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Appendices 
Collision Friendliness 
Hull-retaining design and construction of the support structure. 
Construction Jour Fixe 
Meetings held with the BSH on a regular basis until the start of the operating phase. 
Construction Log 
The construction log is the daily documentation of the work carried out and the boundary con 
ditions during the installation work, such as the external conditions (swell, wind, tide, ice drift) 
and any unusual occurrence. 
Converter Station 
The equipment of a converter station is similar to the equipment of an offshore substation but 
also includes technical equipment to transform alternating current into direct current. 
The role of the converter station is to transport the power produced by the wind farms con 
nected to it to the coast. Wind parks are combined to “clusters” and connected to the conver 
ter station through their respective offshore substations. 
Cyclic Loads 
Loads that result from effects with a high rate of regular or irregular, low-frequency magnitude 
changes, with or without changes of direction. 
Note: Often the term cycle is used. 
Damage-Tolerant Components 
Components that, despite being damaged, are able to withstand the anticipated stress until 
the damage has either been detected and repaired during a scheduled inspection or as a re 
sult of a non-safety-relevant functional failure, are called damage-tolerant components. 
Danger Zone 
Danger zones are areas in the immediate vicinity of which dangerous situations may arise that 
require supplementary protective measures to reduce hazards or limit damage. Protective oc 
cupational safety and personal protection measures have priority. Furthermore, the protection 
of the environment and of property must also be observed. The typical danger zones of off 
shore structures are, for example, electrical switchboards and installations, areas with a higher 
fire load or risk of fire (tank systems, storage tanks, oil transformers), explosive areas, areas 
with load handling (working with a crane) or areas with an increased danger of falling. 
Decommissioning 
Decommissioning starts on the day that regular operation and/or the operating release gran 
ted by the BSH ends. This presupposes that the collateral clauses of the notice of approval as 
well as the stipulations of the approval process during the implementation and/or operating 
phase have been accordingly fulfilled. 
Decommissioning Depth 
Distance between the top edge of the decommissioned foundation element and the top 
ground surface (seabed). 
Decommissioning Instruction Manual 
The decommissioning instruction manual is a comprehensible and plausible representation of 
the scheduled work processes, including the technical boundary conditions. It begins with the 
preparation of the components for decommissioning and their removal on transport vessels to 
the base port (i.e. first port after decommissioning), including the decommissioning of the