13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/5

Interim update of the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries (1)

(2017/C 187/05)

AUGUST 2016

Place of employment	Economic parity August 2016	Exchange rate August 2016 (*1)	Weighting August 2016 (*2)
Zimbabwe	1,015	1,10900	91,5
Malawi	391,1	790,983	49,4
Angola	268,1	185,363	144,6

SEPTEMBER 2016

Place of employment

Economic parity

September 2016

Exchange rate

September 2016 (*3)

Weighting

September 2016 (*4)

Suriname

4,471

8,22188

54,4

OCTOBER 2016

Place of employment	Economic parity October 2016	Exchange rate October 2016 (*5)	Weighting October 2016 (*6)
Mozambique	38,99	85,8000	45,4
Lesotho	8,385	15,4740	54,2
Central African Republic	754,3	655,957	115,0
Botswana	7,350	11,7371	62,6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,925	1,12210	171,6
Chile	487,4	743,212	65,6
Tunisia	1,757	2,47060	71,1
Comoros	354,8	491,968	72,1
Sudan	12,55	7,35935	170,5
Chad	659,5	655,957	100,5
Argentina	11,00	17,1008	64,3
Mauritania	279,0	400,960	69,6
Suriname	4,763	8,69684	54,8
Angola	286,3	185,368	154,4
Belarus	12 330	21 718,0	56,8

NOVEMBER 2016

Place of employment	Economic parity November 2016	Exchange rate November 2016 (*7)	Weighting November 2016 (*8)
Egypt	7,633	9,68535	78,8
Sierra Leone	8 338	7 686,52	108,5
Cuba	0,9010	1,09220	82,5
Ukraine	16,59	27,9400	59,4

DECEMBER 2016

Place of employment	Economic parity December 2016	Exchange rate December 2016 (*9)	Weighting December 2016 (*10)
Egypt	8,103	18,5637	43,6
Burundi	1 567	1 778,10	88,1
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,045	1,05760	193,4
Haiti	60,12	70,9922	84,7
Angola	302,2	185,375	163,0
Belarus	13 058	20 804,0	62,8

JANUARY 2017

Place of employment	Economic parity January 2017	Exchange rate January 2017 (*11)	Weighting January 2017 (*12)
Lesotho	8,894	14,2922	62,2
Central African Republic	801,8	655,957	122,2
Ghana	3,545	4,33310	81,8
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,260	1,04530	216,2
Tunisia	1,845	2,42550	76,1
Chad	616,3	655,957	94,0
Solomon Islands	9,861	8,15052	121,0
Ukraine	17,42	27,5599	63,2
Eritrea	22,03	16,3636	134,6

(1) According to the Eurostat Report of 12 April 2017 on the interim update of weightings (correction coefficients) applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in Extra-EU Delegations in accordance with Article 64 and Annex X and Annex XI of the Staff Regulations applicable to officials and other servants of the European Union.

Further information is available on the Eurostat website (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat > ‘Data’ > ‘Database’ > ‘Economy and finance’ > ‘Prices’ > ‘Correction coefficients’).

(*1) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*2) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*3) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*4) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*5) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*6) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*7) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*8) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*9) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*10) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

(*11) 1 EUR = x units of local currency, except USD for Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Liberia, Panama, D.R. Congo, Timor-Leste, Zimbabwe.

(*12) Brussels and Luxembourg = 100.

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/8

Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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 187/06)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE BÉKÉSSÁMSON AREA

On behalf of the Hungarian State, the Minister for National Development (‘the Contracting Authority’ or ‘the Minister’) as the minister responsible for mining and for overseeing state-owned assets hereby issues a public invitation to tender for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbon under a concession contract on the basis of Act CXCVI of 2011 on national assets (‘the National Assets Act’), Act XVI of 1991 on Concessions (‘the Concessions Act’) and Act XLVIII of 1993 on mining (‘the Mining Act’), subject to the following conditions.

The Minister will publish the invitation to tender, adjudge the bids and conclude the concession contract in cooperation with the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (Magyar Bányászati és Földtani Hivatal) in accordance with the Concessions Act and the Mining Act. Bids that meet the tender specifications will be evaluated by an Evaluation Committee set up by the Minister.

On the recommendation of the Evaluation Committee the Minister will issue the decision awarding the concession, on the basis of which the Minister may then conclude the concession contract with the successful bidder in accordance with Section 5(1) of the Concessions Act (1).

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Participation in the tendering procedure is open to any domestic or foreign natural person and to any transparent organisation within the meaning of the National Assets Act provided they meet the tender specifications; joint bids are also permitted. In the case of joint bids for this concession activity, the bidders must designate one of their number as representative, but assume joint and several liability for performance of the concession contract. Under the tendering procedure domestic and foreign bidders will be treated on an equal footing.

For the purpose of carrying out the activity subject to concession, using its own resources the bidder signing the concession contract (‘the Concession-Holder’) must, within 90 days of the concession contract entering into force, set up a company with its registered office in Hungary (‘the Concession Company’); the Concession-Holder must hold the majority of the shares, business interests and voting rights in the company at the time it is set up and for as long as it is operating, and must, as owner, undertake to enforce the requirements specified in the concession contract within the Concession Company. The Concession Company will enjoy the rights and be subject to the obligations under the concession contract as a mining operator.

Duration of the concession: 20 years from the entry into force of the concession contract; the original duration may be extended once without a further call for tenders for a maximum of half of its original duration if the Concession-Holder and Concession Company have complied with all their obligations in accordance with the contract and on time.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Békés and Csongrád.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Árpádhalom	Csongrád	Királyhegyes	Csongrád
Békéssámson	Békés	Kondoros	Békés
Csabacsűd	Békés	Kövegy	Csongrád
Csanádalberti	Csongrád	Magyarcsanád	Csongrád
Csanádpalota	Csongrád	Makó	Csongrád
Csárdaszállás	Békés	Mezőberény	Békés
Csorvás	Békés	Mezőhegyes	Békés
Eperjes	Csongrád	Nagylak	Csongrád
Fábiánsebestyén	Csongrád	Nagymágocs	Csongrád
Gádoros	Békés	Nagyszénás	Békés
Gerendás	Békés	Orosháza	Békés
Gyomaendrőd	Békés	Örménykút	Békés
Hódmezővásárhely	Csongrád	Pitvaros	Csongrád
Hunya	Békés	Szarvas	Békés
Kardos	Békés	Székkutas	Csongrád
Kardoskút	Békés	Szentes	Csongrád
Kétsoprony	Békés	Tótkomlós	Békés

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

The corner point coordinates delimiting the area designated for concession can be viewed in the Uniform National Projection System, while data on the areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources, which is not included in the area designated for concession, can be viewed on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or on the website of the Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

Size of area designated for concession: 1 338,443 km2.

Areas of the mine site whose overburden is located higher than, or at the same height as, the overburden of the area designated for concession and whose bedrock corresponds to or extends below the bedrock of the area designated for concession are not included in the area designated for concession.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 348 000 000 (three hundred and forty-eight million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

Participation in the concession tendering procedure is subject to payment of a participation fee of HUF 10 000 000 (ten million forint) plus VAT; this amount is to be paid in the manner specified in the Tender Document.

