C 278/26 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.11.2009 Notice from the Government of Romania 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/C 278/13) Announcement of the 10th round of the invitation to tender in Romania 1. In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) 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, ex­ ploration and production of hydrocarbons, the National Agency for Mineral Resources, which is the Competent Authority as laid down in Article 10 of Directive 94/22/EC, hereby invites all interested parties to submit applications for petroleum concession agreements as part of the 10th round of the invitation to tender. 2. The 10th round of the invitation to tender is organised by the National Agency for Mineral Resources in accordance with Law No 238/2004 on petroleum and the Implementing Rules for Law 238/2004 on petroleum, approved by Government Decision No 2075/2004, amended by Government Decision No 350/2007. 3. The purpose of the 10th round of the invitation to tender is to conclude agreements for the exploration and subsequent extraction of hydrocarbons for the 30 exploration areas listed in Annex 1. Complete information concerning the offer, access to data and geological information and the payment of fees are presented in the ‘Tender process for the concession of petroleum operations’, which is on the website of the National Agency for Mineral Resources (http://www.namr.ro). To obtain a copy of this document, please send a written request. The legislative acts mentioned above can also be consulted on the website. 4. Petroleum operations to be carried out in sections of the areas covered by the invitation to tender that form part of the Natura 2000 Network must observe the legal conditions and restrictions for en­ vironmental protection and conservation and European directives that have been transposed into national law. 5. Interested Romanian and foreign legal persons should submit their bids for the exploration areas listed in Annex 1 in writing in Romanian to: Agenția Națională pentru Resurse Minerale În atenția Dr. ing. ec. Gelu Agafiel Mărăcineanu Str. Mendeleev nr. 36-38, sector 1 010366 București ROMÂNIA by 15.00 on the final day of the period of 120 working days starting from the first day after the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. Bids submitted after the deadline will not be considered. The bids will be opened at a public meeting at 10:00 on the first working day after the deadline mentioned above. 6. The bids should include the data and information specified in Articles 32 to 35 of the Implementing Rules for Law No 238/2004 on petroleum, approved by Government Decision No 2075/2004. When drawing up their bids, interested legal persons can access the data and geological information made available by the National Agency for Mineral Resources in accordance with Article 26(3)(c) to (g) of the Implementing Rules for Law No 238/2004 on petroleum, approved by Government Decision No 2075/2004. The data and geological information can be accessed by sending a written request addressed to the Chairman of the National Agency for Mineral Resources, after signature of a confidentiality agreement and payment of the legal fees for acquisition of the data package and the fees for consultation and use of information belonging to the National Geological Data Fund. 18.11.2009 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 278/27 7. The provisions and criteria referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 94/22/EC for assessing the bids and the technical and financial capacity of the bidders are laid down in the Implementing Rules for Law No 238/2004 on petroleum, approved by Government Decision No 2075/2004, published in Official Gazette of Romania No 1170 of 10 December 2004, Part I, amended and supplemented by Government Decision No 350/2007, published in Official Gazette of Romania No 272 of 24 April 2007, Part I. 8. The decision on the bids will be taken by the National Agency for Mineral Resources not later than 30 working days after the date on which the bids are opened and will be communicated to all the bidders. 9. Negotiations on petroleum agreements with the successful bidders in the 10th round of the invitation to tender will commence within 15 days of the date the successful bid was announced, provided that no challenges of the result have been submitted. It is expected that petroleum concession agreements between the National Agency for Mineral Resources and the successful bidders will be signed within six months of the start of negotiations. The petroleum agreement will enter into force after it has been approved by Government Decision. 