EN Official Journal of the European Union C 8/8

Notice from the Government of the Republic of Poland 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 in the ‘Siennów — Rokietnica’ area

(2015/C 8/07)

This procedure concerns the granting of concessions for the prospection and/or exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits in the ‘Siennów — Rokietnica’ area of Podkarpackie Province:

Name Block No PL-1992 coordinate system X Y Siennów — Rokietnica part of concession blocks Nos 417 and 418 241 760,91 749 915,24 234 174,45 763 554,27 233 300,75 762 873,52 231 327,42 761 332,06 232 879,60 760 065,66 233 663,97 758 724,34 233 441,15 758 620,22 232 446,30 758 826,82 231 989,15 758 559,12 231 584,98 758 098,19 233 712,23 754 631,83 239 360,26 744 828,13 239 981,18 747 702,28 239 712,99 748 149,58 238 020,67 749 195,07 238 750,29 749 545,63 239 749,72 749 519,00 240 766,17 750 121,87

Applications must cover the above area.

Concession applications must be submitted to the central office of the Ministry of the Environment no later than 12:00 noon (CET/CEST) on the last day of the 121-day period commencing on the day following the date of publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Applications received will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

1. the technology proposed for the work (60 %);

2. the applicant’s technical and financial capacities (30 %);

3. the fee proposed for the establishment of mining usufruct rights (10 %).

The minimum fee for the establishment of mining usufruct rights for the ‘Siennów – Rokietnica’ area is:

— in the case of the prospection of oil and/or natural gas deposits: PLN 10 000,00 per annum,

— in the case of the exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits: PLN 20 000,00 per annum,

— in the case of the prospection and exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits: PLN 30 000,00 per annum.

The application evaluation procedure will be completed within a period of six months after the deadline for submitting applications expires. Applicants will receive written notification of the outcome of the procedure.

Applications must be drawn up in Polish.

The licensing authority will grant concessions for the prospection and/or exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits in the ‘Siennów – Rokietnica’ area to the successful applicant after taking account of the opinion of the relevant authorities, and will conclude a mining usufruct contract with it.

In order to be able to carry out activity involving the prospection or exploration of hydrocarbon deposits in Poland, an operator must hold both mining usufruct rights and a concession.

Applications should be sent to the Ministry of the Environment at the following address:

Ministerstwo Środowiska Departament Geologii i Koncesji Geologicznych ul. Wawelska 52/54 00-922 Warszawa POLSKA/POLAND

Information may be obtained from:

— the website of the Ministry of the Environment: www.mos.gov.pl

— the Geology and Geological Concessions Department

Ministry of the Environment ul. Wawelska 52/54 00-922 Warsaw POLSKA/POLAND Tel. +48 225792449 Fax +48 225792460 E-mail: dgikg@mos.gov.pl