Notice from the Walloon Government concerning applications for an exclusive licence to exploit gaseous hydrocarbons (‘South-Charleroi licence’) 2020/C 372/05
Date: 2020-11-04
Institutions: Belgium
Subjects: Belgium, Province of Hainault, extraction of oil, gas field, hydrocarbon, mineral prospecting, public contract, security of supply








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4.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 372/13






Notice from the Walloon Government concerning applications for an exclusive licence to exploit gaseous hydrocarbons (‘South-Charleroi licence’)
(2020/C 372/05)
This notice applies to the area corresponding to three of the former pits of ‘Charbonnages de Monceau-Fontaine’: former pit No 19 ‘Bas Long Prés’ in Marchienne-au-Pont, former pit No 23 ‘Cerisier’ in Marcinelle and former pit No 24 ‘Fiestaux’ in Couillet. It concerns the exploitation of mine gas contained in the voids left by previous mining activity.
The boundaries are defined as follows using the Lambert 72 coordinates system:







Points


X [m]


Y [m]




1


152 132 


123 126 




2


153 955 


122 474 




3


153 921 


122 280 




4


154 572 


121 753 




5


155 653 


121 550 




6


157 064 


120 821 




7


157 880 


120 633 




8


158 403 


119 595 




9


158 748 


119 047 




10


158 722 


117 155 




11


157 045 


116 198 




12


157 039 


117 804 




13


156 324 


119 247 




14


155 331 


119 142 




15


154 554 


118 607 




16


154 038 


118 602 




17


154 165 


116 909 




18


153 485 


116 828 




19


152 995 


117 176 




20


152 916 


117 161 




21


151 972 


117 375 




22


152 174 


118 454 




23


151 575 


118 552 




24


151 320 


119 581 




25


152 025 


119 902 




26


152 066 


119 947 




27


150 788 


120 206 




28


149 003 


119 572 




29


148 285 


119 971 




30


147 939 


123 371 




Gas prospection and exploitation is governed by Royal Decree No 83 of 28 November 1939 on the prospection and exploitation of bituminous rock, oil and fuel gases.
The Walloon Minister for the Environment, Nature, Forestry, the Countryside and Animal Welfare invites parties interested in the aforementioned prospection and exploitation to submit an application for a licence within 90 days of publication of this notice, in accordance with the instructions below.
The conditions for submitting an application are specified in Article 6 of the Walloon Government Decree of 19 March 2009 laying down the format and procedure for examining applications for licences to prospect for and exploit oil and fuel gases, and amending the Walloon Government Decree of 4 July 2002 establishing the list of projects subject to an impact assessment and of classified installations and activities. An exploitation programme shall be enclosed with all applications.

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

Initial applicants and competing applicants must prove that they comply with the requirements for obtaining the licence, defined in Article 6(2) and (3) of the above-mentioned Decree of 19 March 2009.
Applications must be sent by registered letter to the Minister for the Environment, Nature, Forestry, the Countryside and Animal Welfare at the following address:





rue d’Harscamp 22




5000 Namur




BELGIUM




The Walloon Government will make its decision on the basis of the following objective and non-discriminatory criteria:






a)


the applicant’s technical and financial capacity;










b)


the way in which the applicant proposes to prospect, to explore and/or to bring into production the geographical area in question;










c)


if several applications have equal merit as regards technical and financial capacity and the prospecting or exploitation programme, the following criteria will be applied:






1.


the quality of the preliminary studies carried out for the purpose of drawing up the work programme;










2.


the efficiency and competence demonstrated by the applicant in connection with any other authorisations, in particular as regards environmental protection;










3.


the proximity of any other zone already prospected or exploited by the applicant;










4.


the expected benefits for the development of the Walloon Region and the technological activities being carried out there.









Standard specifications

Standard specifications containing the minimum conditions and requirements for carrying out and ceasing the activities in question may be consulted on the website of the Public Service of Wallonia – Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment: http://environnement.wallonie.be
For additional information, please contact the Public Service of Wallonia – Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment – Avenue Prince de Liège 15 – 5100 Jambes, Belgium, specifically the Industrial, Geological and Mining Risks Directorate (Tel. +32 81336136; Email: risques.environnement@spw.wallonie.be).