DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 -- Consortium for Battery Innovation Notice is hereby given that, on March 18, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Actâ€), Consortium for Battery Innovation (“CBIâ€) 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, Battery Consultants Ltd, Hampshire, UNITED KINGDOM; Dixon Batteries, Vereeniging, SOUTH AFRICA; and Fenix Metals Sp.Z.o.o., Chmielów, POLAND, have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Ceylon Graphene Technologies (PVT) Ltd, Rajagiriya, SRI LANKA; Inbatec, Hagen, GERMANY; Kustan, Gelsenkirchen, GERMANY; Ramcar Technology, Sta. Maria, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES; and Zesar Kalipcilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S., Istanbul, TURKEY, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 CBI intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On May 24, 2019, CBI 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 21, 2019 (84 FR 29241). The last notification was filed with the Department on September 6, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on November 20, 2023 (88 FR 80764). Suzanne Morris, Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 2024-14266 Filed: 6/27/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/28/2024]