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Part A - General 
5 Interim regulation 
1. The 1 st update of this Standard Design shall become applicable to all procedures provided 
for in SeeAnlV upon the lapse of a six-month period following the day of publication, in as 
far as complete documents for the 1 st release of the respective systems have not been sub 
mitted to the BSH prior to this point in time. Should the BSH conclude that the documents 
are incomplete, the applicant shall be granted a 3-month period from the date of receiving 
notification of the incompleteness to hand in these documents in arrears, resp. to complete 
said documentation. 
Exempt from this regulation are the provisions related to maintaining the operating permit. 
The regulations governing status meetings during the operating phase, the content of the 
operating manual and the concept for and implementation of periodic examinations accor 
ding to the test plans shall be applied starting on the day of publication. 
2. For all procedures in which the version of this Standard Design dated 17. 6. 2007 may still 
be applied, this regulation shall only apply if the verified documents for the 2 nd release are 
submitted to the BSH within the 24-month period following the day of publication of this 1 st 
update. Should the BSH conclude that the documents are incomplete, the applicant shall 
be granted a 6-month period from the date of receiving notification of the incompleteness 
to hand in these documents in arrears, resp. to complete said documentation, whereby the 
application of this 1 st update of this Standard Design shall not be deemed mandatory.