[Federal Register: February 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 21)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Electrotechnical Commission 
Technical Committee 72

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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''), International 
Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 72 (``IEC TC 72''), by 
its Secretariat, National Electrical Manufacturers Association 
(``NEMA''), 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: International 
Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 72, Rosslyn, VA. The 
nature and scope of IEC TC 72's standards development activities are: 
related to automatic electrical control devices used in household and 
some industrial products. IEC TC 72 currently maintains a series of IEC 
60730 standards dealing with requirements for components used in 
different types of control devices including relays, valves, sensors, 
actuators, locks and the like. The

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standards developed by IEC TC 72 are published by NEMA.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1982 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]

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