As a rule, inspections by the authorities are carried out: — in the USA by the Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA), and for narcotics by the Drug Enforce ment Administration (DEA) — in Switzerland by Swissmedic, which delegates the inspections to the “Regionale Heilmittel inspektorate Nordwestschweiz” (RHI) and Suisse Occidentale (ISOPTh), and by the US-FDA — in Malta by the Medicines Authority Malta (MAM) and the US-FDA — in Germany by the regional councils or the Trade Supervisory Board and the US-FDA — in France by the national French authority (ANSM) and the US-FDA — in China by the national authority CFDA (City, Province FDA), EDQM (Europe) and the US-FDA.