical 
products produced globally, including but not limited to, industrial 
automation equipment including industrial controls and systems, motors, 
and power sources for welding; lighting systems including lamps, 
lighting controls, lamp ballasts, and lighting fixtures (luminaries); 
consumer products including dry batteries, smoke and fire detectors, 
and residential controls; building construction products including 
circuit breakers, receptacles, conduit, outlet boxes, switches, surge 
suppressors, insulating materials, and wire and cable; equipment for 
the electric utility industry; and medical imaging equipment including 
CT, Ultrasound, X-ray, and MRI. NEMA also serves as Secretariat for 
DICOM (Digital Communications in Medicine) Standards Committee; certain 
ANSI Accredited Standards Committees (``ASC''); and certain technical 
committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). NEMA 
also publishes the standards developed by itself and by DICOM and ASC.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25842 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]
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