Consortia Management Services
Proven and effective management, representation and registration services.
Introduction
Our holistic approach to Consortia Management is to provide solutions to the complex management, operational, regulatory, financial, legal and technical issues faced by consortia. Drawing on over 16 years of expertise in overseeing some of the most extensive and complex industry consortia, our team offers a complete service which can be tailored to meet your specific requirements where interindustry collaboration is required.
Our support spans legal, financial, and operational domains, complemented by a wealth of scientific and regulatory knowledge.
We excel in navigating the intricacies of competition law, cost-sharing, and data-sharing mechanisms. In collaboration with leading legal and financial service providers, we guide you through the complexities, ensuring a holistic and successful management experience for your consortium.
Operational Management
Penman Consulting offer full operational support for consortia. Working with our partners, and based on our wide experience, we can create the necessary contractual and legal framework for consortia large and small. We consider such items as tax status and the potential for data sharing on a global basis. Once up and running we provide the day to day management including:
- Support for meetings – ensuring that they are run in accordance with the principles of antitrust. We provide timely minutes and follow up on the actions agreed by the members of the consortium.
- Financial management – We ensure that the finances of the consortium are transparent pot all members.
- We can manage the costs of studies that might be required. We have developed sophisticated tools for cost sharing between interest parties, with the associated communication and invoicing that is required.
Scientific Services
Penman Consulting can provide all the scientific services that might be required in the activities of a consortium. This allows us to give a holistic approach to the members and give a distinct advantage in terms of efficiency and speed of response. Read more.
JSG Management (Letters Of Access)
Letters of access are an important aspect of compliance with REACH. At Penman Consulting we can manage joint submission groups, including letter of access shops where potential registrants can purchase letters of access. Read more.
Financial Management
Our expert financial team offer support with the financial aspects of joint data submissions including cost calculations, cost sharing, invoicing and debt collection. This guarantees your finances are effectively managed to reduce costs and ensure regulatory compliance. With the establishment of new regulatory regimes cost-sharing organisation is proving complex, however we have the tools and the knowledge to solve this.
Communication Solutions
Elevate your consortium management with cost-effective communication solutions tailored for you. Our cutting-edge Active Steward™ systems ensure efficient collaboration, and our scientific and regulatory expertise helps foster a cohesive and dynamic environment. Streamline scientific collaboration and share critical regulatory updates with thousands of interested contacts.
Our Consortia
In June 2008, the Lower Olefins and Aromatics REACH Consortium (“LOA REACH Consortium”) was established. Any eligible company that submitted a signed Accession Agreement by 31 December 2009 was able to complete the admission process to join the Consortium. The LOA REACH Consortium remained an open-ended consortium that welcomed applications from EU and non-EU manufacturers and importers of Lower Olefins and Aromatics. Non-EU manufacturers must be represented by an EU-based Only Representative.
The HOPA REACH Consortium (Higher Olefins and Poly Alpha Olefins REACH Consortium) was set up in January 2009 and the current membership constitutes the vast majority of the EU manufacturing capacity for the substances covered by the Consortium.
The manufacturers of Hydrocarbon Resins, Rosin Resins and Pine Chemicals Materials joined forces for their REACH compliance activities. They launched the H4R REACH Consortium in October 2008 and successfully registered 28 substances before the 2010 REACH deadline.
Penman Consulting assumed the management of the DINP Consortium (Di-isononyl phthalate) in January 2023. The Consortium works to ensure compliance with activities within REACH and currently consists of four members managing two substances.
Membership of the DINP Consortium is currently open.
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Proven and effective management, representation and registration services