[Federal Register: April 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 67)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 11, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Vehicle Infrastructure 
Integration Consortium (``VIIC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Mercedes-Benz Research & Technology North 
America, Inc., Palo Alto, CA has become a member and Chrysler, LLC, 
Auburn Hills, MI has succeeded DaimlerChrysler Corporation as a member.
    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 VIIC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 1, 2006, VIIC 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 June 2, 
2006 (71 FR 32128).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 22, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 27, 2006 (71 FR 56558).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7009 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]

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