[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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.