99-2085. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (``ALABC'')

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4704]
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[FR Doc No: 99-2085]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium 
(``ALABC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 13, 1998, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. 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, Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN has 
been added as a party 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 Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 15, 1992, Advanced Lead-Aid battery Consortium (``ALABC'') 
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 July 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 13, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 29, 1998 (63 FR 51952).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2085 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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