[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6778]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Revision of Voluntary Standard (ANSI/SVIA-1-
2001) for Four-Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 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''), the parties involved in a joint 
venture regarding review and revision of the current voluntary standard 
(ANSI/SVIA-1-2001) for four-wheel all-terrain vehicles have 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 
are: American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Torrance CA; American Suzuki Motor 
Corporation, Brea, CA; Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN; 
Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., Valcourt, Quebec, Canada; Deere 
& Company, Moline, IL; Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., Irvine, CA; 
Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN; and Yamaha Motor Corporation, 
U.S.A., Cypress, CA. The general areas of the joint venture's planned 
activities are conducting research and collecting, exchanging and 
analyzing research information relating to review and revision of the 
current voluntary standard for four-wheel ATVs (ANSI/SVIA-1-2001).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6778 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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