[Federal Register: February 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 28)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Window Covering Manufacturers Association, Inc.

    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''), Window Covering 
Manufacturers Association, Inc. (``WCMA'') 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: Window 
Covering Manufacturers Association, Inc., New York, NY. The nature and 
scope of ECMA's standards development activities are: developing and 
maintaining the ANSI/WCMA A100 series of standards covering window 
covering products including Cellular Shades, Horizontal Blinds, Pleated 
Shades, Roll-up Blinds, Roller Shades, Roman Shades, Traverse Rods, and 
Vertical Blinds, as well as ANSI/WCMA A101 series.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-2728 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]

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