52002XC0116(01)

Invitation to submit applications for hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector F6b

(2002/C 12/02)

The Minister for Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby announces that an application for a hydrocarbon prospecting licence has been received for subsector F6b of sector F6, as shown on the map in Annex I to the 1996 Regulation on Continental Shelf hydrocarbon licences (Stcrt. 93).

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons and the publication of the Ninth Round of applications for hydrocarbons prospecting licences (Stcrt. 33, 1995), the Minister for Economic Affairs hereby invites interested parties to submit applications of hydrocarbon prospecting licences for subsector F6b.

Applications may be submitted within 13 weeks for publication of this invitation in the Official Journal of the European Communities, to the Minister for Economic Affairs marked for the personal attention of the Director for Energy Production, Bezuidenhoutseweg 6, 2594 AV The Hague, The Netherlands. Applications submitted after this deadline will not be taken into consideration.

A decision on the applications will be made not later than nine months after the expiry of this deadline.

For further information, please telephone (31-70) 379 66 85.