EN Official Journal of the European Union C 248/3

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 an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the ‘Moustey Licence’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 248/03

On 16 July 2012, Investaq Énergie SAS, a company with registered offices at 32 avenue Hoche, 75008 Paris (France), applied for an exclusive five-year licence, designated the ‘Moustey Licence’, to prospect for oil and gas in an area of approximately 1 336 km2 covering part of the departments of Gironde and Landes.

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 NTF – meridian of origin Paris RGF93 – meridian of origin Greenwich Longitude West Latitude North Longitude West Latitude North A 3,80 gr 49,50 gr 1°05′01″ 44°33′00″ B 3,40 gr 49,50 gr 0°43′25″ 44°33′00″ C 3,40 gr 49,40 gr 0°43′25″ 44°27′36″ D 3,20 gr 49,40 gr 0°32′37″ 44°27′36″ E 3,20 gr 49,10 gr 0°32′37″ 44°11′24″ F 3,60 gr 49,10 gr 0°54′13″ 44°11′24″ G 3,60 gr 49,20 gr 0°54′13″ 44°13′48″ H 3,70 gr 49,20 gr 0°59′37″ 44°13′48″ I 3,70 gr 49,22 gr 0°59′37″ 44°17′53″ J 3,69 gr 49,22 gr 0°59′05″ 44°17′53″ K 3,69 gr 49,23 gr 0°59′05″ 44°18′25″ L 3,65 gr 49,23 gr 0°56′55″ 44°18′25″ M 3,65 gr 49,25 gr 0°56′55″ 44°19′30″ N 3,70 gr 49,25 gr 0°59′37″ 44°19′30″ O 3,70 gr 49,30 gr 0°59′37″ 44°22′12″ P 3,78 gr 49,30 gr 1°03′56″ 44°22′12″ Q 3,79 gr 49,304 gr 1°04′29″ 44°22′25″ R 3,80 gr 49,304 gr 1°05′01″ 44°22′25″

The following are excluded from that perimeter:

The area of the Mothes concession (8,58 km2)

Point NTF – meridian of origin Paris RGF93 – meridian of origin Greenwich Longitude West Latitude North Longitude West Latitude North A′ 3,66 gr 49,32 gr 0°57′27″ 44°23′17″ B′ 3,62 gr 49,32 gr 0°55′18″ 44°23′17″ C′ 3,62 gr 49,30 gr 0°55′18″ 44°22′12″ D′ 3,64 gr 49,30 gr 0°56′22″ 44°22′12″ E′ 3,64 gr 49,29 gr 0°56′22″ 44°21′39″ F′ 3,67 gr 49,29 gr 0°58′00″ 44°21′39″ G′ 3,67 gr 49,31 gr 0°58′00″ 44°22′44″ H′ 3,66 gr 49,31 gr 0°57′27″ 44°22′44″

The area of the Lugos concession (11,52 km2)

Point NTF – meridian of origin Paris RGF93 – meridian of origin Greenwich Longitude West Latitude North Longitude West Latitude North A″ 3,61 gr 49,43 gr 0°54′45″ 44°29′13″ B″ 3,55 gr 49,43 gr 0°51′31″ 44°29′13″ C″ 3,55 gr 49,42 gr 0°51′31″ 44°28′41″ D″ 3,54 gr 49,42 gr 0°50′58″ 44°28′41″ E″ 3,54 gr 49,40 gr 0°50′58″ 44°27′36″ F″ 3,57 gr 49,40 gr 0°52′36″ 44°27′36″ G″ 3,57 gr 49,41 gr 0°52′36″ 44°28′08″ H″ 3,61 gr 49,41 gr 0°54′45″ 44°28′08″

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicant 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 (as amended) concerning 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 the 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 (as amended) concerning 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.

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 (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 Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy:

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 Tel. +33 140819527.

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

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