EN Official Journal of the European Union C 173/22

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION LICENCE DESIGNATED VITA

REPUBLIC OF ITALY — REGION OF SICILY

REGIONAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY — REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF MINING

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR HYDROCARBONS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (U.R.I.G.)

2009/C 173/11

Edison S.p.A., a company with a registered office at Foro Buonaparte 31, Milan, and fiscal code 06722600019, by application of 10 May 2006 and additional application of 2 August 2007, applied to the Regional Minister for Industry, the competent authority for granting mining rights in the Region of Sicily, with its registered office at via Ugo La Malfa 87/89, 90146 Palermo, in accordance with Regional Law of Sicily No 14 of 3 July 2000 transposing and implementing Directive 94/22/EC, for an oil and gas exploration licence (conventionally known as ‘Vita’) extending over 68 210 ha in Western Sicily in the provinces of Palermo and Trapani. The area referred to has free boundaries to the north, east and south. To the west, along the section between points F and G, it is contiguous with the area of the ‘Lippone-Mazara del Vallo’ licence.

In respect of the Province of Palermo, the municipality concerned is Monreale. The municipalities concerned for the Province of Trapani are: Alcamo, Buseto Palizzolo, Calatafimi, Castelvetrano, Gibellina, Partanna, Salaparuta, Salemi, Santa Ninfa, Trapani, Vita, Castellammare del Golfo and Mazara del Vallo.

The perimeter of the area for which the licence is sought is delineated by continuous lines between points A, B, C, D, E, F and G, as follows:

A. Point situated at spot elevation 173 metres above sea level, SE of Guarli along the NE edge of the Palermo-Trapani railway bridge (about 1 km East of the Fulgatore station);

B. Point situated at spot elevation 295 metres above sea level (NW edge of C. Polizzi), SE of the built-up area of Alcamo;

C. Point situated two kilometres (milestone) along the SP 19 (between the Salaparuta ruins (Ruderi di Salaparuta) and Salaparuta), in the Contrada of San Giuseppe, SE of Ruderi di Salaparuta;

D. Point situated at trigonometric point 231 metres above sea level, adjacent to C. del Barone in the Contrada of Baiata, approximately 575 metres south of the crossroads of ‘Le quattro vie’;

E. Point situated at trigonometric point 151 metres above sea level, in the Contrada of Trinità at the SE edge of the Chiesa della Trinità;

F. Point consisting of a concrete post fixed onto the well at elevation 200 metres situated 275 metres east of the road from the south to Borgo Aquila in the contrada of the same name. It coincides with point ‘f’ of the area of the ‘Lippone-Mazara del Vallo’ licence;

G. Point consisting of a concrete post fixed onto the western edge of Case Aquila at elevation 134 metres in the contrada of the same name. It coincides with point ‘g’ of the area of the ‘Lippone-Mazara del Vallo’ licence.

The reference posts for points ‘F’ and ‘G’ are square with 20 cm horizontal sides, which, at the top, taper to a pyramid-like point. Each small post is engraved with two crossed hammers and the letters ‘C.M.’ on one vertical face and, on the opposite side, the letters ‘f’ or ‘g’, as appropriate.

Geographical coordinates

Point Latitude N Longitude E (M. Mario) A 37°57′05,01″ 00°14′43,79″ B 37°58′07,64″ 00°31′50,97″ C 37°46′24,84″ 00°32′34,14″ D 37°40′59,76″ 00°25′46,21″ E 37°41′07,85″ 00°18′08,96″ F 37°44′40,50″ 00°17′07,60″ G 37°45′41,20″ 00°16′23,50″

Interested parties may submit an application for a licence for the same area within 90 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union; applications received after that period will be declared inadmissible. The Decree granting the exploration licence will be issued within six months of the closing date for the submission of competing applications. In accordance with Article 5(1) of Directive 94/22/EC, notice is also given that the criteria on the basis of which prospection licences, exploration licences and production licences are issued have already been published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 396 of 19 December 1998, with reference to Legislative Decree of the President of the Republic No 625 of 25 November 1996 (published in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic No 293 of 14 December 1996), which transposes and implements the abovementioned Directive into Italian law, and were specified in Regional Law of Sicily No 14 of 3 July 2000 (published in Official Gazette of the Region of Sicily No 32 of 7 July 2000).

The conditions and requirements regarding the performance or cessation of activities are laid down in the abovementioned Regional Law of Sicily No 14 of 3 July 2000 and in the Standard Specifications issued by Decree No 91 of 30 October 2003 and Decree No 88 of 20 October 2004 of the Regional Minister for Industry and published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Sicily Part I, No 49 of 14 November 2003 and Part I, No 46 of 5 November 2004 respectively.

The application documents have been filed at the Regional Office for Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy of the Regional Department of Mining, Via Ugo La Mafia 101, 90146 Palermo, Italia where they may be consulted by interested parties.