10. The conditions and requirements relating to the performance and termination of the activity are laid down in Law No 238/2004 on petroleum, published in Official Gazette of Romania No 535 of 15 June 2004, Part I. 11. Further information can be obtained from: — Gelu Agafiel Mărăcineanu — Chairman of the National Agency for Mineral Resources, e-mail: [email protected] — The website of the National Agency for Mineral Resources: http://www.namr.ro — Eugen Sorescu, Director-General, e-mail: [email protected] C 278/28 Union European the of Journal Official 18.11.2009 ANNEX 1 to Order No 179/3.9.2009 LIST OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION AREAS OFFERED FOR CONCESSION BY PUBLIC INVITATION TO TENDER ROUND 10/2009 ROUND 10 AREA OPERATION AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE AREA COVERED BY EXPLORATION AREAS EN STEREO 70 COORDINATES STEREO 70 COORDINATES EXPLORATION AREA NO AREA KM2 HOLDER DEPTH LIMITS AREA POINT NO X (North) Y (East) POINT NO X Y E X–1 VOIVOZI 1 688991,75 291534,93 1 CAREI 12,39 PETROM (0)–(– 600) 1 686379,91 306782,87 2 688906,19 311859,19 2 688765,33 308658,56 3 655500,00 312000,00 3 688792,49 688792,49 4 655500,00 287000,00 4 687750,03 311521,48 5 653544,21 287000,00 5 686138,04 310334,51 6 653574,72 267470,00 6 684623,41 308298,27 Between points 1 and 6 the boundary of the 7 684883,83 306792,14 area is the Romanian state border 2 DINDEȘTI 2,31 FREE UNLIMITED 1 677089,60 301997,71 2 677255,45 300851,22 3 678323,47 301068,99 4 678757,59 302000,04 5 678639,86 302680,76 6 677618,92 302670,21 3 PIȘCOLȚ 11,27 PETROM (0)–(– 1000) 1 678836,31 293148,71 2 679563,87 293903,37 3 680036,86 294501,28 4 680541,16 294775,33 5 680525,62 295620,35 6 681344,65 296787,37 7 680752,34 297756,89 8 679286,38 297752,19 9 677969,19 297346,90 10 677495,86 294802,04 18.11.2009 Official Journal of the European Union C 278/29 Union C European the of Journal 18.11.2009 Official ROUND 10 AREA OPERATION AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE AREA COVERED BY EXPLORATION AREAS STEREO 70 COORDINATES STEREO 70 COORDINATES EXPLORATION AREA NO AREA KM2 HOLDER DEPTH LIMITS AREA POINT NO X (North) Y (East) POINT NO X Y 4 CURTUIȘENI 32,96 PETROM (0)–(– 1300) 1 681572,79 285025,55 2 680889,34 284288,90 EN 3 675275,76 286507,69 4 675256,79 290942,29 5 678883,22 290954,10 6 681667,90 289976,33 7 681824,93 288379,16 5 SCĂRIȘOARA 4,23 PETROM (0)–(– 1300) 1 687309,73 290010,60 NOUĂ NORD 2 687366,73 291319,71 3 685771,35 291291,95 4 683501,29 289086,11 6 SCĂRIȘOARA 3,40 PETROM (0)–(– 1100) 1 679418,86 291953,95 NOUĂ 2 679007,16 293190,06 3 680160,90 294587,11 4 681147,38 294560,64 5 681172,22 293664.,77 6 680348,50 292529,44 7 SĂLACEA 4,22 BLACKSTAIRS UNLIMITED 1 665170,49 295031,62 2 667812,65 295049,27 3 667839,13 297048,44 4 666220,59 297010,52 8 OTOMANI 1,75 ALGORITM UNLIMITED 1 664700,00 293200,00 2 664700,00 294700,00 3 666100,00 294500,00 4 666100,00 293500,00 9 SUDURĂU 2,14 BLACKSTAIRS UNLIMITED 1 673917,25 307634,02 2 672524,65 307648,03 3 671917,84 308578,76 4 673280,52 309255,13 5 673717,43 308659,37 C 278/30 Union European the of Journal Official 18.11.2009 ROUND 10 AREA OPERATION AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE AREA COVERED BY EXPLORATION AREAS STEREO 70 COORDINATES STEREO 70 COORDINATES EXPLORATION AREA NO AREA KM2 HOLDER DEPTH LIMITS AREA POINT NO X (North) Y (East) POINT NO X Y 10 VIIȘOARA 13,91 PETROM (0)–(– 1250) 1 659729,53 306350,42 2 660848,91 310173,20 EN 3 658400,00 312500,00 4 656584,89 308965,84 11 SĂRVĂZEL 1,14 FREE UNLIMITED 1 662400,00 303500,00 2 660700,00 304700,00 3 658400,00 312500,00 4 662400,00 304300,00 12 CHEȚ 2,23 BLACKSTAIRS UNLIMITED 1 660582,22 296046,62 2 661135,42 297317,42 3 660249,82 297613,82 4 659003,02 297112,82 5 659604,22 296034,62 13 SĂCUIENI 4,43 PETROM (0)–(– 1650) 1 657681,30 275716,21 2 658962,73 278525,45 3 657299,67 278644,20 4 656204,93 276446,46 14 SĂCUIENI 2,42 PETROM (0)–(– 2550) 1 662010,00 280060,00 NORD 2 662140,00 280580,00 3 661412,82 281041,77 4 660520,80 281095,68 5 659840,80 280062,02 6 660543,67 279458,00 15 ȘILINDRU 1,51 MOESIA UNLIMITED 1 662975,77 276497,84 2 662859,87 277764,59 3 661816,66 277160,63 4 661552,25 276467,46 5 661770,18 276363,78 18.11.2009 Official Journal of the European Union C 278/31 Union C European the of Journal 18.11.2009 Official ROUND 10 AREA OPERATION AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE AREA COVERED BY EXPLORATION AREAS STEREO 70 COORDINATES STEREO 70 COORDINATES EXPLORATION AREA NO AREA KM2 HOLDER DEPTH LIMITS AREA POINT NO X (North) Y (East) POINT NO X Y E X–2 TRIA 1 653574,72 267470,00 1 POIANA 1,46 PETROM (0)–(– 2250) 1 645969,83 297072,71 992 1058,6 2 653544,21 287000,00 2 645668,08 297410,40 EN 3 647000,00