[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR143.207]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 143--DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C--Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
 
Sec. 143.207  Requirements for foreign MODUs.

    Each mobile offshore drilling unit that is documented under the laws 
of a foreign nation must, when engaged in OCS activities, comply with 
one of the following:
    (a) The design and equipment standards of 46 CFR part 108.
    (b) The design and equipment standards of the documenting nation if 
the standards provide a level of safety generally equivalent to or 
greater than that provided under 46 CFR part 108.
    (c) The design and equipment standards for mobile offshore drilling 
units contained in the International Maritime Organization (IMO, 
formerly Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or IMCO) 
(IMO) Code for Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling 
Units (IMO Assembly Resolution A.414(XI)) which has been incorporated by 
reference.