EN Official Journal of the European Union C 65/5

Notice 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 Kamienna Góra area

2014/C 65/04

A procedure has been opened for the granting of concessions for the prospection or exploration of oil and natural gas deposits in the Kamienna Góra area, Dolnośląskie province:

Name Block No 1992 system X Y Kamienna Góra Parts of concession blocks Nos 325 and 345 349 319 300 848 349 107 306 849 343 477 306 754 341 847 304 690 323 972 303 906 326 766 291 990 331 443 291 238 332 810 291 635 335 327 291 640 341 910 296 000 345 706 297 530

Applications must cover the same area.

Concession applications are to be submitted to 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 Kamienna Góra area is:

1. in the case of the prospection or exploration of oil and natural gas deposits: — during a three-year base period: PLN 28 920 per year, — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 34 704 per year, — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 40 488 per year;

2. in the case of the prospection and exploration of oil and natural gas deposits: — during a five-year base period: PLN 57 840 per year, — for the sixth, seventh and eighth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 69 408 per year, — for the ninth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 80 976 per year.

Applications will be opened in public at 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 the six months following closure of the application submission stage. Applicants will receive written notification of the outcome of the procedure.

Applications are to 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 prospect for or explore 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 (Departament Geologii i Koncesji Geologicznych) 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