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: 2001-02-10
Institutions: France
Subjects: Martinique, hydrocarbon, import licence, location of production, management of resources, petroleum exploration

C 44/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

10.2.2001

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)

(2001/C 44/05)

(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 Caravelle(cid:146)

By request of 10 July 2000, the company RSM Production Corporation, with registered offices at 5000 S.
Quebec Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80237 (USA), asked for an exclusive five-year licence to
prospect
for a currently
undefined area of seabed off the overseas department of Martinique.

for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated as (cid:145)Permis de Caravelle(cid:146),

The licence covers an area bounded by a line sequentially joining the points defined below by their
geographical coordinates, the prime meridian being that of Greenwich:

Points

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Longitude

62(cid:176) 41’ 34’’ W
60(cid:176) 27’ 50’’ W
60(cid:176) 27’ 50’’ W
60(cid:176) 16’ 16’’ W
60(cid:176) 16’ 16’’ W
60(cid:176) 03’ 15’’ W
60(cid:176) 03’ 15’’ W
59(cid:176) 52’ 03’’ W
59(cid:176) 52’ 03’’ W
59(cid:176) 24’ 56’’ W
59(cid:176) 24’ 56’’ W
59(cid:176) 58’ 12’’ W
62(cid:176) 41’ 56’’ W

Latitude

14(cid:176) 29’ 47’’ N
15(cid:176) 23’ 10’’ N
15(cid:176) 04’ 30’’ N
15(cid:176) 04’ 30’’ N
14(cid:176) 54’ 27’’ N
14(cid:176) 54’ 27’’ N
14(cid:176) 35’ 25’’ N
14(cid:176) 35’ 25’’ N
14(cid:176) 58’ 51’’ N
14(cid:176) 58’ 51’’ N
14(cid:176) 24’ 19’’ N
14(cid:176) 10’ 13’’ N
14(cid:176) 10’ 13’’ N

The dividing line between France and Dominica is the line joining points 1 and 2.

The lines of longitude and latitude join points 2 to 11 sequentially as defined above by their geographical
coordinates, the prime meridian being that of Greenwich.

The dividing line between France and Barbados, to be defined,

is the line joining points 11 and 12.

The dividing line between France and St Lucia is the line joining points 12 and 13.

The boundary of the western exclusive economic zone is the line joining point 13 to point 1.

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).

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.