---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 143.207"
title: "33"
number: "143.207"
heading: "Requirements for foreign MODUs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/143.207"
---

# §143.207. Requirements for foreign MODUs.


Each mobile offshore drilling unit that is documented under the laws of a foreign nation must, when engaged in OCS activities, comply with one of the following:

- (a) **The design and equipment standards of 46 CFR part 108.**
- (b) The design and equipment standards of the documenting nation if the standards provide a level of safety generally equivalent to or greater than that provided under [46 CFR part 108](/cfr/46/part108.md).
- (c) The design and equipment standards for mobile offshore drilling units contained in the International Maritime Organization (IMO, formerly Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization or IMCO) (IMO) Code for Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (IMO Assembly Resolution A.414(XI)) which has been incorporated by reference.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333(d)(1), 1348(c), 1356; 49 CFR 1.46; section 143.210 is also issued under 14 U.S.C. 946 and 31 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9382, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.