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 for a concession to prospect for oil and gas, designated the Nesles concession) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-20
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, exploitation of resources, gas industry, hydrocarbon, oil industry, petroleum exploration

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 66/12)

On 18 September 2008, Geopetrol SA, a company with registered offices at 9, rue Nicolas Copernic, BP 20,
Le Blanc-Mesnil Cedex (France), applied for a ten-year licence, designated the ‘Nesles concession’, to prospect
for oil and gas in an area of approximately 11,27 km2 in the department of Seine-et-Marne.

The perimeter of this licence is made up of the meridian and parallel arcs joining the vertices defined below
by their geographical coordinates (NTF, Paris meridian):

Vertex

A

B

C

D

E

F

Longitude
(degrees east)

Latitude
(degrees north)

0,70

0,72

0,72

0,69

0,69

0,70

54,15

54,15

54,09

54,09

54,14

54,14

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicants and competing applicants must meet the requirements for obtaining the licence, speci-
fied in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and underground
storage rights (Journal officiel de la République française of 3 June 2006).

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 the 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 underground storage
rights. Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the address below.

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

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The decisions on the initial application and the competing applications will be based on the criteria
governing the award of mining rights, as set out in Article 6 of the abovementioned Decree, and will be
taken by 23 September 2011 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 (code minier) and to Decree No 2006-649
of 2 June 2006 on mining and underground storage operations and the regulations governing mining and
underground storage (décret relatif aux travaux miniers, aux travaux de stockage souterrain et à la police des mines et
des stockages souterrains) (Journal officiel de la République française of 3 June 2006).

Further information can be obtained from the following address: Ministère de l'écologie, de l'énergie, du
développement durable et de l'aménagement du territoire (Direction générale de l'énergie et climat, Direction
de l'énergie, Sous-direction de la sécurité d'approvisionnement et des nouveaux produits energétiques,
bureau exploration production des hydrocarbures), 41, boulevard Vincent Auriol, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13
(tel. (33) 153 94 14 81, fax (33) 153 94 14 40).

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