EN Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17

Notice from the Ministry of the Environment of the Italian Republic pursuant to Article 3(2)(a) 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

2013/C 303/08

Pursuant to Article 3(2)(a) of Directive 94/22/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons, the Ministry of Economic Development hereby announces the issuing of the Ministerial Decree of 9 August 2013 on the reorganisation of ‘Marine area E’ in the Balearic Sea.

Within 3 months of the date of publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, interested parties may under the rules in force submit applications for authorisation for oil and gas prospection and exploration in the reorganised area according to the geographical coordinates listed below.

The legal provisions on granting of mining rights are specified more fully in the following legislation:

Law No 613 of 21 July 1967; Law No 9 of 9 January 1991; Legislative Decree No 625 of 25 November 1996; Ministerial Decree of 4 March 2011 and Directorial Decree of 22 March 2011.

The Ministry of Economic Development — Department for Energy, Directorate-General for Mineral and Energy Resources — is the authority competent for granting mining rights.

Applications for authorisations for prospection and exploration must be sent to the following address:

Ministero dello sviluppo economico Dipartimento per l’energia Direzione generale delle risorse minerarie ed energetiche Divisione VI Via Molise 2 00187 Roma RM ITALIA

The application may also be submitted by email to the following address: ene.rme.div6@pec.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it; the requisite documents should be submitted in electronic format together with the digital signature of a legal representative of the applicant.

The boundary of ‘Marine area E’ in which new applications may be made is defined by the following geographical coordinates of the triangulation points listed in Annex A, which forms an integral part of the decree, along with the map in Annex B, which is taken from Navigational Chart No 432, ‘Dal Mar Balearico al Mar Tirreno’, published by the Naval Hydrographic Institute to a scale of 1:1 000 000.

ANNEX A Coordinates of ‘Marine area E’ Point Longitude east of Greenwich Latitude north 1 5°56′,6 41°09′ Intersection between the Italy–Spain line, points A and B, and the 41°09′ parallel 2 6°00′ 41°09′ 3 6°00′ 41°18′ 4 6°10′ 41°18′ 5 6°10′ 41°22′ 6 6°15′ 41°22′ 7 6°15′ 41°25′ 8 6°20′ 41°25′ 9 6°20′ 41°28′ 10 6°28′ 41°28′ 11 6°28′ 41°32′ 12 6°35′ 41°32′ 13 6°35′ 41°35′ 14 6°39′ 41°35′ 15 6°39′ 41°37′ 16 6°45′ 41°37′ 17 6°45′ 41°40′ 18 6°50′ 41°40′ 19 6°50′ 41°42′ 20 7°08′ 41°42′ 21 7°08′ 41°40′ 22 7°15′ 41°40′ 23 7°15′ 41°39′ 24 7°18′ 41°39′ 25 7°18′ 41°37′ 26 7°25′ 41°37′ 27 7°25′ 41°35′ 28 7°31′ 41°35′ 29 7°31′ 41°34′ 30 7°36′ 41°34′ 31 7°36′ 40°05′ 32 6°16′,68 40°05′ Intersection between the 40°05′ parallel and the Italy–Spain line, between points G and F 33 6°11′,9 40°21′,5 Point F of the Italy–Spain line 34 6°10′,1 40°27′,3 Point E of the Italy–Spain line 35 6°08′,9 40°31′,7 Point D of the Italy–Spain line 36 6°07′,8 40°35′,7 Point C of the Italy–Spain line 37 5°57′,6 41°06′,5 Point B of the Italy–Spain line