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: 2017-11-28
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, North Sea, continental shelf, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, petroleum exploration, public contract, security of supply








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28.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 403/6





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
(2017/C 403/06)
The Minister for Economic Affairs hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block F06c and F06d as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) (Government Gazette (Staatscourant) 2002, No 245).
The authorisation to prospect in block F06c and F06d consists of two block segments:

Block segment F06c is delimited by the great circles between vertex pairs A-B, B-C, C-D, D-E, E-F, F-G and A-G.

Block segment F06d is delimited by the great circles between vertex pairs H-I, I-J, J-K and H-K.
The vertices are defined as follows:











Vertex


°


′


″ E.L.


°


′


″ N.L.




A


4


39


54,930 


54


47


34,459 




B


4


45


19,442 


54


45


48,159 




C


4


45


19,449 


54


42


10,152 




D


4


50


7,356 


54


42


32,356 




E


4


54


29,963 


54


42


32,359 




F


4


54


29,968 


54


39


57,454 




G


4


39


54,945 


54


39


57,444 




H


4


44


54,932 


54


49


57,467 




I


4


49


56,94 


54


49


57,471 




J


4


49


56,942 


54


48


57,469 




K


4


43


24,932 


54


48


57,464 




The above vertices are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the ETRS89 system.
Block segment F06c covers an area of 117,9 km2.
Block segment F06d covers an area of 11,5 km2.
With reference to the Directive referred to 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 segments of block F06c and F06d of the Dutch continental shelf as described above.
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. Mr J.L. Rosch, Energy and Environment Directorate




Bezuidenhoutseweg 73




PO Box 20401




2500 EK The Hague




THE NETHERLANDS




Applications received after the expiry of this period will not be considered.
A decision on the applications will be taken no later than 12 months after this period has expired.
Further information can be obtained by calling Ms K.J.J.M. Mulder on the following telephone number: +31 703786524.