[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR26.0]

[Page 247]
 
                        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 
 
Sec.  26.0  General.

    This part substantially reflects relevant provisions of the 
framework agreement and its sectoral annexes on pharmaceutical good 
manufacturing practices (GMP's) and medical devices of the ``Agreement 
on Mutual Recognition Between the United States of America and the 
European Community'' (the MRA), signed at London May 18, 1998. For 
codification purposes, certain provisions of the MRA have been modified 
for use in this part. This modification is done for purposes of clarity 
only and shall not affect the text of the MRA concluded between the 
United States and the European Community (EC), or the rights and 
obligations of the United States or the EC under that agreement. Whereas 
the parties to the MRA are the United States and EC, this part is 
relevant only to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) 
implementation of the MRA, including the sectoral annexes reflected in 
subparts A and B of this part. This part does not govern implementation 
of the MRA by the EC, which will implement the MRA in accordance with 
its internal procedures, nor does this part address implementation of 
the MRA by other concerned U.S. Federal agencies. For purposes of this 
part, the terms ``party'' or ``parties,'' where relevant to FDA's 
implementation of the MRA, should be considered as referring to FDA 
only. If the parties to the MRA subsequently amend or terminate the MRA, 
FDA will modify this part accordingly, using appropriate administrative 
procedures.