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 to prospect for, exploit and extract hydrocarbons (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-07-24
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, patents licence

C 206/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.7.2001

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 to prospect for, exploit and extract hydrocarbons (1)

(2001/C 206/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the
(cid:145)Saint Laurent Licence(cid:146)

By request of 26 April 2001, Egdon Resources (New Ventures) Limited, with registered offices at Suite 2,
90-96 High Street, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1LP, United Kingdom, Sterling Resources (UK) Limited, with
registered offices at Suite 2, 90-96 High Street, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1LP, United Kingdom, and
Eagle Energy Limited, with registered offices at 21 Beresford Avenue, East Twickenham, TW1 2PY, United
Kingdom, applied for an exclusive four-year licence, designated the (cid:145)Saint Laurent Licence(cid:146) to prospect for
liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 1 230 square kilometres in the departments
of the Landes and PyrØnØes Atlantiques.

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:

Vertices

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

Longitude

3,70 degrees W

3,40 degrees W

3,40 degrees W

3,10 degrees W

3,10 degrees W

2,90 degrees W

2,90 degrees W

3,10 degrees W

3,10 degrees W

3,50 degrees W

3,50 degrees W

3,70 degrees W

Latitude

48,40 degrees N

48,40 degrees N

48,50 degrees N

48,50 degrees N

48,60 degrees N

48,60 degrees N

48,80 degrees N

48,80 degrees N

48,70 degrees N

48,70 degrees N

48,60 degrees N

48,60 degrees N

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).

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 la lØgislation miniŁre), 61, boulevard Vincent-Auriol,
TØlØdoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13, tel. (33-1) 44 97 09 06, fax (33-1) 44 97 05 70.

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