Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of 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
Date: 2009-10-14
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, disclosure of information, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, mining extraction








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14.10.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 246/11





Communication from the Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of 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
2009/C 246/08
The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in part of block F13 as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245). The area in question is to be designated block segment F13b.
With reference to the Directive mentioned in the introduction and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet) (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees (Staatsblad) 2002, No 542), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment F13b of the Dutch continental shelf.
Block segment F13b is bounded by the parallel arcs between point pairs A-B and C-D, the meridian arcs between point pairs B-C and A-E and the great circle between points D and E.
The coordinates of the points are as follows:











Point


°


′


″ E


°


′


″ N




A


4


0


0,000


54


20


0,000




B


4


20


0,000


54


20


0,000




C


4


20


0,000


54


10


0,000




D


4


1


23,000


54


10


0,000




E


4


0


0,000


54


12


58,000




The abovementioned points are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the European Terrestrial Reference System.
Block segment F13b covers an area of 398,7 km2.
The Minister for Economic Affairs is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1), 5(2) and 6(2) of the abovementioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 2002, No 542).
Applications may be submitted during the 13 weeks following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to:





The Minister for Economic Affairs




For the attention of J. C. De Groot, Director for the Energy Market




ALP/562




Bezuidenhoutseweg 30




Postbus 20101




2500 EC Den Haag




NEDERLAND




Applications received after this period will not be considered.
A decision on the applications will be taken not later than 12 months after this period has expired.
Further information can be obtained by telephoning Mr E. J. Hoppel: +31 703797088.