THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS - IFEAT

Therefore, all manufacturers and suppliers ofNCSs for fragrance applications should takethe 2012 survey seriously to be on board intime for the third and last period of REACHregistration. The responses to this survey willbe treated as confidential information byEFEO. The submitted NCSs will be includedwith the process for phase-3 consortiaformation, which will start in 2013. The timeto respond 2 has been extended to December1st, 2012.RECOMMENDATION:! Review Company Needs against:! EFEO Circular Letter No. 14 of Sept. 24, 2012! OVERVIEW of EFEO REACH Portfolio! See: www.efeo-org.org or contact: efeo@wga-hh.deEFEO Members and Other REACH RegistrantsSubmit Company Survey Report Form with NCSs• For addition to Phase-3 portfolio• To be part of Consortia formation Reply byextended deadlineofDECEMBER 15, 2012IFEAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, November, 2012, Dr. Hans van Bergen 9PHASE-3 CONSORTIA FORMATIONThe procedure for the organisation of NCS consortia was developed in phase-1. The same structurewas adopted for phase-2 and is also the model for the consortia of phase-3. The formation of consortiais a time-consuming process and takes at least a year until they are operational (see section 5).! STEERING COMMITTEESize:7 to 50! All members, equal votemembers! One lead company as chair & coordinator! TECHNICAL COMMITTEE! At least all Lead Registrants! External SERVICE PROVIDER* for! Data evaluation, CRO testing, dossier preparation! Consortium management! Trustee work, accounting, fee collection & payments! CONTRIBUTIONS are proportionate to level of interest.* the same consultant for all supporting tasksIFEAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, November, 2012, Dr. Hans van Bergen 10Each consortium has a Steering Committee(SC) that takes decisions on investments forservice providers, data access, testing,accounting, membership fees and other policymatters. It chooses one of the members aschair and coordinator. All members haveequal voting rights. The consortium’sTechnical Committee guides in closecooperation with the contracted serviceprovider the process of dossier preparation.The service provider brings in experts ofvarious disciplines like toxicology,ecotoxicology, risk assessment and REACHrules and guidance. Based on previousexperiences, phase-2 consortia chose forefficiency reasons the same service provider for technical, trustee and management tasks. Asdemanded by the REACH regulation the consortia apply a fee structure, which is proportionate to themember’s level of interest per NCS and per volume band. Membership varies from 7 to around 50companies and depends on the nature and number of NCSs covered.2 Responses should be sent to efeo@wga-hh.de with copy to info@para-celsus.eu.239