EN Official Journal of the European Union C 84/11

Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of 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

2009/C 84/09

The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the block segments F15b and F15c, as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245), which are to be known as F15bc.

With reference to the Directive mentioned in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segments F15bc of the Dutch continental shelf.

Block segments F15bc are bounded by the parallel arcs between point pairs A-B, C-D and E-F, by the meridian arcs between point pairs B-C, D-E and F-A, the parallel arcs between point pairs G-H and I-J, the meridian arcs between point pairs H-I, L-M and O-P and the great circles between point pairs J-K, K-L, M-N and N-O.

The coordinates of the points are as follows:

A 54° 20′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 40′ 00,000″ Longitude E B 54° 20′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 43′ 00,000″ Longitude E C 54° 16′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 43′ 00,000″ Longitude E D 54° 16′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 46′ 00,000″ Longitude E E 54° 12′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 46′ 00,000″ Longitude E F 54° 12′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 40′ 00,000″ Longitude E G 54° 20′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 56′ 00,000″ Longitude E H 54° 20′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 05° 00′ 00,000″ Longitude E I 54° 10′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 05° 00′ 00,000″ Longitude E J 54° 10′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 52′ 00,000″ Longitude E K 54° 11′ 25,898″ Latitude N and 04° 53′ 25,794″ Longitude E L 54° 10′ 15,000″ Latitude N and 04° 55′ 00,000″ Longitude E M 54° 12′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 55′ 00,000″ Longitude E N 54° 12′ 28,175″ Latitude N and 04° 54′ 28,068″ Longitude E O 54° 14′ 00,000″ Latitude N and 04° 56′ 00,000″ Longitude E

The abovementioned points are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the European Terrestrial Reference System.

Block segments F15bc cover an area of 165,42 km2.

The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the abovementioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).

Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to:

The Minister for Economic Affairs, For the attention of J.C. De Groot, Director for the Energy Market, ALP A/562 Postbus 20101, 2500 EC Den Haag NETHERLAND

Applications received after this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after this period has expired.

Further information can be obtained by telephoning Mr P.C. de Regt: +31 70 379 7382.