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 an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the ‘Mirande Licence’ )  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-02-23
Institutions: France
Subjects: France, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration, public contract








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23.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 54/6





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 an exclusive licence to prospect for oil and gas, designated the ‘Mirande Licence’)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 54/06
On 18 March 2011, GAS2GriD Ltd, a company with registered offices at Level 7, 10 Barrack Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, applied for an exclusive five-year licence, designated the ‘Mirande Licence’, to prospect for oil and gas in part of the Haute-Garonne, Gers and Hautes-Pyrénées departments.
The perimeter of the area covered by this licence consists of the meridian and parallel arcs connecting in turn the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in grads, the meridian of origin being the Paris meridian.







Point


Longitude west


Latitude north




A


2,40


48,50




B


1,30


48,50




C


1,30


48,30




D


1,20


48,30




E


1,20


48,20




F


1,10


48,20




G


1,10


48,00




H


1,40


48,00




I


1,40


48,10




J


2,20


48,10




K


2,20


48,30




L


2,30


48,30




M


2,30


48,40




N


2,40


48,40




The area as defined above covers approximately 3 292 km2.

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicants and competing applicants must prove that they meet the requirements for obtaining the licence, as specified in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (Official Journal of the French Republic, 3 June 2006).
Interested companies may, within 90 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 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (Official Journal of the French Republic, 3 June 2006).
Competing applications must be sent to the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy at the address given below.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Articles 79 and 79.1 of the French Mining Code and to Decree No 2006-649 of 2 June 2006 (as amended) on mining and underground storage operations and the regulations governing mining and underground storage (Official Journal of the French Republic, 3 June 2006).
Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy:
Direction générale de l’énergie et du climat — Direction de l’énergie, Bureau exploration et production des hydrocarbures, Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, 92055 La Défense cedex, France, Tel. +33 140819527.
The abovementioned laws and regulations can be consulted on the Légifrance website: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr


(1)  OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.