[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9360]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--On-Board Equipment Collaboration

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 12, 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''), On-Board Equipment 
Collaboration (``OBEC'') 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: BMW of North America, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 
DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North America, Inc., Palo Alto, 
CA; Delphi Corporation, Troy MI; ProSyst Software GmbH, GERMANY; Sirit 
Technology, Inc., Carrollton, TX; Volkswagen of America, Inc., Auburn 
Hills, MI; and DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, MI. The 
general area of OBEC's planned activity is implementation of a vehicle 
on-board equipment subsystem as part of the development and deployment 
of a national infrastructure to enable data collection and exchange in 
real time between vehicles and between vehicles and the roadway.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9360 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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