Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 Claracq licence ) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-05-15
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, energy site, exchange of information, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting

C 109/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.5.2007

Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations 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 ‘Claracq licence’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 109/15)

By request of 27 November 2006, Celtique Energie Petroleum Ltd., a company with registered offices at Saffrey
Champness, Lion House, Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4GB (UK), applied for an extension of the exclu-
sive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Claracq licence’, in an area of
approximately 102 km2 forming part of the department of Pyrénées Atlantiques.

The perimeter of the area covered by this extension 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

Longitude

3.10 degrees W

3.10 degrees W

2.90 degrees W

2.90 degrees W

Latitude

48.20 degrees N

48.13 degrees N

48.13 degrees N

48.20 degrees N

Submission of applications

The initial applicant and competing applicants must prove that they meet 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 (French Official Journal of 22 April 1995).

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 2006-648 concerning mining rights and under-
ground storage rights. 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 28 November 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 (French Official Journal
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

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