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Part B - Verifications and approval requirements 
A list of the minimum required documents is included at the end of each technical section; ad 
ditional documents shall be submitted or submitted in arrears on a case-by-case basis. Each 
technical section in itself is a complete representation of all the individual project phases de 
tailed above. 
All technical documents shall be inspected by an appointed inspector prior to being submit 
ted to the approval authority. In each respective project phase, the required documents shall 
be compiled by the appointed inspector and submitted to the approval authority for a plausi 
bility check and approval, together with the required technical documentation, in good time. 
In addition, the applicant, resp. the approval holder, must ensure that the approval authority is 
involved throughout all the respective project phases. 
Table 1 -2 summarises the timescale for the installation of the operational structure. It is impor 
tant to point out here that the timescale recommended for the installation of the operational 
structure varies from that to be used for the support structure, resp. offshore wind turbine. The 
reason for this is that the functionality strived for to meet operational management, safety and 
emergency system demands directly affects the design and should, therefore, be specified 
early on in the project. This, however, does not entail detailed plans as required for the 2 nd and 
3 rd releases. 
1.3.2 Development phase 
During the development phase, the site conditions are to be sufficiently recorded so as to al 
low an assessment of the basic technical feasibility of the project. Based on this, a preliminary 
design of the possible foundation variants being considered by the developer can be drawn 
up. This should include the environmental impact and “collision friendliness”. 
All site-specific data should be compiled in the basic documents.