[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR971.421]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 971--DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL RECOVERY PERMITS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D--Issuance/Transfer: Terms, Conditions and Restrictions
 
Sec. 971.421  Freedom of the high seas requirements.

    Each permit issued under this part must include appropriate 
restrictions

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to ensure that commercial recovery activities do not unreasonably 
interfere with the interests of other nations in their exercise of the 
freedoms of the high seas, as recognized under general principles of 
international law. The Administrator will consider the factors in 
Sec. 971.403 in establishing these restrictions.