15 CFR § 971.405 - Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s971.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 971.405 - Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "971.405"
section_name: "Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE"
part_number: "971"
part_name: "DEEP SEABED MINING REGULATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL RECOVERY PERMITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1401"
regulatory_source: "54 FR 525, Jan. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "971"
---


# 971.405 Breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict.

Before issuing or transferring a commercial recovery permit, the Administrator must find that the recovery proposed in the application will not create a situation which may reasonably be expected to lead to a breach of international peace and security involving armed conflict.