REACH Consortia Management – DNU – Association Services

REACH - Consortia Management

The Challenge...

...the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (“REACH”) imposes on manufacturers and importers an obligation to register substances.

Whereas considering the effort required by regulatory obligations, it is necessary:

to increase the efficiency of generating information and

to reduce related costs.

The members, with a view to fulfilling their regulatory obligations, wish resp. need to form a consortium open to any other interested manufacturers subject to criteria defined hereunder in order to:

share data

review available data

identify data gaps

propose additional testing

perform such testing where necessary

subject to an agreement on a case-by-case basis

compile and submit a harmonized set of data for registration and

coordinate the response to any additional requirements under the REACH regulation that may result from that submission

operate the consortium in a cost-efficient manner.

Consortium Management

DNU - Association Services supports you in forming and operating a consortium for your substance to be registered.

Our activities usually include the following activities:

Comprehensive administration and facilitation (invitation, agenda, meeting, conference calls, minutes, accommodation etc.)

Consortium agreement, confidentiality agreement

Management of scientific test projects

Elaboration and anonymizing of data

Organizational and cost sharing issues

Communication between different committees within the consortium

Handling of all consortium related financial matters

Sharing existing data on an agreed basis

Communication with upstream supply and downstream user sectors

Dealing with late entrances for registration

Confidential information is managed – where necessary – anonymized to allow sharing.

Trustee

DNU - Association Service acts as an independent and strictly neutral party who manages the exchange of sensitive individual data.
As Trustee we ensure that specific procedures effectively protect any information disclosed. We have installed appropriate internal procedures to protect the confidentiality of information provided to us.

Secretariat

As secretariat we are responsible for the daily management and external representation of the members of associations resp. consortia and deal particularly with the following:

Organizing and convening meetings

Ensuring compliance with competition laws

Supervising external consultants and experts

Handling all financial matters, including budgeting, invoicing, keeping track of costs.