[Federal Register: March 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--BIFMA International

    Notice is hereby give 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''), BIFMA International 
(``BIFMA'') 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: BIFMA 
International, Grand Rapids, MI. The nature and scope of BIFMA's 
standards development activities are: BIFMA develops safety and 
performance standards for office furniture products, e.g., desks, 
seating, files, other storage units and panel systems. The purpose of 
the standards developed by BIFMA is to provide a minimum acceptable 
level of safety and some assurance of product quality. The standards 
describe the specific tests that must be conducted and the level of 
performance that must be achieved for a product to be in compliance 
with the standard. The standards developed by BIFMA are reviewed and 
updated every five years.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-5886 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]

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