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 concerning an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the Ledeuix Licence ) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-03-31
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, exchange of information, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION
POLICY

COMMISSION

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 concerning an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the ‘Ledeuix Licence’ )

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 74/08)

By request of 28 July 2006, Exceed Energy France SAS, a company with registered offices at 38, rue du
Berry, F-75008 Paris, applied for a five-year exclusive licence, designated the ‘Ledeuix Licence’, to prospect
for oil and gas in an area of around 1 440 km2 covering part of the departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
and Landes.

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

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

Longitude

3,80° W

3,50° W

3,50° W

3,28° W

3,28° W

3,14° W

3,14° W

3,90° W

3,90° W

3,80° W

Latitude

48,20° N

48,20° N

48,194° N

48,15° N

48,06° N

48,06° N

48,00° N

48,00° N

48,90° N

48,90° N

Vertices C to D = south-western limit of the Lacq concession

Submission of applications

The initial applicant and competing applicants must prove that they comply with the requirements for
obtaining the licence, as specified in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning
mining rights and underground storage rights.

Interested companies may, within ninety days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing applica-
tion 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 No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and
underground storage rights (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

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

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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 by 28 September 2008 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 2006-649 of 2 June
2006 on mining operations, underground storage and the regulations governing them (Journal officiel de la
République française of 3 June 2006).

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 (telephone: (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