[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR25.503] [Page 100-101] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 25--CLAIMS--Table of Contents Subpart E--Foreign Claims Sec. 25.503 Proper claimants. (a) The claimant, or the decedent in a death case, must have been an inhabitant of a foreign country at the time of the incident giving rise to the claim [[Page 101]] and must not be otherwise excluded by Sec. 25.505. It is not necessary that a claimant be a citizen of, or legal domiciliary of the foreign country. (b) A corporation or other organization doing business in a foreign country on a permanent basis may qualify as a proper claimant although organized under United States law. (c) The government of a foreign country or a political subdivision thereof is a proper claimant unless excluded by waiver provisions of applicable international agreements.