[Federal Register: November 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 228)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--EMVCo, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), EMVCo, LLC (``EMVCo'') 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: EMVCo, LLC, 
Foster City, CA. The nature and scope of EMVCo's standards development 
activities are: (1) Managing, maintaining, and enhancing the 
EMVtm Integrated Circuit Card Specifications for Payment 
Systems; (2) standards maintenance that ensures interoperability and 
acceptance of payment system integrated circuit cards on a worldwide 
basis; and (3) a type approval process that defines test requirements 
and test cases that are used for terminal compliance testing.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26208 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]

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