Common use of Powers of the Technical Committee Clause in Contracts

Powers of the Technical Committee. The Technical Committee shall oversee and coordinate the activities of technical consultants, engaged to conduct: a) the collection and evaluation of Data, and related analytical methods and gap analysis; b) the collection and evaluation of Uses and development of exposure assessments where necessary to prepare or amend the chemical safety report(s); c) the proposal for collecting and drawing up Data for completion of the Dossier(s); d) the filing of relevant Data into the IUCLID 5 database according to the decision of the Steering Committee; it being understood that the submission of the Authorisation application(s) to ECHA shall be done by each Member individually, unless Members arrange differently among themselves; e) the assessment of the scientific and financial evaluations of the Data and Dossier(s). f) coordination of the overall technical work. The Technical Committee may organize task forces or other subgroups responsible for specific issues as identified by the Technical Committee, for example for elaborating Data on individual Uses or Substances. The decisions of the Technical Committee shall be adopted by consensus of the Members concerned, whereby in case of absence at a specific meeting, non-objection to the minutes of the respective meeting is considered approval. If consensus cannot be reached, the Technical Committee shall bring the matter before the Steering Committee, which shall have the final vote.