In addition to paying the participation fee, for their bid to be valid bidders must lodge a tendering security of HUF 50 000 000 (fifty million forint) by the day preceding the deadline for submitting bids as a guarantee that the bid is binding. The tendering security paid will be forfeited to the Contracting Authority if the bidder withdraws or if the bidder is successful but then fails to conclude the contract or fails to pay the concession fee offered, for the amount, in the manner and by the deadline stipulated in the contract. The tendering security is to be paid in the manner specified in the Tender Document.

The lowest rate of the mining royalty payable on the basis of the concession contract will be 16 % in accordance with the decision of the Minister; a bid for a higher mining royalty may be entered in the tendering procedure, which if agreed is recorded in the concession contract and must be paid for the duration of the concession. The cases specified in Section 20(3)(e) and (i) and Section 20(5) of the Mining Act are exceptions, where the prevailing mining royalty specified in the Mining Act shall apply.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

10.

The Tender Document may be collected up until the day before the tender submission deadline, on presentation of adequate documentary proof that the purchase price for the Tender Document has been paid. The purchaser will be issued with a certificate in their name confirming that they have received the Tender Document.

When purchasing the Tender Document, for the purposes of being contacted and receiving information, the purchaser must also submit a Concession Bidder Identification Sheet, which can be downloaded from the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) under the ‘Koncessziós pályázatok közzététele’ (‘Concession tender notices’] option of the ‘Koncesszió’ (‘Concessions’] drop-down menu and/or from the website of the Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

11.

The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code BEKCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

Information on the transfer of the purchase price for the Tender Document and on the receipt of the Tender Document can be found on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

12.

Bids may be submitted only by persons having purchased the Tender Document and having paid both the participation fee and the tendering security. If a joint bid is submitted, it is sufficient for one of the bidders to purchase the Tender Document.

13.

Bids must be submitted in person on 25 September 2017 between 10:00 and 12:00, in Hungarian, as specified in the Tender Document. Further information on the place of submission is available on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

The Minister reserves the right to declare the concession tender procedure unsuccessful. No claims arising from the tender procedure being declared unsuccessful may be lodged against the Minister, the Hungarian State represented by the Minister, or the Ministry of National Development as the Minister’s place of work.

16.

The successful bidder will acquire the exclusive right for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbon in the area designated for concession for the duration of the concession through the Concession Company mandatorily set up for that purpose. Once the decision establishing the mining site becomes final and enforceable, the concession right for the prospection area will be restricted to the area of the mining site.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The successful bidder is entitled to carry out the exclusive state-controlled economic activity (prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbon in a delimited area) permitted under the concession for the duration of the concession in accordance with the relevant legislation and the concession contract.

When submitting the bid, bidders must take account of Section 22/A(13) of the Mining Act, which states that in the case of hydrocarbons a mining operator’s prospection right or prospection permit may cover a total of no more than 15 000 km2 of prospection territory. When establishing the prospection territory, account must also be taken of the prospection territory of the mining operator that controls – within the meaning of the Civil Code – the mining operator wishing to obtain the prospection right or prospection permit. In the case of joint bids, each of the bidders must meet this criterion individually.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Information regarding the tendering procedure may be requested exclusively in Hungarian, in writing after the Tender Document has been purchased, in the manner stipulated in the Tender Document; replies will be made available to all parties by the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology using the email address indicated on the Bidder Identification Sheet submitted when the Tender Document was purchased.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

(1) At the date on which this invitation to tender is being published, the member of the Government responsible for overseeing state-owned assets and for mining is the Minister for National Development in accordance with Section 109(3) and (5) of Government Decree No 152/2014 of 6 June 2014 governing the duties and powers of certain ministers and members of the Government.

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/12

(2017/C 187/07)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE FEDÉMES AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Borsod, Heves and Nógrád.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Alsótold	Nógrád	Ludányhalászi	Nógrád
Arló	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Magyargéc	Nógrád
Balaton	Heves	Márkháza	Nógrád
Bánhorváti	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Mátraballa	Heves
Bánréve	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Mátraderecske	Heves
Bárna	Nógrád	Mátramindszent	Nógrád
Bátonyterenye	Nógrád	Mátranovák	Nógrád
Bátor	Heves	Mátraszele	Nógrád
Bekölce	Heves	Mátraszőlős	Nógrád
Bélapátfalva	Heves	Mátraterenye	Nógrád
Bodony	Heves	Mátraverebély	Nógrád
Bokor	Nógrád	Mihálygerge	Nógrád
Borsodbóta	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Mikófalva	Heves
Borsodnádasd	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Mónosbél	Heves
Borsodszentgyörgy	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Nagybarca	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Buják	Nógrád	Nagybárkány	Nógrád
Bükkmogyorósd	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Nagykeresztúr	Nógrád
Bükkszék	Heves	Nagylóc	Nógrád
Bükkszenterzsébet	Heves	Nagyvisnyó	Heves
Bükkszentmárton	Heves	Nekézseny	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Cered	Nógrád	Nemti	Nógrád
Cserhátszentiván	Nógrád	Nógrádmegyer	Nógrád
Csernely	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Nógrádsipek	Nógrád
Csokvaomány	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Nógrádszakál	Nógrád
Dédestapolcsány	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Ózd	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Domaháza	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Parád	Heves
Dorogháza	Nógrád	Parádsasvár	Heves
Dubicsány	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Pásztó	Nógrád
Ecseg	Nógrád	Pétervására	Heves
Egerbakta	Heves	Piliny	Nógrád
Egerbocs	Heves	Putnok	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Egercsehi	Heves	Rákóczibánya	Nógrád
Egyházasgerge	Nógrád	Recsk	Heves
Endrefalva	Nógrád	Rimóc	Nógrád
Erdőkövesd	Heves	Ságújfalu	Nógrád
Etes	Nógrád	Sajómercse	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Farkaslyuk	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Sajónémeti	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Fedémes	Heves	Sajópüspöki	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Felsőtold	Nógrád	Sajóvelezd	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Garáb	Nógrád	Salgótarján	Nógrád
Hangony	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Sámsonháza	Nógrád
Herencsény	Nógrád	Sáta	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Hét	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Serényfalva	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Hevesaranyos	Heves	Sirok	Heves
Hollókő	Nógrád	Somoskőújfalu	Nógrád
Ipolytarnóc	Nógrád	Sóshartyán	Nógrád
Istenmezeje	Heves	Szajla	Heves
Ivád	Heves	Szalmatercs	Nógrád
Járdánháza	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Szécsény	Nógrád
Karancsalja	Nógrád	Szécsényfelfalu	Nógrád
Karancsberény	Nógrád	Szentdomonkos	Heves
Karancskeszi	Nógrád	Szilaspogony	Nógrád
Karancslapujtő	Nógrád	Szilvásvárad	Heves
Karancsság	Nógrád	Szúcs	Heves
Kazár	Nógrád	Szuha	Nógrád
Királd	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Tar	Nógrád
Kisbárkány	Nógrád	Tarnalelesz	Heves
Kisfüzes	Heves	Terény	Nógrád
Kishartyán	Nógrád	Terpes	Heves
Kissikátor	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Uppony	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén
Kozárd	Nógrád	Váraszó	Heves
Kutasó	Nógrád	Varsány	Nógrád
Lénárddaróc	Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén	Vizslás	Nógrád
Litke	Nógrád	Zabar	Nógrád
Lucfalva	Nógrád

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level.

