This European Standard specifies the requirements for general purpose offshore cranes. This standard applies to cranes, which are manufactured after the date of issue of this standard. For the purposes of this standard the boundary bewteen a general purpose offshore crane and its support is assumed to be as follows: When welding a pedestal to the structure, the boundary is the first horizontal weld following the flange in a downward direction, normally not less than 1,5 X the pedestal diameter from the flange.