Part A - General 
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Part A: General 
1 Introduction 
This standard is intended to provide legal and planning security for the development, design, 
implementation, operation and decommissioning of offshore structures within the scope of 
the Regulation concerning systems situated at the limit of the German territorial waters (See- 
anlagenverordnung - SeeAnlV). It is dynamic and integrative in nature so that it will be possi 
ble to take account of new knowledge and developments as well as the need to incorporate 
standards that have not been included before in order to achieve standardisation of an overall 
system. Accordingly, supplementary information which has become known since the publica 
tion of the first version of this standard (in 2007) has now been implemented in this standard. 
Initial practical experience gained since the year of publication has led both the approval au 
thority and the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) as well as the 
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) to the conviction that a more de 
tailed, systematic approach is required with regard to general verification management To this 
end, the standards contained in the various respective Eurocodes (EC) and the national equi 
valent implementation thereof are used to provide a uniform basis with the aim of providing an 
even higher level of legal clarity. In accordance with the requirements voiced by the industry, 
a detailed section on offshore stations for converters, substations and accommodation has 
now been compiled and integrated into this first update. 
A range of representatives from expert bodies and institutions have been involved in develo 
ping this standard, and played a constructive role in its development - as was also the case 
with the previous version. Representatives of the business and scientific communities made 
valuable contributions. In addition, whilst the draft was being compiled, the BSFI granted as 
sociations (German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation, German Offshore Wind Energy Forum, 
Association for Wind Turbines, WAB Wind Energy Agency, Association of German Machine 
and Equipment Manufacturers and the German Association of Shipbuilding and Marine Tech 
nology) and transmission system operators (TenneT Offshore GmbFI and SOhertz Transmis 
sion GmbFI) the opportunity to submit their comments and voice their objections in a specia 
list meeting and a hearing held in collaboration with BSFI workgroup leaders and BAW and 
BAM advisors. Overall it has been possible to create and maintain a solid basis for construc 
tive cooperation based on system security and the protection of the marine environment. 
Note: 
This standard describes the minimum requirements placed on the design and structural com 
ponents of offshore structures for the use of offshore wind energy with respect to their struc 
tural integrity from the perspective of the approval authority: It is not suitable as a basis for 
business tenders. 
The requirements set down in the licensing decisions shall remain unaffected hereby. 
2 Fundamentals 
2.1 Legal basis 
Installations subject to approval under SeeAnlV shall meet the current state of the art; Art. 4, 
para. 1 SeeAnlV demands this both for the design and installation of the systems as well as for 
their operation.