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 2 060,99 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 300 000 000 (three hundred million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

10.

11.

The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code FEDCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

12.

13.

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/18

(2017/C 187/08)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE DRÁVAPALKONYA AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Baranya and Somogy.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Adorjás	Baranya	Lakócsa	Somogy
Alsószentmárton	Baranya	Lapáncsa	Baranya
Áta	Baranya	Lippó	Baranya
Babarcszőlős	Baranya	Lúzsok	Baranya
Baksa	Baranya	Magyarbóly	Baranya
Bánfa	Baranya	Magyarmecske	Baranya
Baranyahídvég	Baranya	Magyartelek	Baranya
Beremend	Baranya	Majs	Baranya
Besence	Baranya	Márfa	Baranya
Bezedek	Baranya	Markóc	Baranya
Bisse	Baranya	Márok	Baranya
Bogádmindszent	Baranya	Matty	Baranya
Bogdása	Baranya	Nagybudmér	Baranya
Bóly	Baranya	Nagycsány	Baranya
Borjád	Baranya	Nagyharsány	Baranya
Botykapeterd	Baranya	Nagynyárád	Baranya
Bürüs	Baranya	Nagypeterd	Baranya
Cún	Baranya	Nagytótfalu	Baranya
Csányoszró	Baranya	Ócsárd	Baranya
Dencsháza	Baranya	Okorág	Baranya
Diósviszló	Baranya	Old	Baranya
Drávacsehi	Baranya	Ózdfalu	Baranya
Drávacsepely	Baranya	Palkonya	Baranya
Drávafok	Baranya	Páprád	Baranya
Drávaiványi	Baranya	Pécsbagota	Baranya
Drávakeresztúr	Baranya	Piskó	Baranya
Drávapalkonya	Baranya	Pócsa	Baranya
Drávapiski	Baranya	Rádfalva	Baranya
Drávaszabolcs	Baranya	Rózsafa	Baranya
Drávaszerdahely	Baranya	Sámod	Baranya
Drávasztára	Baranya	Sárok	Baranya
Egyházasharaszti	Baranya	Sátorhely	Baranya
Felsőszentmárton	Baranya	Sellye	Baranya
Garé	Baranya	Siklós	Baranya
Gerde	Baranya	Siklósbodony	Baranya
Gilvánfa	Baranya	Siklósnagyfalu	Baranya
Gordisa	Baranya	Sósvertike	Baranya
Gyöngyfa	Baranya	Sumony	Baranya
Harkány	Baranya	Szabadszentkirály	Baranya
Hegyszentmárton	Baranya	Szalánta	Baranya
Hirics	Baranya	Szaporca	Baranya
Hobol	Baranya	Szava	Baranya
Illocska	Baranya	Szentborbás	Somogy
Ipacsfa	Baranya	Szentdénes	Baranya
Ivánbattyán	Baranya	Szentegát	Baranya
Ivándárda	Baranya	Szigetvár	Baranya
Kásád	Baranya	Szőke	Baranya
Katádfa	Baranya	Tengeri	Baranya
Kémes	Baranya	Tésenfa	Baranya
Kemse	Baranya	Téseny	Baranya
Királyegyháza	Baranya	Töttös	Baranya
Kisasszonyfa	Baranya	Túrony	Baranya
Kisbudmér	Baranya	Udvar	Baranya
Kisdér	Baranya	Újpetre	Baranya
Kisharsány	Baranya	Vajszló	Baranya
Kiskassa	Baranya	Várad	Baranya
Kislippó	Baranya	Vejti	Baranya
Kistapolca	Baranya	Velény	Baranya
Kistótfalu	Baranya	Villány	Baranya
Kisszentmárton	Baranya	Vokány	Baranya
Kórós	Baranya	Zaláta	Baranya
Kovácshida	Baranya

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 1 061,018 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 363 000 000 (three hundred and sixty-three million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

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The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code DRACHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

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14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

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Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/24

(2017/C 187/09)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXTRACTION AND EXPLOITATION OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY UNDER CONCESSION IN THE GÁDOROS AREA

On behalf of the Hungarian State, the Minister for National Development (‘the Contracting Authority’ or ‘the Minister’) as the minister responsible for mining and for overseeing state-owned assets hereby issues a public invitation to tender for the prospection, extraction and exploitation of geothermal energy under a concession contract on the basis of Act CXCVI of 2011 on national assets (‘the National Assets Act’), Act XVI of 1991 on Concessions (‘the Concessions Act’) and Act XLVIII of 1993 on mining (‘the Mining Act’), subject to the following conditions.

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Duration of the concession: 35 years from the entry into force of the concession contract; the original duration may be extended once without a further call for tenders for a maximum of half of its original duration if the Concession-Holder and Concession Company have complied with all their obligations in accordance with the contract and on time.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Békés and Csongrád.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Árpádhalom	Csongrád	Nagymágocs	Csongrád
Csorvás	Békés	Nagyszénás	Békés
Eperjes	Csongrád	Orosháza	Békés
Fábiánsebestyén	Csongrád	Szentes	Csongrád
Gádoros	Békés

Overburden of area designated for concession: 2 500 m from the surface and bedrock: 6 000 metres below Baltic Sea level.

The corner point coordinates delimiting the area designated for concession can be viewed in the Uniform National Projection System, on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or on the website of the Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

Size of area designated for concession: 419,4 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 45 000 000 (forty-five million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

Participation in the concession tendering procedure is subject to payment of a participation fee of HUF 1 500 000 (one million five hundred thousand forint) plus VAT; this amount is to be paid in the manner specified in the Tender Document.

In addition to paying the participation fee, for their bid to be valid bidders must lodge a tendering security of HUF 15 000 000 (fifteen million forint) by the day preceding the deadline for submitting bids as a guarantee that the bid is binding. The tendering security paid will be forfeited to the Contracting Authority if the bidder withdraws or if the bidder is successful but then fails to conclude the contract or fails to pay the concession fee offered, for the amount, in the manner and by the deadline stipulated in the contract. The tendering security is to be paid in the manner specified in the Tender Document.

The lowest rate of the mining royalty payable on the basis of the concession contract will be 2 % in accordance with the decision of the Minister; a bid for a higher mining royalty may be entered in the tendering procedure, which if agreed is recorded in the concession contract and must be paid for the duration of the concession.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

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The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code GADGTDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

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14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

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The successful bidder will acquire the exclusive right for the prospection, extraction and exploitation of geothermal energy in the area designated for concession for the duration of the concession through the Concession Company mandatorily set up for that purpose. Once the decision establishing the geothermal protection boundary becomes final and enforceable, the concession right for the prospection area will be restricted to the area of the geothermal protection boundary.

