[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 178 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21290]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Development of Voluntary Standard (ANSI/ROV-1-
200X) for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 2008, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Development of Voluntary Standard 
(ANSI/ROV-1-200X) for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (``DVSROV'') 
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities 
of the parties 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: American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Torrance, CA; 
Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, NM; 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 DVSROV's planned 
activities are conducting research, collecting, exchanging and 
analyzing research information relating to development of a voluntary 
standard (ANSI/ROV-1-200X) for recreational off-highway vehicles.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-21290 Filed 9-11-08; 8:45 am]
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