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 to extend the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons designated the  Lavignolle licence )   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-28
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, exploitation of resources, gas industry, hydrocarbon, oil industry, petroleum exploration

C 331/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2005

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 to extend the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons desig-
nated the ‘Lavignolle licence’)

(2005/C 331/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

By request of 2 August 2005, Marex Petroleum Corporation (dba Marex, Inc.), a company with registered
offices at 11711 Memorial Drive, Suite 258, Texas 77024 Houston (United States), and Etablissements
Maurel & Prom, a company with registered offices at 12, rue Volney, 75002 Paris (France), applied for an
extension of the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons designated the ‘Lavignolle
licence’ in an area of approximately 71 km2 covering part of the department of Gironde.

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

LONGITUDE

A

B

C

D

3.70° E

3.60° E

3.60° E

3.70° E

LATITUDE

49.60° N

49.60° N

49.50° N

49.50° N

Submission of applications

The initial applicants and competing applicants must prove that they comply with the requirements for
obtaining the licence, defined in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995, as amended,
concerning mining rights.

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 C 374 of 30 December
1994, page 11, and established by Decree 95-427 of 19 April 1995, as amended, concerning mining
rights (Journal officiel de la République française, 22 April 1995).

Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the address below. Decisions
on the initial application and competing applications will be taken within two years of the date on which
the French authorities received the initial application, i.e. by 4 August 2007 at the latest.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Interested companies are referred to Articles 79 and 79.1 of the mining code and Decree No 95-696 of
9 May 1995, as amended, on the start of mining operations and the mining regulations (Journal officiel de la
République française, 11 May 1995).

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) 144 97
23 02, fax (33) 144 97 05 70).

The abovementioned laws and regulations can be consulted at http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr.

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