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Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of geothermal energy);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon exploitation for energy purposes is envisaged (by law, within less than three years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with the prospection, extraction and exploitation of geothermal energy.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The successful bidder is entitled to carry out the exclusive state-controlled economic activity (prospection, extraction and exploitation of geothermal energy in a delimited area) permitted under the concession for the duration of the concession in accordance with the relevant legislation and the concession contract.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/28

(2017/C 187/10)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE HATVAN AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Heves, Pest, Nógrád and Jász–Nagykun–Szolnok.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Abasár	Heves	Kartal	Pest
Acsa	Pest	Kerekharaszt	Heves
Aldebrő	Heves	Kisbágyon	Nógrád
Apc	Heves	Kisnána	Heves
Aszód	Pest	Kozárd	Nógrád
Atkár	Heves	Kutasó	Nógrád
Bátonyterenye	Nógrád	Lőrinci	Heves
Bér	Nógrád	Ludas	Heves
Bercel	Nógrád	Markaz	Heves
Bodony	Heves	Mátraderecske	Heves
Bokor	Nógrád	Mátraszentimre	Heves
Boldog	Heves	Mátraszőlős	Nógrád
Buják	Nógrád	Nagykökényes	Heves
Csécse	Nógrád	Nagyréde	Heves
Cserhátszentiván	Nógrád	Nagyút	Heves
Csővár	Pest	Nógrádkövesd	Nógrád
Detk	Heves	Nógrádsáp	Nógrád
Domoszló	Heves	Pálosvörösmart	Heves
Ecséd	Heves	Palotás	Nógrád
Ecseg	Nógrád	Parád	Heves
Egerbakta	Heves	Parádsasvár	Heves
Egerszólát	Heves	Pásztó	Nógrád
Egyházasdengeleg	Nógrád	Petőfibánya	Heves
Erdőkürt	Nógrád	Püspökhatvan	Pest
Erdőtarcsa	Nógrád	Recsk	Heves
Galgaguta	Nógrád	Rózsaszentmárton	Heves
Galgahévíz	Pest	Sirok	Heves
Gyöngyös	Heves	Szarvasgede	Nógrád
Gyöngyöshalász	Heves	Szirák	Nógrád
Gyöngyösoroszi	Heves	Szuha	Nógrád
Gyöngyöspata	Heves	Szurdokpüspöki	Nógrád
Gyöngyössolymos	Heves	Szűcsi	Heves
Gyöngyöstarján	Heves	Tar	Nógrád
Halmajugra	Heves	Tarnaszentmária	Heves
Hatvan	Heves	Terény	Nógrád
Héhalom	Nógrád	Tura	Pest
Heréd	Heves	Vanyarc	Nógrád
Herencsény	Nógrád	Vécs	Heves
Hort	Heves	Verpelét	Heves
Jászfényszaru	Jász–Nagykun–Szolnok	Verseg	Pest
Jobbágyi	Nógrád	Visonta	Heves
Kálló	Nógrád	Zagyvaszántó	Heves
Karácsond	Heves

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 1 540 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 309 000 000 (three hundred and nine million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

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The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code HATCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

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13.

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

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16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/33

(2017/C 187/11)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE KÖRÖSLADÁNY AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Békés and Jász–Nagykun–Szolnok.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Dévaványa	Békés	Körösladány	Békés
Ecsegfalva	Békés	Mezőtúr	Jász–Nagykun–Szolnok
Gyomaendrőd	Békés	Szeghalom	Békés
Kertészsziget	Békés	Túrkeve	Jász–Nagykun–Szolnok

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 600,57 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 190 500 000 (one hundred and ninety million five hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

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The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code KORCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

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Bids must be submitted in person on 26 September 2017 between 10:00 and 12:00, in Hungarian, as specified in the Tender Document. Further information on the place of submission is available on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

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From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/37

(2017/C 187/12)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE ŐRSÉG AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Zala and Vas.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Alsószenterzsébet	Zala	Magyarlak	Vas
Alsószölnök	Vas	Magyarszombatfa	Vas
Apátistvánfalva	Vas	Márokföld	Zala
Baglad	Zala	Nádasd	Vas
Bajánsenye	Vas	Nagyrákos	Vas
Belsősárd	Zala	Nemesmedves	Vas
Bödeháza	Zala	Nemesnép	Zala
Csesztreg	Zala	Orfalu	Vas
Csörötnek	Vas	Őrimagyarósd	Vas
Daraboshegy	Vas	Őriszentpéter	Vas
Felsőjánosfa	Vas	Pankasz	Vas
Felsőmarác	Vas	Rábagyarmat	Vas
Felsőszenterzsébet	Zala	Ramocsa	Zala
Felsőszölnök	Vas	Rátót	Vas
Gáborjánháza	Zala	Rédics	Zala
Gasztony	Vas	Resznek	Zala
Hegyhátszentjakab	Vas	Rönök	Vas
Hegyhátszentmárton	Vas	Szaknyér	Vas
Ispánk	Vas	Szakonyfalu	Vas
Ivánc	Vas	Szalafő	Vas
Kercaszomor	Vas	Szatta	Vas
Kerkafalva	Zala	Szentgotthárd	Vas
Kerkakutas	Zala	Szentgyörgyvölgy	Zala
Kerkáskápolna	Vas	Szijártóháza	Zala
Kétvölgy	Vas	Szőce	Vas
Kisrákos	Vas	Vasszentmihály	Vas
Kondorfa	Vas	Velemér	Vas
Külsősárd	Zala	Viszák	Vas
Lendvadedes	Zala	Zalalövő	Zala
Lendvajakabfa	Zala	Zalaszombatfa	Zala
Magyarföld	Zala

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 668,313 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 285 000 000 (two hundred and eighty-five million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

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The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code ORCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

12.

13.

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/42

(2017/C 187/13)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE SOMOGYBÜKKÖSD AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Somogy and Zala.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Becsehely	Zala	Ötvöskónyi	Somogy
Belezna	Zala	Pat	Zala
Berzence	Somogy	Petrivente	Zala
Bolhás	Somogy	Pogányszentpéter	Somogy
Borsfa	Zala	Porrog	Somogy
Böhönye	Somogy	Porrogszentpál	Somogy
Csurgó	Somogy	Rigyác	Zala
Csurgónagymarton	Somogy	Sand	Zala
Eszteregnye	Zala	Segesd	Somogy
Fityeház	Zala	Semjénháza	Zala
Galambok	Zala	Somogybükkösd	Somogy
Gyékényes	Somogy	Somogycsicsó	Somogy
Homokkomárom	Zala	Somogyszob	Somogy
Iharos	Somogy	Sormás	Zala
Iharosberény	Somogy	Surd	Zala
Inke	Somogy	Szabás	Somogy
Kaszó	Somogy	Szenta	Somogy
Kistolmács	Zala	Szenyér	Somogy
Letenye	Zala	Szepetnek	Zala
Liszó	Zala	Tapsony	Somogy
Miháld	Zala	Tarany	Somogy
Molnári	Zala	Tótszentmárton	Zala
Murakeresztúr	Zala	Tótszerdahely	Zala
Murarátka	Zala	Valkonya	Zala
Muraszemenye	Zala	Varászló	Somogy
Nagyatád	Somogy	Vése	Somogy
Nagykanizsa	Zala	Zajk	Zala
Nagyrécse	Zala	Zákány	Somogy
Nemesdéd	Somogy	Zákányfalu	Somogy
Nemeskisfalud	Somogy	Zalakomár	Zala
Nemespátró	Zala	Zalasárszeg	Zala
Oltárc	Zala	Zalaszentjakab	Zala
Őrtilos	Somogy

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 1 088,106 km2.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

10.

