EN Official Journal of the European Union C 264/30

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 ‘Poręba — Tarnawa’ area

(2015/C 264/03)

This procedure concerns the granting of concessions for the prospection and/or exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits in the ‘Poręba — Tarnawa’ area, Małopolskie province:

Name Block No PL-1992 coordinate system X Y Poręba — Tarnawa parts of concession blocks Nos 413 and 433 219 005,58 580 176,25 219 222,83 593 635,80 209 956,15 593 516,79 209 976,71 594 697,07 199 816,95 594 875,07 199 583,78 580 168,79

Applications must cover the same area.

Concession applications must be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment no later than 12:00 noon (CET/CEST) on the last day of the 90-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 ‘Poręba — Tarnawa’ area is:

a) for the prospection of oil and/or natural gas deposits: — during a three-year base period: PLN 31 192,74 per year; — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 37 431,29 per year; — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 43 669,84 per year;

b) for the exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits: — during a three-year base period: PLN 62 385,48 per year; — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 74 862,58 per year; — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 87 339,68 per year;

c) for the prospection and exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits: — during a five-year base period: PLN 62 385,48 per year; — for the sixth, seventh and eighth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 74 862,58 per year; — for the ninth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 87 339,68 per year.

The application evaluation procedure will be completed within a period of six months from the deadline for submitting applications. Applicants will receive written notification of the outcome of the procedure.

Applications must be drawn up in Polish.

The licensing authority will grant concessions for the prospection and/or exploration of oil and/or natural gas deposits in the ‘Poręba — Tarnawa’ area to the successful applicant after taking account of the opinion of the relevant authorities, and will conclude a mining usufruct contract with it.

In order to be able to carry out activity comprising the prospection or exploration of hydrocarbon deposits in Poland, an operator must hold both mining usufruct rights and a concession.

Applications should be sent to the following address:

Ministerstwo Środowiska (Ministry of the Environment) Departament Geologii i Koncesji Geologicznych (Geology and Geological Concessions Department) ul. Wawelska 52/54 00-922 Warsaw POLSKA/Poland

Information may be obtained from:

— the website of the Ministry of the Environment: www.mos.gov.pl