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: 2015-03-27
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, petroleum exploration, public contract








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27.3.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 102/5





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
(2015/C 102/05)
The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in a segment of block P10 (P10c) as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245). Block segment P10c is delimited by the great circles between vertex pairs A-B, B-C, C-D, D-E, E-F and F-G and by the boundary of the Dutch portion of the continental shelf between vertices G, H and A. The vertices are defined as follows:











Vertex


°


′


″ E


°


′


″ N




A (1)



3


6


27,449


52


29


57,125




B


3


19


55,082


52


29


57,135




C


3


19


55,091


52


24


57,125




D


3


9


55,077


52


24


57,118




E


3


9


55,086


52


19


57,109




F


2


59


55,072


52


19


57,102




G (1)



2


59


55,069


52


21


24,689




H


3


3


25,068


52


24


57,114




The above vertices are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the ETRS89 system.
Block segment P10c covers an area of 249,4 km2.
With reference to the Directive mentioned in the introduction and Article 15(2) 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 an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the abovementioned area.
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




attn.: Ms J. J. van Beek, Energy Market Directorate




Bezuidenhoutseweg 73




Postbus 20401




2500 EK Den Haag




NEDERLAND




Applications received after the expiry of 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 calling Ms van Beek on the following telephone number: +31 703796326.


(1)  approximate location