When purchasing the Tender Document, for the purposes of being contacted and receiving information, the purchaser must also submit a Concession Bidder Identification Sheet, which can be downloaded from the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) under the ‘Koncessziós pályázatok közzététele’ (‘Concession tender notices’) option of the ‘Koncesszió’ (‘Concessions’) drop-down menu and/or from the website of the Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

11.

The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code SOBCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

12.

13.

Bids must be submitted in person on 26 September 2017 between 10.00 and 12.00, in Hungarian, as specified in the Tender Document. Further information on the place of submission is available on the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) and/or Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/47

(2017/C 187/14)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE SOMOGYVÁMOS AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Somogy and Zala.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Alsóbogát	Somogy	Nagyrécse	Zala
Andocs	Somogy	Nagyszakácsi	Somogy
Bodrog	Somogy	Nemesdéd	Somogy
Bonnya	Somogy	Nemeskisfalud	Somogy
Böhönye	Somogy	Nemesvid	Somogy
Csákány	Somogy	Nikla	Somogy
Csombárd	Somogy	Orci	Somogy
Csömend	Somogy	Osztopán	Somogy
Ecseny	Somogy	Öreglak	Somogy
Edde	Somogy	Pálmajor	Somogy
Felsőmocsolád	Somogy	Pamuk	Somogy
Fiad	Somogy	Pat	Zala
Gadány	Somogy	Polány	Somogy
Galambok	Zala	Pusztakovácsi	Somogy
Gamás	Somogy	Ráksi	Somogy
Gyugy	Somogy	Somodor	Somogy
Hács	Somogy	Somogyaszaló	Somogy
Hetes	Somogy	Somogybabod	Somogy
Hosszúvíz	Somogy	Somogyfajsz	Somogy
Juta	Somogy	Somogygeszti	Somogy
Kaposfő	Somogy	Somogyjád	Somogy
Kaposmérő	Somogy	Somogysárd	Somogy
Kaposújlak	Somogy	Somogysimonyi	Somogy
Kaposvár	Somogy	Somogytúr	Somogy
Karád	Somogy	Somogyvámos	Somogy
Kelevíz	Somogy	Somogyvár	Somogy
Kisbárapáti	Somogy	Somogyzsitfa	Somogy
Kisberény	Somogy	Szentgáloskér	Somogy
Kiskorpád	Somogy	Szenyér	Somogy
Lengyeltóti	Somogy	Szőkedencs	Somogy
Libickozma	Somogy	Tapsony	Somogy
Magyaratád	Somogy	Taszár	Somogy
Magyaregres	Somogy	Újvárfalva	Somogy
Marcali	Somogy	Varászló	Somogy
Mernye	Somogy	Várda	Somogy
Mesztegnyő	Somogy	Vése	Somogy
Mezőcsokonya	Somogy	Zalakomár	Zala
Miháld	Zala	Zalaszentjakab	Zala
Nagybajom	Somogy	Zimány	Somogy

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 1 279,738 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 351 000 000 (three hundred and fifty-one million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

10.

11.

The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code SOVCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

12.

13.

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017.

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/52

(2017/C 187/15)

PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER FOR A CONCESSION FOR THE PROSPECTION, EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON UNDER CONCESSION IN THE TAB AREA

The language of the tendering procedure is Hungarian.

Data on area designated for concession:

Area designated for concession: the area is situated between the municipalities given in the table below in the counties of Somogy and Tolna.

Municipality	County	Municipality	County
Andocs	Somogy	Miklósi	Somogy
Attala	Tolna	Nágocs	Somogy
Bábonymegyer	Somogy	Nagyberény	Somogy
Balatonboglár	Somogy	Nagycsepely	Somogy
Balatonlelle	Somogy	Nagykónyi	Tolna
Balatonszemes	Somogy	Nak	Tolna
Bálványos	Somogy	Nyim	Somogy
Bedegkér	Somogy	Ordacsehi	Somogy
Bonnya	Somogy	Pári	Tolna
Büssü	Somogy	Patalom	Somogy
Dalmand	Tolna	Pusztaszemes	Somogy
Dombóvár	Tolna	Ráksi	Somogy
Döbrököz	Tolna	Ságvár	Somogy
Értény	Tolna	Sérsekszőlős	Somogy
Gadács	Somogy	Som	Somogy
Gölle	Somogy	Somogyacsa	Somogy
Gyugy	Somogy	Somogydöröcske	Somogy
Gyulaj	Tolna	Somogyegres	Somogy
Igal	Somogy	Somogymeggyes	Somogy
Iregszemcse	Tolna	Somogyszil	Somogy
Kánya	Somogy	Somogytúr	Somogy
Kapoly	Somogy	Szakcs	Tolna
Kapospula	Tolna	Szentgáloskér	Somogy
Kára	Somogy	Szólád	Somogy
Karád	Somogy	Szorosad	Somogy
Kazsok	Somogy	Szőlősgyörök	Somogy
Kereki	Somogy	Tab	Somogy
Kisbárapáti	Somogy	Tamási	Tolna
Kisgyalán	Somogy	Teleki	Somogy
Kocsola	Tolna	Tengőd	Somogy
Koppányszántó	Tolna	Torvaj	Somogy
Kötcse	Somogy	Törökkoppány	Somogy
Kurd	Tolna	Újireg	Tolna
Lápafő	Tolna	Várong	Tolna
Látrány	Somogy	Visz	Somogy
Lengyeltóti	Somogy	Zala	Somogy
Lulla	Somogy	Zics	Somogy
Magyaratád	Somogy	Zimány	Somogy

Overburden of area designated for concession: surface and bedrock: 5 000 metres below Baltic Sea level

Areas cleared to make way for a mine site established for hydrocarbon mineral resources are not included in the area designated for concession.

Size of area designated for concession: 1 200 km2.

Minimum net concession fee: HUF 288 000 000 (two hundred and eighty-eight million forint) plus VAT, but a bid for a larger fixed amount may be entered in the tendering procedure. Once the result is published, the successful bidder must pay the concession fee for the amount, in the manner and by the date specified in the concession contract.

The legal, financial, technical and other conditions and information relating to the tendering procedure can be found in the Tender Document.

10.

