EN Official Journal of the European Union C 27/10

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 an application for a mining claim to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Faÿ mining claim’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 27/05

By request of 13 January 2011, société pétrolière de production et d’exploitation (SPPE), with registered offices at ZA Pense Folie, 45220 Château-Renard, France, applied for a 25-year mining claim, designated the ‘Faÿ mining claim’, to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 17,5 km2 covering the department of Seine-et-Marne (51).

The perimeter of the area covered by this licence consists of the meridian and parallel arcs connecting in turn the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in grads, the meridian of origin being the Paris meridian.

Point Longitude East Latitude North A 00,31 53,89 B 00,359 53,89 C 00,365 53,85 D 00,365 53,84 E 00,31 53,84

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicants and competing applicants must prove that they meet the requirements for obtaining the licence, as specified in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (Official Journal of the French Republic, 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 of 30 December 1994, page 11, and established by Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (Official Journal of the French Republic, 3 June 2006).

Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the address below. Decisions on the initial application and competing applications will be taken within two years of the date on which the French authorities received the initial application, i.e. by 17 January 2014 at the latest.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Article 79 and Article 79(1) of the French Mining Code and to Decree No 2006-649 of 2 June 2006 on mining and underground storage operations and the regulations governing mining and underground storage (Official Journal of the French Republic, 3 June 2006).

Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing at the following address:

Direction générale de l'énergie et du climat, direction de l’énergie, sous-direction de la sécurité d’approvisionnement et nouveaux produits énergétiques Grande Arche de la Défense — Paroi Nord, 92055 La Défense cedex France (telephone: +33 140819529).

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.