93/676/EC: Commission Decision of 10 December 1993 establishing that the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas does not constitute in the Netherlands an activity defined in Article 2 (2) (b) (i) of Council Directive 90/531/EEC and that entities carrying on such an activity are not to be considered in the Netherlands as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2 (3) (b) of the Directive (Only the Dutch text is authentic)

• CELEX: Directive 90/531/EEC
• Articles: 4

Article 1

From 10 December 1993, the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas shall not be considered in the Netherlands to be an activity defined in Article 2 (2) (b) (i) of Directive 90/531/EEC, and entities carrying on such an activity shall not be considered in the Netherlands as operating under special or exclusive rights within the meaning of Article 2 (3) (b) of the Directive.

Article 2

This Decision is taken on the basis of the rules governing the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas and applicable in the Netherlands on 10 December 1993.

Article 3

1. Any laws, regulations or administrative provisions amending the rules applicable on 10 December 1993 to the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas in the Netherlands shall be communicated to the Commission as soon as they are adopted.

2. Whenever the Dutch authorities decide to grant authorizations to exploit geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for or extracting oil or gas, any documents laying down additional requirements for obtaining such authorization shall likewise be communicated to the Commission as soon as they are published, in so far as they differ substantially from documents published previously.

3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is notified to the Commission in order to enable it to assess if it is appropriate to amend, withdraw or maintain this Decision.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 1993.

For the Commission

Raniero VANNI D'ARCHIRAFI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1990, p. 1.

(2) Regeling geofysisch onderzoek ter ondersteuning van in te dienen aanvragen voor een boorvergunning.

(3) Nederlandse Olie en Gas Exploratie en Produktie Associatie (Dutch Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association).

(4) OJ No C 170, 29. 6. 1991, p. 8.