EN Official Journal of the European Union C 65/3

Communication 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 Katowice-Muchowiec area

2014/C 65/03

The procedure concerns the granting of concessions for the prospection or exploration of oil and natural gas deposits in the Katowice-Muchowiec area, Śląskie province:

Name Block No 1992 layout X Y Katowice-Muchowiec Parts of concession blocks Nos 391, 390, 370 and 371 266 197 501 754 265 724 506 014,5 260 088 506 567,5 259 871 505 435 258 890 503 837 258 456 502 559,5 258 728 501 887 258 723 500 964 261 713 499 310 263 780 497 189

Applications must cover the same area.

Concession applications must be submitted to the central office of the Ministry of the Environment no later than 12 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 Katowice-Muchowiec area is:

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

2. in the case of the prospection and exploration of oil and natural gas deposits: — during a five-year base period: PLN 30 000 per year, — for the sixth, seventh and eighth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000 per year, — for the ninth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000 per year.

Applications will be opened in public at the central office of the Ministry of the Environment at 12 noon CET/CEST on the 14th working day following the expiry of the deadline for submitting applications. 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 or exploration of oil and natural gas deposits to the successful applicant after taking account of the opinion of the relevant authorities, and will conclude a mining usufruct contract with it.

The undertaking in question must hold both mining usufruct rights and a concession in order to be able to carry out activity involving the prospection and exploration of hydrocarbon deposits in Poland.

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: http://www.mos.gov.pl

— 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