When purchasing the Tender Document, for the purposes of being contacted and receiving information, the purchaser must also submit a Concession Bidder Identification Sheet, which can be downloaded from the website of the Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology (www.mbfh.hu) under the ‘Koncessziós pályázatok közzététele’ (‘Concession tender notices’) option of the ‘Koncesszió’ (‘Concessions’) drop-down menu and/or from the website of the Ministry of National Development (www.kormany.hu/hu/nemzeti-fejlesztesi-miniszterium).

11.

The purchase price for the Tender Document is HUF 100 000 (one hundred thousand forint) plus VAT, which must be paid by bank transfer. The message accompanying the transfer must state the code TABCHDV and the name of the party purchasing the Tender Document. The purchase price for the Tender Document may not be paid in cash and is non-refundable in part or in full. If the Tender Document is not received, the purchase price for the Tender Document will be refunded to the payer within five days of the submission deadline.

12.

13.

14.

From the time it is submitted the bid becomes binding on the bidder and remains binding until the tendering procedure is ended. Bidders may not exclude liability for failure to abide by their bid.

15.

16.

17.

Each bidder may submit only a single bid.

18.

Time limit for the adjudication of concession bids: within 90 days following the deadline for bids to be submitted.

19.

The Contracting Authority will ensure a level playing field and will not apply any preferential criteria.

20.

Tender adjudication criteria:

Assessment criteria relating to the content of the Programme of Research Work subject to concession:

—	professional merits of the Programme of Research Work (programme design aiming for maximum prospection of hydrocarbon);

—	the planned duration of the research;

—	the financial commitment undertaken when implementing the Programme of Research Work;

—	how up-to-date the envisaged technical solutions are;

—	the measures envisaged for protecting the environment and preventing and reducing damage in the course of the work subject to concession;

—	how soon commencement of production is envisaged (by law, within less than five years).

II)

Assessment criteria relating to the bidder’s ability to perform the concession contract:

—	the bidder’s financial standing, the availability of the resources needed to finance the work to be performed under the concession, and the proportion of this accounted for by own resources;

—	the total value of work performed in connection with hydrocarbon mining in the three years preceding the invitation to tender.

III)

Assessment criteria relating to payment obligations undertaken in the concession contract:

—	the net concession fee offered in comparison to the minimum concession fee set by the Minister;

—	the size of the mining royalty offered in comparison to the minimum mining royalty set by the Minister.

The detailed adjudication criteria and the legislation governing the procedure for authorising the concession work and how it is to be performed and completed are specified in the Tender Document.

21.

The concession contract

The concession contract is to be concluded within 90 days following the announcement of the result. This time limit may be extended by the Minister once only by a maximum of 60 days.

The draft concession contract is annexed to the Tender Document.

22.

Budapest, February 2017

Dr Miklós SESZTÁK

Minister

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/57

United Kingdom Government notice concerning European Parliament and Council Directive 94/22/EC on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 187/16)

Announcement of United Kingdom 30th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round

Oil and Gas Authority

The Petroleum Act 1998

Offshore Licensing Round

The Oil and Gas Authority (the OGA) invites interested persons to apply for Seaward Production Licences in respect of certain acreage on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.

Full details of the offer, including lists and maps of the acreage on offer and guidance about licences, the terms which those licences will include, and how to apply, are available on the OGA website (see below).

All applications will be determined where applicable in accordance with the terms of the Hydrocarbons Licensing Directive Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No 1434), the Petroleum Licensing (Applications) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 766) and the Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 385). The Secretary of State’s functions in this regard were transferred to the Oil and Gas Authority on 1 October 2016 by virtue of The Energy (Transfer of Functions, Consequential Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2016 (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/912/pdfs/uksi_20160912_en.pdf), which provided that anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Secretary of State in connection with such transferred functions now has effect, so far as is necessary for continuing its effect after the 1 October 2016, as if done by or in relation to the Oil and Gas Authority. Determinations will be made against a background of the continuing need for expeditious, thorough, efficient and safe exploration to identify the United Kingdom’s oil and gas resources with due regard to environmental considerations.

‘Innovate’ Framework

Licence applications will be considered in light of an innovative approach being taken for Initial Term Work Programmes (‘Work Programmes’) for licences. These Work Programmes will incorporate a flexible combination of up to three Phases (A, B and C) in the Initial Term. This will help to ensure Work Programmes for the block(s) that are being applied for are appropriate to the geotechnical and other challenges that must be addressed in an area, whilst optimising the factors listed in Paragraph 3. The flexibility afforded by the combination of up to three phases also enables applicants to design a Work Programme which is appropriate for their own particular plans and requirements.

Phase A of the Work Programme comprises a period in which Geotechnical Studies and Geophysical Data Reprocessing will be undertaken; Phase B of the Work Programme will be a period in which New Seismic data will be Shot; Phase C of the Work Programme will be for exploratory and/or appraisal drilling. Applicants may decide the Phase combination, whether all three Phases, straight to Phase B followed by Phase C, straight to Phase C, or Phase A direct to Phase C.

Phase A and Phase B are not mandatory and may not be appropriate in particular circumstances, but every application must propose a Phase C, except where the applicant doesn’t think any exploration is needed and proposes to go straight to development (i.e. ‘straight to Second Term’). Where that is the case, Applications should be made in accordance with the guidance available on the OGA website.

Licences awarded in this round over mature areas will be expected to have an Initial Term of up to 6 years duration. Licences in other areas will have a longer duration Initial Term, up to a maximum of 9 years, but such requests will require justification and would be the subject of discussion at the time of Application.

Applications where the starting Phase is Phase A or B will be judged on the basis of the following criteria:

(a)	The financial viability of the applicant;

(b)	The technical capability of the applicant which will be assessed in part as demonstrated by the quality of analysis related to the block;

(c)	The way in which the applicant proposes to carry out the activities that would be permitted under the licence, including the quality of the Work Programme submitted for evaluating the full potential of the area applied for;

(d)

Under the Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015, all prospective offshore licensees, i.e. including all partners within an applicant group, must provide information relating to their safety and environmental capability in support of the licence application. Further guidance in relation to all the safety and environmental requirements can be found at http://www.hse.gov.uk/osdr/assets/docs/appendix-c.pdf; and

(e)	Where the applicant holds or has held a licence granted under or treated as having been granted under the Petroleum Act 1998, any lack of efficiency and responsibility displayed by the applicant in operations under that licence.

Licences with a Phase B will specify a time period so the licence will expire at the end of this phase if the Licensee has not satisfied the OGA of its technical and financial capability to complete the Work Programme. For licences with a Phase A but no Phase B, the licence will also specify a period so the licence will expire at the end of this phase if the Licensee has not satisfied the OGA of its technical and financial capability to complete the Work Programme.

10.

