EN Official Journal of the European Union C 143/28

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION LICENCE DESIGNATED THE COSTA DEL SOLE LICENCE

REPUBLIC OF ITALY — REGION OF SICILY

REGIONAL MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES — REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

SERVICE — REGIONAL OFFICE FOR HYDROCARBONS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (U.R.I.G.)

2010/C 143/09

On 18 December 2009, in accordance with Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000, which transposes and implements Directive 94/22/EC, Apennine Energy s.r.l., having its registered office at Via Alberico II 31, 00193 Rome (Tax Code and VAT No 01348720358) and registered with Rome Chamber of Commerce (No 01348720358), applied to the former Regional Ministry for Industry, Via Ugo La Malfa 87/89, 90146 Palermo, the competent authority for granting mining rights in Sicily Region, for a licence to prospect for oil and gas, conventionally known as the ‘Costa del Sole’ licence, in an area extending over 4 152 ha (41,52 km2) on the southern Sicilian coast in the province of Caltanissetta. The municipalities concerned are Butera and Gela.

Along the stretch of coastline between points ‘D’ and ‘E’, this area borders on the sea and in the other directions it borders on unlicensed areas.

The prospecting area is enclosed by a continuous line marked out by seven points and a stretch of coastline between points ‘D’ and ‘E’.

The abovementioned points are defined as follows:

A. SW corner of Casa Savorni at 100 m elevation (F. 272 III NE). B. Trigonometric point at 289 m elevation at Rocca d'Adamo (F. 272 III NE). C. Trigonometric point at 75 m elevation at Torre Manfria (F. 272 III NE). D. Point where the extension of the line joining points B and C intersects the coastline (F.272 III NE). E. Point where the extension of the line joining points F and G intersects the coastline (F.272 III NW). F. Trigonometric point at 18 m elevation at Castello di Falconara (F.272 III NW). G. SW corner of Case La Tenutella at 59 m elevation (F. 272 III NE).

Geographical coordinates

Point Longitude E (M. Mario) Latitude N A 1° 42′ 23,39″ 37° 09′ 49,46″ B 1° 43′ 35,59″ 37° 09′ 41,35″ C 1° 41′ 11,19″ 37° 05′ 59,19″ D 1° 41′ 08,14″ 37° 05′ 53,11″ E 1° 35′ 57,97 37° 06′ 25,14″ F 1° 36′ 03,05″ 37° 06′ 29,39″ G 1° 38′ 33,56″ 37° 08′ 41,63″

Interested parties may submit an application for a licence for this area within 90 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. Applications received after that period will be declared inadmissible. The Decree granting the exploration licence will be issued within six months of the closing date for the submission of competing applications. As regards Article 5(1) of Directive 94/22/EC, notice is also given that the criteria on the basis of which prospection, exploration and production licences are granted have already been published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 396 of 19 December 1998, with reference to Legislative Decree of the President of the Republic No 625 of 25 November 1996 (published in Official Gazette of the Italian Republic No 293 of 14 December 1996), which transposes and implements the abovementioned Directive in Italian law, and were specified in Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000, cited above (published in Official Gazette of Sicily Region No 32 of 7 July 2000).

The conditions and requirements regarding the performance or cessation of activities are laid down in the abovementioned Sicilian Regional Law No 14 of 3 July 2000 and in the Standard Specifications issued by Decree No 91 of 30 October 2003 and Decree No 88 of 20 October 2004 of the Regional Minister for Industry and published in Official Gazette of Sicily Region Part I, No 49 of 14 November 2003 and Part I, No 46 of 5 November 2004 respectively.

The application documents have been filed at the Regional Office for Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy at the Regional Department of Energy, Via Ugo La Malfa 101, 90146 Palermo PA, ITALIA, where they may be consulted by any interested party.