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Abbreviations 8 
Part A: General 11 
1 Introduction 11 
2 Fundamentals 11 
2.1 Legal basis 11 
2.2 Subject matter of this standard 12 
2.3 Standard directives for approval practice 12 
2.4 Additional standard specifications for offshore structures 16 
3 Deviations and amendments 17 
4 Updating 17 
5 Interim regulation 18 
Part B Verifications and approval requirements 19 
1 Timescale and site conditions 19 
1.1 Preliminary remarks 19 
1.2 Language 21 
1.3 Timescale 21 
1.3.1 Preliminary remarks 21 
1.3.2 Development phase 22 
1.3.3 Design phase 28 
1.3.4 Implementation phase 28 
1.3.5 Operating phase 30 
1.3.5.1 Documents to be made available for the periodic inspections 30 
1.3.6 Decommissioning phase 31 
2 Support structures 32 
2.1 Preliminary remarks 32 
2.1.1 Structural behaviour in the case of a collision of a ship with an offshore 
station 33 
2.2 Development phase 34 
2.2.1 General 34 
2.2.2 Requirements and required verifications 34 
2.2.2.1 Basic Prerequisites 34 
2.2.2.2 Documents to be submitted when applying for the 1 st release 34 
2.3 Design phase 35 
2.3.1 Technical codes of practice 35 
2.3.2 Requirements and required verifications 37 
2.3.3 Documents to be submitted when applying for the 2 nd release 39 
2.3.4 Installation manual 39 
2.3.5 Installation plan 40 
2.3.6 Documents to be submitted when applying for the 3 rd release 41 
2.4 Implementation phase 41 
2.4.1 Technical codes of practice 41 
2.4.2 Requirements and required verifications 42 
2.4.2.1 Production monitoring 43 
2.4.2.1.1 General requirements with respect to the monitoring of the production 
phase 43