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 a concession to prospect for oil and gas, designated the Muehlweg concession )   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-12-30
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, exchange of information, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 332/3

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 a concession to prospect for oil and gas, designated the
‘Muehlweg concession’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 332/03)

By request of 15 May 2006 the Oelweg company, with registered offices at 6 rue du 19 mars, 67630 Schei-
benhard (France), applied for a 25-year mining concession, known as the ‘Muehlweg concession’, to prospect
for oil and gas in an area of approximately 5,3 km2 covering part of the Department of Bas-Rhin.

The perimeter of this concession 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

Longitude

6,40 degrees E

6,36 degrees E

6,36 degrees E

6,40 degrees E

Latitude

54,40 degrees N

54,40 degrees N

54,38 degrees N

54,38 degrees N

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicants and competing applicants must meet the conditions set out in Articles 3 and 4 of
Decree No 95-427 of 19 April 1995, as amended, concerning mining rights (Official Journal of the French
Republic of 22 April 1995), and as extended by Article 63 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 on
mining rights and underground storage rights.

Interested companies may, within a period of ninety days of the publication 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 No 95-427 of 19 April 1995, as amended,
concerning mining rights. Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the
address below.

The decisions on the initial application and the competing applications are based on the criteria governing
the award of mining rights, as set out in Article 5 of the said Decree, and are taken within three years of the
date on which the French authorities received the initial application, i.e. by 16 May 2009 at the latest.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Articles 79 and 79.1 of
the Mining Code and to Decree No 95-696 of
9 May 1995, as amended, relating to the start of mining operations and to the mining regulations (Official
Journal of the French Republic of 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.