EN Official Journal of the European Union C 299/5

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 ‘Strzeżewo’ area

2014/C 299/07

The procedure concerns the granting of a concession for the prospection or exploration of the ‘Wrzosowo’ natural gas deposit in the ‘Strzeżewo’ area in Zachodniopomorskie province:

Name Block No PL-1992 coordinate system X Y Strzeżewo part of concession block No 62 689 528,96 227 237,17 690 798,88 225 393,19 692 818,47 226 893,28 691 449,37 228 736,52

Applications must cover the above area.

Concession applications must be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment no later than 12.00 noon (CET/CEST) on the last day of the 91-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:

(a) the technology proposed for the work (50 %);

(b) the technical and financial capacities of the applicant (40 %);

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

The minimum fee for the establishment of mining usufruct rights for the ‘Strzeżewo’ area is:

1. for prospection of the natural gas deposit: — during the three-year base period: PLN 10 000,00 per year, — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 10 000,00 per year, — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 10 000,00 per year;

2. for exploration of the natural gas deposit: — during the three-year base period: PLN 20 000,00 per year, — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 20 000,00 per year, — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 20 000,00 per year;

3. for prospection and exploration of the natural gas deposit: — during the five-year base period: PLN 30 000,00 per year, — for the sixth, seventh and eighth years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000,00 per year, — for the ninth and subsequent years of validity of the mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000,00 per year.

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

Applications must be drawn up in Polish.

The licensing authority will grant the concession for the prospection or exploration of the ‘Wrzosowo’ natural gas deposit to the successful applicant after taking account of the opinion of the relevant authorities, and will conclude a mining usufruct contract with that applicant.

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 following address:

Ministry of the Environment Geology and Geological Concessions Department 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 Warszawa POLSKA/POLAND Tel. +48 225792449 Fax +48 225792460 E-mail: dgikg@mos.gov.pl