[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18184-18185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06217]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Consortium for Battery Innovation

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 23, 2023, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Consortium for Battery 
Innovation (``CBI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney

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General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its 
membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Specifically, Associated Electrochemical Pvt Ltd, Bahadurgarh, 
INDIA; Batek Makina A.S., Kocaeli, TURKEY; Exide Industries Limited, 
Kolkata, INDIA; JLC EV's Limited, Lower Dicker, UNITED KINGDOM; Leoch 
International Technology Limited, ShenZhen, CHINA; MAC Engineering and 
Equipment Co., Inc., Benton Harbor, MI; Shandong Jinkeli Power Sources 
Technology Co., Ltd, Zibo, CHINA, and Zesar Kalipcilik Sanayi Ve 
Ticaret A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY, have been added as parties to this 
venture.
    Also, Birla Carbons, Marietta, GA; and The Doe Run Company, St. 
Louis, MO, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and CBI intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 24, 2019, CBI filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice 
in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 21, 
2019 (84 FR 29241).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 19, 
2022. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 15, 2022 (87 FR 56704).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director, Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06217 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
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