[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 80764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25614]


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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 September 6, 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 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, Batt-tek Consulting, Johnson City, TN; GS Yuasa Energy 
Solutions, Roswell, GA; NV Bekaerts, Zwevegem, BELGIUM; Solveteq Ltd, 
Worthing West Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM; and Trafigura Pte Ltd, Geneva, 
SWITZERLAND, have been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Black Diamond, Austin, TX; and Owens Corning, Apeldoorn, 
NETHERLANDS, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 February 23, 
2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on March 27, 2023 (88 FR 18184).

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-25614 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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