[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR26.2]

[Page 252]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
   PART 26--MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PHARMACEUTICAL GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE REPORTS, MEDICAL DEVICE QUALITY SYSTEM AUDIT REPORTS, AND CERTAIN MEDICAL DEVICE PRODUCT EVALUATION REPORTS: UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Specific Sector Provisions for Pharmaceutical Good 
                         Manufacturing Practices
 
Sec. 26.2   Purpose.

    The provisions of this subpart govern the exchange between the 
parties and normal endorsement by the receiving regulatory authority of 
official good manufacturing practices (GMP's) inspection reports after a 
transitional period aimed at determination of the equivalence of the 
regulatory systems of the parties, which is the cornerstone of this 
subpart.