EN Official Journal of the European Union C 354/13

Communication from the French Government 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 (1)

(Notice regarding applications for exclusive licences to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (‘the Seille licence’ and ‘the Albe licence’))

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 354/09

On 29 April 2013, Elixir Petroleum (Moselle) Ltd, represented in France by Mr Philippe LABAT — Société Thermopyles SAS of 50, rue du Midi, 94300 Vincennes (France), applied for two exclusive five-year licences to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (‘the Seille licence’ and ‘the Albe licence’) in the departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Moselle.

The perimeter of the area covered by these licences consists of the meridian and parallel arcs successively joining the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in grads, the prime meridian being that of Paris.

Seille licence Point Longitude east Latitude north A 4,10 gr E 54,50 gr N B 4,60 gr E 54,50 gr N C 4,60 gr E 54,40 gr N D 4,40 gr E 54,40 gr N E 4,40 gr E 54,20 gr N F 4,10 gr E 54,20 gr N





Albe licence Point Longitude east Latitude north A 4,80 gr E 54,50 gr N B 4,90 gr E 54,50 gr N C 4,90 gr E 54,40 gr N D 5,00 gr E 54,40 gr N E 5,00 gr E 54,30 gr N F 4,80 gr E 54,30 gr N

The area thus defined covered by the Seille licence is approximately 726 km2, that covered by the Albe licence approximately 198 km2.

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicants and competing applicants must prove that they comply with the requirements for obtaining licences set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) on mining rights and underground storage rights (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

Interested companies may, within 90 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 C 374, 30 December 1994, p. 11, and established by Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) on mining rights and underground storage rights (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

Competing applications must be sent to the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy at the address given below. Decisions on the initial application and any competing applications will be taken within two years of the date on which the French authorities received the initial application, i.e. by 18 May 2015 at the latest.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Articles 79 and 79.1 of the Mining Code and to Decree No 2006-649 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) on mining and underground storage operations and the regulations governing mining and underground storage (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

Further information can be obtained from the following address:

Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie, direction générale de l’énergie et du climat — direction de l’énergie, bureau exploration et production des hydrocarbures, Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, 92055 La Défense Cedex, France — tel. +33 140819527.

The abovementioned laws and regulations can be consulted on the Légifrance website: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

(1) OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.