Applications where the starting Phase is Phase C will be judged on the basis of the following criteria:

(a)	The financial viability of the applicant and its financial capacity to carry out the activities that would be permitted under the licence during the Initial Term including the Work Programme submitted for evaluating the full potential of the area within the block;

(b)	The technical capability of the proposed operator to supervise operations and in particular drilling operations

(c)	The way in which the applicant proposes to carry out the activities that would be permitted under the licence, including the quality of the Work Programme submitted for evaluating the full potential of the area applied for;

(d)

(e)	Where the applicant holds or has held a licence granted under or treated as having been granted under the Petroleum Act 1998, any lack of efficiency and responsibility displayed by the applicant in operations under that licence.

Guidance

11.

Further guidance can be viewed on the OGA website: https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/licensing-consents/licensing-rounds/

Licence Offers

12.

Unless an Appropriate Assessment in relation to a particular Block is required (see Para. 15 below), any offer by the Oil and Gas Authority of a licence pursuant to this invitation, will be made within eighteen months of the date of this Notice.

13.

The Oil and Gas Authority accepts no liability for any costs incurred by the applicant in considering or making its application.

Environmental Assessments

14.

The Secretary of State has conducted a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) pursuant to Directive 2001/42/EC on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment of all of the areas to be offered in this Round. The findings of that SEA can be found at the gov.uk offshore energy SEA website:

https://www.gov.uk/offshore-energy-strategic-environmental-assessment-sea-an-overview-of-the-sea-process

15.

Licences pursuant to this invitation will only be offered if, in accordance with the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora):

(a)	the activities to be carried out under the licence are not likely to have a significant effect on the management of a Special Area of Conservation(SAC) or Special Protection Area (SPA), or if

(b)	an Appropriate Assessment has ascertained that the activities will have no adverse effects on the integrity of such SACs or SPAs; or

(c)

in a case where the activities are assessed as likely to cause such adverse effects, subject to

(i)	there being imperative reasons of overriding public interest for awarding the licence,

(ii)	the taking of appropriate compensatory measures, and

(iii)

there being no alternative solutions.

16.

Contact: Ricki Kiff, Oil and Gas Authority, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3HF, United Kingdom.

(Tel. +44 3000671637).

The Oil and Gas Authority website: https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/licensing-consents/licensing-rounds/

13.6.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/64

Notice for the attention of the natural persons CHON Chi Bu (alias CHON Chi-bu), CHU Kyu-Chang, (alias JU Kyu-Chang; JU Kyu Chang), HYON Chol-hae (alias HYON Chol Hae), KIM Yong-chun (alias Young-chun; KIM Yong Chun), O Kuk-Ryol (alias O Kuk Ryol), PAEK Se-bong (alias PAEK Se Bong), PAK Jae-gyong (alias Chae-Kyong; PAK Jae Gyong), RYOM Yong, SO Sang-kuk (alias SO Sang Kuk), Lieutenant General KIM Yong Chol (alias: KIM Yong-Chol; KIM Young-Chol; KIM Young-Cheol; KIM Young-Chul), PAK To-Chun (alias PAK To Chun), CHOE Kyong-song (alias CHOE Kyong song), CHOE Yong-ho (alias CHOE Yong Ho), HONG Sung-Mu (alias HUNG Sun Mu; HONG Sung Mu), JO Kyongchol (alias JO Kyong Chol), KIM Chun-sam (alias KIM Chun Sam), KIM Chun-sop (alias KIM Chun Sop), KIM Jong-gak (alias KIM Jong Gak), KIM Rak Kyom, (alias KIM Rak-gyom; KIM Rak Gyom), KIM Won-hong (alias KIM Won Hong), PAK Jong-chon (alias PAK Jong Chon), RI Jong-su (alias RI Jong Su), SON Chol-ju (alais Son Chol Ju), YUN Jong-rin (alias YUN Jong Rin), PAK Yong-sik (alias PAK Yong Sik), HONG Yong Chil, RI Hak Chol (aliases RI Hak Chul, RI Hak Cheol), YUN Chang Hyok, RI Myong Su, SO Hong Chan, WANG Chang Uk, JANG Chol, JON Il-chun (alias JON Il Chun), KIM Tong-un (alias KIM Tong Un), KIM Il-Su (alias Kim Il Su), KANG Song-Sam (alias KANG Song Sam), CHOE Chun-Sik (alias CHOE Chun Sik), SIN Kyu-Nam (alias SIN Kyu Nam), PAK Chun-San (alias PAK Chun San) and SO Tong Myong and the entities Korea Pugang mining and Machinery Corporation ltd, Korean Ryengwang Trading Corporation, Sobaeku United Corp. (alias Sobaeksu United Corp.), Yongbyon Nuclear Research Centre, Strategic Rocket Forces and Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) and its branch offices (a.k.a. Korea Foreign Insurance Company) whose entry has been amended in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons or entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, and entities owned or controlled by them, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993

(2017/C 187/21)

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849 (1) calls upon the Union to freeze the funds and economic resources of persons and entities, as referred to in the list drawn up in Annex II of Decision (CFSP) 2016/849. The Decision also calls upon the Member States to take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through their territories of those same persons.

The list drawn up by the Council of the EU comprises persons or entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, and entities owned or controlled by them, as well as persons or entities providing financial services or the transfer to, through or from the territory of the Union, or involving nationals of Member States or entities organised under their laws, or persons or financial institutions in the territory of the Union, of any financial or other assets or resources that could contribute to DPRK’s nuclear-related, other weapons of mass destruction-related or ballistic missile-related programmes, or persons, entities or bodies acting on their behalf or at their direction, or persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by them.

On 12 June 2017, the Council decided to remove one person and one entity of the list and to amend the listing of the natural persons CHON Chi Bu (alias CHON Chi-bu), CHU Kyu-Chang, (alias JU Kyu-Chang; JU Kyu Chang), HYON Chol-hae (alias HYON Chol Hae), KIM Yong-chun (alias Young-chun; KIM Yong Chun), O Kuk-Ryol (alias O Kuk Ryol), PAEK Se-bong (alias PAEK Se Bong), PAK Jae-gyong (alias Chae-Kyong; PAK Jae Gyong), RYOM Yong, SO Sang-kuk (alias SO Sang Kuk), Lieutenant General KIM Yong Chol (alias: KIM Yong-Chol; KIM Young-Chol; KIM Young-Cheol; KIM Young-Chul), PAK To-Chun (alias PAK To Chun), CHOE Kyong-song (alias CHOE Kyong song), CHOE Yong-ho (alias CHOE Yong Ho), HONG Sung-Mu (alias HUNG Sun Mu; HONG Sung Mu), JO Kyongchol (alias JO Kyong Chol), KIM Chun-sam (alias KIM Chun Sam), KIM Chun-sop (alias KIM Chun Sop), KIM Jong-gak (alias KIM Jong Gak), KIM Rak Kyom, (alias KIM Rak-gyom; KIM Rak Gyom), KIM Won-hong (alias KIM Won Hong), PAK Jong-chon (alias PAK Jong Chon), RI Jong-su (alias RI Jong Su), SON Chol-ju (alais Son Chol Ju), YUN Jong-rin (alias YUN Jong Rin), PAK Yong-sik (alias PAK Yong Sik), HONG Yong Chil, RI Hak Chol (aliases RI Hak Chul, RI Hak Cheol), YUN Chang Hyok, RI Myong Su, SO Hong Chan, WANG Chang Uk, JANG Chol, JON Il-chun (alias JON Il Chun), KIM Tong-un (alias KIM Tong Un), KIM Il-Su (alias Kim Il Su), KANG Song-Sam (alias KANG Song Sam), CHOE Chun-Sik (alias CHOE Chun Sik), SIN Kyu-Nam (alias SIN Kyu Nam), PAK Chun-San (alias PAK Chun San) and SO Tong Myong and the entities Korea Pugang mining and Machinery Corporation ltd, Korean Ryengwang Trading Corporation, Sobaeku United Corp. (alias Sobaeksu United Corp.), Yongbyon Nuclear Research Centre, Strategic Rocket Forces and Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) and its branch offices (a.k.a. Korea Foreign Insurance Company).

