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: 2002-09-25
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, management of resources

25.9.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 228/13

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)

(2002/C 228/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Notice regarding applications for exclusive licences to prospect
‘Château-Landon licence’, ‘Aufferville licence’ and ‘Nemours licence’

for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated

By request of 30 May 2002, Vermilion Rep SA, with registered offices at Route de Pontenx, BP 5, F-40161
Parentis en Born, applied for an exclusive five-year licence, designated the ‘Château-Landon licence’, to
prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 1 379 km2 forming part of the
departments of Seine et Marne, Essonne and Loiret.

By request of 21 June 2002, Madison Energy France SCS, with registered offices at 13/15 boulevard de la
Madeleine, F-75001 Paris, applied for an exclusive three-year licence, designated the ‘Aufferville licence’, to
prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 201 km2, in partial competition
with the application for the Château-Landon licence, forming part of the departments of Seine et Marne
and Loiret.

By request of 28 June 2002, Madison Energy France SCS, with registered offices at 13/15 boulevard de la
Madeleine, F-75001 Paris, applied for an exclusive three-year licence, designated the ‘Nemours licence’, to
prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 200 km2, in partial competition
with the application for the Château-Landon licence, forming part of the departments of Seine et Marne
and Loiret.

The areas covered by these licences are contained within a perimeter 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

Longitude

0,00 degrees E

0,30 degrees E

0,30 degrees E

0,60 degrees E

0,60 degrees E

0,00 degrees E

Latitude

53,80 degrees N

53,80 degrees N

53,70 degrees N

53,70 degrees N

53,40 degrees N

53,40 degrees N

The perimeter of the Villemer Concession (21,55 km2) is excluded from this area:

Vertices

Aa

Ab

Longitude

0,49 degrees E

0,55 degrees E

Latitude

53,69 degrees N

53,69 degrees N

Vertex Ac = intersection of meridian 0,55 degrees E and the straight line between the tower in Arcis sur
Aube (Aube) and the tower in Nemours (Seine et Marne).

Vertex Ad = intersection of parallel 53,65 degrees N (044 33 00 N) with the straight line between the
tower in Arcis sur Aube (Aube) and the tower in Nemours (Seine et Marne).

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

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Vertices

Ae

Af

Ag

Ah

Ai

Longitude

0,45 degrees E

0,45 degrees E

0,47 degrees E

0,47 degrees E

0,49 degrees E

Latitude

53,65 degrees N

53,67 degrees N

53,67 degrees N

53,68 degrees N

53,68 degrees N

Vertex Ac to vertex Ad = straight line.

Interested companies may, within 90 days of
this notice, submit a competing
application in accordance with the procedure summarised in the notice regarding the granting of
mining rights for hydrocarbons in France 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 République française of 22 April 1995).

the publication of

Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry (Direc-
torate-General for Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate for Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of
Mining Legislation), 61, Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (tel.
(33-1)
44 97 02 30, fax (33-1) 44 97 05 70).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2943 — Vestar Capital Partners/Cardo Rail)

(2002/C 228/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 13 September 2002 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2943. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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