The OECD pilot project of mutual joint visits: state of the art and need for further action.

This paper describes the ongoing pilot project to examine the organisation and procedures of the 33 national good laboratory practice (GLP) compliance monitoring programmes in OECD to determine the extent to which they comply with the recommendations of the 1989 Council Decision-Recommendation on compliance with GLP. The project is based on mutual joint visits (MJV) of peer review teams representing other monitoring authorities. At the time of this paper all 33 MJV had been completed and the reports were being reviewed by the OECD Working group on GLP. A full evaluation of the pilot project will take place in 2002, after which a policy decision will be made regarding the need to continue such a programme and in what form.