In order to implement the new listings, the Commission has adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993 (2) amending Annex V of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 (3) accordingly.

The concerned individuals and entities may submit observations on the decision to list them, together with supporting documentation, to the European Commission on the following address:

European Commission

“Restrictive measures”

Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

The attention of the individuals concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

Finally, the attention of the listed entities and individuals is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 329/2007, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation.

(1) OJ L 141, 28.5.2016, p. 79.

(2) OJ L 149, 13.6.2017, p. 67.

(3) OJ L 88, 29.3.2007, p. 1.

		ISSN 1977-091X
Official Journal of the European Union		C 187

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 60 13 June 2017

Notice No	Contents	page
	II Information
	INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	European Commission
2017/C 187/01	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8223 — Micro Focus/HPE Software Business) ( 1 )	1

	V Announcements
	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY
	European Commission
2017/C 187/17	Notice of the impending expiry of certain anti-dumping measures	60
	PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY
	European Commission
2017/C 187/18	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8485 — Hitachi Group/Honda/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	61
2017/C 187/19	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8222 — Knorr-Bremse/Haldex) ( 1 )	62
2017/C 187/20	Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8482 — ABB/B&R) — Candidate case for simplified procedure ( 1 )	63
	OTHER ACTS
	European Commission
2017/C 187/21	Notice for the attention of the natural persons CHON Chi Bu (alias CHON Chi-bu), CHU Kyu-Chang, (alias JU Kyu-Chang; JU Kyu Chang), HYON Chol-hae (alias HYON Chol Hae), KIM Yong-chun (alias Young-chun; KIM Yong Chun), O Kuk-Ryol (alias O Kuk Ryol), PAEK Se-bong (alias PAEK Se Bong), PAK Jae-gyong (alias Chae-Kyong; PAK Jae Gyong), RYOM Yong, SO Sang-kuk (alias SO Sang Kuk), Lieutenant General KIM Yong Chol (alias: KIM Yong-Chol; KIM Young-Chol; KIM Young-Cheol; KIM Young-Chul), PAK To-Chun (alias PAK To Chun), CHOE Kyong-song (alias CHOE Kyong song), CHOE Yong-ho (alias CHOE Yong Ho), HONG Sung-Mu (alias HUNG Sun Mu; HONG Sung Mu), JO Kyongchol (alias JO Kyong Chol), KIM Chun-sam (alias KIM Chun Sam), KIM Chun-sop (alias KIM Chun Sop), KIM Jong-gak (alias KIM Jong Gak), KIM Rak Kyom, (alias KIM Rak-gyom; KIM Rak Gyom), KIM Won-hong (alias KIM Won Hong), PAK Jong-chon (alias PAK Jong Chon), RI Jong-su (alias RI Jong Su), SON Chol-ju (alais Son Chol Ju), YUN Jong-rin (alias YUN Jong Rin), PAK Yong-sik (alias PAK Yong Sik), HONG Yong Chil, RI Hak Chol (aliases RI Hak Chul, RI Hak Cheol), YUN Chang Hyok, RI Myong Su, SO Hong Chan, WANG Chang Uk, JANG Chol, JON Il-chun (alias JON Il Chun), KIM Tong-un (alias KIM Tong Un), KIM Il-Su (alias Kim Il Su), KANG Song-Sam (alias KANG Song Sam), CHOE Chun-Sik (alias CHOE Chun Sik), SIN Kyu-Nam (alias SIN Kyu Nam), PAK Chun-San (alias PAK Chun San) and SO Tong Myong and the entities Korea Pugang mining and Machinery Corporation ltd, Korean Ryengwang Trading Corporation, Sobaeku United Corp. (alias Sobaeksu United Corp.), Yongbyon Nuclear Research Centre, Strategic Rocket Forces and Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) and its branch offices (a.k.a. Korea Foreign Insurance Company) whose entry has been amended in the list referred to in Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against persons or entities responsible for the DPRK’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes, persons or entities acting on their behalf or at their direction, and entities owned or controlled by them, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/993	64

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,1221
JPY	Japanese yen	123,30
DKK	Danish krone	7,4367
GBP	Pound sterling	0,88545
SEK	Swedish krona	9,7803
CHF	Swiss franc	1,0857
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	9,4985
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	26,198
HUF	Hungarian forint	307,18
PLN	Polish zloty	4,1899
RON	Romanian leu	4,5620
TRY	Turkish lira	3,9459
AUD	Australian dollar	1,4875
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,5078
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	8,7510
NZD	New Zealand dollar	1,5583
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,5531
KRW	South Korean won	1 270,17
ZAR	South African rand	14,3757
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	7,6284
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,4115
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	14 921,69
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7858
PHP	Philippine peso	55,624
RUB	Russian rouble	63,9585
THB	Thai baht	38,219
BRL	Brazilian real	3,6840
MXN	Mexican peso	20,3762
INR	Indian rupee	72,3080

Product	Country(ies) of origin or exportation	Measures	Reference	Date of expiry (3)
Organic coated steel products	The People’s Republic of China	Anti-dumping duty	Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 214/2013 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain organic coated steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China (OJ L 73, 15.3.2013, p. 1).	16.3.2018

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
	Council
2017/C 187/02	Notice for the attention of the persons and entities subject to the restrictive measures provided for in Annex II to Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/849, as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/994, concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and repealing Decision 2013/183/CFSP	2
2017/C 187/03	Notice for the attention of the data subjects to whom the restrictive measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 329/2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea apply	3
	European Commission
2017/C 187/04	Euro exchange rates	4
2017/C 187/05	Interim update of the weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials, temporary staff and contract staff of the European Union serving in third countries	5
	NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES
2017/C 187/06	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	8
2017/C 187/07	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	12
2017/C 187/08	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	18
2017/C 187/09	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	24
2017/C 187/10	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	28
2017/C 187/11	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	33
2017/C 187/12	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	37
2017/C 187/13	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	42
2017/C 187/14	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	47
2017/C 187/15	Communication from the Minister for National Development of Hungary 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	52
2017/C 187/16	United Kingdom Government notice concerning European Parliament and Council Directive 94/22/EC on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons ( 1 )	57