[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1291]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Global Human Body Models Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 19, 2006, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Global Human Body Models 
Consortium has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture 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 
to the venture are: General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; 
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Honda R&D Co., Ltd., 
Tochigi, Japan; Hyundai Motor Company, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; 
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan; TK Holdings, Auburn Hills, MI; 
Toyota Motor Corporation, Aichi, Japan; and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, 
Inc., Washington, MI. The general area of Global Human Body Models 
Consortium's planned activity is to conduct joint research and 
development necessary to create computer models of the human body (and/
or portions thereof) and the body's reaction to external physical 
forces. The models would be used in vehicle and component testing. To 
accomplish this objective, the parties, working in conjunction as 
necessary with third parties such as government entities, universities 
and suppliers, will refine and improve current models and develop new 
ones.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-1291 Filed 2-10-06; 8:45 am]
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