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

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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 72"
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section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 72"
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#  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  standards developed by IEC TC 72 are published by NEMA.

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.