Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded SecurityTM

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identifier: "/us/fr/2016-29876"
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title: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded SecurityTM"
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section_name: "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded SecurityTM"
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currency: "2016-12-13"
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publication_date: "2016-12-13"
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  - "Justice Department"
  - "Antitrust Division"
fr_citation: "81 FR 89977"
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#  Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded Security
                    TM

Notice is hereby given that, on November 4, 2016, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 *et seq.* (“the Act”), Southwest Research Institute—Cooperative Research Group on Automotive Consortium for Embedded Security <sup>TM</sup> (“ACES”) 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 Specifically, Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC Kokomo, IN, has withdrawn as a party to this venture.

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 ACES intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 20, 2015, ACES 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 April 30, 2015 (80 FR 24279).

The last notification was filed with the Department on September 27, 2016. A notice was published in the *Federal Register* pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 3, 2016 (81 FR 76627).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.