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 (Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, entitled Permis de Foix)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-02-17
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, competition law, gas industry, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration

17.2.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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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 authorisa-
tions for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (1)

(Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, entitled
‘Permis de Foix’)

(2005/C 40/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By request of 7 October 2004, the company Encana France, with registered offices at 68, rue du Faubourg
Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris (France), asked for an exclusive licence, for a period of five years, to prospect
for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, entitled ‘Permis de Foix’, over an area of some 3 478 sq. km., partly
in the départements of Hautes Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, Ariège and Aude.

The perimeter of this licence is made up of the meridian and parallel arcs 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

M

N

LONGITUDE

2.30 deg. W

1.40 deg. W

1.40 deg. W

1.10 deg. W

1.10 deg. W

0.80 deg. W

0.80 deg. W

0.20 deg. W

0.20 deg. W

0.70 deg. W

0.70 deg. W

1.00 deg. W

1.00 deg. W

2.30 deg. W

The following are excluded from this perimeter:

The area of the Bonrepos-Montastruc concession (47,09 km2),

VERTICES

O

P

Q

R

S

T

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

LONGITUDE

2.24 deg. W

2.24 deg. W

2.20 deg. W

2.20 deg. W

2.15 deg. W

2.15 deg. W

LATITUDE

48.10 deg. N

48.10 deg. N

48.00 deg. N

48.00 deg. N

47;90 deg. N

47.90 deg. N

47.80 deg. N

47.80 deg. N

47.60 deg. N

47.60 deg. N

47.70 deg. N

47.70 deg. N

47.80 deg. N

47.80 deg. N

LATITUDE

47.98 deg. N

48.04 deg. N

48.04 deg. N

48.06 deg. N

48.06 deg. N

47.98 deg. N

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The area of the Proupiary concession (13 km2),

VERTICES

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

LONGITUDE

1.723 deg. W

1.686 deg. W

1.641 deg. W

1.640 deg. W

1.638 deg. W

1.650 deg. W

LATITUDE

47.965 deg. N

47.990 deg. N

47.981 deg. N

47.970 deg. N

47.955 deg. N

47.957 deg. N

The area of the Saint Marcet concession (39,43 km2).

VERTICES

LONGITUDE

LATITUDE

AA

AB

AC

AD

AE

AF

AG

AH

1.778 deg. W

1.716 deg. W

1.700 deg. W

1.69316 deg. W

1.686 deg. W

1.723 deg. W

1.796 deg. W

1.78794 deg. W

48.032 deg. N

48.032 deg. N

48.0096 deg. N

48.000 deg. N

47.990 deg. N

47.965 deg. N

47.974 deg. N

48.000 deg. N

Interested companies may, within ninety days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing appli-
cation 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 No C 374 of 30
December 1994, page 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995 regarding mining rights
(Journal officiel de la République française of 22 April 1995).

Additional
information can be obtained from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry
(Directorate-General of Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate of Energy and Mineral Resources, Office for
Mining Legislation), 61 Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (Tel. (33) 144 97
02 30, Fax (33) 144 97 05 70).