# C_2007109EN.01002801.xml

| 15.5.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 109/28 |
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15.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/28

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Communication from the French Government concerning 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 (1)

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(Notice regarding an application to extend the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Claracq licence’)

(Notice regarding an application to extend the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Claracq licence’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 109/15)

By request of 27 November 2006, Celtique Energie Petroleum Ltd., a company with registered offices at Saffrey Champness, Lion House, Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4GB (UK), applied for an extension of the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Claracq licence’, in an area of approximately 102 km2 forming part of the department of Pyrénées Atlantiques.

Celtique Energie Petroleum Ltd

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Pyrénées Atlantiques

The perimeter of the area covered by this extension is made up of the meridian and parallel arcs successively joining the vertices defined below by their geographical coordinates, the original meridian being that of Paris.

| Vertices | Longitude | Latitude |
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| A | 3.10 degrees W | 48.20 degrees N |
| B | 3.10 degrees W | 48.13 degrees N |
| C | 2.90 degrees W | 48.13 degrees N |
| D | 2.90 degrees W | 48.20 degrees N |

Vertices

Longitude

Latitude

A

3.10 degrees W

48.20 degrees N

B

3.10 degrees W

48.13 degrees N

C

2.90 degrees W

48.13 degrees N

D

2.90 degrees W

48.20 degrees N

Submission of applications

The initial applicant and competing applicants must prove that they meet the requirements for obtaining the licence, as specified in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (French Official Journal of 22 April 1995).

French Official Journal

Interested companies may, within a period of ninety days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing application in accordance with the procedure summarised in the ‘Notice regarding the granting of mining rights for hydrocarbons in France ’published in
  Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 of 30 December 1994, p. 11, and established by Decree No 2006-648 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights. Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the address below. Decisions on the initial application and competing applications will be taken within two years of the date on which the French authorities received the initial application, i.e. by 28 November 2008 at the latest.

Official Journal of the European Communities

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Articles 79 and 79(1) of the Mining Code and to Decree No 2006-649 of 2 June 2006 on mining operations, underground storage and the regulations governing them (French Official Journal of 3 June 2006).

French Official Journal

Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry (Directorate-General for Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate for Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of Mining Legislation, 61, boulevard Vincent Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (telephone: (33) 144 97 23 02, fax: (33) 144 97 05 70).

The abovementioned laws and regulations can be consulted at

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

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(1)  OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.

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