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Document 52020XG0908(01)
Notice supplementing the Notice from the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning 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 in the Lubycza Królewska area (2020/C 83/06) 2020/C 298/03
Notice supplementing the Notice from the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning 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 in the Lubycza Królewska area (2020/C 83/06) 2020/C 298/03
Notice supplementing the Notice from the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning 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 in the Lubycza Królewska area (2020/C 83/06) 2020/C 298/03
PUB/2020/610
OJ C 298, 8.9.2020, p. 3–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
8.9.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 298/3 |
Notice supplementing the Notice from the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning 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 in the Lubycza Królewska area (2020/C 83/06)
(2020/C 298/03)
Notice amending the deadline for the submission of applications for concessions for the prospection and exploration of oil and natural gas deposits and the extraction of oil and natural gas by other entities interested in the activity
On 13 March 2020, the Government of the Republic of Poland published a Notice concerning 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 – Notice of concession application for the prospection and exploration of oil and natural gas deposits and the extraction of oil and natural gas in the Lubycza Królewska area (2020/C 83/06). The Notice specifies the deadline for the submission of concession applications by other entities interested in the activity for which the concession is to be granted, namely no later than 12.00 noon (CET/CEST) on the last day of the 180-day period commencing on the day following the date of publication of the notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (i.e. by 9 September 2020).
Under the Regulation of the Minister for Health of 20 March 2020declaring a state of epidemic in the Republic of Poland (Journal of Laws 2020, item 491, as amended), a state of epidemic was declared in the Republic of Poland in the period from 20 March 2020 until further notice in connection with infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Article 15zzr(1)(2) of the Act of 2 March 2020on special arrangements for the prevention, combating and control of COVID-19, other communicable diseases and related emergency situations (Journal of Laws 2020, item 374, as amended) came into force on 31 March 2020. Under that provision, during an epidemic threat or a state of epidemic declared on account of COVID-19, the administrative time-limits laid down by administrative law for the performance by a party of acts forming its rights and obligations do not start to run and are suspended for that period.
On 16 May 2020, Article 68(2) of the Act of 14 May 2020amending various acts concerning the safety net in relation to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Journal of Laws 2020, item 875, as amended) came into force. Under that provision, the time-limits for the performance by a party of acts forming its rights and obligations which were suspended on the basis of Article 15zzr(1) of the Act of 2 March 2020on special arrangements for the prevention, combating and control of COVID-19, other communicable diseases and related emergency situations (Journal of Laws, item 374, as amended) are to continue after seven days from the date of entry into force of the Act amending various acts concerning the safety net in relation to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (i.e. after 24 May 2020).
This being so, I hereby inform you that the deadline for the submission of concession applications for the prospection and exploration of oil and natural gas deposits and the extraction of oil and natural gas by other entities interested in the activity for which the concession is to be granted in the area of Lubycza Królewska has been extended until 12.00 noon (CET/CEST) on 1 November 2020.
For the Minister
Katarzyna KOT
Head of Environment Policy Section