Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC 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 [1]

(Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, entitled "Permis de Foix")

(2005/C 40/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By request of 7 October 2004, the company Encana France, with registered offices at 68, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris (France), asked for an exclusive licence, for a period of five years, to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, entitled "Permis de Foix", over an area of some 3478 sq. km., partly in the départements of Hautes Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Ariège and Aude.

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

VERTICES | LONGITUDE | LATITUDE |

A | 2.30 deg. W | 48.10 deg. N |

B | 1.40 deg. W | 48.10 deg. N |

C | 1.40 deg. W | 48.00 deg. N |

D | 1.10 deg. W | 48.00 deg. N |

E | 1.10 deg. W | 47;90 deg. N |

F | 0.80 deg. W | 47.90 deg. N |

G | 0.80 deg. W | 47.80 deg. N |

H | 0.20 deg. W | 47.80 deg. N |

I | 0.20 deg. W | 47.60 deg. N |

J | 0.70 deg. W | 47.60 deg. N |

K | 0.70 deg. W | 47.70 deg. N |

L | 1.00 deg. W | 47.70 deg. N |

M | 1.00 deg. W | 47.80 deg. N |

N | 2.30 deg. W | 47.80 deg. N |

The following are excluded from this perimeter:

The area of the Bonrepos-Montastruc concession (47,09 km2),

VERTICES | LONGITUDE | LATITUDE |

O | 2.24 deg. W | 47.98 deg. N |

P | 2.24 deg. W | 48.04 deg. N |

Q | 2.20 deg. W | 48.04 deg. N |

R | 2.20 deg. W | 48.06 deg. N |

S | 2.15 deg. W | 48.06 deg. N |

T | 2.15 deg. W | 47.98 deg. N |

The area of the Proupiary concession (13 km2),

VERTICES | LONGITUDE | LATITUDE |

U | 1.723 deg. W | 47.965 deg. N |

V | 1.686 deg. W | 47.990 deg. N |

W | 1.641 deg. W | 47.981 deg. N |

X | 1.640 deg. W | 47.970 deg. N |

Y | 1.638 deg. W | 47.955 deg. N |

Z | 1.650 deg. W | 47.957 deg. N |

The area of the Saint Marcet concession (39,43 km2).

VERTICES | LONGITUDE | LATITUDE |

AA | 1.778 deg. W | 48.032 deg. N |

AB | 1.716 deg. W | 48.032 deg. N |

AC | 1.700 deg. W | 48.0096 deg. N |

AD | 1.69316 deg. W | 48.000 deg. N |

AE | 1.686 deg. W | 47.990 deg. N |

AF | 1.723 deg. W | 47.965 deg. N |

AG | 1.796 deg. W | 47.974 deg. N |

AH | 1.78794 deg. W | 48.000 deg. N |

Interested companies may, within 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 No C 374 of 30 December 1994, page 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining rights (Journal officiel de la République française of 22 April 1995).

Additional information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry (Directorate-General of Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate of Energy and Mineral Resources, Office for Mining Legislation), 61 Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (Tel. (33) 144 97 02 30, Fax (33) 144 97 05 70).

[1] OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.

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