[Federal Register: October 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 205)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

U.S. Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--North American Association of Food Equipment 
Manufacturers

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 2004, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), North American Association 
of Food Equipment Manufacturers (``NAFEM'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: North 
American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers, Chicago, IL. The 
nature and scope of NAFEM's standards development activities are: NAFEM 
Data Protocol--a standard set of rules that governs data exchange 
between commercial food service equipment and a computer.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23776 Filed 10-22-04; 8:45 am]

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