[Federal Register: April 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 65)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Spray Drift Task Force
Notice is hereby given that, on March 3, 2003, pursuant to section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Spray Drift Task Force 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, the membership
held by Aventis CropScience LP, Research Triangle, NC has been
transferred to Nippon Soda Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; and Chimac-
Agriphar S.A., Ougree, BELGIUM has become a party to the 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 Spray Drift Task Force intends to
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in
membership.
On May 15, 1990, Spray Drift Task Force 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 5, 1990 (55 FR 27701).
The last notification was filed with the Department on February 26,
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on March 27, 2002 (67 FR 14731).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-8267 Filed 4-3-03; 8:45 am]
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