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: 2001-05-11
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, exchange of information, exploitation of the sea-bed, hydrocarbon, location of production, offshore oil structure

11.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 138/5

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)

(2001/C 138/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the
(cid:145)Rh(cid:244)ne Maritime Licence(cid:146)

By request of 16 February 2001, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (UK) Limited, with registered offices
at 21/21A Goldington Road, Bedford MK43 8PL, United Kingdom, applied for an exclusive four-year
licence, designated the (cid:145)Rh(cid:244)ne Maritime Licence(cid:146), to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in a
currently undefined area of seabed off the departments of Var and Bouches du Rh(cid:244)ne.

The perimeter of the area covered by 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

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

2,30 degrees E (4(cid:176) 24’ 26’’ E)

47,80 degrees N (43(cid:176) 01’ 12’’ N)

3,20 degrees E (5(cid:176) 13’ 02’’ E)

47,80 degrees N (43(cid:176) 01’ 12’’ N)

3,20 degrees E (5(cid:176) 13’ 02’’ E)

47,70 degrees N (42(cid:176) 55’ 48’’ N)

3,50 degrees E (5(cid:176) 29’ 14’’ E)

47,70 degrees N (42(cid:176) 55’ 48’’ N)

3,50 degrees E (5(cid:176) 29’ 14’’ E)

47,60 degrees N (42(cid:176) 50’ 24’’ N)

4,00 degrees E (5(cid:176) 56’ 14’’ E)

47,60 degrees N (42(cid:176) 50’ 24’’ N)

4,00 degrees E (5(cid:176) 56’ 14’’ E)

47,50 degrees N (42(cid:176) 45’ 00’’ N)

5,30 degrees E (7(cid:176) 06’ 26’’ E)

47,50 degrees N (42(cid:176) 45’ 00’’ N)

Vertex I = intersection of the meridian 5,30 degrees E (7(cid:176) 6’ 26’’ E) with the division between the French
and Italian continental shelves, to be determined.

Vertex J = intersection of
to be
determined, with the division between the French and Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

the division between the French and Italian continental shelves,

Vertex K = intersection of the meridian 2,30 degrees E (4(cid:176) 24’ 26’’ E) with the division between the French
and Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

I to J = division between the French and Italian continental shelves, to be determined.

K to J = division between the French and Spanish continental shelves, to be determined.

Interested companies may, within 90 days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing application
in accordance with the procedure summarised in the (cid:145)Notice regarding the granting of mining rights for
hydrocarbons in France(cid:146) published in the 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).

Competing applications will be accepted only for areas outside the perimeter requested by Robertson
Overseas Limited in its application for the (cid:145)Delta Profond du Rh(cid:244)ne Licence(cid:146), in respect of which the
deadline for competing applications expired on 26 February 2001 (see notice published in Official Journal
of the European Communities C 338 of 29 November 2000, p. 5).

Additional
information can be obtained from the Ministry of 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.