The Fatty Acid Consortium
Fatty Acid GmbH (FAG)

What is the Fatty Acid Consortium?

The Fatty Acid Consortium was established in mid 2009 to bring together a number of organisations with an interest in a wide range of fatty acids and derivatives (see substance list). The members come from a wide range of companies either manufacturing and/or importing fatty acids in/into the European Union. A link to the full list of current is found to the right.

The consortium collaborates with knoell Germany GmbH as consortium manager and technical consultant. knoell is responsible for all administrative aspects of running the consortium and providing technical support with regards to all activities associated with preparation and update of lead dossiers, substance record keeping, sameness reviewing, etc.

To facilitate operation of the consortium, especially with respect to financial matters, the consortium members agreed to set up an independent company, Fatty Acid GmbH (FAG), as a legal entity in Germany. The FAC is responsible for the maintenance of the EU REACH registrations of the substances registered by the consortium, the selling of letters of access (LoAs) for the registered substances and as well as the commissioning of new studies.