96-4084. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; Cigarette Ignition Propensity Joint Venture

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4084]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Cigarette Ignition Propensity Joint Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 4, 1995, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Cigarette Ignition Propensity 
Joint Venture (``the Joint Venture'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing a change in its membership. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of maintaining the application of the Act to 
the Joint Venture. Specifically, the American Tobacco Company has 
merged into the Brown Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and is no longer 
a member of the Joint Venture. In addition, the Joint Venture has 
adopted an Amendment to its initial Joint Research and Development 
Agreement; that Amendment extends the existence of the Joint Venture 
until September 30, 1996.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. The Joint Venture intends to 
file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On January 7, 1991, the Joint Venture 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 February 4, 1991 (56 FR 4301).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-4084 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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