The Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut (PHI) in 1980 
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measuring stations in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea designed 
to provide oceanographic data over long periods of time. 
The nautical and hydrographic services- tide service, water- 
level forecasts and storm surge warnings, ice service, time 
service, geomagnetic service and the testing of nautical in 
struments - continued in the customary manner. These were sup 
plemented by measures to ensure that the SchiffssicherheitsVer 
ordnung (Ship Safety Ordinance - SSV) were being adhered to - 
i.e. by means of controls carried out on board - as well as by 
the recognition and supervision of a large number of firms in 
connection with type-testing of nautical installations and 
equipment. The recognition of type-testing carried out by com 
petent foreign testing offices was likewise prepared as a new 
legal task. Further conditions for type-testing and type- 
approvals as well as conditions for the installing of nautical 
equipment were drawn up. Exceptions to the regulations of the 
SSV were made for numerous ships for special reasons, provided 
that a comparable degree of safety of the ship in question could 
be guaranteed in other ways. A large number of procedures con 
cerning breaches of regulations and administrative enforcement 
procedures were prepared for the first time by specialists to 
deal with contraventions of the SSV. 
In accordance with the "Gesetz zur vorläufigen Regelung der Rech 
te am Festlandsocke1" (Law concerning the provisional regulation 
of rights on the Continental Shelf) of 24 July, 1964, the DHI 
issued a total of 19 permits in 1980. 12 of these concerned the 
conducting of reflection seismic surveys or sea bottom investi 
gations, three concerned the drilling of exploratory wells, and 
four were prolongations or extensions of existing permits. In 
accordance with the Law pursuant to the Conventions of 15th Feb 
ruary, 1972 and 29th December, 1972, for the Prevention of Marine 
Pollution by the Dumping of Wastes from Ships and Aircraft of 
11 February, 1977, five permits to dump wastes on the high seas 
and three permits to incinerate wastes on the high seas, were 
granted. Four applications were either refused, or withdrawn by 
the firms concerned, as it was possible to dump the wastes on 
land. The granting of eight further permits is still pending. 
The Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (DOD), organization 
ally attached to the DHI and operated jointly by the DHI and 
the DFG, extended its data archive to approximately 7.5 million 
items of physical and chemical data.