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: 2002-03-23
Institutions: France
Subjects: French overseas department and region, Guadeloupe, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon

23.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 74/9

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 (1)

(2002/C 74/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for
oil and gas, designated as (cid:145)Permis de Concorde(cid:146).

A to B = Dividing line between France and the United Kingdom
(island of Montserrat).

B to C = Dividing line between France and the United Kingdom
(island of Antigua), to be determined.

The meridian and parallel arcs successively join vertices C to F
defined above by their geographical coordinates,
the prime
meridian being that of Greenwich.

F to G = Dividing line between France and Dominica.

G to A = Boundary of the French western exclusive economic
zone.

The following are excluded from this area: Guadeloupe, Les
Saintes, Marie Galante, Petite Terre and La DØsirade as well
the
as the zones situated up to the 12 sea-mile limit off
coasts of those islands.

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 the (cid:145)Notice
regarding the granting of mining rights for hydrocarbons in
France(cid:146), as published in Official
the European
Communities C 374 of 30 December 1994, p. 11, and estab-
lished by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining
rights (Journal officiel de la RØpublique fran(cid:231)aise of 22 April 1995).

Journal of

and

Finance

Industry

Additional information can be obtained from the Ministry of
Economic Affairs,
de
l’Øconomie, des finances et de l’industrie, direction gØnØrale
de l’Ønergie et des matiŁres premiŁres, direction des ressources
ØnergØtiques et minØrales, SD4, bureau de la lØgislation
miniŁre), 61 boulevard Vincent-Auriol, TØlØdoc 133, F-75703
Paris Cedex 13,
(33-1)
44 97 05 70).

(33-1) 44 97 02 30,

(MinistŁre

(tel.

fax

By request of 28 July 2001, which was subsequently corrected
on 10 October 2001, RSM Production Corporation, with
registered offices at 5000 South Quebec Street, Suite 500,
an exclusive
Denver, Colorado 80237 (US),
for oil and gas, designated as
five-year licence to prospect
(cid:145)Permis
around
area
17 000 km2 of
the overseas department of
Guadeloupe.

de Concorde(cid:146),

seabed off

asked for

covering

an

of

The perimeter of this licence is delimited by the following
points:

Vertex A = Point at which the boundary of the French western
exclusive economic zone intersects the dividing line between
the French and British continental shelves of
the island of
Montserrat.

Vertex B = Point at which the dividing line between the French
and British continental shelves of
the island of Montserrat
intersects the dividing line between the French and British
continental shelves of the island of Antigua, to be determined.

Vertex C = The point at which the dividing line between the
French and British continental shelves of the island of Antigua,
to be determined, intersects meridian 62(cid:176) 02’ 11’’ west.

Vertex D = Longitude: 61(cid:176) 02’ 11’’, Latitude: 16(cid:176) 35’ 39’’.

Vertex E = Longitude: 60(cid:176) 29’ 06’’, Latitude: 16(cid:176) 35’ 39’’.

Vertex F = The point at which meridian 60(cid:176) 29’ 06’’ west
intersects
French and
line
Dominican continental shelves.

between

dividing

the

the

Vertex G = The point at which the dividing line between the
French and Dominican continental
the
intersects
boundary of the French western exclusive economic zone.

shelves

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