Issues of commonality are now left to the international consortia that support each of the fieldbus standard types.

An agreement was made with other seabed mining nations and licenses were granted to four international consortia.

Three international consortia offered formal bids for the concession.

They are addressed by international consortia that respond to calls for proposals on hazard, risk and socio-economic impact.

Four international consortia, one of which includes General Electric Co., are in competition.

Bids to build and operate the power station were made by several international consortia.

The Tycho Input Catalog was created by the Hipparcos/Tycho international consortia in preparation for the Hipparcos satellite mission.

SOCAR oversees the international consortia that is developing new oil and gas projects in Azerbaijan.

INED maintains close relations with its various European counterparts, via both European Commission research projects and international consortia linked to the United Nations.

The technology is there, the international consortia have been set up - and European industries are also involved in them - and the pilot projects are ready to get under way.