Communication from the State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons 2022/C 428/05
Date: 2022-11-10
Institutions: Netherlands
Subjects: Netherlands, North Sea, continental shelf, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, petroleum exploration, public contract, security of supply








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10.11.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 428/5






Communication from the State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons
(2022/C 428/05)
The State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy hereby gives notice that an application has been received for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the part of block F3, as indicated on the map appended as Annex 3 to the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling), that is denoted as block segment F03a.
Block segment F03a is delimited by the great circles between vertex pairs A-B, B-C, C-D and A-D.
Block segment F03a covers an area of 61,7 km2.
The vertices are defined as follows:











Vertex



o



’


‘’ E



o



’


‘’ N




A


4 


51 


12,339 


54 


59 


57,492 




B


4 


59 


54,935 


54 


59 


57,498 




C


4 


59 


54,942 


54 


56 


22,892 




D


4 


51 


12,347 


54 


56 


22,886 




The above vertices are defined by their geographical coordinates, calculated according to the ETRS89 system.
With reference to the Directive referred to in the preamble and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Mijnbouwwet), the State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy hereby invites interested parties to submit a competing application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in block segment F03a.
The State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy is the competent authority for the granting of authorisations. The criteria, conditions and requirements referred to in Articles 5(1) and (2) and 6(2) of the above-mentioned Directive are set out in the Mining Act.
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:
Email: mijnbouwvergunningen@minezk.nl





The State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy




attn.: Mr J. L. Rosch, Heat and Underground Resources Directorate




Bezuidenhoutseweg 73




Postbus 20401




2500 EK The Hague




NETHERLANDS




Applications received after the expiry of this period will not be considered.
A decision on the applications will in principle be taken not later than 12 months after this period has expired.
Further information can be obtained by emailing one of the members of staff in the MABEL office, mijnbouwvergunningen@minezk.nl, or by calling the following telephone number:






 


+31 703796970.