[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26206]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ACORD Corporation

    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''), ACORD Corporation 
(``ACORD'') 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: ACORD 
Corporation, Pearl River, NY. The nature and scope of ACORD's standards 
development activities are: To improve efficiency in insurance and 
reinsurance transactions by: (1) Providing a common framework for the 
interchange of information; (2) speeding up communication of data; (3) 
reducing processing costs and paperwork; and (4) improving accuracy and 
facilitating e-commerce.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26206 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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