Common use of Technical Committees Clause in Contracts

Technical Committees. ‌ 1. The Technical Committee(s) shall consist of representatives by the Members and shall take decisions by [unanimous / 2/3 / simple majority] vote. The Members of the Technical Committee(s) shall jointly elect a Chairman for each Technical Committee who shall organise meetings and report to the Steering Committee. 2. The tasks of the Technical Committee(s) shall be directed by the Steering Committee and may include, inter alia, the following: - Steering the technical work; - Developing work plans; - Delegating and directing sub-tasks; - Selecting external consultants, if and when required and subject to approval of the Steering Committee; - Proposing test plans to the Steering Committee; - Executing approved test plans; - Overseeing the progress – reporting deviations to the Steering Committee; - Collecting and evaluating the Substance related Information to be shared; - Giving input/ guidance to the Consortium Manager on the value of knowledge developed; - Estimating financial resources required to comply with REACH requirements; - Preparing the Joint Registration Dossier for registration, including the determination of data gaps, waivers and surrogate data as well as completion of data gaps in compliance with the legal requirements laid down by the REACH Regulation regarding data sharing; - Collecting classification and labelling data from all Members and preparing harmonised classification and labelling in accordance with the GHS; - Supervising performance of the testing; - [Option: Preparing CSR, if appropriate; in particular collecting and evaluating the uses and exposure scenarios.]