EN Official Journal of the European Union C 342/4

Communication 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 ‘Międzyzdroje’ area

(2016/C 342/06)

This procedure concerns the granting of a concession for the prospection or exploration of the ‘Międzyzdroje’ natural gas deposit in Zachodniopomorskie province:

Name Block No No 1992 coordinate system X Y Międzyzdroje part of concession block No 81 1 683 210,46 200 143,19 2 683 138,11 200 422,06 3 681 684,10 200 077,42 4 680 280,86 198 531,93 5 680 274,37 198 132,30 6 679 655,67 195 452,37 7 679 964,72 193 611,06 8 681 966,10 193 765,85 between point 8 and point 1, the boundary of the concession area follows the coastline and coincides with the boundaries of the municipalities of Świnoujście and Międzyzdroje.

Applications must cover the same area.

Concession applications must be submitted to the central office of the Ministry of the Environment no later than 12:00 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 (40 %);

b) the applicant’s technical and financial capacities (50 %);

c) the fee proposed for the establishment of mining usufruct rights (10 %).

The minimum fee for the establishment of mining usufruct rights for the ‘Międzyzdroje’ area is:

1. for prospection of natural gas deposits: — during a three-year base period: PLN 10 000,00 per year; — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 10 000,00 per year; — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 10 000,00 per year;

2. for exploration of natural gas deposits: — during a three-year base period: PLN 20 000,00 per year; — for the fourth and fifth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 20 000,00 per year; — for the sixth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 20 000,00 per year;

3. for prospection and exploration of natural gas deposits: — during a five-year base period: PLN 30 000,00 per year; — for the sixth, seventh and eighth years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000,00 per year; — for the ninth and subsequent years of validity of a mining usufruct contract: PLN 30 000,00 per year;

The application evaluation procedure will be completed within a period of six months after the deadline for submitting applications expires. 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 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.

In order to be able to carry out activity involving 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 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: www.mos.gov.pl

— Departament Geologii i Koncesji Geologicznych (Geology and Geological Concessions Department) Ministerstwo Środowiska (Ministry of the Environment) ul. Wawelska 52/54 00-922 Warszawa POLSKA/POLAND Tel. +48 223692449 Fax +48 223692460 Email: dgikg@mos.gov.pl