# C_2008329EN.01002601.xml

| 24.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 329/26 |
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24.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 329/26

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Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the basis of Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

(2008/C 329/12)

The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in an area delimited by the area in respect of which authorisations to prospect ‘Andel IV’ (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) No 113 of 14 June 2006), ‘Andel III’ (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) No 113 of 14 June 2006) and ‘Utrecht’ (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) No 85 of 3 May 2007), have been granted, the straight line formed by points A and B between point A and where this line intersects with the area covered by the Utrecht authorisation to prospect, the straight lines between points A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, and the straight line between points G and H from point H to where this line intersects with the area covered by the ‘Andel IV’ authorisation to prospect. The area in respect of which authorisation to prospect ‘Waalwijk’ (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) No 8 of 11 January 2006) has been granted is not included in the area of this application.

Staatscourant

Staatscourant

Staatscourant

Staatscourant

The coordinates of the area in question are as follows:

| Vertex | X | Y |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A | 153329,000 | 419368,000 |
| B | 162400,000 | 419368,000 |
| C | 186939,000 | 390264,000 |
| D | 186939,000 | 375600,000 |
| E | 151430,000 | 375600,000 |
| F | 130074,000 | 390264,000 |
| G | 115338,000 | 390264,000 |
| H | 115338,000 | 413290,000 |

Vertex

X

Y

A

153329,000

419368,000

B

162400,000

419368,000

C

186939,000

390264,000

D

186939,000

375600,000

E

151430,000

375600,000

F

130074,000

390264,000

G

115338,000

390264,000

H

115338,000

413290,000

The coordinates are expressed in accordance with the national triangulation system (Rijksdriehoeksmeting or ‘RD’).

Rijksdriehoeksmeting

The area in respect of which the application is made has a surface area of 2 137 km2.

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With reference to the Directive mentioned in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the area in question.

Mijnbouwwet

Staatsblad

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the abovementioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to:

Official Journal of the European Union

| De Minister van Economische Zaken |
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| ter attentie van J.C. De Groot, directeur Energiemarkt |
| ALP/562 |
| Postbus 20101 |
| 2500 EC Den Haag |
| Nederland |

De Minister van Economische Zaken

ter attentie van J.C. De Groot, directeur Energiemarkt

ALP/562

Postbus 20101

2500 EC Den Haag

Nederland

Applications received after this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained from the following telephone number: (31-70) 379 77 62 (contact person: E.J. Hoppel).

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