EN Official Journal of the European Union C 159/3

Notice from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Italian Republic pursuant to Article 3(2)(b) 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 159/03

The Ministry of Economic Development has received an application for a hydrocarbon prospecting licence from Exploenergy Srl, trading as ‘Castiglione di Cervia’, in respect of an area in the Emilia-Romagna region, specifically in the provinces of Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena, delimited by meridian and parallel arcs which, in turn, connect the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in grads:

Point Longitude grad west measured from the Monte Mario meridian Latitude grad north A – 0°15′ 44°24′ B – 0°11′ 44°24′ C – 0°11′ 44°23′ D Intersection of parallel 44°23′ and the shore line at low tide E Intersection of the shore line at low tide and parallel 44°12′ F – 0°16′ 44°12′ G – 0°16′ 44°14′ H – 0°20′ 44°14′ I – 0°20′ 44°16′ L – 0°21′ 44°16′ M – 0°21′ 44°20′ N – 0°12′ 44°20′ O – 0°12′ 44°21′ P – 0°13′ 44°21′ Q – 0°13′ 44°22′ R – 0°14′ 44°22′ S – 0°14′ 44°23′ T – 0°15′ 44°23′

The boundaries of the licence application are described from the shore line at low tide (vertexes ‘D’ to ‘E’).

The abovementioned coordinates are based on the maps produced by the Military Geographical Institute (Istituto Geografico Militare — I.G.M.) — map of Italy on a scale of 1:100 000, pages 89 and 100.

On the basis of this description of the boundaries, the surface area is 331,90 km2.

In accordance with the abovementioned Directive, Article 4 of Legislative Decree No 625 of 25 November 1996, the Ministerial Decree of 4 March 2011 and Directorial Decree of 22 March 2011, the Ministry of Economic Development must publish a notice to enable other interested persons to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for the same area described above.

The authority responsible for issuing the relevant prospecting licence is Division VI of the Directorate-General for Mineral and Energy Resources of the Department of Energy at the Ministry of Economic Development.

The rules for granting the mineralogical licence are laid down in the following provisions:

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 timelimit for submitting applications is three months after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Applications received after the expiry of this period will not be considered.

The address to which applications must be submitted is:

Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico Dipartimento per l’Energia Direzione generale per le risorse minerarie ed energetiche Divisione VI Via Molise 2 00187 Roma RM ITALIA

The application may also be submitted by e-mail to the following address: ene.rme.div.6@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.

In accordance with point 2 of Annex A to Prime Ministerial Decree No 22 of 22 December 2010, the overall duration of the procedure for the granting of prospecting licences must not exceed 180 days.