Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-11-29
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, competition law, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, offshore oil structure

29.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 338/5

Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using author-
isations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (1)

(2000/C 338/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated as
(cid:145)Permis de Delta Profond du Rh(cid:244)ne(cid:146)

By request of 22 September 2000, the company Robertson Overseas Limited, with registered offices at Tyn
Y Coed, Llandudno, North Wales LL30 1SA (United Kingdom), asked for an exclusive four-year licence to
prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated as (cid:145)Permis de Delta Profond du Rh(cid:244)ne(cid:146), for a
currently undefined area of seabed off the dØpartements of Var and Bouches du Rh(cid:244)ne.

The perimeter of this licence is made up of the meridian and parallel arcs successively joining the vertices
defined below by their geographical coordinates, the original meridian being that of Paris (the Greenwich
coordinates are given for information):

Vertices

Longitude

Latitude

1

2

3

2,30 degrees E (004 24 26 E)

47,70 degrees N (042 55 48 N)

4,00 degrees E (005 56 14 E)

47,70 degrees N (042 55 48 N)

4,00 degrees E (005 56 14 E)

46,30 degrees N (041 40 12 N)

Vertex 4 = Intersection of parallel 46,30 degrees N (041 40 12 N) with the division between the French and

Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

Vertex 5 = Intersection of the meridian 2,30 degrees E (004 24 26 E) with the division between the French

and Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

4 to 5

= Division between the French and Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

Interested companies may submit a competing application within a period of 90 days from publication of
this notice in accordance with the procedure summarised in (cid:145)Notice regarding the granting of mining
rights for hydrocarbons in France(cid:146), as published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 of 30
December 1994, p. 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining rights (Journal
officiel de la RØpublique fran(cid:231)aise of 22 April 1995).

Any additional information can be obtained from the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry
(secrØtariat d’(cid:201)tat (cid:224) l’industrie, direction gØnØrale de l’Ønergie et des matiŁres premiŁres, direction des
matiŁres premiŁres et des hydrocarbures, service de conservation des gisements d’hydrocarbures), 120,
rue du Cherche-Midi, F-75353 Paris 07 SP (tel. (33-1) 43 19 53 53, fax (33-1) 43 19 54 54).

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