[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] [Page 357-358] 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 [[Page 358]] 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.